Critic

This tiny lizard has a spiny back, a multicolored hide, and a small, toothy mouth.

Description
Usually reluctant houseguests, critics are innately psionic and tune themselves to their feeders. Critics change color each year after a molting. Critics use body language when communicating with other critics. Magical or psionic contact is possible, but the critic always reacts/answers in a paranoid or anxious way.

Critics are considered a good luck charm for most households. They would prefer to be fed rather than hunt on their own. They are usually caught young and brought to a household. They adjust to their new surroundings at their own pace. Within a week the creature will let its owner know it has adapted to its new environment; it will either stay, or run away. The lizard stays in a constant state of alarm if caged or chained.

The critic's main value comes from its ability to sense trouble—when they scurry for cover, so do most owners.

Critics eat mostly insects and small rodents. The lizard attunes itself to a certain area, getting used to a select amount of people, and alerts anyone nearby if danger is near. This attunement dissolves if the lizard has been abused or mistreated.