Familiar: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 02:15, 12 July 2021

**Familiars**
Character Creation
Arelith Wiki
Creation (New Players Guide) Race - Deity - Class Gifts - Backgrounds - Alignment Marks - Epic Sacrifice Customization - Head List - Builds
Character Systems
Description - Disguise / Covered Languages - Experience - Quests Pickpocket - Rest - Role Play Bonus Death - Lycanthropy - Investigate Sequencers - Runic Sequencers
World Systems
Settlements - Factions Quarters - Shops - Taverns - Banks Riding - Sailing - Boons Communication - Portals Time - Containers/Bags Radiant Heart - Assassin's Guild Sencliff's Pirates
Item Creation Systems
Alchemy - Art Craft - Carpentry Herb - Smith - Tailor Dweomercraft - Runes
Armor Weapons - Melee / Ranged / Siege Resources - Poison
Arelith Changes
Classes - Skills - Feats - Trap Summons - Familiar Reskins Spells (list) - Misc
Help
Rules - Roleplay - Maps Console Commands Common Bugs - Staff Support Tickets - Character Remake [The Astrolabe]

A Familiar is a special type of associate for several of the arcane spell casters:

Hexblade
Sorcerer (including Shadow Mage)
Wizard (including Spellsword, Wild Mage, Shadow Mage)

Arelith Customizations

Summon Familiar has a cooldown of 10 minutes, starting the moment the familiar is slain or dismissed.
The console command -associate allows player to speak through their familiar without possessing it.
The console command -familiar allows the caster to change the look(skin) of their familiar.
- This command can be used once on every level
- New skin options (accessed as a subselection to one of the base Familiar selections, see the -familiar console command for more information):
  - Attack Hound
  - Cat
  - Chicken
  - Dog
  - Falcon
  - Jaguar
  - Krenshar
  - Mouse
  - Parrot
  - Snake
  - Spider
  - Tiny Mycoid
  - Tiny Slime
  - Toad
  - Worg

Useful Notes

Characters don't gain any EXP while possessing familiars.
Characters' state is still altered while familiar is possessed. The mage may die from hunger or thirst.
Familiars don't have inventory. They can not carry items, including keys. They can not open door locked by a specific key or storage chests.

External Links

NwN Wiki page for Familiar as a creature

NwN wiki page for Summon Familiar feat

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-Few notes to familiars on Arelith:
+{{SystemsNav|title=Familiars}}
+A [[Familiar]] is a special type of [https://nwn.fandom.com/wiki/Associate associate] for several of the arcane spell casters:
+* [[Hexblade]]
+* [[Sorcerer]] (including [[Shadow Mage]])
+* [[Wizard]] (including [[Spellsword]], [[Wild_mage|Wild Mage]], [[Shadow Mage]])
+__TOC__
+== Arelith Customizations ==
+* Summon Familiar has a cooldown of 10 minutes, starting the moment the familiar is slain or dismissed.
+* The console command [[Console_command#-associate_.2F_-a|-associate]] allows player to speak through their familiar without possessing it.
+* The console command [[Console_command#-familiar|-familiar]] allows the caster to change the look(skin) of their familiar.
+** This command can be used '''once on every level'''
+** New skin options (accessed as a subselection to one of the base Familiar selections, see the [[Console_command#-familiar|-familiar]] console command for more information):
+*** Attack Hound
+*** Cat
+*** Chicken
+*** Dog
+*** Falcon
+*** Jaguar
+*** Krenshar
+*** Mouse
+*** Parrot
+*** Snake
+*** Spider
+*** Tiny Mycoid
+*** Tiny Slime
+*** Toad
+*** Worg
+==Useful Notes==
 * Characters don't gain any EXP while possessing familiars.
 * Characters' [[state]] is still altered while familiar is possessed. The mage may die from hunger or thirst.
-<!-- * Familiars don't trigger spawns. -->
 * Familiars don't have inventory. They can not carry items, including keys. They can not open door locked by a specific key or storage [[chest]]s.
-* The console command [[Console_command#-associate_.2F_-a|-associate]] allows player to speak through their familiar without possessing it.
+== External Links ==
+: [https://nwn.fandom.com/wiki/Familiar NwN Wiki page for Familiar as a creature]
+: [https://nwn.fandom.com/wiki/Summon_familiar NwN wiki page for Summon Familiar feat]
 [[Category:Character mechanics]]