Ori

Ori is Salem's familiar and best friend. One night, Salem found the wounded Ori hiding in the bushes. He nursed the little creature back to health and they've been inseparable ever since.

Appearance
Ori is a small white creature with a similar stance to a human or a bunny and has a cat-like tail and large black eyes with white pupils. It has two short horn-like tufts on top of its head, and underneath them there are larger ears, which droop when Ori is unhappy or weak.

Personality
Ori acts cheerful, carefree, and generally happy-go-lucky. Despite his small stature, he is also not hesitant to lend his help when danger rears its ugly head. Unafraid of strangers, he’ll curiously seek out people to make their acquaintance. He is also seen defending Salem from bullies.

Familiar Abilities
As a familiar, Ori can take the shape of a bat, cat, crab, frog (toad), hawk, lizard, octopus, owl, poisonous snake, fish (quipper), flying monkey, rat, raven, sea horse, spider, or weasel upon being summoned. Its statistics depend on the type of animal shape it takes, though it is considered a celestial, fiend, or undead (chosen by Salem upon casting the spell). Ori is confirmed to be a celestial.

Pact of the Chain Abilities
Via the Pact of the Chain, Ori is granted additional abilities beyond the Find Familiar spell.


 * In addition to the animals listed in the spell, Ori can also choose to take the form of an imp, a pseudodragon, a quasit, or a sprite.
 * Through a homebrew rule, Ori doesn't actually change its form. It simply takes on the statistics of the chosen form. This was seen in-game when Salem cast Find Familiar to 'change' Ori from a pseudodragon to an imp.
 * When Salem takes the Attack action, he can forgo one of his own attacks to allow Ori to make one attack of its own using Ori's reaction.

Voice of the Chain Master Abilities


The Eldritch Invocation Voice of the Chain Master allows Salem and Ori to communicate telepathically with each other as long as the two are on the same plane of existence. The same goes for Salem perceiving through Ori's senses; as long as the two are on the same plane of existence, Salem can perceive through Ori's senses. Additionally, while perceiving through Ori's senses, Salem can also speak through Ori in his own voice, even though Ori is normally incapable of speech.

Trivia

 * Ori's name is of Hebrew origin, literally meaning "my light".
 * Prior to meeting Salem, after a powerful storm set in motion a series of devastating events, Ori saved the dying forest of Nibel. These events can be experienced in the videogame Ori and the Blind Forest.
 * Ori started out as a reflavored pseudodragon. Later, when the party was in Parandor Keep, Salem cast Find Familiar to change Ori to an imp.