About familiar types names
Each result bolts a supernatural modifier onto an everyday animal, yielding companions like "Demonic Squirrel", "Clockwork Rat", and "Fey Toad". The comedy lives in the mismatch, so the humbler the animal, the better the effect. Roll a few when statting a witch's sidekick for a tabletop session, or use one as the seed for an entire wizard's menagerie.
How familiar types names are built
Every familiar is a two-slot join: an occult adjective (30 options) in front of an animal (226 options). The small adjective bank carries the witchy tone (Cinderkin, Duskmarked, Embergilt, Ghostkept, Faewrought) while the much larger animal bank supplies the breadth, often with less obvious species like babirusa, chiffchaff, or chough. Bank outputs include Cinderkin Dipper, Palecast Tinamou, and Duskmarked Dotterel.
Cinderkin Dipper
Cinderkin (occult adjective) + Dipper (animal)
Palecast Tinamou
Palecast (occult adjective) + Tinamou (animal)
Duskmarked Dotterel
Duskmarked (occult adjective) + Dotterel (animal)
Naming notes
The variety lives in the 226-entry animal bank, which reaches past cats and ravens into birds, fish, and small mammals, so a familiar can be a Palecast Tinamou as readily as an owl. The 30 adjectives all push an enchanted or cursed register, meaning any pairing reads as a witch's bonded companion rather than an ordinary pet. For a coven or D&D warlock, roll several and assign by element: airy birds for diviners, aquatic species for sea witches.
Questions about familiar types names
- How is a familiar type built?
- It joins one of 30 occult adjectives to one of 226 animals, as in Cinderkin Dipper, so the front sets the magical tone and the back sets the species.
- Why are the animals so unusual?
- The 226-entry animal bank reaches well past cats and ravens into birds, fish, and small mammals, so a familiar can be a Palecast Tinamou or a Duskmarked Dotterel rather than the usual stereotypes.
- How should I assign these to characters?
- Roll several and sort by element or theme, airy birds for a diviner, aquatic species for a sea witch, so each spellcaster's bonded companion fits their tradition.