the spell "find familiar"(the spell that is used when you use pact of the chain) stipulates that you can choose the creature's type within a specific range(fey, fiend, or celestial), doesn't this mean that you could have a celestial imp, and that even if your imp is a fiend, it's technically not a devil(with the interpretation of this, the imp would be fiend instead of fiend(devil))?
the spell "find familiar"(the spell that is used when you use pact of the chain) stipulates that you can choose the creature's type within a specific range(fey, fiend, or celestial), doesn't this mean that you could have a celestial imp, and that even if your imp is a fiend, it's technically not a devil(with the interpretation of this, the imp would be fiend instead of fiend(devil))?
Yes the familiar is a celestial spirit that takes the form of an imp not an actual imp.
the spell "find familiar"(the spell that is used when you use pact of the chain) stipulates that you can choose the creature's type within a specific range(fey, fiend, or celestial), doesn't this mean that you could have a celestial imp, and that even if your imp is a fiend, it's technically not a devil(with the interpretation of this, the imp would be fiend instead of fiend(devil))?
You can choose to have an Imp familiar whose creature type is Celestial, yes.
I would argue that it's technically not a Devil either way, since it's not really an Imp either way, just a spirit taking the form of an Imp.
That said, I'm also not sure why it would ever matter whether it's technically a Devil or not. Why do you ask?
the spell "find familiar"(the spell that is used when you use pact of the chain) stipulates that you can choose the creature's type within a specific range(fey, fiend, or celestial), doesn't this mean that you could have a celestial imp, and that even if your imp is a fiend, it's technically not a devil(with the interpretation of this, the imp would be fiend instead of fiend(devil))?
As a Warlock, when you cast Find Familiar and choose an Imp, it has the statistics of the chosen form, though it is a Celestial instead of a Fiend. Because Descriptive Tag (Devil) is meant to provide an additional categorization following the Fiend Type, it should no longer be.
Descriptive Tags
A monster might have one or more tags in parentheses following its type. Such tags provide additional categorization and have no rules of their own, but certain game effects might refer to them.
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the spell "find familiar"(the spell that is used when you use pact of the chain) stipulates that you can choose the creature's type within a specific range(fey, fiend, or celestial), doesn't this mean that you could have a celestial imp, and that even if your imp is a fiend, it's technically not a devil(with the interpretation of this, the imp would be fiend instead of fiend(devil))?
Yes the familiar is a celestial spirit that takes the form of an imp not an actual imp.
You can choose to have an Imp familiar whose creature type is Celestial, yes.
I would argue that it's technically not a Devil either way, since it's not really an Imp either way, just a spirit taking the form of an Imp.
That said, I'm also not sure why it would ever matter whether it's technically a Devil or not. Why do you ask?
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i thought of this and didn't know where to ask, thanks for answering!
As a Warlock, when you cast Find Familiar and choose an Imp, it has the statistics of the chosen form, though it is a Celestial instead of a Fiend. Because Descriptive Tag (Devil) is meant to provide an additional categorization following the Fiend Type, it should no longer be.