Questions tagged [summoning]
For questions about summoning, which refers to the process of bringing an object or creature to the spellcaster via magic to aid them.
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What is the resulting initiative order when a readied action triggers after a summoned monsters action but before the summoner?
In a recent game we had a situation where the PC summoned some monsters.
Per SRD Summon monster 1:
It appears where you designate and acts immediately, on your turn. It attacks your opponents to the ...
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How does the summoned monster know who is my enemy?
It was said that the summoned monsters would have a default behavior of attacking the caster's opponents if they have not received any command from the caster.
I am wondering how would the summoned ...
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Do spell-like abilities have descriptors?
Following this thread:
What rules say that summoning undead is evil, and what rules say why?
It talks about spells and ask the question if casting a spell with an evil descriptor is an evil act or not....
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D&D 3.5 Shadow Magic / Shadow Conjuration: Can an illusionist create a quasi-real shadow of ANY monster? Or only those on the summon monster lists?
An illusionist can make figments (images with sound) of pretty much anything, but if he wants to do real damage he must use Shadow Magic / Shadow Conjuration. In this area a Shadowcraft Illusionist ...
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Can You have More than One Homunculus Simultaneously Through Different Methods?
The spell, Create Homunculus, specifies the following:
You can have only one homunculus at a time. If you cast this spell while your homunculus lives, the spell fails.
However, the Homunculus ...
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Can a LG Cleric of Asmodeus summon a Bearded Devil?
A Cleric is alignment-restricted:
Alignment: A cleric's alignment must be within one step of her
deity's, along either the law/chaos axis or the good/evil axis (see
Additional Rules).
Asmodeus is a ...
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Obzedat Ghost summoning ability
Going to run some undead for a boss fight, and while I was looking through some potential bosses I found the Obzedat Ghost. They seemed pretty interesting, in particular this ability:
Convene the ...
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What animal does a Jorogumo summon?
I'm running an AP that calls out an encounter with a Jorogumo. This appears to be a spellcasting monster, and its absolute top level spell is a 7th level Summon. So it seems important to playing this ...
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When a Beast Master Ranger is incapacitated, who controls the primal companion?
Tasha's Cauldron of Everything's Primal Companion description says:
If you are incapacitated, the beast can take any action of its choice, not just Dodge.
Since it's a magically summoned primal ...
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What is the name of the animal that follows its master, and is also a figment of the master's imagination? [closed]
The animal follows its master, and is also a figment of the master's imagination. It can be re-summoned. I think you can see through its eyes.
What is its name?
And what animals can it be?
Also, what ...
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Can a summon monster type spell be made permanent?
Is there a RAW way to summon a monster of some variety and make it permanent? In my scenario I'm thinking of Oozes specifically, in case that makes a difference.
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How can an unwilling Elemental planar ruler be drawn into the Material Plane?
Gate would normally be the answer, but if the planar ruler is unwilling, they would prevent this spell from opening near them:
You conjure a portal linking an unoccupied space you can see within ...
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How long can you negotiate the price for service with a Planar Ally?
Planar Ally summons a creature for whose service the caster then negotiates. The spell states:
If you are unable to agree on a price for the creature's service, the
creature immediately returns to ...
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What happens when a non paladin casts a find steed spell from a ring of spell storing [duplicate]
A paladin casts Find Steed into a ring of Spell Storing.
Another character then casts the Find Steed spell from the ring.
The ring definition says that the spell uses the casting level, save DC etc of ...
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How should the encounter level calculated for creatures with Summon abilities?
When I write a campaign, I see most people will give an EL for every encounter they write. Basically, it would be equal to the encountered creature if that's an encounter with just one creature.
And ...
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Summoning the same creature so frequently that it starts gaining class level
Can summon spells be used to summon the same specific creatures repeatedly?
I see that RAW wise it is actually allowed to let a PC repeatly summons the same creature over and over again.
If a PC ...
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If a character with darkvision stands inside the magical darkness from a Tricksy Fey Spirit, can they attack faraway enemies with advantage?
The Tricksy Fey spirit can create a cube of magical darkness. Summon Fey (TCoE, p. 112):
Tricksy. The fey can fill a 5-foot cube within 5 feet of it with magical darkness, which lasts until the end ...
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Can the spell "Final Sacrifice" be used on the homunculus from the spell "Shadow Spy?"
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I am playing a 4th-level Tangible Dream (Emotional Acceptance) Psychic, preparing for the 5th level.
Weighing my options, Shadow Spy + Final Sacrifice could really put an immediate end to a ...
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Does the damage from Hexblade's Curse apply to attacks from summons?
The description for Hexblade's Curse states the following:
You gain a bonus to damage rolls against the cursed target. The bonus equals your proficiency bonus.
Say that a Hexblade Warlock uses this ...
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Can summon cast spells with longer casting time?
Some summons have spells, like a Djin with Creation spell, which has 1 minute casting time. Neither summoned rules forbid from multiturn casting, nor cast a spell require having all 3 actions ...
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Does a summoned creature act immediately after being summoned by a readied action?
I have a player that wanted to use a spell to summon a creature if the person in front of him did something hostile using its ready action.
After doing so, he wanted to attack immediately... But it's ...
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Is the vial necessary to Summon Greater Demon?
Summon Greater Demon has material component "a vial of blood from a humanoid killed within the past 24 hours". I'm having trouble parsing whether "vial" is an actual vial or just a ...
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Do you get access to a summoned creature's special attacks/spells with "Summon Nature's Ally"?
The Summon Nature's Ally spell mentions:
This spell summons a natural creature. It appears where you designate and acts immediately, on your turn. It attacks your opponents to the best of its ability....
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Do you need to roll handle animal check for "Summon Nature's Ally" summons to get them to attack or have them do something else other than attack?
Summon nature's ally spell mentions:
This spell summons a natural creature. It appears where you designate
and acts immediately, on your turn. It attacks your opponents to the
best of its ability. If ...
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Do Ashbound and Augment Summoning stack together for "summon nature's ally" spell?
Ashbound feat from Eberron Campaign Setting, p. 50 states:
The duration of your summon nature's ally spells is doubled. Creatures summoned by those spells receive a +3 luck bonus on their attack ...
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Would Find (Greater) Steed summoning a construct be gamebreaking?
My warforged bard has the Find Greater Steed spell. As a reflavouring, the steed is created from animating scrap and nearby objects.
Would giving it the construct type instead of celestial/fey/fiend ...
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Can a familiar be resummoned on the other side of a door? [duplicate]
There is a thread about Conjure Elemental not being able to be cast on the other side of a wall due to targeting rules. Does this also apply to bringing a familiar from its extradimensional space? Or ...
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Can summons be verbally commanded with Voice of the Chain Master?
Summons like Summon Greater Demon and Conjure Elemental require a verbal command from the caster. Let's say the caster is elsewhere, but they have the Voice of the Chain Master invocation.
Can that be ...
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Are there any obscure methods to get Find Steed?
I'm playing an Artificer that uses its Steel Defender as a mount
and was planning on grabbing the Spellwrought tattoo once able to replicate the higher tier items.
But it seems all the Artificer ...
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Would AL DMs Allow Conjure Minor Elementals cast with 7th Level Slots to have the 6th level slot effect?
Conjure Minor Elementals (Basic Rules) and similar spells have the following text at the end of the spell block. My D&d Beyond account says it comes from Basic Rules, pg. 226, and AFAIK there's ...
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Can an invisible stalker circumvent anti-divination magic?
The Invisible Stalker is a monster that can be summoned with an upcast Conjure Elemental spell. According to that spell, "It obeys any verbal commands that you issue to it (no action required by ...
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Conjure Woodland Beings + Polymorph
I have a question for you.
The spell Conjure Woodland Beings allows the druid to conjure pixies. Pixies can cast the spell polymorph. From the Player's Handbook:
The transformation lasts for the ...
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What happens if the specific demon summoned by Summon Greater Demon dies?
So I understand that the way to get a true name of a demon is to charm it, such as with Charm Monster unless you find an ancient scroll. My DM rules that you can't command it to tell you it's true ...
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Does Bigby's Hand do magical damage?
The Bigby's Hand spell, also called Arcane Hand, can do force damage by striking, and bludgeoning damage by crushing.
Is that damage magical? I'm unsure.
On one hand, if we assume that the spell ...
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Can a Pact of the Blade warlock summon any weapon?
With the Blade boon, can a warlock summon any weapon, or does it have to be from the Weapons table?
If it has to be a weapon from the Weapons table, can you do things like change the weight?
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When summoned creatures are "defending themselves from hostile creatures" on a turn without commands, does this include taking Actions of any type?
The descriptions of many "Conjure ..." spells (e.g. Conjure Animals pp.225 PHB) contains text like this:
If you don't issue any commands to them, they defend themselves from hostile ...
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How to effectively deal with advanced "remote control" tactics in dungeons?
D&D 5e comes with a number of spells and abilities that allow characters to scout ahead without any risk for life and limb. For example:
As a wizard or warlock, you can have a familiar, and with ...
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Can invisibility be countered by "ramming" the whole room with lots of conjured animals?
We're running Dragon Heist and having a quite dramatic encounter where a very important & powerful villain is trying to escape the sewers with 1 hp left.
The villain became invisible as the most ...
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What Traits are determined by the Summon Aberration Spell?
For reference, in a session last night the Warlock of the group had a summoned Beholderkin from the Summon Aberration Spell. A Lair action occurred which could have caused the Beholderkin to have been ...
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What does "or lower" in Conjure Minor Elementals mean?
In Conjure Minor Elementals it states
You summon elementals that appear in unoccupied spaces that you can see within range. You choose one the following options for what appears:
One elemental of ...
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Does a Life Cleric's Disciple of Life feature apply to healing effects of summoned creatures?
The Life Cleric's Disciple of Life feature improves the effect of healing spells:
Also starting at 1st level, your healing spells are more effective. Whenever you use a spell of 1st level or higher ...
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How to manage minions?
My PC wizard used to trudge around with a veritable stable of minions: his familiar, a Shield Guardian, and up to four skeletons from Animate Dead. The skeletons were good utility; they could form a ...
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What happens when true polymorph is cast on a conjured creature?
The scenario is as follows:
Shem the Wizard first casts Conjure Elemental into a Glyph of Warding, setting it up to summon a Fire Elemental.
Shem triggers the glyph, summoning the elemental with no ...
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Can summoned creatures take reactions?
Animate Dead is used to summon a Hollow Serpent. An ally within the hollow serpent's reach is attacked, triggering Divine Guardian. Does the summon have a reaction with which it can use Divine ...
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Does an Unseen Servant on the Prime Material extend into the Border Ethereal?
The basic rules include in the description of the Border Ethereal:
Some magical effects also extend from the Material Plane into the Border Ethereal, particularly effects that use force energy such ...
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How can I bind a draconic spirit?
My wizard is fond of summoning or conjuring elementals and binding them using planar binding, keeping them around for a while. Even keeping them a day is awesome, because concentration is not ...
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Are there any summoning spells on the warlock spell list that don't require high Charisma to be effective?
Me and my friends are running a campaign in D&D 5e. I am playing a Genie-patron (Marid) Pact of the Blade warlock (with a 1-level fighter dip at the start) currently.
My Str and Con scores are 16 (...
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Can a gem dragonborn use the Psionic Mind trait to telepathically issue commands to an elemental spirit from the Summon Elemental spell?
Gem Dragonborn, from Fizban's Treasury of Dragons (p. 11), have the Psionic Mind trait:
You can send telepathic messages to any creature you can see within 30 feet of you. You don’t need to share a ...
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What summons that are casters themselves are available to a Sorcerer/Wizard or a Cleric? [closed]
Character: support spellcaster with access to level 5 sorc/wiz spell list and level 4 cleric spell list.
I'm looking for thematic combat-ready summons for my character: I need summons that are casters ...
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If the caster of the Unseen Servant spell is more than 60 feet away when giving a command, or when the Unseen Servant attempts a task, what happens?
The only mention of the Unseen Servant spell ending due to distance from the caster is found at the end of its description:
If you command the servant to perform a task that would move it more
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