Finally, when you cast a spell with a range of touch, your familiar can deliver the spell as if it had cast the spell. Your familiar must be within 100 feet of you, and it must use its reaction to deliver the spell when you cast it. If the spell requires an attack roll, you use your attack modifier for the roll.
Say I'm an artificer and I have invisibility stored on my item; 10 uses (twice my intelligence score) and I give it to the wizard to use on his familiar. Will the wizard need to have his familiar close enough to touch, or can he use it remotely to scout ahead in a dungeon with his owl familiar?
The item is used as per the text, "While holding the object, a creature can take an action to produce the spell’s effect from it". This reads like it is a separate action, not the Cast a Spell Action, so the wizard can't have their familiar cast it - but the wizard could use it at touch range on their familiar.
The item is used as per the text, "While holding the object, a creature can take an action to produce the spell’s effect from it". This reads like it is a separate action, not the Cast a Spell Action, so the wizard can't have their familiar cast it - but the wizard could use it at touch range on their familiar.
Or perhaps have the familiar carry and use it themselves.
Or perhaps have the familiar carry and use it themselves.
Can they do that? I'd have thought that most couldn't.
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Or perhaps have the familiar carry and use it themselves.
Can they do that? I'd have thought that most couldn't.
A spell-storing item needs a creature that can take actions. Familiars qualify. They even obey commands. Whether or not they're smart enough to know how to use an object, select targets, etc. may be up to the DM and/or the familiar's stats.
Or perhaps have the familiar carry and use it themselves.
Can they do that? I'd have thought that most couldn't.
A spell-storing item needs a creature that can take actions. Familiars qualify. They even obey commands. Whether or not they're smart enough to know how to use an object, select targets, etc. may be up to the DM and/or the familiar's stats.
Yeah, this falls under 'talk to the DM' but as long as the Familiar is smart enough to follow a command I would allow it.
And now I'm wondering if I can rig one of these up on my Steel Defender...
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Can a wizard cast the item's stored spell on their familiar if they use it as an item?
The wording on Find Familiar, states:
Say I'm an artificer and I have invisibility stored on my item; 10 uses (twice my intelligence score) and I give it to the wizard to use on his familiar. Will the wizard need to have his familiar close enough to touch, or can he use it remotely to scout ahead in a dungeon with his owl familiar?
The item is used as per the text, "While holding the object, a creature can take an action to produce the spell’s effect from it". This reads like it is a separate action, not the Cast a Spell Action, so the wizard can't have their familiar cast it - but the wizard could use it at touch range on their familiar.
Or perhaps have the familiar carry and use it themselves.
Can they do that? I'd have thought that most couldn't.
If you're not willing or able to to discuss in good faith, then don't be surprised if I don't respond, there are better things in life for me to do than humour you. This signature is that response.
A spell-storing item needs a creature that can take actions. Familiars qualify. They even obey commands. Whether or not they're smart enough to know how to use an object, select targets, etc. may be up to the DM and/or the familiar's stats.
Yeah, this falls under 'talk to the DM' but as long as the Familiar is smart enough to follow a command I would allow it.
And now I'm wondering if I can rig one of these up on my Steel Defender...