3.5 Small Spellcasters and their familiars [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Harmor

09-08-04, 05:52 PM
Other than a 'tiny viper', what other familiars can I take as a small-sized spellcaster?
Seeker95

09-08-04, 07:13 PM
Anything you want from the familiar table, as long as your DM is allowing it. Familiars are size dependent only for Tiny (or smaller) or Huge (or larger) masters.
Harmor

09-09-04, 12:45 PM
Wait, but the familiars are too large.

What tiny sized familiars can I have beside a tiny Viper?
Mercurius

09-09-04, 12:55 PM
Wait, but the familiars are too large.

What tiny sized familiars can I have beside a tiny Viper?
What Seeker's saying is that there is no size requirement. A small caster can have a familiar the same size as a medium caster can. I fail to see why they couldn't, honestly.
tarkin

09-09-04, 01:09 PM
There is a "soft" rule that familiars be smaller than there masters. (By that I mean, WoTC seems to think they said it, but they never actually did.)

WoTC has discussed several times familiars for non-medium sized casters, each time listing creatures that were smaller than normal for the small ones and Larger than normal but not as large as the Master for the larger wizards.

Tome and Blood listed them as well as a Dragon article.
MushroomSpore

09-09-04, 01:56 PM
Wait, but the familiars are too large.

What tiny sized familiars can I have beside a tiny Viper?

Bat-Dimunutive
Cat-Tiny
Hawk-Tiny
Lizard-Tiny
Owl-Tiny
Rat-Tiny
Raven-Tiny
Toad-Dimunitive
Weasel-Tiny

What the heck familiars are YOU looking at? ;)
Shadowfax7

09-09-04, 02:24 PM
Also, check in the 3.5 DMg, pg. 203, "Alternate Familiars by Size".
Harmor

09-09-04, 03:11 PM
Also, check in the 3.5 DMg, pg. 203, "Alternate Familiars by Size".Kewl thanks. Never seen this table before :)