Help creating a Familiar

[Peter Knutsen]

Originally Posted by CcyRdz

I am playing a spell caster and am ready to spend points for my familiar.
One of the special abilities I want my familiar to have is that I am able to use it's fatigue points.

I've read about energy reserve with the limitation granted by a familiar, and stuff... But I still am not completely sure about how it works and what is its cost.

Is it an advantage, a skill? how does this work? please help me. ^.^

Oh, by the way, I am new to GURPS, so if you use FP for "Fatigue Points" and stuff like that, I would appreciate if you say what the letters stand for so I can understand better... I'd really appreciate it... thank you!!!

IIRC, You buy the Extra Fatigue with a -40% Limitation "Granted By Familiar" (GBF), and then you buy the Familiar as an Ally, and I think you have to take some Enhancement on the Ally too, since it grants you supernatural benefits.

You can also take GBF on Magery, e.g. You don't want all your Magery to come from the Familiar (usually!), but 1-2 extra levels of Magery when your pet cat is around can be nice. And you can take GBF on a lot of other stuff as well. Just check with your GM that what you want is within the metaphysical constraints of the world in which the campaign takes place (although a competent GM would have given you all such obviously pertinent information, without you needing to ask).