PLEASE NOTE:  This background is for use with the "Witch Patron 2024" subclass for creating their Greater Familiar.

 

As a Witch Patron warlock, you and your familiar have a bond more intense than any other master does with their familiar. Your familiar is an integral part of your playstyle, and they could also very well be an integral part of your party. Your familiar is able to speak, and has its own thoughts and feelings. It also acts as the never-blinking eye of your patron, which can lead to all sorts of shenanigans for the party.

Here are a couple of tables that you can roll on to make your familiar more of a character and less like a collection of stats and numbers. Work with your GM to use this as a springboard to flesh out your familiar’s personality in order to make it a true member of the party.

Suggested Characteristics

d8	Personality Trait
1	I am my warlock's shepherd. I'm here to watch over them and won't let them stray away from their path.
2	I see myself as a mentor to my warlock. I'll make sure they don't neglect their studies, and will routinely quiz them on the basics and oversee their spellcasting.
3	I am actively looking for new suitable students for my master, and will try to bring these potential pupils to them.
4	I see myself as a parental figure to my warlock, and will act as such.
5	I am deathly afraid of animals and will do my best to avoid them.
6	I am convinced I am the leader of the adventuring party, and will act as such.
7	Nothing angers me more than someone treating me like a normal animal.
8	I am a big gossip, and don't know how to keep a secret to save my life.

d8	Bond
1	I am deathly afraid of my master. I see my warlock as my only way out of this and I'm traveling with them to make them strong enough to take their patron down.
2	I was once a warlock in the same contract that binds my current warlock to my master. I am magically unable to tell them about it.
3	I love my warlock above all things and will protect them with my life.
4	I'm using my warlock to advance my own agenda.
5	I long to return to the realm of the fey where I hail from.
6	I am secretly a fiend, not a fey spirit. I outwardly appear to be helping my warlock, but I'm actually sabotaging their plans.
7	I love both my warlock and my master equally, and I'm scared what would happen if their interests started to diverge.
8	I see my master as a parental figure, and have great respect for them. I won't tolerate anyone speaking ill of them or working against them.

d8	Flaw
1	Once I've made up my mind about something, or someone, it takes a lot for me to change my initial opinion.
2	I follow the orders of my master blindly, without taking into account my warlock's feelings on the matter.
3	The only two people I trust are my master and my warlock. I am suspicious of every person other than those two, including the other members of the party.
4	I see myself as a superior to people, and have a hard time taking their feelings into account.
5	I have a hard time understanding feelings and I'm not good at communicating them or dealing with those felt by others.
6	If my warlock's orders go against what I personally believe is the best course of action, I will ignore them.
7	I believe my master's magic is the most powerful source of magic in the universe. I see all other forms and sources of magic as inferior and I'm not afraid to let those that use them know.
8	I will defend my warlock without any regard to my well-being.