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drakogear

Summon Spells
« on: May 29, 2011, 10:55:53 pm »
Got a couple questions regarding the summon spells.

First, multi classing a caster dampens there spells vs the stronger monsters one would be facing at higher levels. So the means there summons would be weaker too. Is there any way to counter that?

Second, arcane or alignment based summons rang from good, neutral, and evil. question here is, how does one get by summoning evil creatures?
 

Dorganath

Re: Summon Spells
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2011, 11:06:05 pm »
First question: No. The summons and summoning spells you get follow your caster level.  It's one of the trade-offs of multi-classing. This is stock D&D behavior

Second question: What do you mean by "get by summoning evil creatures"?
 

drakogear

Re: Summon Spells
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2011, 11:16:27 pm »
Well, I've been gone for a long time (computer problems) but least I recall the only people I've grouped with seemed to have been more good aligned I'm sure any good aligned party members would not really like to see there wizard or sorcerer summoning a Fiendish Hawk or worse Maralith (Whatever that is)

In sort I'm asking via in-game perspective. One would think a Toranite would much rather slay the evil creature rather than fight along side it.
 

darkstorme

Re: Summon Spells
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2011, 11:30:22 pm »
If you mean "avoid summoning evil creatures", there's no way around it.  Good creatures wouldn't come at the summons of a evil caster.
 

Dorganath

Re: Summon Spells
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2011, 11:50:33 pm »
What darkstorme said.  

The only option is to use the Censer of Arcane Devotion, found in temple stores, which aligns an arcane caster's summons with that of his/her deity.  However, if your character does not follow a deity, it does not do anything, and it reverts to alignment-based summons.  The Censer is not intended as a way around anything.  Rather, it is a focusing of one's devotion, affecting what creatures a faithful individual summons.

The possible conflict you described there is just one of the challenges in playing evil-aligned characters.