3.5 Can a familiar, with Scent , help you identify an invisible attacker's location? [Archive] - Wizards Community

3.5 Can a familiar, with Scent , help you identify an invisible attacker's location? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Harmor
09-14-04, 04:04 PM Can a familiar, with the Scent special ability, help you identify the location of an invisible attacker?
ClementWillowbreaker
09-14-04, 04:33 PM If the familiar is within 5 feet of the invisible opponent, it knows what square it is in. If you can Speak with Familiar, its not hard for it to tell you on its turn where the enemy is, and hopefully you go before the enemy has a chance to change squares. If you only have Empathy, it would be much trickier for you to infer where the enemy is, based on the familiar's orientation. DM's discretion then. And this all depends on the familiar's intelligence- you would have to discuss such a tactic beforehand with it, or else it might not occur the the low-intelligence familiar that you don't know where the enemy is.
tmagann
09-14-04, 05:21 PM According to the skill expansion of Handle Animal in Races of Stone, yes, using the scent ability and the new Scent Fighting trick in concert.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Harmor 09-14-04, 04:04 PM	Can a familiar, with the Scent special ability, help you identify the location of an invisible attacker?
ClementWillowbreaker 09-14-04, 04:33 PM	If the familiar is within 5 feet of the invisible opponent, it knows what square it is in. If you can Speak with Familiar, its not hard for it to tell you on its turn where the enemy is, and hopefully you go before the enemy has a chance to change squares. If you only have Empathy, it would be much trickier for you to infer where the enemy is, based on the familiar's orientation. DM's discretion then. And this all depends on the familiar's intelligence- you would have to discuss such a tactic beforehand with it, or else it might not occur the the low-intelligence familiar that you don't know where the enemy is.
tmagann 09-14-04, 05:21 PM	According to the skill expansion of Handle Animal in Races of Stone, yes, using the scent ability and the new Scent Fighting trick in concert.