familiar????

Sodomatic Goat · 11-15-2002, 03:21 AM

Does one's mage has to be a specialist to summon a familiar???? I can't get Imoen or Nalia to summon any, the message says "only the protagonist can summon a familiar" or something!!!!! and if I get one, what is it good for??? doesn't it just get killed and lower my constitution????

Lord Starshadow · 11-15-2002, 03:27 AM

Only PC's can summon a familiar. So none of the NPCs (Imoen, Edwin, Nalia, etc.) can.... Familiars ahve useful functions, depending on which one you get. One detects traps, another one pick pockets things. I don't know much about them, but maybe someone 'familiar' (hehe, bad pun there

) with them can tell you more.

Sodomatic Goat · 11-15-2002, 03:29 AM

oh I get it now, that sucks, then why would npc's even be able to get the find familiar spell written into their spellbooks, that's stupid.... aaaaarrrggghhh

Balhifet · 11-15-2002, 04:21 AM

Only the main char. can summon a familiar. It would be really neat if npcs can summon familiars too.

LennonCook · 11-15-2002, 04:49 AM

To stop your familiar from getting killed, click the Talk icon on it, and tell it to go into your backpack.
You get extra HP from having a familiar. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Tyrion · 11-15-2002, 06:24 AM

thats abaout all they are good for. they don't become better with levels, like in NWN.

11-15-2002, 06:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by LennonCook:
To stop your familiar from getting killed, click the Talk icon on it, and tell it to go into your backpack.
You get extra HP from having a familiar. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Extra HP? (argh, brain freeze, just wrote a long post about Harry Potter on another forum, can't figure any other meaning for that right now!)

andrewas · 11-15-2002, 06:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Amedyr:

quote:
Originally posted by LennonCook:
To stop your familiar from getting killed, click the Talk icon on it, and tell it to go into your backpack.
You get extra HP from having a familiar. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Extra HP? (argh, brain freeze, just wrote a long post about Harry Potter on another forum, can't figure any other meaning for that right now!)[/QUOTE]Hit Points. Just dont get it killed, or you loose the extra HP and a point of CON which usualy (but not always) loses you yet more HP. Keep it in the pack at all times, unless your using it for something specific.The ferret is the most useful from what I hear, but any of the theiveing ones can come in handy.

9_1_6 · 11-15-2002, 08:34 AM

Really the ferret???
I always heard and read the Psuedo Dragon was the best.
You dont have to be a mage to get a familiar!!! Use the potion / scroll cheat to get a familiar for your paladin, cleric or theif or etc.

PS.
I think it was the potion / scroll cheat... [img]smile.gif[/img]

Zarr · 11-15-2002, 10:01 AM

My conjurer is chaotic neutral and has a cat. It has 99% hide in shadows and move silently so it makes an excellent scout although it spends most of the time in my backback but it can be useful in some situations.

[ 11-15-2002, 10:02 AM: Message edited by: Zarr ]

11-15-2002, 03:21 AM	#1
Sodomatic Goat Manshoon Join Date: October 31, 2002 Location: Denmark Age: 46 Posts: 170	Does one's mage has to be a specialist to summon a familiar???? I can't get Imoen or Nalia to summon any, the message says "only the protagonist can summon a familiar" or something!!!!! and if I get one, what is it good for??? doesn't it just get killed and lower my constitution???? __________________ Never underestimate the power of the darkside...

11-15-2002, 03:27 AM	#2
Lord Starshadow Quintesson Join Date: October 3, 2002 Location: The plane of non-existence... and Michigan Age: 45 Posts: 1,087	Only PC's can summon a familiar. So none of the NPCs (Imoen, Edwin, Nalia, etc.) can.... Familiars ahve useful functions, depending on which one you get. One detects traps, another one pick pockets things. I don't know much about them, but maybe someone 'familiar' (hehe, bad pun there ) with them can tell you more. __________________ Bah, I don\'t need a sig. You all don\'t care what I do anyway. <img border=\"0\" title=\"\" alt=\"[Razz]\" src=\"tongue.gif\" />

11-15-2002, 03:29 AM	#3
Sodomatic Goat Manshoon Join Date: October 31, 2002 Location: Denmark Age: 46 Posts: 170	oh I get it now, that sucks, then why would npc's even be able to get the find familiar spell written into their spellbooks, that's stupid.... aaaaarrrggghhh __________________ Never underestimate the power of the darkside...

11-15-2002, 04:21 AM	#4
Balhifet The Magister Join Date: October 16, 2002 Location: SULDANESSELLAR Age: 38 Posts: 139	Only the main char. can summon a familiar. It would be really neat if npcs can summon familiars too. __________________ <br />\"The Lord of Murder shall perish,<br />but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny.<br />Chaos shall be sown from their passage....\"<br />-So Sayeth the wise Alaundo

11-15-2002, 06:24 AM	#6
Tyrion Quintesson Join Date: March 21, 2001 Location: straight outta Kålltorp Age: 38 Posts: 1,081	thats abaout all they are good for. they don't become better with levels, like in NWN. __________________ ...with the Bible and the Uzi as weapons

11-15-2002, 04:49 AM	#5
LennonCook Jack Burton Join Date: November 10, 2001 Location: Bathurst & Orange, in constant flux Age: 38 Posts: 5,452	To stop your familiar from getting killed, click the Talk icon on it, and tell it to go into your backpack. You get extra HP from having a familiar. [img]smile.gif[/img]

11-15-2002, 08:34 AM	#9
9_1_6 Elminster Join Date: November 2, 2002 Location: ♣♣♣ Age: 39 Posts: 457	Really the ferret??? I always heard and read the Psuedo Dragon was the best. You dont have to be a mage to get a familiar!!! Use the potion / scroll cheat to get a familiar for your paladin, cleric or theif or etc. PS. I think it was the potion / scroll cheat... [img]smile.gif[/img] __________________ <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[dancing]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/dancing.gif\" /> <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[dancing]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/dancing.gif\" /> 9_1_6 <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[dancing]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/dancing.gif\" /> <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[dancing]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/dancing.gif\" /> <br />LIQUID STICK PEOPLE!

11-15-2002, 10:01 AM	#10
Zarr Symbol of Cyric Join Date: June 19, 2002 Location: Northern Ireland Age: 41 Posts: 1,330	My conjurer is chaotic neutral and has a cat. It has 99% hide in shadows and move silently so it makes an excellent scout although it spends most of the time in my backback but it can be useful in some situations. [ 11-15-2002, 10:02 AM: Message edited by: Zarr ] __________________ Minsc - \"Don\'t ask questions better left to aged sages\"<br /><br />\"You must gather your party before venturing forth\". BANG shoots him dead

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