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Xenocrat wrote:WWHsmackdown wrote:Someone on a Discord said Whisper of Wings gets free 15' flight on sustain (awful), Ripple in the Deep gets an auto push of 5' (no save) against a target within 10' (amazing), and Decay inflicts sickened I think if they're below half HP.
Do the patrons have interesting familiar abilities?
Yes, though Decay offers a fort save vs the sickened (binary check, no partial effect on success or enhanced effect on a crit fail).
Wings is a real monkey's paw situation. Reaction-proof free movement is great for helping position familiars around, but the whole reason Witches care about positioning their familiar is managing familiar abilities.
Whisper of Wings has a nice niche when combined with Stitched Familiar and with the Elemental Scamp's Elemental Breath. When you cast Patron's Puppet, they can position with the free 15 feet to get in range to use either of those two abilities, providing nice damage at no action cost to you.
Also, if you choose the familiar as the creature that the target cannot approach (without taking damage) with your special hex cantrip, moving your familiar for free allows you to better hamper the target's movement (this is already possible with independent but an additional 15 feet is nice).