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Krzychu
Hidden Character
Joined: 25 May 2002
Posts: 1738
Location: It is my little secret. |
Hm, I like the raven - it's not very good but.. I like it anyway.
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Gig
Southern Spirit
Joined: 20 Feb 2002
Posts: 3226
Location: NFG Headquarters |
I love the Dire Badger, it's just about the cutest thing ever! |
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DzD
Unknown
Joined: 12 Mar 2002
Posts: 7140
Location: Sweden |
Badgers are dangerous!
http://www.rpgdot.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=22101&start=45
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Thu May 15, 2003 8:21 pm |
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Quivera Eros
Village Dweller
Joined: 21 Sep 2003
Posts: 1
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The panther is definely cool - My ranger kept one throughout the game - stealthy and dealy. But then, the ranger can't summon a pixie.
As a sorcerer or wizard, the pixie is very useful. Opens all the locks, disables traps, hard to hit (and therefore kill) and has sneak attack! You have all teh rogue skills you need and can get a bruiser or healer for your henchman. Though I played most of Chapter One without a henchman by having the pixie as familiar and summoning a badger or wolf and kept the extra experience points.
I have a druid who using the hawk which is pretty cool as it has disarm - comes in handy in fights. |
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Sun Sep 21, 2003 5:18 am |
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Managarm
Eager Tradesman
Joined: 23 Aug 2003
Posts: 27
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That backstab potential the panther has is pretty darn valuable. |
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Sun Sep 21, 2003 9:41 am |
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ekwhite
Eager Tradesman
Joined: 23 Feb 2003
Posts: 26
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Currently, I am using the pixie as my familiar and Daelen Redtiger as my henchman. I really like the pixie's ability to disable traps, as my wizard has no skills of that type whatsoever.
When I was using Tomi Undergallows (rogue) as a henchman, I chose a familiar that was more of a fighter than the pixie. My two favorite fighters are the panther and the hellhound. The panther is stronger, but the hellhound has a nice fire spell that it uses.
I found the raven not very useful, and the fire mephit irritating. I have not tried the ice mephit, because I would assume it to be equally irritating.
I have pretty much settled on the Daelen Redtiger/pixie combination for two reasons - first, the pixie seems to get stuck less that Tomi Undergallows, and I don't have to hear 'Aye, it's done' any more. |
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Sun Sep 21, 2003 4:53 pm |
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~NOBODY~
The One And Only
Joined: 15 Sep 2003
Posts: 1824
Location: Vivec, Jobasha's Rare Books |
No familiar is better than the panther  ... Yet the dire wolf is also good  . Actually, I never used the familiar as a weapon, I just use it as a bait.
By the way, here's a very useful "hint": If you're a wizard or sorceror (not druid or ranger), you can summon a familiar, possess it and try to hit a trapped chest. Especially when the trap is deadly, it's very useful. Also, you can summon a familiar in some places where you ca't get, than possess it, and explore... |
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Thu Sep 25, 2003 1:08 pm |
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Wolfgarou
Guards Lieutenant
Joined: 29 May 2003
Posts: 163
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For some reason, I like the faery dragon. But for usefulness, it's the pixie.
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Wed Oct 22, 2003 5:13 pm |
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konny666
Noble Knight
Joined: 03 Jul 2003
Posts: 219
Location: Babylon 6 |
Upgrade to the "enhanced familiar" package. It adds logical feats to some of the fam's, such as Knockdown for Dire Wolf and Panther. They're so much more useful when they can knock over baddies in combat. Even a wizard with a puny poking stick (a.k.a dagger) can hit an orc who's flat on the floor! |
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Sat Nov 29, 2003 6:33 am |
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Aphazel
A Shadow of My Own Self
Joined: 17 Aug 2003
Posts: 877
Location: Norway |
I like Pixie best, great in Picking Locks and Disarming Traps  |
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Wed Dec 10, 2003 8:10 am |
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txiabxyooj
Fox Spirit
Joined: 06 Dec 2001
Posts: 971
Location: here, there & everywhere |
i like the imp. it isn't the greatest familiar, but it seems to fit my neutral palemaster/wizard. 
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lestat14
Tremere Vampire
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
Posts: 651
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yeah i just got hordes of underdark a few eeks ago....the beholder is pretty cool...it has a lot more interactivity than the other familiars...you can tell it what types of spells to cast when and on who.....
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Fri Jan 09, 2004 2:08 pm |
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Egin
Keeper of the Gates
Joined: 24 Jun 2003
Posts: 120
Location: Estonia |
quote:
Originally posted by konny666
Upgrade to the "enhanced familiar" package.
Excuse me, but what is it? is it addon or patch or mod or just feat you can learn?
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Fri Feb 27, 2004 11:23 am |
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corwin
On the Razorblade of Life
Joined: 10 Jun 2002
Posts: 8376
Location: Australia |
I currently like the beholder too!!
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Thu Nov 25, 2004 9:43 am |
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genji
Eager Tradesman
Joined: 11 Dec 2004
Posts: 39
Location: Melbourne, Australia |
I have a dire boar. His name is Binky. Cute... but deadly (at least in the first 2 official campaigns. He's getting slaughtered in Hordes)
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