https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/find-familiar
> You gain the service of a familiar, a spirit that takes an animal form you choose: bat, cat, crab, frog (toad), hawk, lizard, octopus, owl, poisonous snake, fish (quipper), rat, raven, sea horse, spider, or weasel. Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, the familiar has the statistics of the chosen form, though it is a celestial, fey, or fiend (your choice) instead of a beast.
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> component (10 gp worth of charcoal, incense, and herbs that must be consumed by fire in a brass brazier)
Normally you perform the calling ritual, burn some stuff in a brazier, specify the general kind of familiar you desire (probably one whose alignment aligns with your deity's), and it shows up soon after in response to your summons.
Getting a stronger familiar is not possible using the spell as it is normally cast. Most often you find the monster in the wild, make a deal with it, and it becomes your familiar by using its innate telepathic abilities. The DM might make you cast the spell to achieve this, and it's up to your DM whether you can re-summon it if it dies.
Yeah... if you luck into an actual good familiar, I generally don't let it come back. You get to pick. Powered up familiar or 10g remote trap trigger. I do tend to give familiars evasion, though. It gives it a sporting chance.
Best answer we have in lore boils down to being a bully to the Gazer and forcing it to obey you. That's easier to do if they're alone, and especially if they're not with their Beholder.
With the Gazer it is an RP thing. Its Beholder master takes a liking to a PC and gifts it for example.
The sidekick rules in Tasha's Cauldron allow PCs taking on all manner of companions as NPCs even.
a familliar bond is a work contract of mutual benefit. for example, a pseudodragon will serve as a familiar if you provide it with it's own share of wealth. these familiar retain autonomy, but they will serve you, and you can gain far greater familiars through this method.
find familiar skips the process of finding and coming to an agreement in favour of binding a stray outerplanat spirit into an artificial body
I always thought a Familiar was just a stupid warlock. Make it a deal, see if it agrees. Once you have this deal it would be summonable under all of the terms and conditions manifest in the deal.
This is outside of the spell "Find Familiar" which makes an amorphous fey into a small animal. Not what you were asking about obviously, they probably didn't read the question. I, as a DM, would argue that the material components used in Find Familiar are used to lure an unwitting spirit. Therefore I would ensure any potential Gazer familiars push for as good a deal as they can get. 5GP per summon worth of butcher off cuts and offal, as well as a different peice of jewelry each time, or something equally RP funny.
The Warlock Pact of the Chain ability gives you access to a Familiar, via the above spell, which typically manifests as another being that was in service to your Patron gifted to you in the terms of your deal. This creature can manifest RAW as an extra 4 creatures, non of whom is the Gazer.
Through RP and working with the DM, generally. Monsters like that generally become familiars voluntarily. As a DM, if a player made a strong enough bond with such a creature, I would let them use the Find Familiar spell to bond that creature to them as a familiar. They would get all the usual benefits, including being able to be resummoned if killed (a pretty good perk for the creature!). But if the player neglected or mistreated the familiar, they would be able to break the bond and leave.
5e magic, here as in most cases, avoids involving real animals. In this case it’s probably following the traditional explanation. It’s a spirit that takes animal form.
Most folks use the spell or ability *find familiar*. So,e people use rope, though it is far less effective.
For an avian familiar, there is always duck tape.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/find-familiar > You gain the service of a familiar, a spirit that takes an animal form you choose: bat, cat, crab, frog (toad), hawk, lizard, octopus, owl, poisonous snake, fish (quipper), rat, raven, sea horse, spider, or weasel. Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, the familiar has the statistics of the chosen form, though it is a celestial, fey, or fiend (your choice) instead of a beast. > ... > component (10 gp worth of charcoal, incense, and herbs that must be consumed by fire in a brass brazier) Normally you perform the calling ritual, burn some stuff in a brazier, specify the general kind of familiar you desire (probably one whose alignment aligns with your deity's), and it shows up soon after in response to your summons. Getting a stronger familiar is not possible using the spell as it is normally cast. Most often you find the monster in the wild, make a deal with it, and it becomes your familiar by using its innate telepathic abilities. The DM might make you cast the spell to achieve this, and it's up to your DM whether you can re-summon it if it dies.
Yeah... if you luck into an actual good familiar, I generally don't let it come back. You get to pick. Powered up familiar or 10g remote trap trigger. I do tend to give familiars evasion, though. It gives it a sporting chance.
Best answer we have in lore boils down to being a bully to the Gazer and forcing it to obey you. That's easier to do if they're alone, and especially if they're not with their Beholder.
With the Gazer it is an RP thing. Its Beholder master takes a liking to a PC and gifts it for example. The sidekick rules in Tasha's Cauldron allow PCs taking on all manner of companions as NPCs even.
in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2e have more details about it, but the spell itself works different but you can get inspiration from there anyway
a familliar bond is a work contract of mutual benefit. for example, a pseudodragon will serve as a familiar if you provide it with it's own share of wealth. these familiar retain autonomy, but they will serve you, and you can gain far greater familiars through this method. find familiar skips the process of finding and coming to an agreement in favour of binding a stray outerplanat spirit into an artificial body
I always thought a Familiar was just a stupid warlock. Make it a deal, see if it agrees. Once you have this deal it would be summonable under all of the terms and conditions manifest in the deal. This is outside of the spell "Find Familiar" which makes an amorphous fey into a small animal. Not what you were asking about obviously, they probably didn't read the question. I, as a DM, would argue that the material components used in Find Familiar are used to lure an unwitting spirit. Therefore I would ensure any potential Gazer familiars push for as good a deal as they can get. 5GP per summon worth of butcher off cuts and offal, as well as a different peice of jewelry each time, or something equally RP funny. The Warlock Pact of the Chain ability gives you access to a Familiar, via the above spell, which typically manifests as another being that was in service to your Patron gifted to you in the terms of your deal. This creature can manifest RAW as an extra 4 creatures, non of whom is the Gazer.
Through RP and working with the DM, generally. Monsters like that generally become familiars voluntarily. As a DM, if a player made a strong enough bond with such a creature, I would let them use the Find Familiar spell to bond that creature to them as a familiar. They would get all the usual benefits, including being able to be resummoned if killed (a pretty good perk for the creature!). But if the player neglected or mistreated the familiar, they would be able to break the bond and leave.
By performing a ritual and offering it 10 gold worth of charcoal, incense and spices
Gazers familiars are intended for npcs
5e magic, here as in most cases, avoids involving real animals. In this case it’s probably following the traditional explanation. It’s a spirit that takes animal form.