Pet Rock as a familiar?

[Shadow13.com]

Is it possible for a wizard to have a Pet Rock as his familiar?
What would the stats be for that?

It's probably the only familiar that can be hurled at an opponent.
Pet Rock, attack! (throws rock)

[Viletta Vadim]

There are no rules for having a pet rock as your Wizard familiar. However, you could look at the mechanics for psicrystals

[seekerofshadowlight]

I'm with Viletta on this one ask to use a psicrystal

[Shadow13.com]

Viletta Vadim wrote:

There are no rules for having a pet rock as your Wizard familiar. However, you could look at the mechanics for psicrystals

Good idea, but not as cute...

Where are the googly eyes?

[Viletta Vadim]

There are no rules saying your psicrystal cannot have googly eyes.

[seekerofshadowlight]

or that it has to be a crystal, we're just saying them rules would port over easy to a wizard or sorcerer

[uncleden]

Shadow13.com wrote:

Is it possible for a wizard to have a Pet Rock as his familiar?

What would the stats be for that?

It's probably the only familiar that can be hurled at an opponent.
Pet Rock, attack! (throws rock)

The stats would be that of a bonded item. It sounds like a great RP idea.

[The Jade]

I still have my pet rock, with package. Got it so young that I didn't get that it was a joke and actually tried the tricks, such as, place the rock on the floor. Tell it to STAY and then leave the room... when you come back it should still be there. I tried every trick in the book. Dummy.

[Shadow13.com]

uncleden wrote:

Shadow13.com wrote:

Is it possible for a wizard to have a Pet Rock as his familiar?

What would the stats be for that?

It's probably the only familiar that can be hurled at an opponent.
Pet Rock, attack! (throws rock)

The stats would be that of a bonded item. It sounds like a great RP idea.

Imbue it with a goofy spell, like Hideous Laughter, and then throw it at somebody's forehead.

[Shadow13.com]

The Jade wrote:

I still have my pet rock, with package. Got it so young that I didn't get that it was a joke and actually tried the tricks, such as, place the rock on the floor. Tell it to STAY and then leave the room... when you come back it should still be there. I tried every trick in the book. Dummy.

Don't worry about it. Pet Rocks have have many, many ranks in bluff. So I don't blame you for falling for it.

[MisterSlanky]

uncleden wrote:

Shadow13.com wrote:

It's probably the only familiar that can be hurled at an opponent.

Pet Rock, attack! (throws rock)

The stats would be that of a bonded item. It sounds like a great RP idea.

Sounds like a bonded sling stone to me. Enchant it with the returning property and you've got a pet rock that knows how to heel as well.

[Lokie]

Pet rock eh...

I'd also go with a MW slingstone that is carved like a balled up hamster.

"Go for the eyes Boo! Go for the eyes!"

[Shadow13.com]

Lokie wrote:

Pet rock eh...

I'd also go with a MW slingstone that is carved like a balled up hamster.

"Go for the eyes Boo! Go for the eyes!"

Wait, wait, wait! Are we forgetting about Chia Pets?!

Could they possibly rival the Pet Rock as the best bonded item ever?

[Lokie]

Shadow13.com wrote:

Lokie wrote:

Pet rock eh...

I'd also go with a MW slingstone that is carved like a balled up hamster.

"Go for the eyes Boo! Go for the eyes!"

Wait, wait, wait! Are we forgetting about Chia Pets?!

Could they possibly rival the Pet Rock as the best bonded item ever?

*Spit-take* LoLz

[brock]

Shadow13.com wrote:

It's probably the only familiar that can be hurled at an opponent.

Pet Rock, attack! (throws rock)

Try being on the receiving end of an attack sequence from a well-hurled and fully-trained battle weasel. That'll disrupt your spell-casting!

[Shadow13.com]

brock wrote:

a well-hurled and fully-trained battle weasel

I nominate this for the coveted "quote of the day" award

[Kevin Andrew Murphy]

You can have a pet rock as a familiar if you play Kingdom of Loathing.

[Themetricsystem]

So, lurkers I've assembled you around this downtrodden and forgotten corpse of a post to ask:

Is this any more possible NOW at the end of the PF1 era than it was almost 10 years ago?

[baggageboy]

Elemental Whispers kineticist thing is pretty much this.

[blahpers]

Not exactly a familiar, but . . .

Our rogue in Curse of the Crimson Throne had a lot of fun with Hollis's Lucky Rock. In our game, the rock spoke with a thick southern U.S. drawl and only answered to the name "Clem". Stealth became . . . interesting, as the rock would try really hard to whisper ("IS THIS QUIET ENOUGH FOR Y'ALL?"). Plus it took the player a while to figure out why the rock shut up whenever we were accompanied by a certain Perky Goth NPC cleric....

[Wonderstell]

Check out the Ioun Wyrd. I think it's the only construct available for non-improved familiars, and it's literally shaped as a single stone if you don't add any Ioun Stones to it.

Quote:

This strange creature appears as a floating swarm of gemstones surrounding a larger stone that pulses with dim light.

[doomman47]

Improved familiar earth elemental, put some googley eyes or Groucho glasses on them.

[lemeres]

Themetricsystem wrote:

So, lurkers I've assembled you around this downtrodden and forgotten corpse of a post to ask:

Is this any more possible NOW at the end of the PF1 era than it was almost 10 years ago?

Such foul and dark necromancy is surely a sign of the end times.

[Theconiel]

I tamed a wild one. They're smarter.

[Meirril]

Nobody is going to mention the 500 pound gorilla in the room? Nobody? Ok, just me. Captain Obvious.

[Dracala]

My suggestion would definitely be for the Ioun Wyrd

[Dasrak]

It's absolutely atrocious, but there is the Ioun Bond discovery that lets you treat an ioun stone as your bonded object. Why you'd ever pay a feat for that, I have no idea; you'd need to pay me 2-3 feats in order to make me even consider taking a downside that atrocious...

[deuxhero]

Raktavarna is an improved familiar option.

Quote:

As a full-round action, a raktavarna can take the shape of a handheld object, most often an ornamental light, a one-handed weapon, or a piece of treasure. If the rakshasa remains stationary in such a form, it can attempt Stealth checks even while being observed. It can remain motionless in object form indefinitely, but reverts to its true form as soon as it takes any action.

Cassisian Angel and Spirit Oni are also options for familiars pretending to be inanimate objects. They can't pretend to be rocks though.

Edit: Shikigami are described as looking like small statues and are also familiar options.

[avr]

And then there is the petrifern, which gets a +20 bonus to pretend to be a simple rock. It's not even an improved familiar. No feat required as with ioun bond either.

[Cevah]

Meirril wrote:

Nobody is going to mention the 500 pound gorilla in the room? Nobody? Ok, just me. Captain Obvious.

That is not an actual familiar.

On the other hand, there is Companion Figurine that lets your figurine of wondrous power become a familiar.

/cevah

[I am Nemesis]

i was probably 8yo at the time my father caught me carrying the decorative rock outside. he asked why i was taking the rock outside. i said "i'm taking the fossil for a walk". yes, i thought "the fossil" was the fine black stone's name. hey, it made me popular with kids my age. we all would pet it to feel the designs. my mother just confused the issue when she tried to explain the rock was not a pet.

thanks, mom, thanks for ruining my childhood!!