Raven
Your familiar takes the form of a raven, crow, or parrot, giving it exceptional intelligence for an animal and the ability to mimic
sounds and speech.
Creature Stats: Raven Familiar
Familiar Hit Points
Your familiar's hit point total is based on your level at which you summon it, and your own level.
All familiars are Level 3 creatures that increase in level when the Summon Familiar spell is amplified.
Your familiar gains additional hit points according to your level in the Witch table.
Table: The Witch Table
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Level |
Feature |
Familiar Hit Points |
Dark Energy |
Caster Level |
1 |
Witch Specialties, Spellcasting, Spell Studies |
|
|
1 |
2 |
Natural Skill Improvement, Learning Experience |
|
|
1 |
3 |
Familiar |
+0 |
|
1 |
4 |
Specialty Improvement, Witch Bonus |
+0 |
|
1 |
5 |
Spell Studies, Learning Experience |
+2 |
|
2 |
6 |
Ability Score Improvement, Spiritual Connection |
+4 |
|
2 |
7 |
Dark Energy |
+6 |
15 |
2 |
8 |
Spell Studies, Natural Skill Improvement |
+8 |
20 |
3 |
9 |
Familiar Feature, Specialty Improvement |
+10 |
25 |
3 |
10 |
Familiar Focus, Learning Experience |
+12 |
40 |
3 |
11 |
Ability Score Improvement |
+15 |
45 |
3 |
12 |
Spiritual Connection, Natural Skill Improvement |
+18 |
50 |
3 |
13 |
Familiar Feature, Spell Studies |
+21 |
55 |
4 |
14 |
Witch Bonus, Specialty Improvement |
+24 |
60 |
4 |
15 |
Collective Might |
+28 |
65 |
4 |
16 |
Natural Skill Improvement, Spell Studies |
+32 |
70 |
5 |
17 |
Ability Score Improvement |
+36 |
75 |
5 |
18 |
Familiar Feature, Witch Bonus |
+40 |
80 |
5 |
19 |
Learning Experience, Specialty Improvement |
+45 |
85 |
5 |
20 |
Strengthened Bond, Spell Studies |
+50 |
100 |
6 |
21 |
Natural Skill Improvement, Spiritual Connection |
+55 |
110 |
6 |
22 |
Ability Score Improvement |
+60 |
120 |
6 |
23 |
Familiar Feature, Spell Studies |
+70 |
125 |
7 |
24 |
Witch Bonus, Learning Experience |
+80 |
140 |
7 |
25 |
Collective Subconscious |
+90 |
155 |
7 |
26 |
Spell Studies, Specialty Improvement |
+100 |
175 |
8 |
27 |
Ability Score Improvement |
+110 |
200 |
8 |
28 |
Spell Studies, Natural Skill Improvement, Learning Experience |
+120 |
225 |
9 |
29 |
Witch Bonus x3, Specialty Improvement |
+130 |
250 |
9 |
30 |
Legendary Summoner, Spell Studies |
+150 |
300 |
10 |
Raven Familiar Features
The Raven form of a familiar has the following abilities:
- Flight: The creature has a Fly Speed of 10 feet per frame.
- Dark Color: The creature's black plumage gives it a +2 Stealth bonus. Creatures that can see in darkness automatically fail checks to search for the creature if it's stationary.
- Intelligence: The creature has exceptionally high intelligence and can assist its owner on Intelligence- and Wisdom-based checks.
- Peck Attack: The creature has a Peck attack that deals 1 point of Piercing damage. The damage increases by 1 for every degree of amplification.
- Carrying: The creature can hold one item of no significant weight in its beak. While carrying an item, its Fly speed is reduced by 2 and it can't use the Mimic or Peck Attack actions.
Mimicry
Starting at Level 9, your familiar gains the ability to mimic and repeat sounds it hears. It gains the Mimic Sound action.
Ravens can mimic short sounds, such as cell phone ringtones and the calls of other creatures.
It can also mimic and repeat human speech, in single words or short phrases up to five words in length.
You can use this ability to have your familiar repeat sounds or short phrases it has heard, or to have it communicate in short sentences
on your behalf.
Object Searching
Ravens have a strong sense of color vision and a certain fondness for shiny objects. At Level 13, your familiar gains a +5 Perception bonus to Sight.
It gains the ability to Search for a specific object and can be instructed to retrieve the object for you.
Wild Intelligence
At Level 18, your familiar gains extraordinary intelligence and problem-solving skills. It gains the Logic, Insight, and Instinct skills with a skill level of 2 each.
It gains the ability to assist you on any of these checks, even when assistance is not normally possible for a given action.
Masterful Mimicry
At Level 23, your familiar's mimicry ability becomes considerably more powerful. It can hear and repeat sounds complete sentences up to a minute in length.
It gains a +5 perception bonus to hearing and isn't affected by background noise.
Raven Archetype Feats
Items with the ⬆ Upgrade symbol can be purchased any number of times.
Items with multiple tiers must be purchased in order (starting with tier 1.)
Heavy Lifting
✪30
Your familiar can carry an item up to 1 weight.
Sharp Beak
➊ :
✪20
Your familiar's Peck attack damage increases by 1d4.
➋ :
✪30
Prerequisite: Witch Level 8
Your familiar's Peck attack damage increases by an additional 1d6.
Expert Mimicry
✪100
Prerequisite: Mimicry
Your familiar's mimicry of speech perfectly replicates the pitch and intonation of the original speaker, making it possible to identify the speaker.
⬆ Improved Intelligence
✪25
Prerequisite: Wild Intelligence
Increase your familiar's Logic, Insight, or Instinct skill modifier by 1, to a maximum of 5.
Items with the ⬆ Upgrade symbol can be purchased any number of times.
Tiered |
Name |
Cost |
Requirements |
Details |
|
Heavy Lifting |
✪30 |
|
Details ▶ |
|
Sharp Beak |
✪20 |
|
Details ▶ |
|
Expert Mimicry |
✪100 |
Mimicry |
Details ▶ |
|
Improved Intelligence |
✪25 |
Wild Intelligence |
Details ▶ |