Floral Familiar

Floral Familiar (minor) by Stone Gargoyle

The character can create a sentient familiar out of leaves and flower petals. The appearance of the creature is up to the character, but is typically a dove or other small bird.

Range: The familiar can be manifested using existing flowers, either natural or from matter expulsion, within 10 feet of the character, plus one foot per level. The character can mentally communicate with the familiar for a range of 400 feet, plus 100 feet per level

Size: 11 to 12 inches long, with a wingspan of 16 to 18 inches.

Duration: Concentration, and can keep it in manifested form for a maximum number of minutes equal to the character's ME attribute number, plus 1 minute per level. A Familiar is a permanent feature of the character, so if it is killed, it will require 24 hours to generate a new one (see Drawbacks).

Damage: Pecking or talon attack for 1d4 damage.

Hit Points: See Drawbacks

SDC: The Familiar has SDC equal to half the character's ME attribute number, plus 1 SDC point per level.

Attacks: The Familiar can attack independently 2 times per melee round, plus additional times if the character expends one of his own actions to make it do so. Summoning the Familiar uses one attack/action and requires one attack/action per melee round to maintain.

Bonuses: The Familiar has +2 to strike at level 1, with an additional +1 to strike at levels 4, 8 and 12. It is +4to dodge, with an additional +1 to dodge at levels 4,8 and 12.

Familiar Flight Speed: 30 mph, plus 3 mph per level

Drawbacks: If the Familiar is attacked, the character takes half of its damage. The only exception to this is poison and gas attacks, in which case the character takes no damage and the Familiar will take twice normal damage. If the Familiar dies, the character will suffer -4 to all combat moves and -20% to skill use until another one is created. Creating a familiar costs the character 2d4 Hit Points, half of which are transferred to the Familiar. The Familiar will always be the of the same type and its form, general appearance and size does not change when recreated.