Shovel (familiar)

Shovel
Stats
STR 5 (-3) DEX 17 (+3) CON 10 INT 7 (-2) WIS 10 CHA 10
Race	Quasit
Type	Fiend
HP	7
AC	13
Size	Small
Passive features
Darkvision  Opportunity Attack
Character information
Location	The Apothecary's Cellar

Shovel is a unique quasit and summonable familiar that can be summoned via the Find Familiar: Cheeky Quasit spell. Unlike regular quasits, Shovel has unique dialogue, and can be interacted with after summoning her.

Her name can be changed to Fork or Basket through dialogue.

“	Shovel is bored! Shovel wants to murderise!	„
	— Shovel

Overview

Shovel is a carefree and upbeat fiend that finds joy in murder, arson and eating babies. She is impatient, and very easily gets bored. In spite of her irreverent demeanour, Shovel can be deeply loyal, even when denied the many pleasures of violence.

Summoning Shovel

There are two ways of summoning Shovel:

• Temporarily via the Scroll of Summon Quasit found in the Apothecary's Cellar.
  • The scroll can also be scribed by wizards, allowing them to permanently acquire the spell and cast it once per short rest.
• Permanently via a missable dialogue, unlocking an action to summon her, located in the Common tab. This spell is not lost on resetting the caster's levels through Withers.

Permanently acquiring Shovel

Sorcerers, warlocks and wizards can gain the spell permanently by talking to Shovel after using the scroll to summon her in the Apothecary's Cellar, and then selecting any dialogue option except for '"No. And you'll ..."'.

The caster must then get past the Ornate Mirror in the same location, and must then immediately talk to Shovel again on the other side. When done correctly, she will refer to the caster as a magic user, and her new '"master"'.

If the caster proceeds too far into the room on the other side of the mirror, Shovel will instead initiate a dialogue about trust, bypassing the point at which the spell can be permanently unlocked. If this happens, there is no way to permanently acquire Shovel as a familiar.

History

Shovel was owned by the necromancer Illyn Toth, who was a cruel and neglectful master. He would often verbally and physically abuse her, and often forgot to feed her. In spite of this, Shovel enjoyed working with her former master.

Attacks and abilities

Similar to other Find Familiar summons, Shovel excels at providing chip damage and harassment in battle. Defensively, her fragile body is at best a distraction against most enemies. Her Invisibility skill is particularly useful for scouting out enemy positions and initiating fights via Surprise attacks.

•  Claws
  • Attack roll +5
•  Invisibility
  • Duration: Until Long rest
•  Scare
  • DC 10  Wisdom saving throw
  • NOTE: Compared to the same ability used by other familiars, Shovel shouts phrases with rather "colorful" language at the enemies. Use regularly for a good laugh! Some examples of these:
    • "It's FISTING time!"
    • "I'm going to eat your babies!"

External links

• Ilyn Toth on the Forgotten Realms Wiki