POLL: Familiars

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I was wondering which familiars you guys like best and think are best (in SoA & ToB) if they weren't connected to a certain alignment. This is to prevent people for massively vote for fairy dragon, because they like being chaotic good so much.

Since there isn't a lot of space in the poll itself for descriptions, I'll post the familiar lists here (I took them from Dan Simpsons Walktrough).

SoA:

Alignment Familiar AC HP Abilities
--------------- ------------- -- -- ----------------------------------
Lawful Good Pseudo Dragon -2 24 50% magic resistance, renders
victims unconscious, casts Blur

Neutral Good Pseudo Dragon -2 24 (same as above)

Chaotic Good Fairy Dragon 4 24 32% magic res., casts Invisibility
10' Radius & Mirror Image 1/day

Lawful Neutral Ferret 0 24 50% magic res., 75% Pickpocket,
40% Stealth, 20% Detect Traps

True Neutral Rabbit -4 16 50% Detect Traps, 30% Stealth,
75% resistance to fire, cold, elec

Chaotic Neutral Cat 0 24 Pickpocket, 99% Stealth,
50% magic res.

Lawful Evil Imp 2 18 Polymorphs, 25% magic res.

Neutral Evil Dust Mephit 6 24 Casts Glitterdust 2/day, 10% magic
res.

Chaotic Evil Quasit 2 24 Casts Horror, 25% magic resist.
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ToB:

Alignment Familiar AC HP Abilities
--------------- ------------- -- -- ----------------------------------
Lawful Good Pseudo Dragon 0 48 35% magic resistance, renders
victims unconscious, casts Blur,
Ghost Armor, Detect Illusion, 2
attacks per round

Neutral Good Pseudo Dragon 0 48 (same as above)

Chaotic Good Fairy Dragon 0 24 45% magic res., casts Invisibility
10' Radius, Imp. Invisibility &
Mirror Image 1/day

Lawful Neutral Ferret -4 48 65% magic res., 95% Pickpocket,
60% Stealth, 60% Detect Traps

True Neutral Rabbit 1 48 85% Detect Traps, 60% Stealth,
65 magic res., 50% detect illusion
always haste

Chaotic Neutral Cat -4 48 Pickpocket, 99% Stealth,
65% magic res, 60% Find Traps.

Lawful Evil Imp -2 48 Polymorphs, 35% magic res., poison
attack, regenerates 1 HP/second

Neutral Evil Dust Mephit 3 48 Casts Glitterdust 2/day, 25% magic
res., Prismatic Spray, Stoneskin,
60% damage resistant, immune to
fire

Chaotic Evil Quasit -2 48 Casts Horror, 35% magic resist.,
immune to fire, cold and elec.,
regenerates 1 Hp/second, 3 attacks
per round, attack reduces target
DEX


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Edit:

Hmm, those descriptions don't really look pretty... Ah well, I think they are understandable enough.

Since I posted this poll, I feel obliged to go first, but I don't really know much about the familiars.

Q1: Fairy Dragon, because it casts invisibility radius 10, that means it can render all of my characters invisible. I won't use a familiar to fight and I don't need such a mediocre thief.
Q2: Rabbit. The reason I don't chose Fairy Dragon here is that he only has 24 hp. The abilities of the rabbit are nice and it could scout an area ahead (or something)
Q3: I guess the Fairy Dragon too. Dragons are cool and this one is cute . And I like the Chaotic Good personality (the familiar represents). (in my first post, I said I 'if they weren't bound to alignments', with this I meant they personality of the familiar would remain the same, buit just that you could pick a lawful good pseudo dragon while being chaotic evil).
Q4: Still Fairy Dragon.

[ August 03, 2003, 21:50: Message edited by: Menion Leah ]

Poll Information
This poll contains 4 question(s). 17 user(s) have voted.
You may not view the results of this poll without voting.

Poll Results: Familiars (17 votes.)

Which familiar do you think is the most useful (powerful) in SoA? (Choose 1)
* Pseudo Dragon - 24% (4)
* Fairy Dragon - 35% (6)
* Ferret - 6% (1)
* Rabbit - 6% (1)
* Cat - 24% (4)
* Imp - 0% (0)
* Dust Mephit - 0% (0)
* Quasit - 6% (1)

Which familiar do you think is the most useful (powerful) in ToB (Choose 1)
* Pseudo Dragon - 18% (3)
* Fairy Dragon - 12% (2)
* Ferret - 29% (5)
* Rabbit - 6% (1)
* Cat - 18% (3)
* Imp - 6% (1)
* Dust Mephit - 6% (1)
* Quasit - 6% (1)

Which familiar do you like the most (think is the coolest) in SoA? (Choose 1)
* Pseudo Dragon - 35% (6)
* Fairy Dragon - 12% (2)
* Ferret - 18% (3)
* Rabbit - 12% (2)
* Cat - 6% (1)
* Imp - 6% (1)
* Dust Mephit - 0% (0)
* Quasit - 12% (2)

Which familiar do you like the most (think is the coolest) in ToB (Choose 1)
* Pseudo Dragon - 35% (6)
* Fairy Dragon - 12% (2)
* Ferret - 18% (3)
* Rabbit - 12% (2)
* Cat - 6% (1)
* Imp - 6% (1)
* Dust Mephit - 0% (0)
* Quasit - 12% (2)

 

Nothing beats the Ferret in ToB, no discussion. But the rabbit is still the coolest...

 

What's so good about the ferret?

 

It's nice to have, since I have no thief in my party...