Mage Familiar Companions

Reference: Forged by Dragon's Fire 87-89

• Ignore the examples on pages 90-93, they're not necessarily built right
• Ignore the XP chart on page 93, we haven't been using it

Choose Concept, Nature, Type

Type: Animal, Bygone, Construct, Elemental, Undead

• Bygone: Quintessence Grazing free
• Construct: no natural healing, immune to poison and disease, Soak Lethal free
• Elemental: Quintessence Grazing free
• Undead: Soak Lethal and one level of Resilience free

Some familiars cause vulgar-with-witnesses Paradox if seen by a sleeper:

• Bygone
• Construct, if obviously beyond mundane technology
• Elemental
• Undead

Attributes: 1 in each (except Appearance) plus 5/3/1

• Undead can move the first dot from Charisma to another attribute

Abilities: 7/5/3

Willpower: 3

Essence: 1

Freebies: background level * 10

• Attribute: 5
• Ability: 2
• Willpower: 2 (not 1)
• Essence: 1
• Charms (general or type): level

Type	Name	Level	Notes
General	Aggravated Damage	5	1 Essence
General	Armor	3/4/5	+1 vs bashing/lethal/agg, can be bought multiple times
General	Bad Luck Curse	3	1 Essence; roll Willpower, each success replaces one of target's successes with a 1
General	Claws/Teeth	2	Str+1 lethal, can be bought twice for both
General	Countermagic	5	1 die, mage shares it if physically touching, can be bought multiple times
General	Flight	2	3+Dex yards/turn
General	Healing	5	1 Essence for 1 bashing/lethal, 2 Essence for 1 agg
General	Hide	1	take cover and remain quiet/still, +3 diff on search rolls to spot/find it
General	Illuminate	1	can read by it
General	Invisibility	5	1-2 Essence, lasts the scene, 1 = ends on physical/social interaction with someone besides the mage
General	Large	2	+1 Bruised health level
General	Luck	4	1 Essence, mage re-rolls and must accept the new result
General	Paradox Nullification	5	1 per session, can be bought multiple times
General	Quintessence Grazing	7	can draw 1 Quint/day from a node or 1 Quint/week scrounging, free for Bygones and Elementals
General	Read and Write	1	multiple languages requires Linguistics, may be limited by its physical form
General	Resilience	3	+1 Bruised health level; can be bought multiple times, up to double original health levels; one level free for Undead
General	Soak Lethal	3	free for Constructs and Undead
General	Soak Aggravated	2	prerequisite: Soak Lethal
General	Speech	1	multiple languages other than spirit speech require Linguistics
General	Speed	2	N Essence, double speed N times for scene, must rest N hours afterward
General	Spirit Gossip	3	Cha/Man + Intimidation/Etiquette/etc., takes 1 turn to 1 hour
General	Telekinesis	3	requires concentration (no other actions), 1 Essence per 30 pounds
General	Telepathy	3	anyone in sensory range, regardless of language; no attacks or distractions
General	Venom	1/3/5	reflex after successful attack; 1 per hour plus 1 per Essence spent; 1 = Stamina vs 7 or 2 levels of unsoakable bashing (1 day to heal without medical or magic care); 2 = Stamina vs 8 or 3 (3 days); 3 = Stamina vs 7 or 3 and check again next turn, repeat until you succeed or die (3 days)
Animal	Darksight	2	no penalties for complete darkness
Animal	Entrancement	3	1 Essence, eye contact, target resists with Willpower (diff = familiar's Willpower), target still reacts if attacked or deliberately distracted
Animal	Fear	4	1 Essence per target, target resists with Willpower (diff = familiar's Willpower), fail = lose action for 1 turn and +1 diff to everything for 10 turns
Animal	Night Vision	1	no penalties for low light, normal penalties for complete darkness
Animal	Sharp Sense	1	allows e.g. tracking by smell
Animal	Tracking	1	need resonance sample or Prime 2 Mind 2 to reproduce it, Perception + Alertness
Bygone	Firebreath	5	1 Essence, cone 10 feet long by 3 wide, Dexterity + Melee, 2 levels of agg
Bygone	Illusions	7	1 Essence for large rock, 3 for giant prancing dragon; Intelligence + Enigmas or physical contact to see through the illusion
Bygone	Insubstantial	7	1 Essence, lasts the scene, cannot touch or be touched
Bygone	Swallow	4	twice its body weight per day, must fit through its mouth, shunted into Umbra
Construct	Chill Object	1	requires concentration, 1 Essence for -20 F down to freezing, max once per turn
Construct	Control Electrical Systems	5	1 Essence per object, Wits + Technology
Construct	Cyberpresence	3	can manifest in Digital Web (in its usual physical form) and use abilities
Construct	Encryption Software	2	requires physical connection, 2 dots of Computer per Essence spent (up to double original ability), +1 diff to break in
Construct	Heat Object	2	requires concentration, 1 Essence for +20 F, max once per turn
Construct	Jack In	2	go online, requires cell phone signal
Construct	Shock	5	1 Essence, 10 feet in straight line, Dexterity + Melee, 2 levels of agg
Elemental	Create Element	3	matching its type, 5 square feet per Essence spent, duration depends on conditions
Elemental	Elemental Immunity	3	matching (not opposite) its type, e.g. salamanders are immune to fire
Elemental	Engulf	4	same as Swallow for Bygones
Elemental	Insubstantial	7	same as Insubstantial for Bygones
Elemental	Shapeshift	7	1/2/3 Essence for same size / larger / much larger, lasts the scene, cannot go against type
Undead	Ancient Knowledge	3	same as Spirit Gossip but includes ghosts
Undead	Fear	4	same as Fear for Animals
Undead	Insubstantial	7	same as Insubstantial for Bygones
Undead	Invigorate	5	+1 to an attribute per Essence spent, lasts the scene
Undead	Wither	4	Dexterity + Brawl, 1 level of unsoakable bashing per Essence spent

Flaws:

• Immobile (5)
• Tiny (2) - smaller than a housecat; Bruised -1, Injured -1, Mauled -2, Crippled -5, Incapacitated