Familiar Casting and Fixes
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Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.1% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #7 of 107 Spells mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
The D&D Find Familiar spell has a long description, but it ends with the following:
Finally, when you cast a spell with a range of touch, your familiar can deliver the spell as if it had cast the spell. Your familiar must be within 100 feet of you, and it must use its reaction to deliver the spell when you cast it. If the spell requires an attack roll, you use your attack modifier for the roll.
This mod adds spellcasting via familiar to BG3.
While you have an active familiar, you will also have a Cast Near Familiar passive toggle available. While in turn-based mode with the toggle enabled, your melee spells that are not weapon attacks will be able to target around your familiar.
The toggle is on by default and usually doesn't impede regular casting around the summoner, but you may need to turn it off to be able to target some very large creatures.
Cooldown Removal
BG3 added a once per short rest cooldown to Find Familiar and similar spells, which doesn't exist in D&D. This mod removes such cooldowns.
Minor Fixes
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[]Makes it possible to summon Scratch as the first thing you do after leaving camp, instead of having to use some random other action first to unstick the summoning spell.[/]
[]Makes summoning Shovel take an Action like all the other familiar-summoning spells, instead of being a free action.[/]
Extensibility
Other mods can register their own summons as familiars, or spells as valid to cast via familiar, if they don't qualify automatically. The optional files serve as samples of API use.
Help via Familiar shows how to register a spell for use via familiar if it doesn't qualify automatically.
Wildfire Druid Support shows how to register summons as familiars, making Wildfire Spirit count as a familiar for this mod's purposes once the Enhanced Bond feature is unlocked. This provides a more limited form of the feature compared to D&D, but better than nothing. It works with both Havsglimt's and Kingdomyoshi's versions of the subclass.
Mage Hand Support allows casting via Mage Hand as if it were a familiar. (Not compatible with unamazement's Mage Hand Fix mods.)
Compatibility
Works with Find Familiar, Pact of the Chain familiars, Scratch, Boo, Shovel, as well as any mod-added summons that follow the game's naming conventions for these spells.
Mods that register their own summons or spells for use with this mod should be loaded after (placed below) it.
If using UA6 Invoke Duplicity, make sure to use version 1. 4+ of both mods.
This mod patches the target conditions of hundreds of spells, including o
Familiar Casting and Fixes lets summoners cast touch spells through their familiar and removes the short rest cooldown on summoning, while fixing minor issues with Scratch and Shovel. A quality-of-life mod for Baldur's Gate 3 players who rely on familiars.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 614 endorsements and nearly half a million downloads
- Removes a frustrating cooldown, making summoning more fluid
- Touches up Scratch and Shovel, which are popular companions
⚠️ Cons
- Only affects touch spells and summoning cooldown—no other spell changes
- May conflict with other mods that alter summoning or familiar behavior
- No detailed documentation on exact fixes or compatibility
For Baldur's Gate 3 players who use familiars often and want smoother summoning and more tactical options. Skip if you prefer vanilla cooldowns or rarely use familiars.
💡 Beginner Tips
- If you're using a mod manager, just drag and drop the file—no extra setup needed.
- Check that you have the latest game patch, as mods can break after updates.
- Test summoning Scratch and Shovel early to see the fixes in action.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Baldurs Gate 3 Mods
- Author
- wesslen
- Version
- 1.4.1
- Downloads
- 475,294
- Endorsements
- 614
- Category
- Spells
- Created
- 1/23/2024
- Updated
- 5/17/2026
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