Celestial Fey Fiend - What is the difference

[TheYell]

So I get the Find Familiar ritual and I can have a familiar off the list, but it's a celestial, fey, or a fiend, my choice.

Is there any difference but flavor?

[Greywander]

Off the top of my head, I know certain spells like Detect Evil and Good and Protection from Evil and Good target specific types of creatures.

There's one undead monster in Volo's (bodak?) that has a damage aura that hurts everything near it except undead and fiends. Oathbreaker paladin also has an aura that specifically targets undead and fiends.

Mostly, though, I'd say it's probably flavor.

[JackPhoenix]

While nobody propably cares about celestials or fey, good luck explaining why the raven on your shoulder pings as a fiend on the paladin's evil-o-meter Divine Sense.

[TheYell]

OK thanks. I thought a fiend bat might be more subtle, but perhaps not.


good luck explaining why the raven on your shoulder pings as a fiend on the paladin's evil-o-meter Divine Sense.

I'd use the GOO Warlock's one-way telepathy to explain that one XD

[Lord8Ball]

The only option with real negatives is a fiend because they can be damaged by holy water.