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Like the extra HP but hate the Familiar?

QuartzQuartz Member Posts: 3,853
edited January 2013 in Archive (General Discussion)
Then have I got the solution for you!

1. Fill inventory completely.
2. Place your familiar in the first inventory slot, aka the top left!
3. Complete a quest that results in receiving an item.
4. This causes the Familiar to drop on the ground.
5. ???
6. PROFIT!!

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Sorry Mr. Ferret!

Comments

  • moopymoopy Member Posts: 938
    He aint done nothin wrong he was just a boy.
  • leeho730leeho730 Member Posts: 285
    It seems like I may have finally found use of Mr. Prism for other than giving me +2 long sword....
  • deltagodeltago Member Posts: 7,811
    now try casting find familiar again and see if you get even more hp.
  • moopymoopy Member Posts: 938
    edited January 2013
    ... best idea ever

    Edit:

    Tried that. It says a familiar has already been summoned.
  • bbearbbear Member Posts: 1,180
    @moopy

    Did you try it on the same area where you dropped the familiar? Try cast it in another area.
  • moopymoopy Member Posts: 938
    @Wilbur
    lol

    @bbear
    I dropped the familiar on the top floor of the FAI and I tried casting in the bottom floor of the inn and then at Beregost. I'm going to guess that it sets a flag.
  • LemernisLemernis Member, Moderator Posts: 4,318
    I noticed that when my familiar got dropped as such he was thereafter unable to cast spells (spell button was grayed). I may assume that's a bug?
  • Oxford_GuyOxford_Guy Member Posts: 3,729
    I actually like using my familiar, in BGEE anyway, Dust Mephit gives "free" Gltiter Dust and Ghost Dust (x2) spells and can be kept out of harm's way pretty easily
  • QuartzQuartz Member Posts: 3,853
    moopy said:

    I wish that they would patch this.

    Not so that it wouldn't drop. Keep it that way.

    But so that when your mage leaves the area the familiar was dropped in without picking it back up that you explode into chunks.

    And then show the familiar dancing on your exploded corpse instead of the hand video.

    I approve of this.
  • EdwinEdwin Member Posts: 480
    I wish they made a noise like Boo when you touched them.

    I would click on Boo just to hear the squeak.

    I would click on Xar just to hear him say "STOP TOUCHING ME!"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyUnSuYYs18
  • QuartzQuartz Member Posts: 3,853
    @Edwin Comedic gold right there.
  • ajwzajwz Member Posts: 4,122
    edited January 2013
    If you abandon me now, I will come back more powerful than you could possibly imagine.
  • DjimmyDjimmy Member Posts: 749
    What happens when you complete the game with familiar(dropped on the ground or not) and then export your saves. Will the extra HP stay?
  • bbearbbear Member Posts: 1,180
    I wish the familiar is a summoned creature that can be dismissed (send it to some other plane) and can be summoned later. That way, I can get 1 extra inventory slot when playing solo.
  • moopymoopy Member Posts: 938
    @bbear

    Making the familiar a special ability would be amazing.

    Click it, it summons the familiar, you talk to the familiar and send him back to his plane, and the ability comes back.
  • The_New_RomanceThe_New_Romance Member Posts: 839
    Which plane is it that rabbits go to? :)
  • KorlamaqKorlamaq Member Posts: 216
    i also like my familiar but since i use boots of speed he is so damn slow... any idea if i can somehow equip my familiar with boots? :P
  • moopymoopy Member Posts: 938
    @The_New_Romance

    The Plane of Cuteness

    It is filled with flowers, unicorns, and small furry animals.
  • Oxford_GuyOxford_Guy Member Posts: 3,729
    Psychochilla said:

    i also like my familiar but since i use boots of speed he is so damn slow... any idea if i can somehow equip my familiar with boots? :P

    You can cast Haste on him, but obviously that only lasts as long as the spell...
  • CalmarCalmar Member Posts: 688
    The_New_Romance said:

    Which plane is it that rabbits go to? :)

    Being true Neutral they might go to the Outlands... and say "Hi" to the Nameless One. :)
  • EudaemoniumEudaemonium Member Posts: 3,199
    I'm rather fond of my Dust Mephit. I think the way he calls me 'boss' is rather adorable. Especially when he blows glass into my enemies' eyes.
  • PantalionPantalion Member Posts: 2,137
    Want a Familiar without the Familiar? Cast it, export, and import. Then release your familiar. Because it's not set up in that game, it'll simply vanish, leaving you with the bonus HP and the capacity to cast Find Familiar again.

    Or have a full inventory when you're sent off to Candlekeep. I had to backtrack all the way to Baldur's Gate to pick up my kitty as a result, I loathe Duke Eltan.
  • UnknownQuantityUnknownQuantity Member Posts: 242
    I always put him away in BG2. My first BG2 character was a Swashbuckler/Mage dual class. It would okay to keep out if you didn't loose a constitution when it dies. These guys are really useful for multi class mages to give them a little more HP.
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