Gaah! Making a familiar. [Archive] - Wizards Community

Gaah! Making a familiar. [Archive] - Wizards Community

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mythee
09-24-07, 09:29 PM I have no clue if this is the right forum.
But here's a question I need answered as soon as possible. (I'm a new D&D player, by the by, so please bear with my ignorance.)

How do you make familiars, say, a common house sparrow- that are not on that little list of official familiars that is provided? The only birds they have are a hawk and a raven, and both of those stand out too much for my character (who is a wizard). xD
Talisman
09-24-07, 09:42 PM (1) There are alternate familiars in Tome and Blood, includuing a screech owl, a sparrow hawk, and a thrush.

(2) Take the stats of something that's close to what you want (for example, raven) and modify them. A raven turned into a sparrow, for example, would probably drop to size Diminutive and have a Strength of 1 and no effective attacks.

(3) Make them up. Most of a familiar's animal stats become fairly unimportant within a few levels.
mythee
09-24-07, 09:50 PM Thank you for the advice!
Someone told me that on page 200 of the Dungeon Master's Guide, there was something about these other familiars. I'll check it out!
Xanaphia_Undomiel
09-25-07, 12:40 AM I wrote an answer under D&D General.

Then again, Talisman is so totally more awesome than I am, so don't listen to me.
Talisman
09-25-07, 12:52 AM :D
And I'm modest, to!
Slagger the Chuul
09-25-07, 01:37 AM :D
And I'm modest, to!

I'm way more modest than you. :P
Talisman
09-25-07, 07:43 AM Think you're really righteous? Think you're pure of heart?
Well, I know I'm a million times as humble as thou art!
:rofl:
Lefty
09-25-07, 02:12 PM You might want to consider taking one of those more
dangerous choices and leaving it behind the scenes, you
could go with eyes and ears and have a flock of sparrows
and such and an "ace in the hole"

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
mythee 09-24-07, 09:29 PM	I have no clue if this is the right forum. But here's a question I need answered as soon as possible. (I'm a new D&D player, by the by, so please bear with my ignorance.) How do you make familiars, say, a common house sparrow- that are not on that little list of official familiars that is provided? The only birds they have are a hawk and a raven, and both of those stand out too much for my character (who is a wizard). xD
Talisman 09-24-07, 09:42 PM	(1) There are alternate familiars in Tome and Blood, includuing a screech owl, a sparrow hawk, and a thrush. (2) Take the stats of something that's close to what you want (for example, raven) and modify them. A raven turned into a sparrow, for example, would probably drop to size Diminutive and have a Strength of 1 and no effective attacks. (3) Make them up. Most of a familiar's animal stats become fairly unimportant within a few levels.
mythee 09-24-07, 09:50 PM	Thank you for the advice! Someone told me that on page 200 of the Dungeon Master's Guide, there was something about these other familiars. I'll check it out!
Xanaphia_Undomiel 09-25-07, 12:40 AM	I wrote an answer under D&D General. Then again, Talisman is so totally more awesome than I am, so don't listen to me.
Talisman 09-25-07, 12:52 AM	:D And I'm modest, to!
Slagger the Chuul 09-25-07, 01:37 AM	:D And I'm modest, to! I'm way more modest than you. :P
Talisman 09-25-07, 07:43 AM	Think you're really righteous? Think you're pure of heart? Well, I know I'm a million times as humble as thou art! :rofl:
Lefty 09-25-07, 02:12 PM	You might want to consider taking one of those more dangerous choices and leaving it behind the scenes, you could go with eyes and ears and have a flock of sparrows and such and an "ace in the hole"