Guardian familiars [Archive] - Wizards Community

Guardian familiars [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
JoeCool
08-19-07, 07:41 PM Hey guys, I have been reading through the Guardian familiars stuff in the CW and I was thinking about taking one. No since i have a Familiar, do i have to wait till it dies, or can i have a regular familiars and a Guardian familiars?
Captain_Kobold
08-19-07, 08:52 PM I'm pretty sure that you can only have one familiar at a time.

If I were you, I would ask the DM very nicely if you can forego the year and a day you have to wait between your old familiar dying/being dismissed, and being able to summon/create a new one.
Kouk
08-19-07, 09:27 PM Either ask your DM for your Familiar to "transform" upon your taking the feat, or just work out some other way to deal with it.

The rules for a Familiar not being replaceable for a year really stand out in the D&D system, and are regarded as excessive by nearly all players (especially when there are feats that make them supposedly combat-ready).

I allow Familiars to be dismissed with no trouble, and replaced after a week, and you have to pay the normal costs.
JoeCool
08-19-07, 09:42 PM Well in the rules it states that you just can't have more then one GF, but it does not state that it takes the place of your regular familiar.
Fireclave
08-19-07, 09:51 PM Well in the rules it states that you just can't have more then one GF, but it does not state that it takes the place of your regular familiar.
Regardless, you can only have one familiar, just like a Druid can only have one animal companion and a paladin can only have one special mount.
Fat73647
08-21-07, 02:39 AM I'm pretty sure that you can only have one familiar at a time.

If I were you, I would ask the DM very nicely if you can forego the year and a day you have to wait between your old familiar dying/being dismissed, and being able to summon/create a new one.

There is a feat - Extra Familiar - its in a d20 book - not sure of posting rules etc...

It's in Familiars, Crouching Monkey, Hidden toad (Encyclopedia Arcane) d20 (Mongoose Publishing)

Everytime you take the feat you can have an extra familiar (up to a max of your main casting bonus **i.e. CHA for sorcerors, INT for wizards - a sorc with +5 cha mod that took this feat 5 times COULD have 6 familiars :P)

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
JoeCool 08-19-07, 07:41 PM	Hey guys, I have been reading through the Guardian familiars stuff in the CW and I was thinking about taking one. No since i have a Familiar, do i have to wait till it dies, or can i have a regular familiars and a Guardian familiars?
Captain_Kobold 08-19-07, 08:52 PM	I'm pretty sure that you can only have one familiar at a time. If I were you, I would ask the DM very nicely if you can forego the year and a day you have to wait between your old familiar dying/being dismissed, and being able to summon/create a new one.
Kouk 08-19-07, 09:27 PM	Either ask your DM for your Familiar to "transform" upon your taking the feat, or just work out some other way to deal with it. The rules for a Familiar not being replaceable for a year really stand out in the D&D system, and are regarded as excessive by nearly all players (especially when there are feats that make them supposedly combat-ready). I allow Familiars to be dismissed with no trouble, and replaced after a week, and you have to pay the normal costs.
JoeCool 08-19-07, 09:42 PM	Well in the rules it states that you just can't have more then one GF, but it does not state that it takes the place of your regular familiar.
Fireclave 08-19-07, 09:51 PM	Well in the rules it states that you just can't have more then one GF, but it does not state that it takes the place of your regular familiar. Regardless, you can only have one familiar, just like a Druid can only have one animal companion and a paladin can only have one special mount.
Fat73647 08-21-07, 02:39 AM	I'm pretty sure that you can only have one familiar at a time. If I were you, I would ask the DM very nicely if you can forego the year and a day you have to wait between your old familiar dying/being dismissed, and being able to summon/create a new one. There is a feat - Extra Familiar - its in a d20 book - not sure of posting rules etc... It's in Familiars, Crouching Monkey, Hidden toad (Encyclopedia Arcane) d20 (Mongoose Publishing) Everytime you take the feat you can have an extra familiar (up to a max of your main casting bonus **i.e. CHA for sorcerors, INT for wizards - a sorc with +5 cha mod that took this feat 5 times COULD have 6 familiars :P)