Marvin closed his spellbook. He was not planning to learn any new spells tonight.
He wanted to strike while the iron was hot and summon a familiar of his own.
[Find Familiar] could be cast as a ritual and did not require a spell slot.
Marvin had long prepared the materials needed for this magical ritual—incense worth 10 gold pieces.
Once he had drawn the magic circle and placed the materials within it, Marvin was about to begin the ritual when he suddenly had a new idea.
Generally speaking, a wizard's familiar was chosen from among Tiny beasts with a challenge rating of 0.
Some wizards preferred more intelligent animals. Miss Wuke, for example, had chosen a raven.
Animals with unique abilities or sensory organs, such as octopuses, lizards, and bats, were also popular.
Or they could simply choose common animals like cats and dogs.
Though they had no special abilities, they were cute, and could provide emotional comfort amid a wizard's tedious life of arcane study.
Some wizards who specialized in the School of Conjuration, or who had deeply studied summoning magic, could also cast an improved version of [Find Familiar] to obtain more unusual familiars.
Such as celestials, fey, or fiends.
Of course, even if they could find a rare creature from the Outer Planes as a familiar, its combat power would still be very weak.
For instance, with a fey familiar, they could only summon something like a sprite, a tiny creature one or two inches tall.
If I add an earth elemental rune to the magic circle, could I find myself an elemental creature as a familiar?
The more Marvin thought about it, the more feasible it seemed, and he immediately got to work.
He modified the original magic circle, adding an earth elemental rune at