Best Summoning Boosters [Archive] - Wizards Community

Best Summoning Boosters [Archive] - Wizards Community

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heavenisme
11-27-07, 11:43 AM Other than augment summoning what are good booster feats for summonings?
ObscureInfo
11-28-07, 12:33 AM Are you talking spells or skills or feats?

Spells- like enlarge, haste, bull's strength, basically anything that would boost a frontline fighter.

Skills- Speak Language- Celestial and Speak Language- Infernal, to speak with the more intelligent of your summoned creatures. Knowledge:Planes to know more about your summoned creatures.

Feats- EXTEND SPELL. With only 1 round/level duration, most summoning spells don't last long enough to make a difference in a fight. Extend Spell doubles that duration.

Eschew Materials- So you don't have to hold the stupid candle. (or is that a focus??)
strenoth
11-28-07, 12:54 AM if you are a druid, Greenbound Summoning is rather good.
Suspect_Unusual
11-28-07, 01:22 AM Look in Cityscape for the Invisible Spell metamagic feat. At worst, your summons start off invisible and only become visible after attacking someone. At best (since the invisible effects in the example are still, by flavor, invisible even though they "attack"), you've just given all your summons natural invisibility. This feat doesn't even increase the spell level...

*sigh* Why can't my kobold shaper get a feat like THIS for his constructs?
Darth Sephiroth
12-03-07, 07:47 PM Superior Summons from the Dragon Compendium is pretty good for summoning, lets you cast touch spells on summoned monsters and summons under its effects have Max HP. It's downside is that it it increases the material components cost (I'd countered that by adding a second feat that eliminates the cost for it and similar feats).

Quicken is pretty good, if you're playing a Wizard, glance at the Conjurer (Summoner) variant from Unearthed Arcana. Also several DM's could consider making those bonus' into feat choices as they already replace feats gained.
littlekid
12-03-07, 09:36 PM There's a metamagic somewhere that allows you to give a summon a 2nd level or below spell...I'll try to find it.

Imbue Summoning, and it's any 3rd level or below spell.
Rebel7284
12-03-07, 09:57 PM There's a metamagic somewhere that allows you to give a summon a 2nd level or below spell...I'll try to find it.

Imbue Summoning, and it's any 3rd level or below spell.

MIC has an item that does the same thing as i recall
Darth Sephiroth
12-04-07, 01:35 AM MIC has an item that does the same thing as i recall

Actually, the only similar item does a lesser version of the Superior Summons spell template with a 3/day limit.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
heavenisme 11-27-07, 11:43 AM	Other than augment summoning what are good booster feats for summonings?
ObscureInfo 11-28-07, 12:33 AM	Are you talking spells or skills or feats? Spells- like enlarge, haste, bull's strength, basically anything that would boost a frontline fighter. Skills- Speak Language- Celestial and Speak Language- Infernal, to speak with the more intelligent of your summoned creatures. Knowledge:Planes to know more about your summoned creatures. Feats- EXTEND SPELL. With only 1 round/level duration, most summoning spells don't last long enough to make a difference in a fight. Extend Spell doubles that duration. Eschew Materials- So you don't have to hold the stupid candle. (or is that a focus??)
strenoth 11-28-07, 12:54 AM	if you are a druid, Greenbound Summoning is rather good.
Suspect_Unusual 11-28-07, 01:22 AM	Look in Cityscape for the Invisible Spell metamagic feat. At worst, your summons start off invisible and only become visible after attacking someone. At best (since the invisible effects in the example are still, by flavor, invisible even though they "attack"), you've just given all your summons natural invisibility. This feat doesn't even increase the spell level... sigh Why can't my kobold shaper get a feat like THIS for his constructs?
Darth Sephiroth 12-03-07, 07:47 PM	Superior Summons from the Dragon Compendium is pretty good for summoning, lets you cast touch spells on summoned monsters and summons under its effects have Max HP. It's downside is that it it increases the material components cost (I'd countered that by adding a second feat that eliminates the cost for it and similar feats). Quicken is pretty good, if you're playing a Wizard, glance at the Conjurer (Summoner) variant from Unearthed Arcana. Also several DM's could consider making those bonus' into feat choices as they already replace feats gained.
littlekid 12-03-07, 09:36 PM	There's a metamagic somewhere that allows you to give a summon a 2nd level or below spell...I'll try to find it. Imbue Summoning, and it's any 3rd level or below spell.
Rebel7284 12-03-07, 09:57 PM	There's a metamagic somewhere that allows you to give a summon a 2nd level or below spell...I'll try to find it. Imbue Summoning, and it's any 3rd level or below spell. MIC has an item that does the same thing as i recall
Darth Sephiroth 12-04-07, 01:35 AM	MIC has an item that does the same thing as i recall Actually, the only similar item does a lesser version of the Superior Summons spell template with a 3/day limit.