Warlock’s Pact of the Chain familiars are able to attack, but at the cost of one attack of the warlock. PHB, p 107: “Additionally, when you take the Attack action, you can forgo one of your own attacks to allow your familiar to use its reaction to make one attack of its own.”
Can a warlock familiar attack 5e?
A familiar can’t attack, but it can take other actions as normal. Additionally, when you take the Attack action, you can forgo one of your own attacks to allow your familiar to make one attack of its own with its reaction.
How does a warlock alternate in Pact of the chain?
So the warlock can alternate: (turn 1) eldritch blast and imp goes invisible, (turn 2) imp attacks with advantage. (Or, more likely: (turn 1) cast a damage spell and imp goes invisible, (turn 2) imp attacks with advantage.) If the warlock has taken Agonizing Blast, their damage will outpace the imp’s starting at level 5.
What kind of creature can a warlock find?
Any spell caster that can cast the find familiar spell (such as an apprentice, warlock, or wizard) is likely to have a familiar. The familiar can be one of the creatures described in the spell (See the Player’s handbook) or some other tiny monster, such as a cranium rat, a crawling claw, a gazer, an imp, a psudodragon, or a quasit.
What can you do with Pact of the chain?
Pact of the Chain allows a few extra forms for my familiar to take, as per the following: When you cast the spell, you can choose one of the normal forms for your familiar or one of the following special forms: imp, pseudodragon, quasit, or sprite.
How long can a warlock be poisoned by a pseudodragon?
Being poisoned is no joke; it cripples many monsters. The Sprite can do it for one minute at range, while the Pseudodragon’s melee sting can poison for 1 hour with no extra saves. Poisoning someone trying to melee with your Warlock can be the difference between life and death. (Eventually, all of these will become less and less relevant.
