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#1 alitain May 22, 2009 23:15:55	Hey, so I totally fell in love with the familiars in 4.0 and they're probably the simplest things to homebrew in the entire system expect for equipment. So anyway I got the idea for the following two; Angel & Demon A little humanoid angel and demon reside merrily on your shoulders, ready to give advice...or criticism at a moment’s notice. Speed 3, fly 6 (hover) Constant Benefits You gain a +2 benefit to Insight checks You gain a +2 benefit to Bluff checks Active Benefits Angelic Aid(Angel only): When using an area or burst attack you can negate the square of one ally adjacent to your angel familiar. Demonic Reach(Demon only): When using an area or burst attack you can also make the attack against one enemy adjacent to your familiar. One or the Other: When in active mode, you can only choose to have either the angel or demon active. To switch it must pass through passive mode then be activated again. Quirks • The angel & demon chatter almost constantly, usually about nothing in particular but generally they make comments on your actions. • The two love to argue over the littlest things, and often will fight on your shoulders • At will, though generally when fighting, they can disappear in spectacular fashion. The angel will dissolve into drops of golden rain, while the demon looks like it’s painfully dissolving into wisps of black smoke. They’ll appear generally on your shoulder a couple seconds later. Storm Cloud A small storm cloud that likes to hover above your head, but watch out for the rain and lightning! Fly 6 (hover) Constant Benefits You gain a +2 bonus to thunder and lightning damage You gain a +2 bonus to Endurance checks made against dehydration and hunger. Active Benefits Zap Ya!: Once per encounter, when an enemy adjacent to your storm cloud familiar misses an attack the enemy takes 1d6 lightning damage. 1d8 at 11th level 1d10 at 21st level Rollin Thunder: Once per encounter the storm cloud causes a peel of thunder to echo around an adjacent enemy causing them to take a -1 to the enemy’s next attack roll. -2 at 21st level Quirks • It pours rain when it feels sad, or ignored. Usually right over your head, which is it’s favorite spot to be. • The cloud zaps people with harmless bolts of lightning as a show of affection...and because it thinks it’s funny.
#2 Garthanos May 23, 2009 10:22:57	There is a wicked humor to your familiars... :D The angel and devil is inspiring me... I am thinking about Cat and dog... a pair of familiars which most of the time chase each other around, (occasionally making you or allies stumble by running between your feet). Not sure what they do useful possibly less than either could do alone. :D