Editing Familiar (section)

===1st Edition===
In 1st Edition, wizards acquired a familiar by casting the 1st level spell ''find familiar''. It took 1-24 hours, and required a D20 roll at the spell's completion; if you rolled a 16+, you failed to summon anything, though you also subtracted -1 for every 3 levels you had. Either way, once you'd cast this spell once, you couldn't cast it again for a whole year, and you can only have one familiar at a time. Familiars granted you a few extra hit points equal to their own, and the normal animal types were good sentries and spies, while the special ones possessed their usual special powers; brownies were pretty awesome, because they gave you 18 Dex, +2 on all saving throws, and you couldn't be surprised (but brownies were only for Lawful Neutral/Good wizards). The downside was pretty bad, though: if the familiar dies, you lose twice that hit point bonus '''permanently'''.

Overall, this version of familiars sucks pretty bad, and the only real reason to take one is for role-playing and similar reasons.

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'''1st Edition Familiars'''
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;Player's Handbook
* Black Cat
* Crow
* Hawk
* Screech Owl
* Toad
* Weasel
* [[Quasit]]
* [[Pseudodragon]]
* [[Brownie]]
* [[Imp]]

;A Cast of Strange Familiars (Dragon #84)
* Bat (Large and Small)
* Cat (Domestic and Wild)
* Civet
* Coati
* Cockrel
* Crow
* Dog
* Fisher (the larger members of the mustelid family; marten, mongoose, etc)
* Fox
* Gull
* Hare
* Hawk (Small, Medium or Large)
* Kinkajou
* Lizard (Small or Large)
* Monkey (Small or Large)
* Otter
* Owl (Small, Medium or Large)
* Parrot
* Raccoon
* Rat
* Rave
* Skunk
* Snake
* Squirrel
* Toad

;Familiars With a Special Use (Dragon #86)
* Telperan
* Glissan
* Baltir
* Tabur
* Orrek
* Quark
* Nalg
* Durocib
* Haudhla
* Veeru
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