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Questions about Improved Familiar advancement
I have a sorcerer with a Gem Scarab familiar planned for a campaign starting at level 10, which would give the familiar 10 HD, which is more than enough for a Gem Scarab to advance a size category. ...
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Can Benign Transposition be used on your familiar as a form of teleportation?
I might be thinking of Pathfinder, but if familiars in DnD can teleport to their masters, would it be possible to use Benign Transposition to switch places with your familiar, then have it return to ...
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Arcane Bonds and Familiars
Is it possible for a Wizard to gain both an arcane bond and a familiar without multiclassing?
I have not found a way to do it, but I'm keen to find out if it is possible.
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Can a familiar be a character?
I had an odd idea for a Warlock character who was pretty much under the control of his familiar. Backstory-wise, he had made a contract with an extraplanar entity that would allow it to live on the ...
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What special ability do Improved Familiars give?
The improved familiar feat allows a higher level arcane spellcaster to get a, well, improved familiar. However the Special Abilities for these familiars is not listed.
For some of these (Celestial ...
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Can a cat familiar open a potion bottle by itself?
My character has a Cat familiar (lvl 16) with an INT of 11 and a DEX of 15. Previously our DM has ruled that the Cat can retrieve a potion from the characters Heward's Handy Haversack. The question ...
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Which issues of Paizo's Dragon magazine had alternative rules to replace 3.x familiars?
I've seen this mentioned under this question: Alternatives to Familiars in DnD 3.X, and I do remember having read, ages ago, an issue or two (?) of Paizo's Dragon that dealt with optional rules that ...
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What were the stats on the original Oso la Fez?
I keep reading that it was amazing, fun, and completely unbalanced. But nowhere can I find the actual rules for it.
The current one in the character builder on the Wizards site is pretty ...
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Alternatives to Familiars in DnD 3.X
Players tend to not keep very effective track of their familiars. Where can I find (or equally what can I use as) alternative Class Features for Wizards and Sorcerers to replace Familiars which will ...
