And I understand some of the choices in the grouping now. I went by lore, but I do understand that most people probably want to go by appearance, as more people are inclined to look at pictures than go through a great deal of text (descriptions, news posts, lore articles).
And I understand some of the choices in the grouping now. I went by lore, but I do understand that most people probably want to go by appearance, as more people are inclined to look at pictures than go through a great deal of text (descriptions, news posts, lore articles).
Fragile flutterbuns are unable to flap their wings rapidly enough to achieve flight, but it is believed they use their beautifully patterned wings in communication.
0
Flutterbun
Familiar
The yearly nocturnal festivities aren't always consumed by gloom and doom; this very rare and colorful critter surfaces on the shortest days of the year and returns to its burrows as the days start to lengthen.
0
Radiant Flutterbun
Familiar
This vibrant varmint is a mutation on the already-rare Flutterbun. Impossible to miss when the sun goes down, too.
These insects propel themselves into the air with powerful thrusts of their wings... then tumble clumsily to the ground, landing in an ungainly roll.
0
Budwing Morpho
Familiar
The wings of this mantid never become large enough to facilitate flight.
2940
Petal Jumper
Familiar
These insects are adept at disguising among patches of flowers. They are so adept that other petal jumpers may conceal themselves among their own kind by mistake.
Whoa! Best to give the flying face a wide berth - you have moths to hunt!
250
Wicked Smile
Familiar
Survival of the fiercest!
250
Vile Grin | Wicked Smile
Leafy Moth
Familiar
This large moth feeds by spreading its chlorophyll-rich wings in a patch of sunlight and flapping gently.
1600
Amaranth Moth
Familiar
This distinctive moth has deep reds and purples running through its leafy wings. It's difficult to classify as purely flora or fauna.
1500
Leafy Moth | Amaranth Moth
Garden Larail
Familiar
Larails are a gardener's nemesis. However, they will try and feed on the shells of their fellows, so populations never grow too large.
1000
Tender Larail
Familiar
Tender Larails will consume all parts of a plant except the seeds, which they carefully bury.
1000
Garden Larail | Tender Larail
Longwing Epiptite
Familiar
It takes a patient dragon to raise a Longwing Epiptite from a larvae.
500
Vermillion Epiptite
Familiar
It's rumored that special epiptites can talk and grant wishes! You just have to speak to enough of them to find one...
500
Longwing Epiptite | Vermillion Epiptite
Firebug
Familiar
While it won't start any fires, it is attracted to them, and anything that glows.
500
Triple-Sight Firebug
Familiar
A dragon that has closely bonded with its firebug may be able to use its sight for short periods of time. It's a pity its vision is terrible.
500
Firebug | Triple-Sight Firebug
Fire Grub Swarm
Familiar
The adult stage of Fire Grubs looks suspiciously like the larval stage... with wings! They possess the same voracious appetite after emerging from their cocoons as they did before entering them, and are unbound from terrestrial travel.
1960
Glow Worm Swarm
Familiar
Glow Worms produce an excess of silk when they create their cocoons, blanketing the environment where they undergo metamorphosis.
1960
Fire Grub Swarm | Glow Worm Swarm
Blue Hamble
Familiar
According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a hamble should be able to fly.
1960
Scarlet Hamble
Familiar
The power of a Scarlet Hamble may warp reality itself.
1960
Blue Hamble | Scarlet Hamble
Coral Carpenter
Familiar
This solitary species of bee lives in coastal areas. It is known for burrowing into desiccated pieces of coral.
1600
Bumble
Familiar
Buzz buzz, buzz buzz buzz.
1525
Coral Carpenter | Bumble
Flutterwing Stinger
Familiar
Stingers will prey on other insects and spiders: It is not wise to house them with other arthropod familiars.
0
Sparkling Stinger
Familiar
Also known as the poor dragon's Boolean.
2650
Crystalplate Stinger
Familiar
When a crystalplate stinger has fallen, it's recommended to clear the area; its passing will attract and enrage others of its kind.
While many ants are able to spray formic acid to subdue their prey, these particular ants are among the few whose acid poses a threat to dragon hide.
2800
Ink Ant
Familiar
Dispatching an ink ant is a messy proposition: don't wear your finest.
2800
Acid Ant | Ink Ant
Autumn Millifae
Familiar
This shiny arthropod is a deft swimmer; it is quite a treat to see one swirling and twirling down a creek during the waning sunlight of autumn.
500
Spring Millifae
Familiar
Hundreds of legs weren't enough for the Gladekeeper, eh? Had to throw in a pair of gorgeous shimmery wings...
500
Autumn Millifae | Spring Millifae
Carcass Cleaner
Familiar
A gentle friend who would never eat you unless you were already decomposing.
500
Filter Fiend
Familiar
Whoever named this ancient, beneficial creature was most uncharitable!
500
Carcass Cleaner | Filter Fiend
Corpse Cleaner
Familiar
An unfortunate creature makes for a fortunate corpse cleaner.
2150
Crowned Bonepriest
Familiar
The bonepriest's crown grows an additional prong with each successful molt.
1950
Corpse Cleaner | Crowned Bonepriest
Flighted Molecricket
Familiar
Quiet and polite, a Flighted Molecricket would never interrupt.
1960
Nightsong Bard
Familiar
This molecricket has a song in its heart, and everyone in the area is going to hear it!
1960
Flighted Molecricket | Nightsong Bard
Scytheclaw Mantis
Familiar
A blade for a hand is better than a blade in hand.
500
Petalprayer Mantis
Familiar
What a lovely fragrance! It's sweet, yet subtle, and reminds you of home—Watch out!
500
Scytheclaw Mantis | Petalprayer Mantis
Hydra Scorpion
Familiar
It is said that if you cut off the tail of a hydra scorpion, two more will grow in its place.
7500
Peacock Scorpion
Familiar
Male peacock scorpions are considerably more colorful than their female counterparts.
1950
Fan Scorpion
Familiar
Arachnids that grow this large ain't right.
1950
Hydra Scorpion | Peacock Scorpion | Fan Scorpion
Ashspine Widow
Familiar
A gnarly, vicious land spider that is more at home on the cooled lava than you are. There is definitely reason for concern.
2525
Firebelly Weaver
Familiar
The chilled webbing emitted by this nasty arachnid is highly flame-retardant. It is not uncommon for weavers to build massive webs above magma vents to catch careless vent-hopping lizards.
2525
Ashspine Widow | Firebelly Weaver
Blade Horror
Familiar
It's not shaped like a friend.
500
Sword Spider
Familiar
Oh no! It's got a sword!
500
Blade Horror | Sword Spider
Archer Bug
Familiar
What it lacks in physical strength, it more than makes up for in range and accuracy.
0
Assassin Bug
Familiar
A few brave Assassin Bugs take on the task of controlling Fire Grub populations by taking out the cocoons. It's dangerous work; the flighted worms emerge hungry...
1960
Colony Killer
Familiar
A nemesis to Glow Worms and Fire Grubs is a friend to dragonkind.
@ZxwxZ
Yeah, you're right, so many familiars look like at least two different things. Maybe it's not the greatest idea.
I have no idea is serpentas and chimeras are in any way related. My main source for lore is the familiars' descriptions, although some of them are decidedly unhelpful in that department (see Candycane Xolo for an example). This one time they released lore articles about the Beastclans, those can be found in the Encyclopedia. Other times there's a news post with new familiars, and there [i]might[/i] be a sentence or two there about them (other than where to find them), but I feel like either that's really rare or it's just been a really long time since I actually read a news post rather than just skimming through it.
Sorry I don't have solid answers, but I hope it's helpful anyway. I fully understand if you don't want to go through 80 pages of bestiary in order to read all the descriptions, though :D
The forums are still a bit iffy about loading the tooltips for any linked items. This [item=Candycane Xolo] might or might not work right now, and might or might not work the next time the page is refreshed. Otherwise this thread would be a great place to go through the descriptions, at least they're all in the same page.
Yeah, you're right, so many familiars look like at least two different things. Maybe it's not the greatest idea.
I have no idea is serpentas and chimeras are in any way related. My main source for lore is the familiars' descriptions, although some of them are decidedly unhelpful in that department (see Candycane Xolo for an example). This one time they released lore articles about the Beastclans, those can be found in the Encyclopedia. Other times there's a news post with new familiars, and there might be a sentence or two there about them (other than where to find them), but I feel like either that's really rare or it's just been a really long time since I actually read a news post rather than just skimming through it.
Sorry I don't have solid answers, but I hope it's helpful anyway. I fully understand if you don't want to go through 80 pages of bestiary in order to read all the descriptions, though :D
The forums are still a bit iffy about loading the tooltips for any linked items. This
might or might not work right now, and might or might not work the next time the page is refreshed. Otherwise this thread would be a great place to go through the descriptions, at least they're all in the same page.
Marking so that I don’t loose track of this fabulous resource.
[quote name="ZxwxZ" date="February 19, 2018 17:42:20"]
@/anue
I'm not sure if the catch-all group would work because most if not all of the familiars contain elements from more than two categories (part machine, part stone, part fish, plant-like, scaled, winged, etc.). It can get very big and messy if I dump all the cross-category familiars in lol.
Also do you know if serpentas and chimeras are related lore-wise? Where can I find the lores for familiars?
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[quote name="ZxwxZ" date="March 01, 2018 16:57:55"]
@/apart
Thanks! Would you like to be included in the general pinglist so that you can get notification every update?
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I'm not sure if the catch-all group would work because most if not all of the familiars contain elements from more than two categories (part machine, part stone, part fish, plant-like, scaled, winged, etc.). It can get very big and messy if I dump all the cross-category familiars in lol.
Also do you know if serpentas and chimeras are related lore-wise? Where can I find the lores for familiars?
ZxwxZ wrote on March 01, 2018 16:57:55:
@/apart
Thanks! Would you like to be included in the general pinglist so that you can get notification every update?
@ZxwxZ, thank you for asking, but I won’t join the pinglist. I intend to visit this thread to see which familiars would best match my dragons’ colour schemes.
@ZxwxZ, thank you for asking, but I won’t join the pinglist. I intend to visit this thread to see which familiars would best match my dragons’ colour schemes.
The 2.2 Visual Familiars Guide is here!
The Miniature Sornieth Globe is now added under the "Festival, Anniversary, Downtime, and Kickstart Familiars and Their Variants" category.
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The Miniature Sornieth Globe is now added under the "Festival, Anniversary, Downtime, and Kickstart Familiars and Their Variants" category.
Miniature Sornieth Globe
Familiar
A miniaturized globe of Sornieth hovering over a polished brass base. Animated clouds move across its intricate surface as it rotates. (Bounty of the Elements Gift - 2018)
