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My girlfriend is playing a Ursula type witch in this AP. Her Familiar is a Blue-ringed Octopus. I didn't read all the way down in the description and I let it walk around on the ship, i guess there only supposed to be water animals. My question is did I make it too powerful if I let it survive on land as well? My girlfriend isn't a power gamer she'll never have the beast in combat and she mostly wants it for comic relief. It often hangs on her pretending to be exotic jewelery.
My girlfriend is playing a Ursula type witch in this AP. Her Familiar is a Blue-ringed Octopus. I didn't read all the way down in the description and I let it walk around on the ship, i guess there only supposed to be water animals. My question is did I make it too powerful if I let it survive on land as well? My girlfriend isn't a power gamer she'll never have the beast in combat and she mostly wants it for comic relief. It often hangs on her pretending to be exotic jewelery.
Meh, it's just a familiar. Having it walk on land hardly makes it too powerful. If anything the octopus is weaker than many familiars as you only get a +3 to swim checks compared to more traditionally useful abilities such as +3 perception or +4 initiative or the ability to speak.
I say keep it as is, no harm no foul.
In real life, of course, many octopi can survive out of water for a short time. You could rule that the familiar can't attack unless it is in water (or has recently been, such as in a bucket or tank of water that is broken), and that the witch doesn't get the familiar's benefit unless it is in water. Of course, since the benefit is to a swim check, that shouldn't be much of a problem.
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Geez all the magic in this game and you are worried about this? Just handwave and say a little water now and then, and Lil' Octy is good to go.
And do not think about the saltwater issue, ever. I mean if this character goes to a freshwater river or lake, don't throw that fact out.
Thanks i didn't initially think it was a problem until a player started saying something about it every time we played. I started to doubt myself a little.
You're fine. My group has a familiar which provides her master with a nearly permanent +5 armor class and +5 to all skill checks, and a permanent 50% reduction in all damage received. You're fine with the walking octopus. :P