In the other thread people mentioned what Improved Familiar they like. But what is your favorite familar assuming you don't take that feat and have just a normal critter?
My favorite is probably the rat. It grants a +2 bonus to fortitude saves which helps make one of the wizard's weak points a strength. It's also an excellent scout and spy. It can climb and swim, squeeze through extremely tiny holes, chew through just about anything, and, best of all, nobody is going to think anything about a rat running around in a dungeon. They're everywhere! So most enemies will go "oh, it's just a rat" while an owl, weasel or some other animal is going to raise suspicion if it's noticed most of the time.
I always prefered the raven. The +3 to apraise isnt that big a deal, though it does offer fun roleplaying options(ohh, shiny!). But a familiar that can fly is rather important for scouting, as well as staying out of harms way in a fight.
The ability to speak a normal language bypasses the problem of communicating with it, as well as let the other players get info from it. Not to mention it can be fun letting the raven speak for your character.
Monkey!
Opposable thumbs FTW
My toad familiar, Etrigan, was always a favorite. We used Hypnotoad for his maptool token.
Goat, bastards have creepy eyes.
ferret, weasel, whatever you want to call it, it is the king of familiars.
Bats because they are damn cool
Owls, 'cause they do a wicked The Exorcist impression.
Lizards, because you can sell your enemies insurance before you kill them.
~laughter~ It is a good thing that I wasn't eating or drinking anything as I was reading this. ~chuckles~
I always prefered the raven. The +3 to apraise isnt that big a deal, though it does offer fun roleplaying options(ohh, shiny!). But a familiar that can fly is rather important for scouting, as well as staying out of harms way in a fight.
The ability to speak a normal language bypasses the problem of communicating with it, as well as let the other players get info from it. Not to mention it can be fun letting the raven speak for your character.
That could be kinda fun - a wizard with enough arrogance that he can't be bothered to communicate directly with the majority of other mortals and relies on his raven for all communication.
I like it!
Monkey! Opposable thumbs and crap-flinging FTW
There, fixed that for you :)
Zo
I would take an octopus.
Just place him on your head and pretend to be a mindflayer while blasting your enemies...
Having to deal with this one now: Changeling Wizard's mutable familiar. And she keeps changing it! Okay! I know that's the whole point.