Pookey Rocks

[Dace De'Briago]

How about a sheep with wool of antimagic so he can knit himself a vest of wizard boffing?

The sheep would obviously have sharp teeth to send into battle against Iron Golems.

I would also suggest that fire does extra damage against the sheep familiar. Furthermore, mint sauce would cause fear in the semi-intelligent sheep familiar.

O_o

[ 07-10-2004, 01:35 PM: Message edited by: Dace De'Briago ]

[SixOfSpades]

The dog works, but I kind of want to keep the canine Familiars reserved for my hypothetical Wild Man kit. Maybe Warriors could get low-level Dogs and Druids could get low-level Wolves, but only Wild Men get the really cool ones.

[Hank Parsons]

Originally posted by SixOfSpades: Yeah....I'm not too sure just what kind of creature a Wizard Slayer would befriend on that level, that would fit his persona.

Like Dundee said a hound, but: A War-dog - and I believe you can buy doggie armor for wardogs.

I'd like to note that I do not whatsoever support dog-fighting or training visciousness IRL, but in fantasy game terms I think it would be cool to have a pit bull with chain-mail and a spiked coller. When that mo-fo gets up in a wizard's robe, believe me, he ain't casting spells.

[Raistlin Majere]

Originally posted by Dragonshadow: My familier helped me finish ToB. invsibility on all of us and we could sneak TOB SPOILERS . . . . . .. . . . . . . Into the monk's stronghold and live.

yeah, the familiar saved you from buying a 200gold scroll from which to cast . but its true, some of the abilities can be useful in situations that need spontaneous castings...i for one was saved by my imp as he used his horror to frighten half the party under the sewers of Temple district...

[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by Hank Parsons: quote: Originally posted by SixOfSpades: Yeah....I'm not too sure just what kind of creature a Wizard Slayer would befriend on that level, that would fit his persona.

Like Dundee said a hound, but: A War-dog - and I believe you can buy doggie armor for wardogs.

I'd like to note that I do not whatsoever support dog-fighting or training visciousness IRL, but in fantasy game terms I think it would be cool to have a pit bull with chain-mail and a spiked coller. When that mo-fo gets up in a wizard's robe, believe me, he ain't casting spells. [/QUOTE]Well my perception of the Wizard Slayer isn't that he/she necessarily hates magic - they just hate magic-users! And since their choice of equipment is limited anyway, it seems like they would be willing to use whatever would be most effective in battle against spellcasters. That's why pseudo-dragons came to mind, but you could actually use almost any small "drake" creature. It is almost imperative that the Wizard Slayer's familiar have some Magic Resistance (maybe 20%), so that would eliminate the regular war-dog (as good as they are).

Of course, the other way to view the Wizard Slayer is as the closest equivalent to the PnP 1st Edition Barbarian class as outlined in the Unearthed Arcana. That class did despise magic in general and only used items such as armor and weapons out of necessity - once they realized magically-enhanced items would be necessary to defeat the more powerful mages they encountered. In that scenario, I would agree that the war-dog would be the most appropriate familiar/companion.

Of course, a grizzly bear would work too. It might not have MR, but should be able to withstand a couple of attacks and do some shredding attacks of it's own against the spellcaster.

[Assassin]

... Why not just have a type of pseudo Nishruu?