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The first time I had a familiar was when I was playing a tattooed sorcerer and they keep their familiars in their skin as a tattoo. I was keeping my familiar secret from the group to use in case we got put in jail and needed something to get the keys off a sleeping guard or whatever. You do not get alertness unless they are out but I was more worried about it dieing than the boost I would get from it.
Anyway we were tracking down a group of fey that were creating mischief in the area. As we approached on horseback we sprung a blinding trap which blinded 5 of the 7 of the party(but only half the horses LMAO) for 1 hour. After the trap went off we were blasted with fireballs that killed off most of the horses and left the party members on life support.
Being blind I had limited options so I called forth the mighty Mongoose Carlos and used him as a improvised targeting system. I had the GM take over the role of Carlos and asked for distance to target. I then stretched out my arm and told him to bite as hard as he could (1d3-4 lol)when I was pointing at the target. The GM rolled a d8 to determine what square I hit much like a bomb that missed its mark. I let fourth 3 glitter dust blasts which hit all their intended targets and they all failed their saves. That bought us enough time for us (well most of us) to escape.
Even a base familiar can do amazing things if you are a quick thinker.