I have a newly 3rd level warlock with a Undead patron, and my campaign takes place in a mashup of the old Ravenloft setting and the Shadowfell, so its heavilly death-themed. The character is Pact of the Chain, and I am looking for an alternate familiar to replace the imp with something more death themed. I am happy with a homebrew reature or reskin, etc. The mood is whats important here.
I think the stnadard undead familiar would be a Crawling Claw which is a bit weedy in terms of familairs. You could take any of the beasts you could normally summon with Find Familiar and flavour them as undead and see if your DM would let you aplly either the skeleton or zombie features from the DMG to them, see page 282 if you're using the physical DMG. Otherwise you could take an undead sprite shrouded in a hooded robe and give it a mini scythe instead of a sword and let it float around like a little vision of the grim reaper.
my fiend lock uses a reskinned imp. I know imps are thematic, but for story purposes, mine is skinned to look different, but is mechanically the same. The mechanics are really what matters. As long as you aren't changing abilities or system math, you're not /breaking/ anything.
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If you can take a Strixhaven background, silverquill gets a stealth-based black familiar called an Inkling if thry take the mascot feat, which you could reskin to be shaped like a skull. Plus, that background is great for warlocks.
Hi braintrust!
I have a newly 3rd level warlock with a Undead patron, and my campaign takes place in a mashup of the old Ravenloft setting and the Shadowfell, so its heavilly death-themed. The character is Pact of the Chain, and I am looking for an alternate familiar to replace the imp with something more death themed. I am happy with a homebrew reature or reskin, etc. The mood is whats important here.
Any ideas?
I think the stnadard undead familiar would be a Crawling Claw which is a bit weedy in terms of familairs. You could take any of the beasts you could normally summon with Find Familiar and flavour them as undead and see if your DM would let you aplly either the skeleton or zombie features from the DMG to them, see page 282 if you're using the physical DMG. Otherwise you could take an undead sprite shrouded in a hooded robe and give it a mini scythe instead of a sword and let it float around like a little vision of the grim reaper.
my fiend lock uses a reskinned imp. I know imps are thematic, but for story purposes, mine is skinned to look different, but is mechanically the same. The mechanics are really what matters. As long as you aren't changing abilities or system math, you're not /breaking/ anything.
Any time an unfathomably powerful entity sweeps in and offers godlike rewards in return for just a few teensy favors, it’s a scam. Unless it’s me. I’d never lie to you, reader dearest.
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If you can take a Strixhaven background, silverquill gets a stealth-based black familiar called an Inkling if thry take the mascot feat, which you could reskin to be shaped like a skull. Plus, that background is great for warlocks.
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