In need of ideas for familiars - Please Read

I need some ideas for summonable familiars to aid spellcasters.
If you don't know what a familiar is - Basically a familiar is creature brought to life through a spell caster. The spell caster and the familiar share a bond, and if the familiar dies, the caster is weakened. Familiar creatures are usually small like Fairy Dragons, and other small animals.

Heres what I have so far:

Ranger can summon -
Fairy Dragon
Rabbit
Wolf
Raven

Mage can summon -
Imp
Lesser Golem
(Specific Type) Elemental
(Specific Type) Dragon
Arcane Kanine
Goblin
Camelion Frog

Druids can summon -
Rabbit
Wolf
Elk
Raven
Bear

If you have any ideas to add or think one of my ideas is not good, then please post your opinion and ideas.

Iron_Ian

Not to be negative but... what would a rabbit do? Be supper? emote_sweat

Anyhoo, other ideas:
panther
tiger
dire wolf, dire anything...
hawk
eagle
gnoll (preferably 'crappy')
kobold

That's all. Great idea btw.

What about some demons or angels, of cause lesser.

I like Kobold, Panther, Tiger, Hawk, and Eagle
Dire Wolf maybe for an Evil Ranger or Druid rather then a timber wolf.

Druids +
Eagle
Hawk
Tiger
Panther

Ranger +
Hawk
Eagle
Panther
Tiger

Wizard +
Hawk
Eagle
Kobold

As for demonic and angelic how does this sound:
Demon - Felbeast
Angel - Solar

These will be summonable by two of the specialist mage classes - dark and light mages.

As for the rabbit - Could be a stealthy scout. It was one of the familiars in Baldur's Gate II. I would give it a hide ability. Familiars can be of many different types - some are combat boosting, other magic boosting, some for scouting and stealth, and others are just useful.

thats a fair amount of familiars, but not many classes

maybe something that leeches hp from enemies when it attacks, and gives some hp to the owner
one that gives mana when enemies are killed or from absorbing corpses


exactly what kind of map is this for?

Druid
-Raven
-Bear
-Wolfs
-Ents

Ranger
-Hawk
-Wolf
-Rabbit (summons the rabbit and eats it making the ranger regain health?)
-Changes into an eagle?

Mage
-Elements?
-Pixies?
-Faries?
-Tiny Dragons?

heh, maybe it's a nice combination if u can get it to work :P

Well those are just basic types of character classes, there will be many different subclasses.

For instance for the ranger class, you can play as a Ranger, an Archer, or a Beast Master (need some more ideas)

Druid - Basic Druid or Avenger

Mage -
Mage: Typical mage
Wild Mage: Mage that has uncontrollable magic.
Spell School Mage: Schools of magic, dark, light etc...
Pyromancer: Fire Mage
Chrono(mage or mancer?): Mage that specializes in altering\time spells.




RPG\Campaign - Check this thread: http://www.wc3campaigns.com/forums/s...threadid=13961

what about a realy small frost worm and call it a skeletal bird, for a necro or something

Ok, I'll think of a name for an evil familiar like that.
For Pixies and Fairies, what could I do?
Also for the mini dragons, what could they be called?
As for elementals and golems - what type?

I also added a new one in - spirit.


EDIT: Do you think a bard should be able to summon familiars???
Also any ideas for special subclasses for:

Druid
Cleric
Ranger
Fighter
Paladin
Bard
Thief

Fire Lizards.
Or
Dragonets. But Fire Lizards are better.

Just a suggestion, but usually when a familiar dies, their master suffers some. like loss of HP/MP/Experience/levels

Would you put that in there or not? Could it be done?

I'm going to see if I can do that. Hopefully, I can make them permanently lose 1 strength.

How about a flying shield? It sounds stupid, yes, but it could stop line attacks and stuff.
Good idea?

I'll have to think about that one, maybe one of the familiars will have the ability to summon something like that.

Also, TucksMa, I'm gonna call it the Fire Wyrm.

Heres what I got so far:

NATURE:
Raven
Hawk
Eagle
Rabbit
Wolf
Spirit

DRAGON:
Fairie Dragon
Fire Wyrm


ELEMENTAL\GOLEM:
Lesser Golem - Different Types
Mud Golem
Stone Golem

Elemental - Different Types
Fire Elemental
Earth Elemental
Air Elemental
Water Elemental


PIXIE\FAIRIE:
Pixie
Fairie
Camelion Frog


DEMONIC\FELL:
Imp
Felbeast
Skeletal Wyrm


ANGELIC\HOLY:
Solar


CREATURE:
Kobold
Goblin