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2018-06-23, 11:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2018
why would a familiar need to be born into the physical world?
A familiar spirit is a demon that is summoned by a witch with the intention that the spirit summoned will obey his or her commands. This witch acts as a medium between the material realm and the spiritual realm, where the person opens himself up to be indwelt by a spirit so the spirit can communicate in our world. This familiar acts as a spiritual battery or amplifier for their charge, often to help them focus or harness their spiritual energies.
The process is compared to a birthing ritual which takes place over the course of several hours. The body is used as a conduit between realms in which the spirit enters the womb and gestates for about one month. After this period of time has passed, the familiar is born into the physical world.
For what reason would a familiar need to be summoned this way? What rules should be in place that would make this ritual necessary?
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2018-06-23, 04:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2010
Re: why would a familiar need to be born into the physical world?
You can't act as a conduit between the spiritual and material realms if you're entirely spiritual. You need a material body too.
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2018-06-23, 09:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2011
Re: why would a familiar need to be born into the physical world?
There are three entities involved:
The Familiar Spirit
The Summoner
The animal
The summoner must get the spirit and the animal to agree to the merger. This requires a ritual as described.
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2018-06-24, 08:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2016
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2018-06-24, 09:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2014
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Re: why would a familiar need to be born into the physical world?
The concept of the merger is explained to the animal in a way they understand, perhaps similar to how the subject of a talk with animals spell is able to make herself understood. I assume it involves a mixture of feelings and emotions, sensory illusions such as smells and sounds and a big dab of pure magical communication.
Real world the idea would be extremely questionable, in a world where one can talk to animals and even plants using a spell and the difference between a kind of dim but still literate human and a dog is a single point in intelligence I have less problems with the idea.The Hindsight Awards, results: See the best movies of 1999!