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familiar [2024-02-07 06:23] – Draft some familiar ability rules poemsfamiliar [2024-12-22 15:53] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ===== Abilities ===== ===== Abilities =====
  
-Abilities listed in the books which are conferred to the character are vague, and are expanded on as follows.<sup>Ex</sup> :!: //This section is a draft and partially unplaytestedThe rules need to be tweaked so the familiars are not so imbalanced, I think.//+Abilities listed in the books which are conferred to the character are vague, and are expanded on as follows.<sup>Ex</sup> 
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 +FIXME VERY rough draft. Only some of these are in use so far. They need work.
  
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 The player should endeavor to remind the DM of their special abilities when they believe the abilities might be relevant, as the DM can easily forget about a familiar. The player should endeavor to remind the DM of their special abilities when they believe the abilities might be relevant, as the DM can easily forget about a familiar.
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-==== Scouting with a flying familiar ==== 
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-Scouting with a flying familiar such as a hawk grants the familiar a special surprise check with an encounter distance greater than normal. [[Hawk|Hawks]] multiply the encounter distance by 10; the DM will adjust this multiplier upward or downward for scouts of different perceptive abilities.<sup>Ex</sup>((The DMG's section on adventures in the air (DMG 49-50) does not mention changes to encounter distance for aerial circumstances.)) 
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