<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_158647" dir="ltr">> Granted one<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_158656">> can just trap X and call it a familiar. But some SOP has to be<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_158657">> figured out to make it a familiar.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_158658"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_158659"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_158566"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_159003"> I get the feeling you don't think 'Bitey' is really my familiar.... :P</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_159011"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_159023" dir="ltr"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_159042"> >>The imp might want things other than the energy it consumes...maybe it<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_159043">>>keeps pushing the witch to provide, er, snacks (like Hansel & Gretel).<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_159044"> >>Motivation would depend on the imp. Stealing magic items would be<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_159045"> >>clever, especially if useable against the witch. Motivations of<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_159046"> >>creatures is often difficult. Why do they do what they do? For<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_159047"> >>instance...what does a Sylph want?<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_159048">><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_159049">>True. This gives me great ideas to at least outline some rules.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_159050"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_159022">></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_159095"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_159124">I think a black cat would want small fuzzy things to eat and maybe some catnip.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_159123"><br></div></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_158571">--- It is with books as with the fire in our hearths; we go to a neighbor to get the embers and light it when we return home, pass it on to others, and it belongs to everyone.</div><div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_158579"><br><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_158577" style="display: block;"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_158576"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487148258034_158575"> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>