>I'm not willing to accept Blackwand as a familiar in the witchcraft >sense, though there may be some or many similarities. I'm not sure why it couldn't be. It is, after all, sapient and sentient. Why couldn't it perform the same functions for Morrolan that Loiosh does for Vlad? _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail