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Battle - a CROW vs an ENEMY -


CROW turn start
?
CROW action : blind the enemy.
(BLINDNESS(left : 1turn))
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ENEMY turn start
(at the same time, the emeny gets cured)(BLINDNESS(left : 0turn))
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ENEMY action : attack the crow with intact eyes

Technically...

Until the enemy turn, you will have advantage on attacks against them and they won't be able to use Attacks of Opportunity.

Not a massive boon (Especially since crows are unlikely to be high on initiative) but not meaningless.

To be fair, familiars aren't really combat pets anyway. The best use for them I find, is to trigger AOO's, or force a [bonus] action out of an enemy - or to set someone up as threatened, so as to make a sneak attack.

Familiars shouldn't be effective in combat anyway. They're scouts.

But Color Spray is completely useless and needs a buff.

['turns:left' reduces at the end of turn]

- Ray of Frost

['turns:left' reduces at the beggining of turn]

- Blindness (by raven)
- Potion of Speed

Well in EA I complained about it with silence effect. The most usless weapon in BG3.

The way it should be is 1 turn till next turn because it makes no sense. So at least the effect should apply negatively for at least 1 turn on the enemy.