![]() ![]() On the 3 categories that I've examined Summon Eidolon, Astral Construct, and Animal Companion all seem like fine spells. 2 Brown bears if you need some tanks up front (and they do nice damage) or Dire wolves for the pack advantage of wolves but more health, dont bother with any CR 2 things like polar bear as they. A pack of 8 wolves is good for more foes as they can knock prone. Planar Binding is a 5th level spell that binds a celestial, an elemental, a fey, or a fiend for 24 hours so while longer duration summons are quite rare these aren't unique in that category.Ĭonclusion: Long duration summon spells are rare, but not unique. As byzantinebobby said 2 giant octopi are great for a small number of medium targets. They do less damage than shorter duration spells. They are designed to last a good portion of the day and then consume more mana. Summon Eidolon, Astral Construct, and Animal Companion all have the same duration. Animate Objects is in a similar position where it was crazy strong by RAW and I've adjusted it.Ĭonclusion: Animal Companion (same stats as Astral Construct/Eidolon) is well within the expected damage values. The caster conjures a number of HD of animals equal to their level (every +1 on an HD counts as 1/4 of an. I've bumped Conjure Animal to a 4th level spell and significantly lessened the value of CR 1/4 and CR 1/2, but the value is still very strong. Debuted in the Players Handbook as a cleric spell. On the baddies turn, one cleric was about to cast Dispel Magic, but the DM changed his mind, deciding that the 8 wolves could not be considered a single magical effect. 8x Wolf for example is doing 181 damage value and 4x Ape is doing 124 damage value while the expected damage value of a 3rd level spell is ~33. Yesterday in a game, my character cast Conjure Animals and summoned 8 wolves. Conjure Animals, for example, is by RAW a 3rd level spell and every single case used as a 3rd level spell is far too strong. Spell Balance has other conjure spells that exceed the damage potential of an animal companion. Upcasting Conjure Animals allows you to summon additional creatures. Some of those spells are absolutely amazing and some I'd even consider closer to class features.Ĭonclusion: Allowing spells to be sniped is well established in 5e and isn't something I should make an effort to prevent. Summon Beast 5e Dungeons And Dragons Spells. Some spells of this sort specify that the spellcaster chooses the creature conjured. Conjure animals, conjure celestial, conjure minor elementals, and conjure woodland beings are just a few examples. Some standouts by RAW: Vicious Mockery, Eldritch Blast, Thorn Whip, Hex, Hunter's Mark, Spirit Guardians, Spiritual Weapon, Conjure Animals (Druid/Ranger by RAW), Chain Lightning, Clone. A: A number of spells in the game let you summon creatures. The cantrips for example can be grabbed relatively easily with 1 level dip or a feat/talent. ![]() Let's examine 3 areas: ability to snipe spells, the power of animal companion, and the duration of animal companion.Ĭlass specific spells that can be sniped. ![]() I greatly appreciate the feedback that you provide, but perhaps this is a bit of a visceral reaction without thinking through the current cases. ![]()
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