original animal type for "dragon" familiar?

[FWCain]

So, a wizard wants to have a "mini-drake" as his familiar. As such, he is consistently choosing the "dragon" familiar ability for his familiar every morning (as part of the wizard's daily preparations).

In this case, is there any real need to record what the original type of animal was used as the wizard's familiar?

Thanks,
Franklin

[Finoan]

What it sounds like is the player wants to have that ability naturally - according to the rules for Pet.

Pet wrote:

If your pet is an animal that naturally has one of these abilities (for instance, an owl has a fly Speed), you must select that ability.

So yeah, if they want to have the familiar (which uses the Pet rules as a base) have the Dragon ability naturally, then there is no reason to record a different type of creature for the familiar. It will just be permanent, so they won't be able to change it on a daily basis either.

[Sibelius Eos Owm]

Was going to say what Finoan just said. Seems like the base creature *is* 'drake' and being a dragon familiar should just be a non-optional ability just like Flight would be if the base creature was a flighted bird.

Incidentally does anyone know if there's any actual reason *besides* wanting a draconic familiar to take the ability Dragon? Unlike construct, it doesn't seem to confer any additional resistances or immunities aside from what you naturally get just by not being targeted as an animal anymore, which seems like a mixed bag anyway.

[The Raven Black]

Sibelius Eos Owm wrote:

Was going to say what Finoan just said. Seems like the base creature *is* 'drake' and being a dragon familiar should just be a non-optional ability just like Flight would be if the base creature was a flighted bird.

Incidentally does anyone know if there's any actual reason *besides* wanting a draconic familiar to take the ability Dragon? Unlike construct, it doesn't seem to confer any additional resistances or immunities aside from what you naturally get just by not being targeted as an animal anymore, which seems like a mixed bag anyway.

Zero reason. And it is not even a granted ability of the Dragon-type specific familiars.

[Captain Morgan]

What a hilarious oversight.

I do think the player should perhaps be pointed to those specific dragon familiars because they pretty potent.