Familiars are both useful and fun. They'd be more useful and fun with a Humanoid body though - both for social subterfuge and equipment-wise. So my brainstorming-question for you all is: in what ways can a Familiar get a Humanoid(-ish) body for a reasonable length of time (say: one hour)?
So far, I got:
- Magic Jar (cast from an item)
- Beastbonded Witch
- Greater Hat of Disguise (possible preceeded by an Alter Self spell to make the head slot available)
Monkey + polymorph any object
Monkey + polymorph any object
Ah, right. I forgot about that one. Shame it needs a high-level caster though.
Does anyone have more ideas? I'm guessing Reincarnate either breaks the Familiar bond, or works on a different Creature table for Tiny Animals.
Not sure if this works as spell specifies type animal and familiars are treated as magical beasts for anything type related. But my first thought was the spell Anthropomorphic Animal, though I don't know if it's on the usual perminancy options list (Vivisectionist can do that tho). There's also the Decoy familiar archetype that lets the familiar pretend to be you in voice and latter appearance as per alter self.
Second Decoy archetype.
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Decoy is at-will, but only for a minute per level. After that, it has to spend an equal time in animal form.
Greater Hat of Disguise requires reactivation every three minutes, or twenty times over the hour.
UMD and cast (from a scroll) Assume Appearance or Greater Assume Appearance, or have it cast through Share Spells. That'll get you days of a humanoid form at a lower entry point than possession effects. It's on the spell list of most things with Familiar access. I'd consider this your best option.
UMD and cast (from a scroll) Assume Appearance or Greater Assume Appearance, or have it cast through Share Spells. That'll get you days of a humanoid form at a lower entry point than possession effects. It's on the spell list of most things with Familiar access. I'd consider this your best option.
You may well be right; I did not know this spell, and it's an inventive way of using it.
It's a shame though the PC and his Familiar now have to brutally murder someone every week...
UMD and cast (from a scroll) Assume Appearance or Greater Assume Appearance, or have it cast through Share Spells. That'll get you days of a humanoid form at a lower entry point than possession effects. It's on the spell list of most things with Familiar access. I'd consider this your best option.You may well be right; I did not know this spell, and it's an inventive way of using it.
It's a shame though the PC and his Familiar now have to brutally murder someone every week...
Fortunately, that's not necessary. For Assume Appearance, just preserve the body with Gentle Repose. That's still pretty risky, so the Greater version is a good option, allowing the use of just a picture.
It's a shame though the PC and his Familiar now have to brutally murder someone every week...Fortunately, that's not necessary.
Shh! Don't spoil it for me.