Familiar Spell - Useless?

[naturax]

I was just wondering if anyone knows exactly what the Familiar spell is supposed to do (Summoning Level 5)... he's a lot less powerful in combat than the Demon and Level 4 and the familiar doesn't have any useful spells or skills. Is the advantage simply that he's a free follower since he doesn't cost any fatigue to maintain? Does he do something cool at higher levels?

Thanks!

[Deadalready]

The familiar is very useless and eventually becomes really annoying. The good thing is that it is a permanent party member, the bad thing is it's a permanent party memeber.

It sometimes causes problems with the train and some people who'll freak out. The most annoying thing though, is it's loud flapping wings drove me insane.

Personally I didn't find it all that useful and it didn't seem to do much when I did have it. The ogre is the best summoning spell though mind you.