A familiar counts as a creature, albeit usually a tiny one, and a creature can take actions during combat. Now while it says under the Find Familiar spell that a familiar can’t attack it can take the other actions available (Dash, Disengage, Dodge, Hide, etc.), one of those actions is the Help action.
How does casting spells through a familiar work?
When you cast a spell with a range of touch, your familiar can deliver the spell as if it had cast the spell. Your familiar must be within 100 feet of you, and it must use its reaction to deliver the spell when you cast it. If the spell requires an attack roll, you use your attack modifier for the roll.
Can you cast self spells through a familiar?
Spells with a range of self cannot be cast via familiar.
Can familiars cast spells Pathfinder?
Your familiar must be able to speak to cast spells with a verbal component (the ability to speak with its master or creatures of its kind is insufficient). Your familiar must be carrying any material or focus components necessary, unless the materials cost less than 1 gp and the spell is prepared with Eschew Materials.
Where does a familiar have to be when you cast a spell?
Finally, when you cast a spell with a range of touch, your familiar can deliver the spell as if it had cast the spell. Your familiar must be within 100 feet of you, and it must use its reaction to deliver the spell when you cast it. If the spell requires an attack roll, you use your attack modifier for the roll.
Are there other spells that familiars can use?
I’ve read a number of places where people suggest that there are a number of touch attack spells that can be used, but I can find only three: Shocking Grasp, Inflict Wounds, and Forbiddance. Are there other spells that are allowed? Can spells with a range of Self be cast via a familiar?
Can you cast spells with range of self?
Spells with a range of self cannot be cast via familiar. The restriction you quote acts exactly as it says: you can only cast touch -ranged spells through your familiar. “Self” != “touch,” so you’re out of luck.
What can a familiar actually do in RuneScape?
The familiar attempts to deliver the spell using a touch attack using the caster’s attack modifier. As it uses the familiar’s reaction this touch attack is the only thing it can do (no movement, no anything) so it would have to already be within reach of the target on the caster’s turn.
