Use find familiar. Give it a spell ring with find familiar stored. Have it summon it's familiar. Repeat the cycle until you are the ultimate cat lady.

@Lionrhod212

5 жыл бұрын

OMG lol!

@os2soliz

5 жыл бұрын

Are you using catnip as incense?

@jerryturgin6583

5 жыл бұрын

I came down here to comment this but ya beat me too it lmao

@YourFunkiness

4 жыл бұрын

This is evil. I love it.

@ikkeheltvanlig

4 жыл бұрын

You'd need a crap ton of spell rings but definitely worth it.

As Liam O'Brien showed on Critical Role, an octopus familiar can also be used as night-vision goggles under some cricumstances - although you might be mistaken as a Mind Flayer.

@karpmageddon4155

5 жыл бұрын

That's an interesting way to get around your character not having darkvision.

@Gadgets2059

5 жыл бұрын

I have darkvision on my toon. But if I ever need my imps devil sight I just have her sit on my head and look through her eyes. Makes so many DMs facepalm. But it works

@Alhelir

5 жыл бұрын

Do you fear dead, Jack Sparrow?

@DragonKnightJin

5 жыл бұрын

@@Gadgets2059 My Eldritch Knight (currently on hiatus), uses his Hawk Familiar as a mapping tool and aerial scout. It's fitting named 'Atlas', and I love sending it up into the sky to scout for enemies nearby when we suspect there's a fight coming. Or, for instance, we need to travel through a swamp towards a statue in a clearing: Send up the Hawk to check which direction, and a rough estimate on how long it'd take to get there. (DM loved it when I got a Nat 20 on my Perception roll for that one, and we could just make a straight line there instead of muckin' about in the swamp)

@mal2ksc

5 жыл бұрын

@JoshuaDavis That's such a brilliant use of a familiar that I'd be annoyed by anyone that didn't allow it. These are the ways we're _supposed_ to hack the game.

When I introduced my kids to Dungeons and Dragons, my youngest (who was 7) wanted to play a bunny. So I made her my son’s wizard character’s familiar. I just used the stats for a cat when I needed them. The bunny, being a familiar, has her own personality and can make her own decisions when not instructed to do something by her wizard. It’s great fun!

@Axelovskji

4 жыл бұрын

That sounds so wholesome

@michaelguth4007

3 жыл бұрын

I had something like this in mind for a player who would join only every so often. If controlled by said player, the familiar would get it's own set of spells and attacks. If the player is not playing, it's just a normal familiar.

@Scalesthelizardwizard3399

3 жыл бұрын

Your a great Dad 😁

@ItzBeepBoopTheCastaway

3 жыл бұрын

Aww if only my parents liked dnd

@Scalesthelizardwizard3399

3 жыл бұрын

@@ItzBeepBoopTheCastaway Your the feared king of demon you can do something about it 😁

"Expensive herbs burnt in a portable brazier." "So, weed. Find Familiar's components are weed and a pipe?"

@CatsLeMatts

3 жыл бұрын

Plot twist, the familiar doesn't exist and the campaign was a dream. Your PC is passed out on the couch next to an empty canister of Faerune Pringles.

@brothermutant7370

3 жыл бұрын

Jeebus, how expensive is YOUR weed? I can get it pretty cheap (if I wanted to, of course).

@imSephirot89

2 жыл бұрын

Pseudodragon explained en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasing_the_dragon

@melissawardjohns220

2 жыл бұрын

Your not wrong except it's worded incense and brazer with herbs...but incense is commonly made with that so yes. Weed is the component for find familiar.

If you're a high elf noble and you don't put your owl familiar in a bow-tie, name him Reginald and make him your personal butler, why do you even have the spell in the first place?

@brunop.8745

5 жыл бұрын

So what you're saying is Get a Rowlet

@kylestillwell7031

5 жыл бұрын

@@brunop.8745 Or more like it's evolution, dartrix, but essentially, yes. Whatever you have to do to get a hootler

@PedroAugusto-xp4tt

5 жыл бұрын

Man, I'm just creating a noble high-elf rogue, and I was going for Arcane Trickster, thanks

@MrSpydrpunk182

4 жыл бұрын

To get a weasel and name him either bobby hernan or screeching.

@mrtoast244

3 жыл бұрын

@@kylestillwell7031 hootler

My 3 intelligence warlock only functioned while his imp familiar was around to direct him, translate for him and speak the complex verbal spell components. Most fun character I've ever run

@smilingbear7430

5 жыл бұрын

with three intelligence how was he even smart enough to agree to a pact at all? He couldn't read or write or even speak with int that low, more or less reason enough to agree to a pact or spend time learning to use weapons, armor, etc. 3 intelligence is the BARE minimum to even be sentient and aware in 5e, so how did he learn the magic / rituals involved to cast find familiar in the first place? There is so much wrong with this idea its astounding. Was he just forced into a pact? 3 Int is amazingly stupid. Over the top slapstick monty python levels of stupid. Cannot dress himself stupid. The actual definition of mentally retarded. Considering in the MM, any creature below int of 5 cannot understand any of the common or exotic languages, he shouldn't even be able to speak AT ALL. An IQ of 100 is solidly average (90-110 is considered normally intelligent), and equivalent to the base 10 int in DnD. Assuming a linear correlation between Int and IQ, 3 Int would be an IQ of 30, putting the PC solidly in the "Severely Retarded" bracket. 3 or lower int is the threshold for the Awaken spell, so he's about as smart as a potted plant ( or more realistically, a wolf ). In 5e you need an INT of 6 to even understand spoken language, outside of being trained to follow simple commands like a persons dog ( which also has 3 int ) There is simply no way this character is possible or even logical at all. He wouldn't even be capable or making the hand gestures needed to cast most spells.

@codyouellette6936

5 жыл бұрын

@@smilingbear7430 he was cursed by his jealous younger brother who initially sought other powers to remove him from being the next head of the household and the devil that the deal was made with saw a pawn that had tonnes of raw potential and no will to go against her schemes. She sent the imp to watch over him and ensure that he could protect himself all the while manipulating my character through said imp into achieving her goals, lots of fun to play and the DM had a blast building incorporating the backstory into the game. Plus it's fun so why not?

@omixam1868

5 жыл бұрын

@@codyouellette6936 that's what I call a good pc

@haleyw5677

5 жыл бұрын

Smilingbear chill out it’s just a game

@lanmandragoran8337

4 жыл бұрын

@Barry Clown Some people like rules more than they like fun. "Homebrew" is a dirty word to them.

"golden compass" is a good example of a familiar too if anyone's looking for rp inspiration

@pearlmcj

3 жыл бұрын

I know this is a reply to an old comment, but I got too excited when I saw this! My character just got the find familiar spell, and I’m so tempted to have a weasel familiar a la Pantalaimon’s most common form!

@JaelinBezel

2 жыл бұрын

I’m making my familiar a weasel by default because of Pan.

Guys I came home from living abroad went to visit an old friend. Him and his buddies were playing D&D. They offered to let me play a side character they had and so I joined them for the evening. I Fell in Love with D&D. Im just starting out and your videos have been a Godsend! You guys always break things down and explain the uses and benefits. Great content. Keep making your videos guys. I look forward to joining the D&D community :)

@adreabrooks11

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the hobby! It really is a unique form of creative expression; I hope you continue to have a blast with it!

@buckhunt6832

4 жыл бұрын

Any update on your gaming experience nine months later?

@christopherdodds9435

4 жыл бұрын

@@buckhunt6832 Yes i have started playing over a discord server. its not exactly conventional play, but as close as i can get since i live in China and English speaking DnD gamer's is limited. I will be returning to Canada in a few weeks and i plan to get together with my buddy who got me into DnD and play!! I have collected a massive DnD Mini set!! game boards, thousands of minis, 3D game pieces, buildings and small additive content (barrels,rocks,trees etc) I also started crafting my own game pieces! Golem's, Goblin Huts, Terrain etc.

@christopherdodds9435

4 жыл бұрын

@@adreabrooks11 Thanks, im loving this community and creative game! its a blast

@TacticusPrime

4 жыл бұрын

I thought you were gonna say that you played the familiar in the game.

I like the idea of a patron being able to see through the eyes of their warlock's familiar to keep an eye on them, or possibly even taking actions with it if the warlock is acting out of line.

@FtonDavid

5 жыл бұрын

I had my regularly familiar replaced by an imp while on a side mission from my character's patron, never good having a Mephistopheles spy so close.

@paulcoy9060

5 жыл бұрын

Crazy idea -- the Warlock gets knocked unconscious during combat, things look bad, then she stands up and blasts all the enemies with ungodly damage. The rest of the party is WTF, then the warlock looks at them with eyes turned completely black (or green, or white, or red, etc), says something in a different language, and falls back to the ground. The warlock has no memory of the actions, and the party treats them with suspicion for a few sessions. Was that your Patron? Did something else use your body? Maybe a side quest is needed to find an answer.

@JessieIsRawr

5 жыл бұрын

@@FtonDavid This is exactly what my character is like except Mephistopheles can use the familiar to teleport to wherever it is. My warlock's goal is to come face to face with Asmodeus and let Mephistopheles surprise attack him

@paulcoy9060

5 жыл бұрын

None of my players are Warlocks, I just thought it would be a cool idea. I understand the need to limit the amount of direct intervention by an all-powerful being, but that would be a hell of a cinematic ending to an adventuring session. "As the warlock's body slumps back to the floor, the screams of the Orcs die out, their shriveled husks testament to the power of the Great Old One. So, same time next week?"@@momqabt

@isaacgraff8288

4 жыл бұрын

I do approve, it does somewhat depend on the pact though.

I have to admit, my wizard's snake familiar is more a fashion accessory than anything else. But it is glorious.

@davidborn5393

4 жыл бұрын

just get dragons breath and now you have a living flamethrower

@17joren

4 жыл бұрын

Same, my dm tends to try taking out my familiar(s) in combat earlier when it starts helping, so I don’t throw it out there super often. I go for utility and roleplay as much as I can, but I feel it can hog the spotlight if done too much.

@allalachhad4706

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidborn5393 wait that's illegal

@danjo2080

3 жыл бұрын

No there's no attack roll so it's totally legal. It just takes an action to use the effect. Also, since the spell itself is a bns action touch spell you can even cast it through your familiar on itself at a distance if necessary.

@madsbritbo8005

3 жыл бұрын

Wizard snake? Slytherin 😅

A necromancer with a vulture familiar would be slick. It could pick flesh off your undead plus scout for bodies.

A fun roleplay opportunity is make your wizard/warlock blind but with a familiar you can see through them especially with warlock you can flavor it as your eyes were the price for your power.

@twicedeadmage

7 ай бұрын

Seeing through your Familiar's Eyes uses your action.

@fenixmeaney6170

7 ай бұрын

​@@twicedeadmageit wouldn't be a disability if it were easy.

@twicedeadmage

7 ай бұрын

@@fenixmeaney6170 Yeah, like that horrible wheelchair homebrew.

Crows & ravens are super smart - not only can they use tools & learn complex tasks, but they are smart enough to recognize human features & if you hurt any of them, the ones that see you, will warn others, even their children down a couple generations - equally, if you are kind to them, they will sometimes bring you gifts & I've seen even created art from them, like a soda can tab, with an evergreen twig through it - one of my favorite creatures - Octopi are also brilliant, I've seen stories of kept octopi leaving their own tank, walking across the floor, climbing into another tank to kill & eat fish, then sneaking back to its home, leaving the human keepers stunned until they put a camera in the room -

@Nurk0m0rath

5 жыл бұрын

To add to this, I saw videos at Yellowstone Park that showed ravens opening motorcycle cargo containers, pulling out ziploc bags, and opening them up to get at the food inside. Not even tearing through the bag, actually opening the zipper.

@observantowl1726

5 жыл бұрын

As a warlock serving the Raven Queen I think you automatically get a raven at 1st level (not sure)

@Nurk0m0rath

5 жыл бұрын

@@observantowl1726 I believe it is first level, though it doesn't count strictly as a familiar. There are some things a familiar can do which this can't, and I don't believe Voice of the Chain Master applies to it. But it also has some cool abilities you could never do with a regular familiar, like merging with it after 6th level and flying around.

@Lionrhod212

5 жыл бұрын

I adore crows/ ravens and really any corvidae including blue Jays etc. On the other hand octopi creep me out. Yes they are super intelligent, but I'm convinced they are evil and hate humans. There is a REASON mind flayers look like octopi.

@nicholasschoonbeck6866

5 жыл бұрын

@@Lionrhod212 you should look up the blanket octopus, it might change your mind the way the rainbow jumping spiders make people like arachnids.

Incense for Find Familiar, 10 gp. Replacing Xanathar’s goldfish Sylgar, priceless.

@ty2z

5 жыл бұрын

Some one should tell Xanathar about the Find Familiar spell so his gang does not go on red alert every 10 some thing years

@007solstice

5 жыл бұрын

@@ty2z You mean you intentionally want to place a spell magical effect in front the main eye of a beholder? I'm sure that will turn out well ;p

@hunterkoons2008

5 жыл бұрын

@@007solstice fortunately familiars aren't affected by antimagic fields.

@conradkorbol

5 жыл бұрын

Shrek Hentai where does it say that?

@jakubguziur7522

5 жыл бұрын

@@conradkorbol The spell duration is instantaneous, which means the spell ended and now there's a thing. The same with the basic undead spell that I totally remember the name of.

A raccoon can probably be taught to use Thieve’s Tools

@mattrobinson5479

2 жыл бұрын

Bold of you to assume that raccoons don’t already know how to use thieves tools.

@watt2122

2 жыл бұрын

Bold of you to assume raccoons didn’t create thieves’ tools in the first place

@LordOfBagels117

2 жыл бұрын

Bold of you to assume raccoons can't inherently pick locks and disable traps without Thieves Tools

@itshighnootnooot6949

2 жыл бұрын

Bold of you to assume that raccoons are not semi-god that bend realities to match their vicious ambitions and steal from the mortals

@obsidiandragon1385

2 жыл бұрын

bold of you to assume racoons are not the creators of all reality and have specifically designed their hands to use thieves tools

One of my players surprised me with some interesting creativity. He cast Dragon's Breath on his spider familiar. It's not technically an attack, so we had a sneaky little spider spewing lightning across the battlefield.

How would you feel about when a player dismisses their familiar, that pocket dimension taking the form of a tattoo on the player character's body?

@DungeonDudes

5 жыл бұрын

That's a fun and cool idea. I like it!

@xRedivivus

5 жыл бұрын

Do as you please. It isn't 100% true to RAW, but I doubt your DM will have any problem with that

@sleepinghermit7778

5 жыл бұрын

That whould be awesome. What are you staring at?.... No my raven tattoo did not just blink.

@paulcoy9060

5 жыл бұрын

Very cool. Stealing that idea. Of course, an evil DM might start rolling on a specific body part hit location table, when your PC takes damage. "Sorry, Jerry, that Orc rolled a 78, and that means your right hand gets chopped off. Say goodbye to Twinkles The Cat."

@timothyscott8430

5 жыл бұрын

I thought of that before reading this and I'm glad someone else thought of it

Step 1 get owl. Step 2 get advatage on every attack Step 3 ??? Step 4 profit.

@nicolaskoukis4264

5 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact. Be a rogue. Pick Arcane Trickster and get this spell. Advantage on every attack means sneak attack on every attack.

@davidwolak8599

5 жыл бұрын

This man (WiSpKing) knows his stuff.

@knightghaleon

5 жыл бұрын

Step 3 is be Arcane Trickster/Any Rogue

@xRedivivus

5 жыл бұрын

@@knightghaleon or just take magic initiate and be any rogue you want

@FtonDavid

5 жыл бұрын

@@xRedivivus That's my play, never tried and Inquisitive before, not saying they are good, they'll just be something new, I play Rogues pretty much all the time, be it a dip for Cunning Action or full on shadow dwellers.

Clerics with familiars are deeply underrated. Having your familiar cast cure wounds or even rivivify while you hang back and don't get hit? clutch.

@sewinlove_co

Жыл бұрын

I do this with my Divine Soul sorcerer. It's great!

I like this idea: Warlock Pact of the Tome Book of Ancient Secrets Find Familiar Summon a Raven Sign of Ill Omen Cast Bestow Curse with the Raven

@dragonarchive7443

4 жыл бұрын

Quoth the raven, Nevermore

@Wintermute909

9 ай бұрын

And name the raven Lenore!

@the_last_ballad

8 ай бұрын

Hexblade too, so you serve the Raven Queen

Every time I see the Find Familiar spell, I automatically think of Frumpkin, Caleb's cat. ^_^

@superhpfan00

5 жыл бұрын

why my Ek's familiar Amusement (nicknamed Muse) spends the majority of her time as a Siamese or Calico

@director1336

3 жыл бұрын

You’re not the only one

@acarnivorouslizardfolk1033

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

Me, 27th of March: "Hmm, it would be cool if the Dungeon Dudes did a video on familiars.". Me, 29th of March: "... holy shiii...".

One beautiful idea for Find Familiar that would be great for most everyone but especially Arcane Trickster Rouges. If you have the Mage Hand cantrip, temporarily dismiss your familiar then return them, and here's the good bit, on the other side of a door. Then summon a Mage Hand that's also on the other side on the door and use the familiar's senses to guide the Mage Hand in opening the door!

@princevesperal

Жыл бұрын

Or use Misty Step (which you can pick with the Fey Touch feat) and just teleport yourself on the other side of the door, using your familiar's line of sight.

@RedBlitzen

Жыл бұрын

@@princevesperal OOO! Now that's an interesting thought.

@manichols84

Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh! I’ve got to try this for my druid! I love Tasha’s option of burning a wild shape for find familiar! (He’s a Fey spirit, which pairs nicely with my Fey touched feat)

They never mentioned the interaction between find familiar and dragon's breath which is a missed opportunity.

Find Familiar + Polymorph. Facing a Medusa, my Sorcerer polymorphed the medusa into a stink bug. My familiar (gained through RP), then took the stink bug an flew upward to the edge of the spell. I dropped the spell, and the familiar was forced to drop the medusa.....who fell to their death.

@SirStanleytheStumbler

5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic.

@SiberianPhoenix

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome idea but one could reasonably argue that the familiar would be making an attack to pick up the stink bug.

@sipjedekat8525

5 жыл бұрын

Couldn't the familiar just... Eat the bug?

@SiberianPhoenix

5 жыл бұрын

@@sipjedekat8525 as a DM I definitely would require an attack roll for something like that.

@sipjedekat8525

5 жыл бұрын

@@SiberianPhoenix oh, off course. But as a stink bug the Medusa would have a lousy AC. Also, the familiar might be able to swallow it whole, right?

There's also "find change under the couch cushions", but that's a bit less important in D&D campaigns

@Lionrhod212

5 жыл бұрын

Not less important when it comes to buying pizza!

Having a familiar use help is amazing as an arcane trickster

I remember one of my players were playing a human. His familiar’s favored form was that of an owl. If he was in a dark room, he would have the familiar perch on his shoulder, effectively giving darkvision until combat starts.

Dragon's Breath + Snowy Owl = Hedwigs Revenge!

@williamtorres4140

5 жыл бұрын

Can this be done considering the Familiar can't Attack? If it can be done... Please let me know!

@JazzOfTheStinson

5 жыл бұрын

Using the breath requires an attack action though. I mean you can cast it on your familiar but they can't use it. The spell says you can't make an attack, not you can't make an attack roll.

@williamtorres4140

5 жыл бұрын

@@JazzOfTheStinson Would it work with The Pact of Chain Familiar?

@brifox

5 жыл бұрын

@@JazzOfTheStinson Not an attack action, so no problem. The dragon's breath just says "use an action", which is separate from "use an attack action".

@karpmageddon4155

5 жыл бұрын

@@JazzOfTheStinson Jeremy Crawford has responded on this particular combo here: mobile.twitter.com/JeremyECrawford/status/943256832969019393 So yes we can have fire breathing owls or lightning spewing toads. 🤓

Be a good mage... put find familiar spells in a ring of spell storing. Give EVERY MEMBER OF THE PARTY familiars.

@knightghaleon

5 жыл бұрын

My friend made a ring wizard and made everyone rings for this reason.

@FtonDavid

5 жыл бұрын

Gawd damn!

@andrewpenn1145

5 жыл бұрын

Pact of the chain warlocks can take an invocation that allows them to use their familiar to communicate. Summon a bunch and use them all as a party-wide PA system.

@danzai

5 жыл бұрын

@@andrewpenn1145 pact of chain allows to pick familiars that can speak yes, and even regular ones can summon ravens with the mimicry ability to speak. But the idea of summoning a 'bunch' for PA doesn't really work, because each familiar is tied to its own master. Not all to the same one.

@andrewpenn1145

5 жыл бұрын

@@danzai So just trade familiars with another warlock or a wizard so you can use them as walkie talkies.

Also Familiars + Dragons Breath, the familiar can give itself dragon’s breath and then use that as an action (cause using the dragons breath spells effect does not count as an attack action). This is especially cool with flying familiars

@golett0331

2 жыл бұрын

I reckon you don't even remove this comment, but here i go anyway. This comment got me thinking. Artificer + Generous DM + Pseudodragon familiar + dragons breath = a mini dragon with mechanical wings flying around the battle field breathing fire on everything

As a DM I always prioritize logic and realism over the rules, often using house rules to allow things that should be possible but just aren't for reasons I can't find a justification for. As far as familiars, I would absolutely allow them to attack but would simply have them do rather minor damage (with some exceptions); I can see no reason why a crow couldn't peck you or a snake bite or an imp sting or so forth. As far as I'm concerned the DM's most important job is to immerse the players in the world and nothing is quite as immersion breaking as thinking of a perfectly logical tactic and being told it doesn't work for no reason beyond it simply doesn't; if I can't find a justification for why something isn't possible that makes sense from a lore perspective rather than just a rules perspective, I will usually allow it.

@StarryxNight5

Жыл бұрын

You *could* also just say that the familiar not attacking any creature is a part of its bindings which let it stay in the material plane. It could certainly try to attack, but it would just poof back to its home dimension before the attack landed. Everybody knows this, and the familiar especially knows, so nobody ever bothers. Of course, this could open it up to dying to a single Command telling it to attack, I think, but you could also just say that the bindings make the familiar physically incapable of causing direct harm through an attack.

In last campaing, my character, a dashing sea captain, rogue/warlock, had a familiar from the pact of chain, and since his patron was a soul of his ship, who was also a fine lady, the familiar (sprite) was played as their supernatural daughter, so yeah there can be many ways to spin the familiar.

@dragonmaster613

5 жыл бұрын

That sounds like an epic anime!

@charlottewalnut3118

5 жыл бұрын

84elmer Dude you made a claubaterman familiar what’s up Ussop

@DkKombo

4 жыл бұрын

@@dragonmaster613 I'd love to see that isekai!!

@dragonmaster613

4 жыл бұрын

@@DkKombo Sword Art Online!

@DkKombo

4 жыл бұрын

@@dragonmaster613 Wat?

In a game we are playing there is a character with a badger companion that wears the skull if one of his first kills like a helmet.

@JessieIsRawr

5 жыл бұрын

Cubone

So at my table I had a warlock who was bound to a celestial patron who was strongly anti undead and anti fiends but used an imp as his familiar. At first he argued that his patron would be ok so long as it was under his control but as the DM I just couldn't agree. So instead I made a "light spirit" homebrew familiar. "Puffle" as she came to be called has her own personality and stats and became essentially the mascot of the group. Because I allowed her to speak and think on her own she actually became a VERY powerful tool for me as a DM as the group tended to split up and disagree a LOT! But one little squeak from Puffle and they all came running! So I certainly say don't be afraid to get creative with your players. It may become something that's not only unique and fun to talk about, it could become something useful to everyone! PS.... that same character would later dual class into sorcerer and take flock of familiars. I then made two more completely unique "Sisters" for him that made this become one of my favorite things to ever come out of D&D

@roboticd

3 жыл бұрын

Well, per find familiar and pact of the chain, it's not actually an Imp, but a spirit taking the form of an Imp...

@ArvindS-mv4ef

2 жыл бұрын

@@roboticd yup, the "Imp" could just be a celestial spirit in the form of an Imp. One could even flavor it as a Cupid type small angel with a bow and arrow for the sting.

I was given the option for my eladrin fey-lock to attain a young (red/orange) faerie dragon instead of a pseudodragon. Many, many shenanigans were had as the two were in an eternal contest to see who could be the better prankster. I encourage DM's to reach beyond RAW an make your world a living thing, where your PC's might entice the service and companionship of the most unlikely creatures through their actions and personalities. Be flexible and imaginative. If they try to abuse their newfound friends (emotionally or in a mechanical sense) it would make more sense for these NPC's to feel used, manipulated or unloved, depending on the circumstances. An example: We had one campaign where the party had the equivalent of a Mysterious Stranger that would show up. It was a doppleganger that in some circumstances would offer cryptic hints, combat aid or just randomly do whatever before it disappeared. Those odd times we would crit our perception taking watch we would see it off in the distance peeling a banana, writing a book or making funny faces at us when it realized it was seen. That kind of thing. The party eventually thought to use their face to charm/convince it to solve a very sticky situation we had gotten themselves into, resulting in the death of a prominent NPC in the gameworld. The magic on the Stranger faded and realizing what it had done, sought revenge on the party for single handedly making it into one of the most wanted criminals this side of Faerun. It was three months since that mistake, and the stranger had made a number of ambushes using alternate identities and knowledge of our activities against us. By the time it decided to retreat to plan and gain allies the party was leaping at shadows and absolutely terrified. The Stranger eventually became a BBEG of our own making. Woops.

Find Familiar may be the best 1st Level Spell in the game. I can’t really think of a 1st level spell that is more of an auto-pick if you have access to it.

@WhamBamTySam

5 жыл бұрын

Shield? Guiding Bolt? Shield of faith? Mage armor? Lots of good ones, I think :D I love early spells that aren't mainly for damage. This way, they are just as useful at later levels. For melee characters, swinging a sword is always useful. It's great for casters to have that same staying power imo :)

@skyarcher04

5 жыл бұрын

As great of a spell find familiar is in both combat and roleplay. The fundamentally best 1st lvl spell in dnd 5e is bless. It completely destroys bounded accuracy which is the whole point of keeping 5e balanced.

@pyromaniac9422

5 жыл бұрын

Healing word

@corneliastreet2491

2 жыл бұрын

I just hate dealing with and keeping track of familiars, plus when people I’m playing with act like animals instead of intelligent communicative people, but it has a ton of advantages that add interesting gameplay :) it just bugs me when a person has a cat familiar and refuses to speak any English and is obnoxious about it, but that’s cause I’m judgmental 😅

You want your familiar to be useful? There is this nice second level spell called... DRAGON'S BREATH!

@theronleague7692

5 жыл бұрын

This is an awesome combination. You can have your familiar fly 15 feet above the ground and make strafing runs for 10 rounds of combat. They stay out of melee and can breathe fire, rost, poison, acid, or lightning.

@freakyskull516

4 жыл бұрын

or any of the investiture spells

@SaiSai-ul9ee

4 жыл бұрын

If dragons breath is a touch spell, then yes... Otherwise a familiar can't channel your spells etc

@timothyleblanc9769

4 жыл бұрын

@@SaiSai-ul9ee You cast it on your familiar and they can use it as an action after that. The familiar is not attacking or casting a spell.

@SaiSai-ul9ee

4 жыл бұрын

@@timothyleblanc9769 You can cast touch spells through your familiar. I might be wrong but I don't think you can "ready" a breath spell into it for it to use later

When talking about the Help action in combat, I'm surprised Flyby wasn't mentioned.

5:00 Don't forget that a bard can also gain find familiar through magical secrets as well.

You gentlemen get props (& a thumbs up) for the Dr. Claw reference

@dragonarchive7443

4 жыл бұрын

Go Go Gadget like button

Did I miss it, or did you forget Bards with Magical Secrets?

@EvilDMMk3

5 жыл бұрын

They did

@Lumpyrox1412

5 жыл бұрын

Everyone does haha!

@jtjpro13

5 жыл бұрын

As a bard, I don't think this is a very competitive pick when you've got so many other good spells to choose even at the earliest Lore Bard level. It's a *possibility* but very low probability that you'll get it this way.

@neoshinkuri

4 жыл бұрын

way way better to get Magic Initiate feat as bard to get FF than to waste a Magical Secret on it.

@appelofdoom8211

4 жыл бұрын

@@neoshinkuri Yeah if you want a pet as a bard you should probably pick find greater steed instead of find familiar. You can't cast touch spells through your steed but it actually has hp and doesn't take any money to summon. You can also ride a pegasus and who doesn't want to do that?

My Raven’s mimicry actually came in handy when trying to escape a guard

Flotsam and Jetsam. Best evil minions any sea witch could have. The way Ursula was devastated when she zapped them to oblivion was touching.

A raven re-flavored as a mini yellow lion with wings, change the names of certain spells (Darkness as the Shadow or Fog as the Cloudy) and you got your self Card Captor Sakura!

@adreabrooks11

4 жыл бұрын

You have just caused me to completely rethink one of my favorite series! Well done.

@Zakading

4 жыл бұрын

Can also just go for a Tresym. Those are legal familiars and literally flying cats!

The ultimate familair form will always be of the noble Potoo bird. Seriously, look it up. It's like someone put a pair of googly eyes on a trash can. Glorious.

@joshuajohnson7413

5 жыл бұрын

I legitmately have a party mate that wants a Potoo as a familiar!

@randomvideocommenter

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your suggestion, it's beautiful.

@agsilverradio2225

5 жыл бұрын

I looked it up, like you sugested. Your right. It looks really funny! 😋

@Lionrhod212

5 жыл бұрын

OMG I actually did look it up and it's epic. It's the eyes that do it. Okay, if you want another really creepy looking familiar, look up the muntjac.

@FatalKitsune

5 жыл бұрын

@@Lionrhod212 That has "Druid Wild Shape" written all over it.

Usually don't like duos talking like your setup, but you two play off each other's style very well. Idk how you do it, but keep it up

Remember that Bluejays are basically just non-goth ravens, in case a Raven or crow familiar would clash with your aesthetics

Almiraj from Tomb of Annihilation is a rabbit familiar option.

@JoeKeyes

5 жыл бұрын

Rabbitcorn.

@MultiSteveB

5 жыл бұрын

I'd rather have a Jackalope. ;)

@dracoargentum9783

5 жыл бұрын

Shit reskin a weasel. Done.

familiar dropps a nekless of fireballs form 240 feet higt to give use a head start in a combat encounter DM alows it ther was no combat after that

@Quandry1

5 жыл бұрын

The DM was definitely working in your favor. Technically this isn't possible because such magic items, whether having a physical action tied to them or not, involve activation words or phrases to activate. Familiars being unable to say these words to be able to activate them does cause a problem. The same is an issue for things like wands.

@jakubguziur7522

5 жыл бұрын

@@Quandry1 Raven form.

@xRedivivus

5 жыл бұрын

@@Quandry1 Actually that's not entirely correct. Not every item requires magical incantation, necklace of fireballs doesn't even need attunement. It says "you can use an action to detach a bead and throw it up to 60 feet away", you needn't say anything

@Quandry1

5 жыл бұрын

@@xRedivivus Things like activation words are the typical means by which anybody can use a magical item without needing such things as attunement if they don't have always on effects. it's a part of the nature of magical items that is often overlooked or skipped.

@ezreal1407

5 жыл бұрын

Could you use magic mouth to activate items that need activation words?

Thinking of dual classing my Way of the Shadow monk with an Arcane Trickster rogue. I’m thinking one could Shadow Step to a point the familiar can see - around corners, other rooms, etc.

@Connor-kh8sh

4 жыл бұрын

Scott Bender smaaaart

@c.g.278

4 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of how I utterly destroyed an entire ship with a single Fireball in a pirate-themed campaign. To make a very long story short, I sent my familiar into the powder storage of the ship and exploited "a point you can see" from Fireball's rules. The ship exploded. No time to react, no saving throws, just a massive damage roll behind the DM screen. I was really proud of that one.

@philiop1986

4 жыл бұрын

@@c.g.278 My one argument with this is that most people seem to ignore the 100ft rule. "While your familiar is within 100 feet of you, you can communicate with it telepathically. Additionally, as an action, you can see through your familiar's eyes and hear what it hears until the start of your next turn, gaining the benefits of any special senses that the familiar has. During this time, you are deaf and blind with regard to your own senses.". This might seem a lot, but 100ft isn't a massive distance. Thats only 20 tiles if you were to use models and a tile system. Which is also smaller then the average size of a 3 masted sea ship which you would expect most pirates to be using in a setting like this. This would mean you would have had to have either been on deck or so close by that you'd had been damaged in the blast. I mean don't get me wrong, still would have done it myself.

@asherandai1000

4 жыл бұрын

@@philiop1986 Fiend Patron Pact of the Chain Warlock with the Invocation Voice of the Chain Master. Fireball? Check. Familiar? Check. Unlimited familiar sight and communication range? Check. Close enough to cast the spell? .... Well now that may be an issue since Fireball is only 150ft range to begin with, but I'm gonna assume circumstances allowed to get that close. Maybe you're on another ship or maybe a rowboat passing by, or hiding underwater as the ship passes overhead. Lot's of ways this could be possible and since we don't know the specific circumstances it's impossible to say either yes or no. So this one is an assumed Check. Out of blast radius? Probably. While the ship itself may be bigger than 150ft, you're only targeting a point within the ship to cause a chain reaction with the gunpowder and other explosive/flammable substances stored throughout the ship. The size of the ship is completely and utterly irrelevant, only the distance to the initial target point matters. So Check. Familiar will die, but just resummon it. It's totally doable, even without the Warlocks unlimited familiar range. As mentioned before the only distance that matters is the distance to the point the spell is being cast at, and since cannons (and consequently the gunpowder) are at the edge of the ship, the total size of the ship is irrelevant. The only thing the DM needs to decide is how much damage it would cause.

What do you think about the idea of using the command "drop" to force an enemy to drop their weapon and then have the familiar to swoop/run in and steal it?

My wizard has the shard of a demon kings soul in him. So his familiar is a imp in the form of a great horned Owl with actual horns curling off his head.

@TerrariaGolem

5 жыл бұрын

Should be a Quasit

@andrewthemaroon8608

5 жыл бұрын

@@TerrariaGolem i prefer the because at a quick glance you wpuldnt noticed so it draws less attention. Where as with a Quasit its very obvious that its a demon. Now i have people asking me why did i call a Quasit? Why am i cohorting with demons? Am i some kind of demon worshiper? Then i need to be killed before i kill them to my demon mater... In fairness my guy doesn't dress in robes just normal travel gear.

I built a Brightlock with Pact of the Chain and a Celestial Owl (commonly) as the familiar of choice. Given that a familiar can deliver touch spells, and allies can relent to healing spells, it's a fantastic tactical advantage, and allows my character to stay back from melee launching countless Eldritch Blasts. Given that I chose Agonizing Blast, I've never seen such an effective heal blaster! After your video, though, I may have to use the Sprite to best assess the amount of pain a character is in, so I don't use actions on Medicine rolls to determine the harm dealt to an ally. Sure, it won't help me know if they're poisoned or if they're afflicted in other ways, but my DM agrees that laboring through tough pain is a detectable state. Great tip!

I used to play back at the start of the 90s. Find familiar back then was very different if I remember it rightly.

"Like Merlin and Archimedes" Well _now_ I feel old....

@nightflame69

3 жыл бұрын

That is about what I said

There’s a unicorn bunny familiar in Tomb of Annihilation. I believe there are also flying monkey and flying cat stats somewhere as well...

@karpmageddon4155

5 жыл бұрын

The bunnicorn is called an Almiraj and the flying cat is a Tressym.

@TheHometodd

5 жыл бұрын

Karpmageddon thank you! I didn’t have the books on hand so I didn’t want to misspell it.

@sleepinghermit7778

5 жыл бұрын

A flying monkey?!?! I want this for the rough I have been planning with a familiar. (The reason I clicked on this video.)

The Almi’raj is kind of a bunny familiar.

I'm so proud of Monte. He finally said Invocations instead of "Invockations" high five bro!

17:09 I convinced the barbarian he was magical after he pulled an almiraj out of my witch's hat in ToA. Good stuff.

I'm a bard and got a ring of spell storing, asked the wizard of my party to cast Find Familiar on the ring and then I used to cast as my own so we both have familiars. I still have to choose what form I want but an owl seems pretty cool 'cause it can fly away without the attack of opportunity or take a snake and use it to intimidate people we want to interrogate and be sneaky :)

@Hawkwinter01

5 жыл бұрын

@Nicolas Hmm. Since your character is unable to cast the spell, you have to rely upon the wizard to recast Find Familiar into the ring, whenever you want to change the form of the familiar, correct? As a DM, I'm also thinking that rings of spell storing are about to become very rare in campaigns I run. 😜

@poulpo3535

5 жыл бұрын

@@Hawkwinter01 Yes, But I don't intend to change its form. I chose a bee for flavor purposes. And I will be very protective of it. Well, even though I got lucky and got 5 slots for the ring, I think there are more overpowered magic objets to ban from campaigns ^^ it just allows me to cast several more spell, but I still need the slots available before going to bed to refill the ring. It's a matter of control of the slots. It picked it because I'm versatile as a bard, but to a cleric or druid who can cast a spell one day and chose others in their spell lists it's less restrictive. Giving them more freedom in spells they pick from one day to the next. 'Cause there are spells you almost never use, but wish you had prepared ^^

@CallenExile

5 жыл бұрын

In a game where Magic Initiate exists, even the Barbarian can get a Familiar.

@Hawkwinter01

5 жыл бұрын

@@CallenExile True, but you've just burned a feat to get it. That's different from getting it in a ring of spell storing.

@CallenExile

5 жыл бұрын

@@Hawkwinter01 Not true, that ring could have been a ring of regeneration or a cloak of protection or any number of other things. And you gain two cantrips with that feat, so I'd hardly concider it burning a feat.

There IS a rabbit familiar in TOA! A unicorn rabbit !!

@deanlol

5 жыл бұрын

You mean an Almiraj. Freakin' noobs!

@JB-xl2jc

5 жыл бұрын

Jackalope?! No wait, that’s an antlered rabbit...

I'm so glad you guys touched up on the pact of the chain familiars being able to attack. I joined in a friend's campaign with a pact of the chain warlock and for the first half of the night that I was there the DM and I let the party believe that I was my Quasit (shown to them as it's centipede form) and even do the first two fights and long rest as such until they found out that I was just a warlock who had simply taken an interest in them. And at lv4 a Quasit is pretty damn good on the battlefield. To the point where I used most of my spells as buffs or debuffs and let my familiar do the dirty work for the first few levels

2nd edition my sorcerer ended up with a slime familar it had some unexpected powers one power was a meld option which basically ment it could hide on my body with out harming me 2 it had a lash attack that did a d6 of acid damage 3rd it could hold a potion in its body for 24hrs without consuming it. Man i love homebrew.

@ronn-ammon8975

3 жыл бұрын

Sheepicus Bahimus :Wow. Imagine if it had eight long tentacle legs dude? You woulda looked like some kind of a spider.Man, it's a good thing that symbiotic agent of yours couldn't hold and spew toxins or venom, or it could've caused some maximum carnage in a flash.

Could you please do episodes on illusion magic and Polymorph? I am too stupid to use those spells. Especially Polymorph.

@MrNhoj509

5 жыл бұрын

They covered polymorph here kzread.info/dash/bejne/hJ57payNmZi7kpc.html

Ive been a big pathfinder player for a few years...... a friend of mine is taking the leap into dm'ing a taldorei setting 5th edition game. Your channel has been a massive help into background of classes, feats etc for me and some of my other m8s, i've been binging your excellent videos over the last 2 weeks. Really huge thankyou for the entertaining and informative vids :)

Thanks again! I'm new to D&D and playing a Warlock this is soooo helpful!! Love your channel.

I love them both thinking of the rabbit familiar coming out of a hat and how excited they seem.

Speaking of the Ring of Spell Storing... you can cast Find Familiar into the ring. Now all of your friends can have their own familiar.

My Wife's familiar does some serious damage when combined with the dragon breath spell, gives her a dive bombing owl that just flys in, breathes and flys out of range.

@jootast1k371

3 жыл бұрын

But dragon breath isn't a touch spell...

@astro6009

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, it is: Dragon's Breath Xanathar's Guide to Everything, p154 2nd-level transmutation Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a hot pepper) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You touch one willing creature and imbue it with the power to spew magical energy from its mouth, provided it has one. Choose acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison. Until the spell ends, the creature can use an action to exhale energy of the chosen type in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 3d6 damage of the chosen type on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

I had a warlock that I used to make my own Iron Man (works really well with at-will mage armor and repelling eldritch blast to name a few). I couldn’t decide at first whether to go Tome for more cantrips, but then I decided to make an imp I named Pepper Pots. She worked well in helping scout ahead and gather intel as well as made an excellent +1 to social gatherings.

It's nice to be more familiar with this spell.

@rowanaround1850

Жыл бұрын

Eyyy

I had a player that in his back story he said that his Familiar was actually his sister who was cursed into that form so he devoted his life to study magic and try break the curse. I liked it so I allowed a family member be a familiar. But restricted to the fiscal body of the creature. So no talking out loud like a pokemon. Unless it's a crow/raiven

Don’t sleep on my Spanish crab familiar even though none of us can understand him

@bonthebunnycat667

4 жыл бұрын

Nadie se espera al cangrejo español (Nobody expects the Spanish Crab)

Great content. I love your flow because it's two friends, two players, two dms talking about something they love and enjoy! Keep up the good work :D

Surprised, i don't think they mentioned the combo of rogue with Magic Initiate feat, taking find familiar, and using the familiar to get advantage on every attack for sneak attack.

Got Pact of the Chain just because i wanted a small dragon. I'm so glad it's much better than i expected

@justanotherglorpsdaymornin5097

4 жыл бұрын

I went pact of the chain because my princess-in-hiding warlock needed a pet to love.

Watching this while my cat, non-stop attacks my feet. :D :D :D

@ultraxatu3027

3 жыл бұрын

Your familiar is a fiend, isn't it?

A particular build idea I had was of warlock that could have its imp form familiar act as a buddy cop by providing help on almost every skill check, from investigation and perception of two sets of eyes, to trying to recall information, due to a reasonable intelligence and communicating thoughts telepathically rather than just verbally. I would guess the familiar has knowledge from either the player character and or the patron.

My current character is a Raven Queen warlock with a Pact of the Chain, Voice of the Chain Master eldritch invocation and raven familiar. Which means I have two ravens. Through which eyes I can see simultaneously. I call them Huginn and Muninn. One of them serves as a replacement for my normal senses and as close range (100ft) reconnaissance; second can fly everywhere and even talk to people if I do not care enough to meet them in person. - Elf ranger returns from his scouting venture, covered in mud and completely drenched: "There is an orc band seven miles to the north" - I, drinking freshly made coffee: "I know" - Rogue, after leaving at night for some information gathering: "The mayor is a demon worshipper and plans to sacrifice all children in the newly build orphanage to his masters! We have to move. his spies are everywhere and they might have noticed me!" - I, sipping wine in the comfort of my private room: "I know. Also, calm down, you are safe."

@samuelaraujomedeiros6682

5 жыл бұрын

Has your character also sacrificed one of her eyes for Wisdom?

@MiiNiPaa

5 жыл бұрын

@@samuelaraujomedeiros6682 Not yet. He will, as soon as he finds any use for wisdom.

@SerDerpish

4 жыл бұрын

Which begs the question: why do your Ranger and Rogue even bother going out at all?

@youtubingjaguar5082

4 жыл бұрын

I love this Odin-esque character! ;)

I would love to try the Gazer as a variant familiar from Volo’s! This gave me the urge to play a chain pact warlock now! Great videos!

"A familiar cannot attack" Me, sitting here with my Chains Warlock: :) (even though i never do, i just have them in a safe spot and be my blind-ass' eyes)

@ellagage1256

3 жыл бұрын

Me : Laughs in Shocking Grasp

Glad i found this video, i was curious about the familiar in Dnd for a while

You Dungeon Dudes just keep getting better and better.

Alternate familiars are amazing. I played a campaing were my Wizard had a Flying Sword as a familiar and latter had a bunch of knives he would use animate objects on.

@MagusAgrippa8

5 жыл бұрын

A flying sword would make a hilariously awesome familiar.

@karpmageddon4155

5 жыл бұрын

I couldn't help but use puns with such a familiar causing my DM to immediately regret their choice in letting me have it.

@MagusAgrippa8

5 жыл бұрын

Karpmageddon Please tell me someone forced the player to name the flying sword Stabbitha or Slashley?

@karpmageddon4155

5 жыл бұрын

@@MagusAgrippa8 Perhaps a Sir Stabbington, who naturally belongs to one of the most influential families of Daggersdeep. Rumor has it that a Stabbington is even counted amongst the dark and mysterious Edged Lords.

@Narcizim

5 жыл бұрын

Spectre Dan Named it Flying Edge, but it actually acted cherfull most of the time. Pretending to be a normal sword and then jumping to life. Even stuck some mook with it once or twice.

Great episode and insight! Great ideas. I’m surprised you didn’t mention the Rogue as being one of the best classes for Find Familiar though. Familiar uses the help action, and the Rogue attacks with advantage and gets Sneak Attack every turn. Keep up the good work, guys! Love your channel! 👍👍

Bard/Arcane Trickster Find Familiar: frog. "Hello, my baby! Hello, my hunny! Hello, my ragtime gaaaaaallll! Send me a kiss by wire, baby my heart's on fiiiiiire!" Oy! Where'd my purse go?!

Worth mentioning: recently an Unearthed Arcana "Class Feature Variants" came out and *Druids* can have a Wild Companion by expending a use of a Wild Shape. I personally loved it.

I never thought of having them attune to magic items and never realized they COULD use magic items. I think you could allow them to attune to magic items but I think they should be limited to 1 Item they can attune to. And I think They should be able to use magic items that cast spells but only non-damaging spells that are concentration. This is perfect because if your Owl Familiar is holding a Wand of Webs and an enmy kills them then that magic item drops to the ground ready to be picked up. They shouldn't be allowed damaging wands like Magic Missile because then down the line they could use a wand of Fireballs. If anything a familiar holding a Ring of Spell storing (or something of a similar nature) would be perfect because they could store a stack of invisibility. To Limit this I would make it so that they can only activate 1 spell at a time. Like you'd have 5 feather falls stored in the ring and the owl could activate just that spell any other you'd have to re-teach the familiar to cast a different spell all of which would be over at the end of a long rest. I would only allow the Wand of Magic Missiles (if any attack item) You could make it an 'Animal Handling' check to see if the animal can handle the magic item properly to use it. I always treated Familiars as Actual animals that have their own personalities and Identity that WILL always obey their master but is still its own being that acts like an animal despite not really being a beast.

You forgot to mention the Gazer familiar option from Volo's Guide, which is by far the coolest familiar option, especially for great old one warlocks. :)

Lyra and Pantalaimon. And hey the example you used for delivering touch attack spells, Shocking Grasp, stops the target taking reactions - so they could run up, shock the enemy and run away safely if they started near enough and there were no other enemies around. Also the owl doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks at all when it flies away.

One of my fave vids! Thanks fellas!

My favorite use of a familiar is to cast Dragon's Breath on my owl. Then I can use it to fly to the back of the bad guys and breath fire on them. Dragon's Breath is not an attack so the rules against familiars attacking don't apply. Owls also have the fly through ability so you can use them for a help action by flying into the face of you opponent to distract them.

In reference to the "their isn't a rabbit familiar!" comment, as a DM I personally allow the familiar to have the form of any CR 0 beast, per DM approval.

*THANKS FOR THE IDEAS*

I adore how charismatic you two are.

I have a Mizzium Ooze as a familiar and used Dragon Breath with him! He pretends to be armor when he is not being active. So the enemy was VERY surprised when my neck armor moved and breathed fire on them!

Well, there is a bunny but it is called an Almiraj. It's basically a unicorn bunny.

Thank you for your videos.

I totally love your personal familiar in the background (who you can hear at 17:12).