"MaggieMarley;c-17243723" wrote:
Familiars don’t actually do much in terms of animations or anything else for that matter and pet familiars don’t get any unique animations so it’s not surprising that they just sit there when your sim duels, given that the other familiars will just hover there. The only things familiars do are:
1. boost XP gain
2. save your sim from death
3. occasionally talk via notifications.
4. Pet familiars can also be sent to forage (for potion ingredients I think).
5. Oh and pet familiars glitter
The only thing my sim's cat ever brings back is a broom, and it's the same one every time.