I think the answer is yes but I'll ask anyway. Can a mimic choose to be not sticky? Ex. If it turns into a hairbrush and someone picks it up and puts it in their bag but the mimic doesn't want to stick, can it choose not to or are they stuck to it when they pick it up? From what I read online, it's a secretion that they can choose to use to stick to something, but the stat block simply says they stick to things in object form
For context. My players found a mimic that was being experimented on by wizards and has become sort of a fun party pet pokemon kinda deal. Their trying to teach him how to pick pocket ;)
The Mimic in the basic rules has a speed of 15 feet. It's a function of the way that monsters are written that they have to have a land speed, but that's only 10 feet at base, so it's pretty clear that Mimics are supposed to be able to move. They can unstick at least their bottom part. There is a Juvenile Mimic in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, and while it can't move on land as fast as a full sized Mimic, it can climb, and even stick to the ceiling, so it's clear in this case that they can also unstick the bottom in their amorphous form. I'd they can move and chose to stick or not on any part of their surface
Players do love the idea of using Mimic against others. That's all kinds of fun, and that's what you're going for here. I'd say go right ahead, give them an itty-bitty Mimic that can take the form of a hairbrush. I've got to question the ability to pick locks though. It's like a pocket sized Rogue. It there isn't already a Rogue in the party, it's maybe a little too useful, but if there is, it makes them a little redundant, or it gives them enhanced lockpicks. Do they get to use their own level of proficiency? If so they don't need it. If not, it's no use to them. I also note that the Juvenile Mimic has 120 foot range Telepathy, and if you give them that, it's really too useful even it it can't learn skills of any sort.
I think the answer is yes but I'll ask anyway. Can a mimic choose to be not sticky? Ex. If it turns into a hairbrush and someone picks it up and puts it in their bag but the mimic doesn't want to stick, can it choose not to or are they stuck to it when they pick it up? From what I read online, it's a secretion that they can choose to use to stick to something, but the stat block simply says they stick to things in object form
For context. My players found a mimic that was being experimented on by wizards and has become sort of a fun party pet pokemon kinda deal. Their trying to teach him how to pick pocket ;)
The Mimic in the basic rules has a speed of 15 feet. It's a function of the way that monsters are written that they have to have a land speed, but that's only 10 feet at base, so it's pretty clear that Mimics are supposed to be able to move. They can unstick at least their bottom part. There is a Juvenile Mimic in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, and while it can't move on land as fast as a full sized Mimic, it can climb, and even stick to the ceiling, so it's clear in this case that they can also unstick the bottom in their amorphous form. I'd they can move and chose to stick or not on any part of their surface
Players do love the idea of using Mimic against others. That's all kinds of fun, and that's what you're going for here. I'd say go right ahead, give them an itty-bitty Mimic that can take the form of a hairbrush. I've got to question the ability to pick locks though. It's like a pocket sized Rogue. It there isn't already a Rogue in the party, it's maybe a little too useful, but if there is, it makes them a little redundant, or it gives them enhanced lockpicks. Do they get to use their own level of proficiency? If so they don't need it. If not, it's no use to them. I also note that the Juvenile Mimic has 120 foot range Telepathy, and if you give them that, it's really too useful even it it can't learn skills of any sort.
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pick pockets not locks ;) but thanks! I agree.
D'oh! Glad I could help.
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I had a group of villains that would keep baby mimics in bags and throw them at my players. They were essentially living, hungry caltrops.
Since your mimic had been experimented on by wizards you could literally have it do anything you think is within reason. Go all out and have fun.