3.5e Familiars

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Familiars

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Creature Entry	Summary	Type	Size	Prerequisite	Master Benefit
Absol	Bringer of Disaster, or misunderstood hero? either way, love that haircut!	Magical beast, Augmented	Medium
Aubergine Lizard		Animal	Tiny	None	+4 on saves against poison
Beacon Mothlet	A small version of the beacon moth	Magical Beast	Small	3	None.
Bloathead Mosquito		Magical Beast	Small
Bobcat	The bobcat is mid-sized lynx about twice the size of a normal housecat.	Animal	Small	None, —	Scratch Attack., Scratch Attack
Bookwyrm		Dragon	Tiny
Boubaball		Construct	Tiny	None	+3 Sense Motive
Bug of Holding		Magical Beast	Tiny	None	Stores as much as a bag of holding type I which only the master can access.
Candleghast		Undead	Diminutive	Able to cast corpse puppet	+4 Fort saves against Heat and Fire
Chickfowl	Chickfowl are domesticated flightless birds raised for meat and eggs.	Animal	Tiny	None	May reroll Initiative before combat order is determined, but at a −4 penalty.
Chickfowl of the Sea	Chickfowl of the sea are domesticated aquatic birds raised for meat and eggs.	Animal	Tiny	None	May reroll Initiative before combat order is determined, but at a −4 penalty.
Clothling, Flagbird		Construct	Small	None	+3 Jump (3.5e) or Fly (Pathfinder)
Cursed Warrior of Anubis		Undead	Medium
Dark Pygmy		Aberration	Tiny	Improved Familiar, dark insight 0 or higher, caster level 5th.	Dark Knowledge
Darwin Monkey		Monstrous Humanoid	Small	Improved Familiar	None
Deep Blue-Ringed Octopus		Animal	Diminutive	Improved Familiar, caster level 5th.	-
Dire Chicken, MS Variant		Animal	Large
Doki Doki		Fey	Tiny	None	+3 Diplomacy
Duck	Ducks are a diverse group of waterfowl, capable of swimming and diving.	Animal	Tiny	None	Water walk (self only, water only) at will as a standard action.
Duskwalker	Much like Shadows or Shadow Elementals, Duskwalkers are creatures of shadow. They often end up as familiars for the darkest of casters.	Outsider (Cold, Incorporeal, Native)	Medium
Egg of Magic and Mystery		Fey	Diminutive	Improved Familiar, caster level 3rd	-
Eye Jellyfish		Vermin	Diminutive	None	+3 Spot
Eyeball		Aberration	Tiny	None	+3 Spot checks
Eyeball Beholderkin		Aberration	Tiny	Arcane caster level 3rd, Improved Familiar.	The caster gains +2 initiative.
Famael	Weakest of the celestial logos, they are observers whose purpose is to look for problems and report them higher up the chain of command for other logos to address.	Outsider	Tiny	Lawful Good, Lawful Neutral, or Neutral Good, Caster Level 5th, and Improved Familiar	None
Faux		Aberration	Tiny	Improved Familiar, caster level 3rd.	-
Fetum Homunculus		Construct	Small
Firebrat	A tiny scuttling bug with a burning, corrosive bite.	Magical Beast	Tiny	None	Energy Resistance 2 (acid) or Energy Resistance 2 (fire).
Firefriend	Firefriends are an extraplanar race of insects native to the Quasi-Elemental Plane of Radiance, though they sometimes find their way to the Material Plane.	Vermin	Small	Improved Familiar, 7th-level or higher arcane spellcaster	None.
Fizzle Sprite		Fey	Tiny	None	+1 CL on [Light] spells
Flying Fruit Snake		Animal	Tiny	None	+3 Fly (pathfinder) or +3 Knowledge Nature
Flying Laser Squirrel		Magical Beast	Tiny	Non-Undead, Caster Level 5th, and Improved Familiar	None
Frog	These statistics describe a small frog about 2–5 inches in length such as a tree frog or a leopard frog.	Animal	Fine	None	May hold breath for a number of rounds equal to four times his Constitution.
Ghostfire		Undead	Diminutive
Golden Hen	{{{summary}}}	Animal	Small
Goliath Frog	Goliath frogs are a species of large frog, growing up to 2 feet in length and weighing as much as 7 pounds.	Animal	Tiny	None	+3 bonus on Jump checks.
Goop		Ooze	Tiny	—	Gain the stickSpC cantrip as a spell-like ability at will, caster level equal to your level.
Headcrab	A headcrab is a predatorial Xenotheric species, whose natural hatching grounds lie within the vast plateaus of Xen.	Outsider	Tiny	None	+3 bonus on Jump checks.
Helmengel	An angelic helmet who acts as a guardian angel to those they are assigned to.	Outsider	Tiny	Improved Familiar, caster level 7th.	-
Horseshoe Crab		Vermin	Tiny	None	+4 saves vs disease, +4 Heal checks vs disease
Huck Limpet	A tiny hard-shelled otherworld mollusc.	Magical Beast (Xenoblooded)	Tiny	None	Amphibious.
Imp, Buff		Outsider	Tiny	Improved Familiar, caster level 3rd.	-
Imp, Jovial		Outsider	Tiny	Improved Familiar, caster level 3rd.	-
Imp, Scrawny		Outsider	Tiny	Improved Familiar, caster level 3rd.	-
Impette		Outsider	Tiny	Improved Familiar, caster level 3rd.	-
Jack Candle		Fey	Tiny	None	+3 Intimidate
Jazz Worm		Vermin	Diminutive	None	+3 Perform
Kavka	Kavkas are small avians from the planet Gokia that feed on bugs and occasionally scavenge on other meats.	Animal	Tiny	None	+3 bonus on Listen checks., +3 Listen
Little Reaper		Undead	Tiny	None	Kill the Dying temporary hp
Llama, Miniature		Animal	Small, Tiny
Lustling	To a Succubus/Incubus what an Imp is to a Pit Fiend, Lustlings are tiny, seductive demons.	Outsider Evil, Chaotic, Extraplanar, Tanar'ri	Tiny	CL 6+, Alignment: CE, NE or CN OR Subtype: Evil, Demon, or Tanar'ri	The Lustling grants no bonus except that you may now spontaneously convert a spell you have available, of the appropriate level or higher, into the following spells: Fanservice, Enthrall, Obsession, Suggestion, Charm Monster.
Maggot Swarm	An unnaturally large gathering of sentient, semi-magical maggots. They build their hive in a freshly dead body, repair the body and control it to defend their hive.	Vermin	Diminutive
Mana Bug	A small vermin with an abdomen filled with magical energy	Vermin	Tiny	Improved FamiliarCS, Caster Level 3rd	The master of the mana bug familiar may use it similarly to a pearl of power (1st level): once per day the master may regain one prepared spell or spell slot of 1st level that it can cast. Its Spell Dampening ability doesn't apply to spells cast by its master.
Minestrano	A little fey, apparently made out of soup in a bowl	Fey	Tiny	CL 5, Improved Familiar	+4 on saves against ingested poison and stomach problems.
Miniature Clone		Monstrous Humanoid	Small
Mo		Aberration	Tiny	None	+3 Psicraft or Spellcraft
Mortifiel		Outsider	Tiny	Improved Familiar, caster level 9th.	-
Mouse	A mouse is a small rodent smaller than a rat, and much more docile and cowardly.	Animal	Fine	None	+3 bonus on Hide checks.
Mow Mow		Animal	Small
Nimbus Seeker		Elemental	Large	Druid level 7th or Improved Familiar and caster level 7th	-
Nix	The nix is the weakest of all the soul eating maita, taking on the form of a skull (often human, sometimes animal) with subtle eldritch marks carved into its calcified form.	Outsider	Tiny	Improved Familiar, evil alignment, and caster level 7th	-
Nixie-1080 Cam Drone		Construct	Diminutive	None	Use Knowledge Xeno and Program untrained, or +2 bonus if you have ranks.
Omophagea Rat		Magical Beast	Tiny, Small	Improved Familiar, caster level 3rd	-
OwlJerryBear	Some say that when a wizard with an intelligence of 3 tried to create a new ruleset for reality he decreed that Owlbears were not two parts. Not equal parts Owl and Bear but Avian + Mammalian + MAN was how they were really made. In application this led to OwlJerryBear	Vermin	Medium
Oxy-Sprite		Elemental	Tiny
Para-Matter	These odd, vaguely flower-esque orbs of paint-like matter don't appear to be anything of much significance... until they open up their single eye and charge right at you.	Aberration	Diminutive	None	Rapid Healing 1.
Parasite, Bloodring		Aberration	Fine	None	Spell Resistance
Phantom Limb		Undead	Tiny	Improved Familiar, caster level 11th.	-
Pixel		Fey	Fine	None, Improved Familiar, 7th level	None
Pixitte		Fey	Tiny	Improved Familiar, caster level 3rd.	-
Poison Dart Frog	The statistics presented here represent a wide range of brightly colored, poisonous frogs.	Animal	Fine	None	No risk of poisoning self while applying poisons.
Pumpkinder		Plant	Tiny	-	-
Quantum Cat		Aberration	Tiny	Improved Familiar, caster level 6th	-
Quasit		Outsider	Tiny
Quirk Turk		Fey	Tiny	None	+3 hp
Rabbit		Animal, Magical Beast	Tiny	None (rabbit) and CL 5th (magic rabbit)	+3 Jump (rabbit) and None (magic rabbit)
Ranting Raven		Magical Beast	Tiny	Improved Familiar, caster level 3rd.	-
Rockhound		Animal	Medium	Improved Familiar, caster level 7th.	+2 bonus on Trip opposed rolls.
Savvy Quasit		Outsider	Tiny	Improved Familiar, caster level 7th.	-
Sea Pig		Animal	Small	None	Improved ToughnessCW
Shadow Gen		Outsider	Tiny	Sha'ir 1	None.
Shiba Oni		Outsider	Small
Singing Cat		Magical Beast	Tiny	Improved Familiar, caster level 3rd	1 temporary gp per HD per day, +2 Perform, +1 additional Inspire Courage
Singstar		Fey	Tiny	None	+3 Perform
Sockling		Construct	Tiny	None	None
Spark Plushie		Construct	Diminutive	Non-lawful	+2 Knowledge Arcana (and may use untrained)
Spelling Faerie		Fey	Fine	None	+3 Decipher Script checks
Squirrel	These docile rodents thrive in temperate woods, where they eat mostly nuts, berries, and small insects.	Animal	Tiny	None	+3 bonus on Climb checks.
Squirrel, Flying	Flying squirrels have two flaps of skin connecting their forearms to their body, which allows them to “fly” from tree to tree.	Animal	Tiny	None	+3 bonus on Jump checks.
Starcatcher Fae	A pixie-like creature made out of dreams and magic, it shimmers and drops glowing fairy dust.	Fey	Fine	Improved Familiar, caster level 7th	-
Steam Elemental		Elemental	Small, Medium, Large, Huge
Super Hamster		Animal	Small	3rd	None
Tanuki		Fey	Small
Tarantula		Vermin	Diminutive	None	+3 Climb
Tatzy	A tiny snake-like cat-like creature known to be "territorial" and occasionally used as a familiar.	Magical Beast	Tiny	None	Hypnotic Eyes (Su) ability and immunity to tatzy poison.
Tiny Ghost		Undead	Diminutive	None	None
Tiny Mimic		Aberration	Tiny	Improved Familiar, caster level 3rd.	-
Tiny Phoenix		Magical Beast	Tiny	Improved Familiar, caster level 6th.	-
Titiritero		Aberration	Diminutive	Improved Familiar, caster level 5th.	-
Tortoise	Small shelled reptiles commonly kept as pets.	Animal	Tiny	None	+2 Fortitude saves
Tree Ocelot	Tree Ocelots, also known as margays, are skillful climbers who live in the trees.	Animal	Tiny	None	+3 bonus on Climb checks.
Umbral Cat		Magical Beast	Tiny	Improved Familiar, 7th-level or higher arcane spellcaster	None.
Undead Food	A food monster made by college-student Necromancers.	Undead	Small, Medium, Large
Vinycrab		Aberration	Diminutive	None	+3 saves vs disease/poison.
Voltorb		Elemental	Tiny
Weaver of Threads		Fey	Fine	Improved Familiar, caster level 5th.	-
Wonder Egg		Fey	Tiny	None	+3 Hide
Wormgazer		Aberration	Diminutive	Improved Familiar, caster level 5th.	—
Zergling	A fast, scary beast that tears people apart and runs in groups.	Aberration	Medium	Improved Familiar, Caster Level 5	None.

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