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).
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.
0
Flutterbun | Radiant Flutterbun
Glasswing Flutter
Familiar
Glasswings regularly shed their wings. The new growth may be of a different color each time.
0
Ruffle Glasswing
Familiar
Fiercely competitive when feeding, collisions between glasswings are common.
0
Glasswing Flutter | Ruffle Glasswing
Feathered Beetle
Familiar
The elongated antennae are able to sense vibrations in the air, making catching a feathered beetle a difficult proposition.
0
Empress Beetle
Familiar
It once controlled a vast empire of mites, but now that it has befriended a dragon it has moved on to greater aspirations.
0
Bloodstone Beetle
Familiar
This iridescent beauty becomes even more colorful once it takes flight.
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.
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
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
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
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
Luna Mith
Familiar
This otherwordly insect's wings hum with a soothing melody.
1500
Clouded Mith
Familiar
Up until recent memory, clouded miths were clouded myths. Their numbers have increased a great deal in the last century. (Colored by Hallea.)
1200
Cinder Mith
Familiar
An industrial symbiote to clans in the Ashfall Waste, cinder miths can sometimes be found working in tandem with metallurgists and blacksmiths to produce tools and weaponry. (Colored by Craven.)
1300
Luna Mith | Clouded Mith | Cinder Mith
Curious Mith
Familiar
A higher flyer fire hazard.
0
Geartoggle Smith
Familiar
Supplying most of the armor and weapons for the mith beastclans, these plucky smiths are often underestimated as fragile.
2900
War Smith
Familiar
It must be really weird to lose an arm-wrestling contest with a moth.
2900
Geartoggle Smith | War Smith
Goldenplains Poodle Mith
Familiar
This mith wields the elemental energies of the land.
2500
Marshland Poodle Mith
Familiar
Sometimes mistaken for a tundra dragon from the air.
2500
Goldenplains Poodle Mith | Marshland Poodle Mith
Hydraulic Armored Protector
Familiar
Powerful armor provides a hard shell and crushing grip.
0
Construction Mith
Familiar
The power grips on this suit are capable of matching the bite force of a Snapper.
2920
Sentinel Mith
Familiar
Mecha mail makes a mild-mannered mith mighty!
2920
Hydraulic Armored Protector | Construction Mith | Sentinel Mith
Curious Mith
Familiar
A higher flyer fire hazard.
0
Ceanothus Brawler
Familiar
Larger than the average mith, ceanothus miths frequently train to act as the vanguard of their fellows.
1500
Mith Bruiser
Familiar
Enjoys throwing its weight around. Pity that weight means very little to most dragons.
1500
Curious Mith | Ceanothus Brawler | Mith Bruiser
Primrose Mith
Familiar
These creatures pollinate and collect, taking care never to harvest all of a plant's blossoms.
1500
Brown-Spotted Mith
Familiar
These otherwise passive insectoids become enraged if you pick their flowers.
@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.
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@/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)
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