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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My Wizard is conjuring a piece of the sun. How will this affect my setting?
In my game there is a high level wizard conjurer. He wants to cast a force wall around himself and the party, then use minor conjuration to create 10 pounds of the center of the sun, which he scried ...
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Can I use the Conjure Animals spell to drop cows on targets in order to deal damage to the targets?
Can cows that I conjure using the conjure animals spell fall onto targets, thereby dealing damage?
The feys summoned by conjure animals take the shape of a beast (a cow, in this case). But since the ...
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How can I make combat with a lot of summoned creatures quicker?
I currently GM for a level 13 D&D 5e group of 5 players. Recently combat has become heavily bogged down, primarily because the party has discovered their new favourite ('Death by a Thousand Cuts') ...
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How do you determine which beast appears during the Conjure Animals spell?
According to the spell "Conjure Animals" on P. 225 of the PHB, the description states:
Choose one of the following options for what appears [...]
Besides selecting one or more beasts based on the ...
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Which summoning spells conjure willing creatures, and which unwilling?
Certain summoning spells seem to force unwilling creatures to do your bidding - examples include the D&D 5e spells Conjure Fey and Conjure Elemental, where the summoned creature becomes hostile if ...
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Do animals of the same CR summoned by Conjure Animals have to be the same animal?
Do animals of the same CR summoned by conjure animals have to be the same animal?
I had a ranger player of mine ask. I know that the DM chooses which animals are summoned, and that the creatures are ...
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Limitations on the Conjurer's Minor Conjuration ability
There are some clearly defined limitations already on the Wizard School of Conjuration's Minor Conjuration feature, however...
Does normal "wear and tear" count as damage? (e.g. I'm in a fight ...
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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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Can a summoned pixie concentrate on a spell after the summoning ends?
If I summon a pixie with Conjure Woodland Beings, and it casts Fly on me, can it continue to concentrate on keeping me flying if my concentration on Conjure Woodland Beings ends and it disappears?
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What are the effects of a Dispel Magic on a Conjure Elemental spell?
If you cast a "successful" Dispel Magic in the following cases, what are the possible outcomes?
An active Conjure Elemental spell, i.e. the caster is maintaining concentration at the time you cast ...
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Does a created or summoned creature have an ability to spawn or summon another one?
Let's consider I am a Pale Master. I created a wraith.
Those undead have this ability:
Create Spawn (Su): Any humanoid slain by a wraith becomes a wraith in 1d4 rounds. Its body remains intact and ...
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Does the Construct Spirit from the Summon Construct spell cast at 4th level have 40 HP, or 55 HP?
I believe that there is a typo in the summon construct spell from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. The spell is shown as a 4th-level spell in the table at the beginning of the chapter (p. 105) and in ...
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How does the summoning ability affect the encounter difficulty?
The Drow Mage (CR 7) has the Action Summon Demon (1/day), which allows him to summon a shadow demon (CR 4). Is the shadow demon already included in the CR of the Drow Mage, or do I have to count the ...
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Can the rats summoned using a Hat of Vermin allow a character to use the Pipes of the Sewers to call forth a swarm of rats?
(Full disclosure: this is a silly question, not to be taken too seriously.)
A Hat of Vermin (XGtE, p. 137) can be used to conjure up to 3 rats:
This hat has 3 charges. While holding the hat, you can ...
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Can you voluntarily end concentration on part of a spell?
Unearthed Arcana: That Old Black Magic provides Conjure Lesser Demon which allows up to eight demons to be summoned. They disappear when reduced to zero hit points or the spell ends.
It is implied ...
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Can summon spells be used to summon the same specific creatures repeatedly?
Can one use a summon monster spell to summon each time Bob the Celestial Monkey specifically, or must the summoned celestial monkey be a different celestial monkey each time?
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Does Spiritual Weapon stay until the end of its duration if the caster goes unconscious?
Spiritual Weapon does not require concentration and only has a duration of a minute. When my cleric was knocked unconscious the on-the-fly decision was to keep the weapon waiting around until the end ...
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What happens if I cast Planar Binding on a creature who was brought by a spell that has ended?
Planar Binding states:
You attempt to bind a celestial, elemental, fey, or fiend to your
service. It must be within range for the entire casting of the spell.
At completion, it makes a Charisma ...
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Is the Conjure Woodland Beings spell (to summon pixies) broken?
As a DM I want to be fair and not just never allow a druid the chance of summoning pixies, but it seems so broken. At one point I had four PCs and two NPCs all running about as dinosaurs. I'm hoping ...
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Is the demon summoned by the Summon Greater Demon spell hostile to you?
Assuming that you use summon greater demon (Xanathar's Guide to Everything, p. 166), and on your next turn, you still have the "control" over him granted by summon greater demon.
Now I want to use ...
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How many actions can a summoned zombie use?
Many zombies - such as the Zombie Shambler - are permanently slowed 1, which reduces the number of actions they can use by 1 each round. Summoning such a zombie with a spell (such as Animate Dead) ...
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Do creatures summoned by the Conjure Animals or Conjure Woodland Beings spells act on the round they are summoned?
When a druid or ranger summons creatures using the conjure animals or conjure woodland beings spells, do the creatures act on the round they're summoned, or do they not act until the following round?
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What happens if you throw a magical creature through an antimagic field?
Inspired by this question.
I have this idea. Take a creature that would be suppressed by the antimagic field, like an elemental or a celestial from conjure celestial. Since the spells creating one of ...
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How many elementals can you control at once?
Criteria:
any class combination is ok
feats are allowed
magic items are ok
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no use of the wish spell
no homebrew
can have up to 5 people assisting
turning yourself into an ...
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How do players get a devil's talisman?
The spell Infernal Calling is all about summoning and controlling powerful devils. However, the description also provides a way to basically prevent a devil from getting a saving throw against the ...
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