Familiar

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

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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

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.