AD&D

Wizard spellLevel 1

Find Familiar

School
Conjuration/Summoning
Range
1 mile/level
Components
V / S / M
Duration
Special
Casting time
2d12 hours
Area of effect
1 familiar
Special
Source
PHB

Flavor

The caster's call goes out into the night, and in time a small creature answers, bound thereafter to the wizard's life and senses.

Mechanics

Summons a familiar (type by die roll/environment: cat, owl, toad, etc., or a special creature) if one answers within range; casting can take hours and may fail (no familiar available). The familiar grants the wizard +1 hp per HD of the familiar added to the wizard's total while bonded, an empathic/telepathic link within about a mile, and the familiar's senses. If the familiar dies, the wizard loses those hp permanently and suffers shock ( vs. death or take ). Only one familiar at a time.