Familiar

Update 1.01: Changed language from Primordial to Sylvan. 

Warning: This background is NOT for a player character. This is meant as a background to use if you make a character sheet for your spellcaster's familiar. Please do not use this background for your playable character. 

Familiars are the companions to magic users and are most commonly cats, birds, or reptiles. Some familiars are more exotic, some are plain. Regardless, when a spell caster casts Find Familiar for the first time, they are given one such companion from the elemental plane of magic.

You were summoned. Created out of magic, you now exist in a plane outside of the magic realm you once belonged to. Is this your first time being a familiar, or your 100th? Perhaps you have served masters of the same house, or perhaps you have been sporadically summoned by a different person each time.

Skill Proficiencies: You are proficient in the skills of your form's race. 

Tool Proficiencies: n/a

Languages: You can understand the languages of your master, but also can choose one additional magical language from: Celestial, Infernal, or Sylvan.  

Equipment: n/a

Suggested Characteristics

Your personality should reflect the chaotic nature of your magical existence. Are you good at following directions? Do you think you should be the one issuing orders? Are you grateful you have the opportunity to explore such a vast new world? Do you dread being brought out, fearing what harsh realities it has in store? 

d8	Personality Trait
1	I have a habit of staring through others.
2	I get fidgety when I've been out for too long.
3	I am a being of chaos and magic. That doesn't mean I won't accept treats if offered.
4	I never leave the shadows. Good luck trying to find me.
5	What you call commands, I call requests.
6	The world is an adventure I intend to explore. Stopping me is useless.
7	If left alone, I might just plot to destroy the world.
8	Who are these people with you? They must want to kill you. Don't worry I'll take care of them.

d6	Ideal
1	Loyality. I will do everything to protect the one who summoned me. (Lawful)
2	Chaos. I was put on the world for one purpose. Thankfully I've forgotten it, so I can do what I want. (Chaotic)
3	Destruction. This world is not big enough to cage me. I will break free of its chains. (Evil)
4	Apathy. I am a being without free will. I will do what I am told. (Neutral)
5	Exploration. I want to see as much of this world as I can. (Any)
6	Veteran. This isn't my first master, it won't be my last. I will perform to my best standards. (Good)

d6	Bond
1	My master means everything to me.
2	I will never forget my first master.
3	I feel drawn to a magic source in the distance, I must find it.
4	The object that summoned me is of great importance, I will ensure its safety.
5	My master's friends are dumb and weak. I won't let them die.
6	I wish to return to the magic plane from which I was summoned away from.

d6	Flaw
1	I wish I was never summoned.
2	Ignoring commands is my specialty.
3	Now seems like a good time for a nap.
4	I perceive everything not made of magic as a threat to my existence.
5	Who was my master? I think I lost them.
6	I don't want to hurt anyone, and if I roll over, no one will want to hurt me.