What animals can a familiar take?

You gain the service of a familiar, a spirit that takes an animal form you choose: bat, cat, crab, frog (toad), hawk, Lizard, Octopus, owl, Poisonous Snake, fish (quipper), rat, raven, Sea Horse, Spider, or Weasel.

1. What animals can be a familiar DND?
2. What can a familiar do?
3. How big can a find familiar BE?
4. Can a familiar stabilize?
5. Can a familiar be an object?
6. What forms can a familiar take?
7. Can familiars talk to animals?
8. Can familiars carry items?
9. Can familiars give the help action?
10. Can Find familiar be a dog?
11. Do familiars need sleep?
12. Can you polymorph A familiar?
13. Do familiars get attacks of opportunity?
14. Do familiars count as allies?
15. How long does find familiar last?

What animals can be a familiar DND?

The Familiars

The list is as follows: bat, cat, crab, frog (toad), hawk, lizard, octopus, owl, poisonous snake, quipper, rat, raven, sea horse, spider, or weasel.

What can a familiar do?

A familiar can take any action that it is capable of other than the Attack action. This includes the Cast A Spell action, Dash, Disengage, Dodge, Help, Hide, Ready, Search, and Use an Object. Since familiars are monsters, they can also take any non-Attack action included in their statblock.

How big can a find familiar BE?

The Find Familiar spell stipulates a range of 100 ft for seeing through your familiars eyes. "... While your familiar is within 100 feet of you, you can communicate with it telepathically. Additionally, as an action, you can see through your familiar's eyes..."

Can a familiar stabilize?

"You can use your action to administer first aid to an unconscious creature and attempt to stabilize it, which requires a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check." "Your familiar acts independently of you, but it always obeys your commands.

Can a familiar be an object?

Such familiars, while not actual objects, could look like objects, and such familiars are small enough to share their master's space, and even ride around on him (maybe wrapped around his finger or dangling from his neck) without interfering with the master's activities.

What forms can a familiar take?

You gain the service of a familiar, a spirit that takes an animal form you choose: bat, cat, crab, frog (toad), hawk, lizard, octopus, owl, poisonous snake, fish (quipper), rat, raven, sea horse, spider, or weasel.

Can familiars talk to animals?

For your first question, no. As the spell mentions, your familiar is a celestial, fey, or fiend, and explicitly not a beast. Compare this to the Speak with Animals spell, which explicitly calls out beasts: You gain the ability to comprehend and verbally communicate with beasts for the duration.

Can familiars carry items?

As of the latest Sage Advice Compendium, familiars cannot take any items with them.

Can familiars give the help action?

Yes, familiar can be used for gaining advantage for allies.

A familiar can't attack, but it can take other actions as normal. Help is listed as one of the actions that could be taken in combat and is a legitimate option for a familiar.

Can Find familiar be a dog?

- familiars are usually just small animals - small animals are food for other animals. A dog or cat that wouldn't even look at the party will happily munch on a familiar. Dungeons are full of rats which means that the inhabitants may have cats and other creatures to keep the pests under control.

Do familiars need sleep?

Yes, but not all the time. While present in the Prime Material (or whatever plane of existance the familiar is) it will have all the needs of the beast it is emulating.

Can you polymorph A familiar?

Yes, you can cast polymorph on a familiar from find familiar. The description of the polymorph spell simply says it targets a creature: This spell transforms a creature that you can see within range into a new form.

Do familiars get attacks of opportunity?

Your familiar acts independently of you, but it always obeys your commands. In combat, it rolls its own initiative and acts on its own turn. ... It states that a familiar can't attack — not that it can't attack on its action, but that it can't attack at all, even as an opportunity attack.

Do familiars count as allies?

A familiar is an allied creature. Its proximity to a target can allow you to use the Sneak Attack feature or any other feature that requires the presence of an ally. Since it counts as an ally for Sneak Attack, it would count as one for any other effect as well.

How long does find familiar last?

Your familiar will last forever or until they get killed and temporarily poof away. You can deliver touch spells through your familiar as if you were the one doing the touching.