Conjure familiar spell: classification? Maximum potential?

[Mr.smexy113]

I'm working on a Druid where for role play reasons he only uses "nature" magic as taught to him by his cult. This means I will want 100 conjuration to summon two familiars to act by my side. My question is, are they affected by the elemental potency perk, and what would their maximum health/damage be?

Thanks

Keith

[Belthazor]

I've never tried it, but I don't think they are affected by the elemental potency perk, since the Dremora Lords aren't, either. But even if they were, I doubt they'd last long in battle. Conjure Familiar is a novice level spell. Thus they are extremely weak and fragile.

[enyamerT]

From looking through the CK it looks like the only perks that affect familiars is Dual Casting and Twin Souls.

[Draast]

You might just want to take the necromance perks in the conj. tree and then go get a couple cave bears. Shouldn't be that hard to role play the idea. Maybe cast a soul trap, then you could "know" the animal on a deeper transcendental level. then raising the creature could just be reintroducing the soul into the body. A deep, yet dark, nature magic.

[Mr.smexy113]

You might just want to take the necromance perks in the conj. tree and then go get a couple cave bears. Shouldn't be that hard to role play the idea. Maybe cast a soul trap, then you could "know" the animal on a deeper transcendental level. then raising the creature could just be reintroducing the soul into the body. A deep, yet dark, nature magic.

I LOVE this idea. Just instead of a gimp only summoning familiars, I will only raise undead animals with dead thrall. I'm totally getting Barbas too. The idea is to be an elemental (fire, frost) spell caster that can shapeshift into a werewolf at any given time with the ring of Hircine. So I'll have my dogs following me everywhere, ill try not to use AoE spells. Oh how I wish there were wind or earth spells. That would tie it in nicely.

[Belthazor]

I LOVE this idea. Just instead of a gimp only summoning familiars, I will only raise undead animals with dead thrall. I'm totally getting Barbas too. The idea is to be an elemental (fire, frost) spell caster that can shapeshift into a werewolf at any given time with the ring of Hircine. So I'll have my dogs following me everywhere, ill try not to use AoE spells. Oh how I wish there were wind or earth spells. That would tie it in nicely.

Unfortunately, Dead Thrall only works on humanoids.

[Yaije]

yeah, you can only reanimate non-humanoids with the lesser raising spells, and unless you use a staff they'll reduce to ash.

[Mr.smexy113]

So I just have to use a staff of revenant or dread zombie or something, To retain their corpse and summon them again?