Overpowered Familiars

[Aldrick Tanith]

I don't think I've ever seen a Wizard use their familiar in combat.  Being that my PC leads a guild of Wizard's I have certainly seen familiars used often.  I often make use of my own, but I've never used it in combat.

I've seen familiars used for-

1.  Scouting / Exploring.
2.  Spying.
3.  For various RP related tasks.

That's pretty much it.  Although my level 7 familiar did once take out four wolves solo while scouting.  The only reason that happened was because invisibility dropped, they attacked, and I thought it'd be amusing to see if it could do it.  It nearly died, but it managed to kill them.  Although mine isn't a rat.

I know Jawl has a rat familiar, and although it has a crap ton of HP, I think it only does 1 damage per hit.  As a result, here is what you do:  get three herb bags and let a level 2 wizard solo it to death in melee. :P