Do Imaginary Familiars Have To Eat?

[Nohwear]

Does a familiar with the Figment archetype need food and water? They are, after all, just the character's imagination made manifest.

[Starbuck_II]

No, because even if it died from food/water depriving, it would return the next day.

[Jack of Dust]

They probably eat imaginary food.

[lemeres]

You feed it pet rock food. Obviously.

Also, I completely misunderstood this title at first viewing. I thought you would need an imaginary stove in order to fry up some imaginary chicken legs.

[Ashram]

Jack of Dust wrote:

They probably eat imaginary food.

Man, that's definitely some... Food for thought.

[M1k31]

it would probably depend on if the character imagined it does...

edit: on that note... I wonder if it RAI works for the chosen one paladin as a familiar... as it calls out not working for witches.

[Gisher]

Ashram wrote:

Jack of Dust wrote:

They probably eat imaginary food.

Man, that's definitely some... Food for thought.

Strangely it is also thought for food.

[Weirdo]

M1k31 wrote:

edit: on that note... I wonder if it RAI works for the chosen one paladin as a familiar... as it calls out not working for witches.

RAW it does not work. The chosen one's familiar has the emissary archetype, and emissary is not compatible with figment (they both trade out deliver touch spells).

[Theconiel]

Multiply 300 Calories by the square root of -1.

[technarken]

I just assume it pops into existence at full health when you wake up. Starvation wouldn't enter into the equation unless its owner never ever sleeps. In that case it eats whatever its species typically eats.

[VRMH]

Nohwear wrote:

Does a familiar with the Figment archetype need food and water?

Yes, it does. It's not actually imaginary, it is merely a product of its master's mind. At no point do the rules state its type changes.