Find familiar

Find familiar was a conjuration ritual that bound a spirit to a warlock or wizard in the form of a familiar.
==Effects==
Familiars summoned in this way were spirits of either celestial, fey or fiendish nature, depending on the caster's choice, that took the form of an animal, also of the caster's choice. Subsequent castings of the ritual changed the form the spirit took to that of another animal. Typical choices included bats, cats, crabs, frogs, hawks, lizards, octopi, owls, snakes, fish, rats, ravens, sea horses, spiders, and weasels, although warlocks could be granted other forms by their patrons, such as imps, pseudodragons, quasits, or sprites. Other, less common choices included almiraj, flying monkeys. tressym, cranium rats, crawling claws, and gazers.
Familiars thus summoned had the usual link with their masters, such as a telepathic link over some distance, which included the ability for the caster to see through the creature's eyes, the ability to relay touch-based spells and the ability to be temporarily or permanently dismissed. Only one familiar could be bound to a spellcaster at any given time.
If a familiar summoned by this spell were killed, it could reappear by a subsequent casting of the ritual.
When cast on Avernus, the first layer of the Nine Hells, the result was invariably an imp.
==Components==
The spell needed verbal, somatic, and material components. The materials needed were charcoal, incense, and herbs—basil, savory, and catnip—that needed to be burned in a brazier made of brass as part of the ritual, with the charcoal used to stoke the brazier. Fat may also be burned. These materials were valued as much as 100 gp to as little as 10 gp.
==History==
The spell was attributed to the Netherese arcanist Zahn in and was originally called Zahn's familiar.
In the month of Eleasis, of the , the city of Ravens Bluff's Ministry of Art and Wizards Guild jointly declared it illegal to cast find familiar within city limits due to a raging unnatural storm at the time called the Soulstorm. In addition to threatening arrest for those that broke this decree, it was declared that breaking this prohibition would result in a permanent expulsion from either organization.
==Appendix==
===See Also===
* Find familiar (necromancer)
* Find humanoid familiar
===Notes===
===Gallery===
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===Appearances===
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===References===
Category:Conjuration spells
Category:Song spells
Category:Universal (province)
Category:Inventives
Category:Mentalisms
Category:Variations
Category:Zahn's spells
Category:Alchemist spells
Category:Wizard spells