Can you customize your summoned couatl? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Can you customize your summoned couatl? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Joseph_Silver
08-10-06, 04:44 PM Summon Monster IX lets you summon a couatl. After a quick glance in the Monster Manual, I discovered that couatls are sorcerers who can choose spells from the sorcerer list, the cleric list, and a few domains.

Can you customize your couatl, or are you limited to the default spells known in the Monster Manual. I was thinking of summoning a couatl loaded with healing spells; at the cost of one 9th level slot, I get lots of healing spells.

Now, sacrificing a 9th level spell slot just to heal people might not be very good in high level combat, but think of the roleplaying potential of summoning such a healer; you could heal lots of people for free, without even using a cleric!
shadow_kras
08-10-06, 04:49 PM Just ask your dm if he allow you to summon a healer coualt. To me, thats pretty fine for a lv9 spell, you can summon way stronger things with that spell anyway...Why not some healing/buffing critter?

I personally use a different style of summon magic, you require to know the creature you are going to summon, and the creature has to agree to be summoned by you beforehand (like a verbal contract).
mvincent
08-10-06, 04:56 PM Can you customize your couatl, or are you limited to the default spells known in the Monster Manual.You cannot customize it, but you can ask your DM if you can routinely summon a specific Couatl that has many of the types of spells you prefer. You could even offer to make the spell list for your DM (to save him the effort).
Seeker95
08-10-06, 08:27 PM Ditto. I'd allow it, but I would use the request as an adventure hook. The caster must gather the knowledge to do so from a mystic far away and reclusive to undergo a ritual that bonds him to a specific spirit creature.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Joseph_Silver 08-10-06, 04:44 PM	Summon Monster IX lets you summon a couatl. After a quick glance in the Monster Manual, I discovered that couatls are sorcerers who can choose spells from the sorcerer list, the cleric list, and a few domains. Can you customize your couatl, or are you limited to the default spells known in the Monster Manual. I was thinking of summoning a couatl loaded with healing spells; at the cost of one 9th level slot, I get lots of healing spells. Now, sacrificing a 9th level spell slot just to heal people might not be very good in high level combat, but think of the roleplaying potential of summoning such a healer; you could heal lots of people for free, without even using a cleric!
shadow_kras 08-10-06, 04:49 PM	Just ask your dm if he allow you to summon a healer coualt. To me, thats pretty fine for a lv9 spell, you can summon way stronger things with that spell anyway...Why not some healing/buffing critter? I personally use a different style of summon magic, you require to know the creature you are going to summon, and the creature has to agree to be summoned by you beforehand (like a verbal contract).
mvincent 08-10-06, 04:56 PM	Can you customize your couatl, or are you limited to the default spells known in the Monster Manual.You cannot customize it, but you can ask your DM if you can routinely summon a specific Couatl that has many of the types of spells you prefer. You could even offer to make the spell list for your DM (to save him the effort).
Seeker95 08-10-06, 08:27 PM	Ditto. I'd allow it, but I would use the request as an adventure hook. The caster must gather the knowledge to do so from a mystic far away and reclusive to undergo a ritual that bonds him to a specific spirit creature.