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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xiag" data-source="post: 2942744" data-attributes="member: 40071">Oh no, I meant the kobold.  The kobold's familiar was, put to sleep, with a large axe, during the interigation.At this point the wizard isn't thinking about the kobold as a familiar... but I was going to start dropping hints about it being a possibility.  Though I may go with the empathic bond Jim suggested.Ultimately what I'm looking for is that the death of the kobold will hurt the Wiz in ways beyond emotional.  In the short term, emotional is prety much it.  But as time goes on and the bond grows, it will be too late for the party to extricate him without actually hurting the wiz, which hurts them, and they have a tough call to make.The human fighter (ex marine) is actually one of my best role-players, and supposedly playing a very pragmatic fighter.  I'd be very interested to see how he reconciles a threat with him being the one who does the damage.  He may go for it, planning to help the mage later, he may not hoping things resolve themselves and the conflict continues to build until something happens.This little encounter has taken an effective team and really stressed the differences in character.  I want to run with that because it's how the group likes to play.</blockquote>