If you could have ANY creature in the whole game as a Familiar, what would it be?

[Sims]

If you could choose ANY creature at all, any size, any type, as a Familiar (lets say you were a God or something) what would it be.

(Oh and I know I said any, but I'd prefer if you didn't list Constructs.)

[Lateral]

Sarrukh. [/thread]

[VarianArdell]

that depends. if I can ignore the alignment restriction, then a TN Couatl would be wonderful. otherwise... idk

[Jack_Simth]

If you could choose ANY creature at all, any size, any type, as a Familiar (lets say you were a God or something) what would it be.

(Oh and I know I said any, but I'd prefer if you didn't list Constructs.)
Depends.

If you're *actually* a god or something, then it's... mostly irrelevant.
What's your cheese tolerance? Deities in D&D have stats. Pick one. Or the Sarruk, which can get you there.

Otherwise, it does matter what you are - because you'll want something that either covers your weaknesses, boosts your strengths, or both.

[Kantolin]

A half-orc?

Half-orcs are awesome. ^_^


What I would do with a half-orc familiar is another question. Probably play cards. Or Brawl.

[druid91]

A modern human weapons manufacturer.

Then Provide my paladin champion with a +300 blessed Heavy machine gun of awesomeness.

[Analytica]

There's a divine ability that makes all creatures of a given type within a mile your familiar. This ordinarily limits to standard familiar-type animals.

With this, though...

Go human. All humans within a mile are your familiars, and use your skill ranks, as well as some other properties. Imagine what could be done with this...

[Amnestic]

Are we assuming D&D or RL for this?

Eh, whatever.

RL: A talking cat. Whether that's a Tibbit who stays in kitty form or an Awakened Cat or simply a cat with a Pearl of Speech on her tongue, I want a talking cat.

D&D: Pseudodragon. Yeah, it's not particularly 'out there' or 'special' and you can acquire it already, but I think they're kinda cool. S'all cute and attention whoring and stuff ;p

Also the obligatory Succubus/Incubus/Nymph suggestion.

[druid91]

Also the obligatory Succubus/Incubus/Nymph suggestion.

But... What good are they?

If real life I'd go with an inevitable.

[VarianArdell]

But... What evil they are!

fixed that for ya :smallamused:

[myancey]

A zombie, so when my lazy character is tasked to do something and pawns it off on his mindless zombie familiar--not only is it not done--but then he can yell, "Stupid zombie!"..and it won't take offense..because its a zombie.

And it'd be way cooler than a skeleton because you'd be able to groom it as you liked.

[druid91]

fixed that for ya :smallamused:

Nymphs aren't evil.

Besides they are still useless.

[myancey]

Nymphs aren't evil.

Besides they are still useless.

That depends on the depth in which your DM lets you go. A nymph would be a rockin' familiar for a sorc....

[Amnestic]

Nymphs aren't evil.

Besides they are still useless.

What part of pure embodiment of beauty/sex demons is 'useless'? ;p

[druid91]

What part of pure embodiment of beauty/sex demons is 'useless'? ;p

The part where one reduces you to a blob of smoldering dead drained flesh, and the other makes you blind just by looking at them.

[Shpadoinkle]

Tarrasque.

[Sims]

Tarrasque.

LMFAO XD I was waiting for that! Hahaha!

[erikun]

Probably one of my favorite creatures would be a Griffit (http://www.artbysvc.com/pages/00045griffitfashion.html), from Dragon Storm. It's basically a griffin the size of a housecat.

[Hirax]

Monster in the darkness

[Ernir]

The part where one reduces you to a blob of smoldering dead drained flesh, and the other makes you blind just by looking at them.

This man speaks the truth. Kids, stay safe. Use protection (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/deathWard.htm), and don't bring just one.

There are anti-blindness goggles in the MIC, so the Nymph can join too. Alternatively, have sex in an AMF.

[CTrees]

Honestly? A tiny beholder. Maybe one foot diameter? Just seems damned cool.

[big teej]

a bulette

or a were boar/bison/bear/something big and beefy

failing that
psuedo dragon.

I would find all of these things amusing.

on a more realistic note
a bulette is to hard to keep fed.
were creature would be.... socially awkward
psuedo dragon it is!

[DragonOfUndeath]

I doubt the Succubus/Incubus would Level-Drain you, it's a voluntary thing and they won't kill the one they are loyal too.
The Anti-Blindness Goggles could work for the Nymph.

[Divide by Zero]

Pelor. Because he always annoys me and causes problems for my characters, so I'd love to push him around.

[Seerow]

I'll take the head god of the Pantheon as my familiar.




...what? You did say any creature. If I'm a God, about the only thing I care about is something even stronger than I am.

[NineThePuma]

IRL: I'd probably go with a Blink Dog. Sure, they're not really 'familiar'-ish, but damn. It'd be nice to have someone around who I could count on to watch my back.

In D&D, I'd probably trade my familiar for another ACF.

[Douglas]

The part where one reduces you to a blob of smoldering dead drained flesh, and the other makes you blind just by looking at them.
There are ways around that. In fact, both abilities can be ignored by the creature simply choosing to not use them, and presumably your familiar would obey your orders in that regard.

[Forbiddenwar]

living wish spell. Or an epic wizard (which everyone knows can kill gods)

[Geigan]

I want a doggy. I could have a cat but not a dog. This makes me sad.:smallfrown:

I would also want the tarrasque. Because he's just such an adorable scion of destruction who gets picked on by all the epic level characters. I will feed him and cuddle him and protect him from all those mean munchkins who just want to use him to test they're latest build.

[Epsilon Rose]

As a mortal (both in D&D and real life) I'd have to go with Puck, because Robin Goodfellow can make for an excellent ally and rather entertaining friend. Also I have a tendency towards plotiness and he might still have some Xanatos's notes (or better yet access to his computer).

As a god... Shadows. All of them. Even yours.

[Allanimal]

A pocket-sized gelatinous cube. It would be so cute!

[Shpadoinkle]

A pocket-sized gelatinous cube. It would be so cute!

Have fun trying to actually keep it in your pocket. And somehow prevent it from eating a hole in your leg. Unless you wear metal pants, of course.

[togapika]

Genie. Preferably a non-evil one.

[HalfDragonCube]

A pocket-sized gelatinous cube. It would be so cute!

I agree completely with this. Preferably one with a few templates.

In fact, for a familiar I would like the option to get more familiars, so I can have a horde of Gelatinous Cubes and ACFs like Abrupt Jaunt.

[Wings of Peace]

A nymph, for the obvious reasons. It may be a shallow choice, but my nymph will help me get over that.

[AugustNights]

Any creature as a familiar... there are the obvious (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101587) power (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/monsters/dragonEpic.htm#prismaticDragon) choices. (http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19869366/The_most_powerful_character._EVER.) but I'm not certain that I would want my familiar for power reasons,

Hmm... well If I were a character, even with all the crazy options, I'd want a Siberian Weasel large enough to rest on my shoulder.

But if I were building a character with access to any familiar... Well a Demilich familiar would be fun, even if it was nerfed from being to a high powered wizard to a simple gem filled flying skull/hand/small set of bones. Although that may not fit thematically... Elemental could be a fun familiar... Question really seems to me what type of Character/God am I and how can my familiar suit my theme.

[KillianHawkeye]

Bearhound.

It's a bear that's a dog. :smallbiggrin:

[LOTRfan]

I'd prefer a beardog to a bearhound any day.

If you have a Nymph familiar, do you get Nymph's Kiss as a bonus feat? :smalltongue:

If I could choose a familiar in real life? A Spinosaurus...

[peacenlove]

Hagunemnon (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/monsters/hagunemnon.htm) because i am THAT indecisive.

[Maho-Tsukai]

A Dracolich. I love undead and I also love dragons. Combined them and you get the most awesome thing ever, an undead dragon. Dragons are beautiful creatures and I love them to the point where I decorate my room with lots of dragon stuff(and other random things, too.). As for the undead, with all my necromancy posts my opinions on them should be obvious.

[Gnoman]

Human wizard, with a human wizard familiar that has a human wizard familiar that....


You did say ANY creature.

[Amphetryon]

Black Ethergaunt.

[samster712]

a 12 headed cryohydra or pyrohydra :) Then if i was a druid me and my familar would be bamf...and whenever I needed to I could shrink it to go into towns and such...

[Urpriest]

A nymph, for the obvious reasons. It may be a shallow choice, but my nymph will help me get over that.

Much as I sympathize with these thoughts, wouldn't the empathic link be a little...uncomfortable?


Honestly? A tiny beholder. Maybe one foot diameter? Just seems damned cool.

These exist. (http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Eyeball)

[LOTRfan]

These exist. (http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Eyeball)

What book are they in? Lords of Madness?

[Urpriest]

What book are they in? Lords of Madness?

Monsters of Faerun. According to that link, looks like they were updated in another obscure FR book. Anyway, they're listed as an Improved Familiar choice in FRCS.

[Taelas]

ANY creature?

Great wyrm red dragon.

[LOTRfan]

ANY creature?

Great wyrm red dragon.

Correction: Great wyrm gold dragon. :smallamused:

[bansidhe]

Pink,shrunk to about a foot tall with dragonfly wings ala Tinkerbell!


[P.S. i do realise that this is never going too happen,but if God is reading this...PLEASE! :D]

[TheGeckoKing]

Great Wyrm Time Dragon. Because overkill is best in 99HD of time-travelling fury.

[super dark33]

A hecktonchire, but not just a hecktonchire, but a PARAGON hecktonchire!

[LOTRfan]

Great Wyrm Time Dragon. Because overkill is best in 99HD of time-travelling fury.

You win this round. :smallcool:

[Mystic Muse]

Bahamut or Tiamat. Depends on a couple things.

If I can't have them, Great Wyrm Silver Dragon.

[LOTRfan]

Axiomatic Chimeric Half-Celestial Multiheaded Time Dragon-Red Dragon-Gold Dragon (all heads are great wyrm, four types of each head).

Now I win. :smallcool:

EDIT: Chimeric Creature doesn't work like that. :smallfrown:

[TimeWizard]

Succubus, preferable one with Alter Self.

What? At least I'm honest.

[Torgarn]

I would take Asmodeus as my familiar.

[Kaeso]

Pun Pun :smallcool:

[FreakyCheeseMan]

Anything sentient, and with a higher INT score than my own, just to be more demeaning.

I'd then make it walk on all fours, and possibly put a saddle on it.

[CTrees]

These exist. (http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Eyeball)

Holy crap, that's AWESOME. It even has mini-beholder abilities (honestly, for a familiar? Even better, 'feel'-wise than full disintegrate and the like, because it's not so overpowered). I have to convince my DM to let me use one now... THANK YOU.


Anything sentient, and with a higher INT score than my own, just to be more demeaning.

I'd then make it walk on all fours, and possibly put a saddle on it.

Add a feedbag for extra humiliation :smallwink:

[Rickshaw]

a working dishwasher. :smallconfused:
maybe an animated one.

or for that matter, an animated house. or mansion.

[Ryu_Bonkosi]

A Zork Gure.

I cast deeper darkness. You are going to be eaten by my grue.

[ILM]

A Will o' Wisp. No reason, I just like the little buggers.

Or a baseball-sized Shadow of the Void (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/monsters/shadowOfTheVoid.htm).

[HalfDragonCube]

A Zork Gure.

I cast deeper darkness. You are going to be eaten by me grue.

You would eat your own familiar?

[OrganicGolem]

A Hecatoncheires <3

[samster712]

A Hecatoncheires <3

will someone tell me which plane hecatoncheires are from? can a planar shepherd become one?

is it from kythri?

[LOTRfan]

will someone tell me which plane hecatoncheires are from? can a planar shepherd become one?

is it from kythri?

Its origin is from Greek mythology, and it can be found in the Epic Level Handbook.

[TimeWizard]

A Hecatoncheires <3

Even better, Hecatonicheese. Extra flavor.

[Nerocite]

A demilich. Small, portable, and quite handy.

[Alabenson]

Great Wyrm Time Dragon. Because overkill is best in 99HD of time-travelling fury.

I'll see your Great Wyrm Time Dragon, and raise you a Great Wyrm Time Dragon with the Multiheaded template to give it 30 heads. Because the only overkill better than 99HD of time-travelling fury is thirty-headed, 157HD of time-travelling fury.

[TheGeckoKing]

I'll see your Great Wyrm Time Dragon, and raise you a Great Wyrm Time Dragon with the Multiheaded template to give it 30 heads. Because the only overkill better than 99HD of time-travelling fury is thirty-headed, 157HD of time-travelling fury.

I ACTIVATE MY TRAP CARD! (http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/6/68178/1786496-trap_card_super.jpg)

A 30 headed (Multiheaded) Great Wyrm Time Dragon with all 12 levels in the Dragon Ascendant prc, after which it uses Ice Assassin cheese to bump up its DvR 0 to NI, making a 169HD Time-Travelling Dragon God.
Oh, and because it would look neater, he can have a level in Truenamer, for 170HD.

In short, everyone loses because Io actually made AN EPIC DRAGON THAT TRAVELS THROUGH TIME. It's like Doctor Who on crack.

[Taelas]

Correction: Great wyrm gold dragon. :smallamused:

You may want a goody-two-shoe metallic as your pet. I would prefer a proud chromatic.

[Sims]

>:O

I didn't know there was a multiheaded template! Where is it! And whats the maximum heads! >:O

[danzibr]

It's probably been mentioned, but... Tarrasque!

And why do people post annoying things like [/thread]?

[Jjeinn-tae]

Hmm, could it have class levels? There's a character that I don't even try to get in games with despite wanting to play it.

Lanaerian Goblin Dragonfire Adept.

[ffone]

If in Faerun, then Ao.

[Mystic Muse]

>:O

I didn't know there was a multiheaded template! Where is it! And whats the maximum heads! >:O

Savage Species. Maximum number depends on the base creature's size.

[LOTRfan]

>:O

I didn't know there was a multiheaded template! Where is it! And whats the maximum heads! >:O

As Kyuubi mentioned, its in Savage SPecies. You can find it online here (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mm/20020621a), but it is slightly different (i.e. you can only have seven heads according to this version).


It's probably been mentioned, but... Tarrasque!

And why do people post annoying things like [/thread]?

Because its fun.

/thread :smallwink:

[Mystic Muse]

As Kyuubi mentioned, its in Savage SPecies. You can find it online here (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mm/20020621a), but it is slightly different (i.e. you can only have seven heads according to this version).

Yeah, the Savage species version is different. I was going to make a 20 headed Styx dragon for an enemy in an online game. That many heads+a breath weapon that scales according to HD equals 1260d6 or an average of 4410 damage in one turn. My Paladin would have been Soooooo screwed.:smallbiggrin:

[Ashiel]

Probably a succubus. I like them, and I'm a sucker for the wings, and the cool shapeshifting powers. They're very intelligent (gotta love that in a lady), beautiful, and probably pretty witty/funny (they've got a +8 to Preform: Comedy without even trying).

Plus, I won't pretend the fringe benefits wouldn't be enjoyable. Honestly not the primary reason (which probably makes me pretty lame), but it'd be a nice one.

[Tvtyrant]

Honestly? A tiny beholder. Maybe one foot diameter? Just seems damned cool.

This is an actual familiar from one of the campaigns, and it gets mentioned in Lords of Madness. It turns a touch spell into a ray once per day for you.

As for my familiar; Marillith. The old fashioned kind :smallwink:

[Ashiel]

Oooh, you know what? A Marilith! You're totally right. That would be even cooler than a succubus, and she could sword-fight with you while beating someone else at video games, while writing her blog. :P

*changes preferred familiar to a Marilith*

[Copacetic]

Ayup, succubus. Moving on.

[Rei_Jin]

A Flumph. Cos someone has to love them

[Coidzor]

A Gloura PrC Bard+Virtuoso would be nice.

[TurtleKing]

Phasm for me because why choose one creature when you can choose them all. (mostly)

[Thurbane]

Definitely a Spellwarped Winged Dire Ape.

[TroubleBrewing]

Definitely a Spellwarped Winged Dire Ape.

... Fly, my pretties? :smalltongue:

[Thurbane]

... Fly, my pretties? :smalltongue:
LOL yeah...I mean, a Dire Ape is probably overkill, but...

[TroubleBrewing]

I thought so.

[marcielle]

The Atropos. For those who don't know him, he is a giant, sentient, MOON that casts raise undead on a whole planet just by being in its orbit. He can even crash into a planet on purpose ala Pandora's Mask.

Second choice would be succubus:smallwink:

[CodeRed]

Winter Wolf for real life. "Why yes, this is my sentient, ice-breathing murder machine that I ride around on. I call him Fluffers." Who cares if he's Neutral Evil, with my Chaotic Good nature it will be like a buddy cop flick all the time with him quipping that he is getting too old for this.

[Haron]

a nymph, just because of

Use Rope +3 (+5 with bindings)

'nuff said

[Mystic Muse]

The Atropos. For those who don't know him, he is a giant, sentient, MOON that casts raise undead on a whole planet just by being in its orbit. He can even crash into a planet on purpose ala Pandora's Mask.

Second choice would be succubus:smallwink:


I think you mean Majora's:smalltongue:

[Tokuhara]

RL, I'd want a Legendary Pseudonatural 3-Headed Pherenic Smilodon.

D&D, I'd actually want a Fire-Breathing Black Unicorn (aka, the evil ones). Using Wizard, Druid, and Paladin (High One Warrior-Wizard and Arcane Heirophant), my dream can be realized!

[BadJuJu]

Pit Fiend. Or a Seraphim. Wish at will? Yes please. Of course Megan Fox would also be a solid choice...

[Goober4473]

I think I'd go with a celestial silver dragon of whatever age category is appropriate.

[marcielle]

I think you mean Majora's:smalltongue:

lol Yeah, I do. I should not post at 3 am.

[Moose Man]

Pit Fiend. Or a Seraphim. Wish at will? Yes please. Of course Megan Fox would also be a solid choice...So much this.

[Mystic Muse]

lol Yeah, I do. I should not post at 3 am.

Bah. Never stopped me.

It probably should have, but it didn't.

[Pentachoron]

Not that the idea of a Succubus, Nymph, Dryad, etc wouldn't be tempting for NSFW reasons I don't think I'd want my source of NSFW things to be my servant.

I think my ideal familiar would be something I'd want to hang out with. With that in mind I think I'd pick a Pixie.

[NineThePuma]

Not a fairy?

Hey! Listen!

[FMArthur]

An imp. Yeah, just an imp. Pretty much every creature I like more than imps I like because they are terrifying, and I don't want them as familiars.

[Coidzor]

Not that the idea of a Succubus, Nymph, Dryad, etc wouldn't be tempting for NSFW reasons I don't think I'd want my source of NSFW things to be my servant.

Well, Mark Twain said it best. Familiarity breeds contempt- and children.

In this case, potentially Half-Celestial/Half-Fiend+ Half-Fiend/Half-Fey/Half-PC's race children. If you play with BoEF anyway, which, well, if one is going to have that kinda familiar...


I think my ideal familiar would be something I'd want to hang out with. With that in mind I think I'd pick a Pixie.

Heh. A pictsie would be pretty sweet. But would constantly be stealing one's booze.