Summoned creatures almost always work.But obviously, summoning has to offer some advantage over other spells, right? Well, here are some: If this isn’t the case, then summoning isn’t the best option for you. Well, the main reason you might consider summoning is because you think it’s cool. I have included extra posts to allow for whatever may be added at a later time. If you want to make changes, ask me for the password. This guide has been created with a public account. This feat is a major boost to your versatility, and is definitely worth looking at. Summon elemental Reserve Feat: Optimization Request - A list of uses for the summon elemental reserve feat, covering both in-combat and out-of-combat use. Legal 3.5 Summonable Monster List - List of all summonable creatures from MMIII, MMIV, MMV, and a bucketload of other books. The Conjurer's Handbook - not specifically about summoning, but if conjurer's are up there in the list of best summoners, and the occasional fog spell or what not can really help you out. Mastering the Malconvoker - Looks into the Malconvoker prestige class, which is a nice summoning prestige class. Didn't get too far, unfortunately.ĭruid Handbook Revived - The only link that I have found that examines anything from the Summon Nature's Ally list. Mastering the Summoned Monster - a comprehensive guide - a detailed listing of creatures that can be summoned with summon monster, and the reason that you may consider summoning them.īest uses of Planar Ally/Binding? - As the title says, it's a list of what can be summoned with planar ally and planar binding. The 3.5 summon monster list - a list of popular creatures on the Summon Monster list.

The Comprehensive Summoning Thread - Rather good, but also thoroughly outdated. Ready to Summon Monsters - A list of all the Summon Monster creatures, and all their statistics.

This guide focuses on other aspects, such as feats, prestige classes, tactics, etc… Previous work done includes: There have been several works on summoning done, but these have had most of the focus on the Summon Monster list.

This guide is intended to be useful regardless of your summonable creatures. Because there are several different spells that can be used to summon, I will include links to some previous links, but will not be including them myself. However, focussing on one can be more enjoyable.Īlso, there are a large number of guides about which monster to summon. I do appreciate that the best casters are generally good at lots of things, and focussing on one is suboptimal. This guide is designed to help people create a caster focussed on summoning creatures to aid them both in combat and in social situations.

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