If one already exists, that would be cool. But if it doesn't I am looking to make a list of interesting/odd/ possibly cryptozoological familiars. Stats wouldn't be needed if the animal was close enough to one already statted up, e.g. Snow leopard-cat, medium.
I am not looking for anything that would belong on the Improved Familiars list.
Ideas I already had:
Platypus
Koala
Llama
Red Panda
Wallaby
Mountain Goat ( thought this would be cool for a dwarf sorcerer)
Flying Fox
Sea Otter
Any more cool, unfamiliar Familiars?
Iguana
Komodo Dragon
Penguin
Giant Butterfly/Wasp/Bee/Mosquito
Penguin! That would quirky but way cool.
Penguin! That would quirky but way cool.
I really like the poison dart frog, too. Has possibilities...
lol i want a platypus familier, that would be awesome. what would it do?
Male Platypus are actually highly poisonous, delivering their venom through a spur in their ankles. It's generally not fatal to humans, but the pain is incapacitating and can linger for months.
As for new familiars....
Savannah cat
Goose
You can add all the poultry (duck, hen, rooster, turkey…).
Rabbit
Newt
Salamander
Some other species of birds of prey: harrier, eagle, vulture…
Birds: seagull, cormorant, peacock,…
A marmoset! I loved my last one!
Squirrel, the non-gliding variation. +3 Climb to the master. Or maybe acrobatics.
Pig
Puffer fish
Moray eel
Sponge
Muscovy Ducks are boss. like heavy hawks that hiss and swim with a rend attack.
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How About some Improved Familiars?
Pixie
Young Nymph
Young Succubus
Juvenile Dragon
Nixie
Young Astral Deva
Grig
Soulbound Doll
Marionette
Planetouched Child
Automata Doll
Young Vampire
Clockwork Soldier
Small Dragon Turtle
Elemental Animal from the standard familiar list
How About some Improved Familiars?
Pixie
Young Nymph
Young Succubus
...those are the first three on your list? I think an anthropomorphic bear might be more appropriate for you. hehe.
For an actually suggestion, how about the drop bear?
How About some Improved Familiars?
Pixie
Young Nymph
Young Succubus
...those are the first three on your list? I think an anthropomorphic bear might be more appropriate for you. hehe.
For an actually suggestion, how about the drop bear?
they are all part of my suggested options for improved familiars
many fantasy characters tame small fey or demons as familiars
Patchouli Knowledge Tamed Koakuma as a familiar, a young succubus. some fans assume she uses the right to read hentai manga as a bribe.
there were a few demigods in Greek mythology that had nymph pets that served a similar role to a familiar. they were just obscure stuff i lack the effort to dig up.
Young outsiders feel more like a cohort than anything I think. The idea of having an actual outsider for your witch familiar sounds pretty cool to me though.
Cassowary
Dragon Fly (certainly not enough bug familiars)
Humming Bird
Young outsiders feel more like a cohort than anything I think. The idea of having an actual outsider for your witch familiar sounds pretty cool to me though.
well to me, it also sounds more like a cool familiar than a cohort.
look at the Warlocks on WoW with their Succubus and Felguard Familiars.
Look at Patchouli Knowledge and her Young Succubus Familiar Koakuma
Look at Solembum the Werecat Familiar and his herbalist mistress in the Eragon Franchise
Look at Hazuki and her Fairy Cat thing Familiar from Moon Phase that can transform from a cat into a pixie
Look at Edward Elric, whom, to save his younger brother, effectively performed a process very similar to creating a familiar from scratch using a form of scientific magic. he never called him a familiar, but he served a role of similarly great importance
Look at Earl Ciel Phantomhive, whom trapped the Demon Sebastian Michaelis and made him his familiar in a quest for revenge in exchange for the loss of his soul towards the end.
a lot of these examples are Anime, 1 MMO, 1 Book Series, and 1 Bullet Hell Shooter. but a good portion of the examples can be considered fairies or outsiders. one construct.
well to me, it also sounds more like a cool familiar than a cohort.
look at the Warlocks on WoW with their Succubus and Felguard Familiars.
Look at Patchouli Knowledge and her Young Succubus Familiar Koakuma
Look at Solembum the Werecat Familiar and his herbalist mistress in the Eragon Franchise
Look at Hazuki and her Fairy Cat thing Familiar from Moon Phase that can transform from a cat into a pixie
Look at Edward Elric, whom, to save his younger brother, effectively performed a process very similar to creating a familiar from scratch using a form of scientific magic. he never called him a familiar, but he served a role of similarly great importance
Look at Earl Ciel Phantomhive, whom trapped the Demon Sebastian Michaelis and made him his familiar in a quest for revenge in exchange for the loss of his soul towards the end.
a lot of these examples are Anime, 1 MMO, 1 Book Series, and 1 Bullet Hell Shooter. but a good portion of the examples can be considered fairies or outsiders. one construct.
Again, should I be worried that most of those are small child like creatures? Especially since some are associated with seduction in the original myths (although, in fairness, what female mythological creature isn't associated with that really?) Still, people tend to see familiars as small or tiny. If they are 'young,' then eventually they would grow less so and remove their template. Sure, you could cite a long developmental period, but this is a system with elves and wizards can eventually gain immortality as a capstone.
Plus, just because they get scaled back by a template, it doesn't mean they aren't massively overpowered for a familiar. A lot of your pathfinder examples have a ton of SLA's and other supernatural abilities, and rebalancing that can be a pain. This thread is more about weird animals to use as reskins and such for the base familiar, which can be fairly easily accepted by a GM.
And again back to making suggestions: how about something comically immobile? Like a small fern, venus fly trap, or sea anemone.
well to me, it also sounds more like a cool familiar than a cohort.
look at the Warlocks on WoW with their Succubus and Felguard Familiars.
Look at Patchouli Knowledge and her Young Succubus Familiar Koakuma
Look at Solembum the Werecat Familiar and his herbalist mistress in the Eragon Franchise
Look at Hazuki and her Fairy Cat thing Familiar from Moon Phase that can transform from a cat into a pixie
Look at Edward Elric, whom, to save his younger brother, effectively performed a process very similar to creating a familiar from scratch using a form of scientific magic. he never called him a familiar, but he served a role of similarly great importance
Look at Earl Ciel Phantomhive, whom trapped the Demon Sebastian Michaelis and made him his familiar in a quest for revenge in exchange for the loss of his soul towards the end.
a lot of these examples are Anime, 1 MMO, 1 Book Series, and 1 Bullet Hell Shooter. but a good portion of the examples can be considered fairies or outsiders. one construct.
Again, should I be worried that most of those are small child like creatures? Especially since some are associated with seduction in the original myths (although, in fairness, what female mythological creature isn't associated with that really?) Still, people tend to see familiars as small or tiny. If they are 'young,' then eventually they would grow less so and remove their template. Sure, you could cite a long developmental period, but this is a system with elves and wizards can eventually gain immortality as a capstone.
Plus, just because they get scaled back by a template, it doesn't mean they aren't massively overpowered for a familiar. A lot of your pathfinder examples have a ton of SLA's and other supernatural abilities, and rebalancing that can be a pain. This thread is more about weird animals to use as reskins and such for the base familiar, which can be fairly easily accepted by a GM.
that is why they all require improved familiar
there are a lot of familiars with powerful spell like abilities. most of them no different from a succubus or nymph in that regard.
a familiar's spell like abilities become worthless past 10th level, a succubus or nymph's, past 12th, when 4 levels ago, you may was well have them be using wands to do everything because that succubus's suggestion is going to fail and because the nymph's summon natures ally 4 is going to die in one attack.
at best, you made your familiar a speed bump on the road to death.
so back to the wand of magic missile you go, just now, you have an awesome UMD an Awesome diplomacy and many languages.
....I think I just found the perfect 'odd familiar' : The stoat: the only animal that hunts by acting like it is high as a kite. .
As a GM, I would make it a reskin of a weasel with a facinate ability that only works on rabits. Preferably through Perform (breakdance).