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So on the Summon Nature's Ally 3 list is the "Giant Lizard"
Now in the Bestiary, I can only find one "Giant Lizard" and that's the Giant Frilled Lizard.
I was assuming that was the right creature, until I started looking at the stats, and it seems pretty potent against the other creatures on the list.
That wouldn't suprise me too much, the Ant Drone is far more powerful than it's SNA II brethren, as is the Riding Dog at SNA I.
However, I am wondering if perhaps they meant the Monitor Lizard, which, although doesn't have "Giant" in the name at all, the abilities would fit more in line with the other SNA III creatures.
Or is there supposed to be another Giant Lizard entry in the Bestiary that maybe got edited out, like the camel.
Anyone have an opinion on this?
It is just my opinion, but I would go with the Monitor Lizard. Comparing it to most of the creatures available for SNA III, the Giant Frilled Lizard is just too powerful.
I've only skimmed through a handful of the creatures and they mainly appear to be CR2.
The Giant Frilled Lizard would probably be too powerful on the SNA IV list too.
And I have to thank you for your post. It made me realize that I was still using 3.5 stats for my Summon Monster cheat sheet.
The Giant Frilled Lizard would probably be too powerful on the SNA IV list too.
And I have to thank you for your post. It made me realize that I was still using 3.5 stats for my Summon Monster cheat sheet.
Wow - MASSIVE changes in Pathfinder to creature statistics.
It's so odd to have creatures like the Ape and Bison be on the lower tier power-wise!
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The Giant Frilled Lizard would probably be too powerful on the SNA IV list too.
And I have to thank you for your post. It made me realize that I was still using 3.5 stats for my Summon Monster cheat sheet.
Wow - MASSIVE changes in Pathfinder to creature statistics.
It's so odd to have creatures like the Ape and Bison be on the lower tier power-wise!
Yeah, I've been working at making a list based on your Mastering the Malconvoker, but I've only gotten to SM IV so far. It's so time-consuming, and I have finals to write!
Or is there supposed to be another Giant Lizard entry in the Bestiary that maybe got edited out, like the camel.
Camel is in the Core Rulebook page 54.
As far as Giant Lizard: I'd use the statistics given for Monitor Lizard under "monitor lizard companions: 7th-level advancement" in the Bestiary page 194.
Or is there supposed to be another Giant Lizard entry in the Bestiary that maybe got edited out, like the camel.
Camel is in the Core Rulebook page 54.
As far as Giant Lizard: I'd use the statistics given for Monitor Lizard under "monitor lizard companions: 7th-level advancement" in the Bestiary page 194.
No, this needs to be fixed.
*CLEARLY* the ant's were switched, the soldier should be where the drone is, and vice versa. Also: there needs to *be* stats for this creature.
Is this just ignored? Can I has an errata plz?
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Ugh... while we tried our best to make sure the Summon Monster lists were accurate, there is obviously some errors.
Errata is:
Change Giant Lizard to Monitor Lizard. (The lists don't support summoning a giant frilled lizard, but you could probably add them to summon monster V or summon nature's ally V.)
Change Riding Dog to Dog.
Change Ant, drone to Ant, worker.
Change Ant, soldier to Ant, giant.
The majority of these errors, I suspect, came from miscommunication between what was and wasn't changing with these animals in the switchover between the 3.5 Monster Manual and the Pathfinder Bestiary.
A few other notes:
The Giant Frilled Lizard is so much tougher than a bison or an ape because it's something that probably would HUNT bisons or apes. It'd be best to compare the giant frilled lizard ecologically wise to a tiger or bear; it's a top-tier predator.
Camels will be in the Bestiary II. If you need stats before then, though, they'll be VERY similar to the stats for a horse, except they'll have some sort of long-term go without water ability.
Camel's also have a ranged touch attack ability to sicken without save throw according to the druid's animal companion list. That is one reason I would actually summon one. It's one of the earliest "ability/debuff" creatures in the game, especially with a decent chance of success, and the ability to keep it up and alive.
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Camel's also have a ranged touch attack ability to sicken without save throw according to the druid's animal companion list. That is one reason I would actually summon one. It's one of the earliest "ability/debuff" creatures in the game, especially with a decent chance of success, and the ability to keep it up and alive.
Personally... I kinda wish that ability hadn't gone in. It feels a little bit too "meta." Would an aboleth or a xorn or a giant spider or another camel or an air elemental REALLY be sickened by being spit on by a camel? It's a bit too "cute" for my tastes. We WILL need to support this attack in Bestiary II, I guess, when it comes out, but I'll be pushing to put in some additional language there to limit the sickened effect to other humanoids.
Change Giant Lizard to Monitor Lizard. (The lists don't support summoning a giant frilled lizard, but you could probably add them to summon monster V or summon nature's ally V.)
Change Riding Dog to Dog.
Change Ant, drone to Ant, worker.
Change Ant, soldier to Ant, giant.
That makes a lot more sense.
Personally... I kinda wish that ability hadn't gone in. It feels a little bit too "meta." Would an aboleth or a xorn or a giant spider or another camel or an air elemental REALLY be sickened by being spit on by a camel? It's a bit too "cute" for my tastes. We WILL need to support this attack in Bestiary II, I guess, when it comes out, but I'll be pushing to put in some additional language there to limit the sickened effect to other humanoids.
Wow. I hadn't noticed that one. That does seem a little, err.. silly. At least give it an easy DC saving throw or something.
Wow. I hadn't noticed that one. That does seem a little, err.. silly. At least give it an easy DC saving throw or something.
Good point. In the Druid animal companion entry it doesn't say there is a saving throw at all...
Can't say I'm too surprised to hear that... I had originally been expecting it to be a shot to the eyes to blind, and was surprised that it didn't at least have a save throw. However since it didn't seem to be noticed I thought it was on purpose to 'even out' the camel against the horse somehow (as we don't have stats I wasn't sure the camel didn't have different stats than the horse).
For anyone who uses d20pfsrd.com, we've updated the summon spells to reflect James' statements above.
It's so odd to have creatures like the Ape and Bison be on the lower tier power-wise!
Note, however, that the Bison (and the lower CR Aurochs) now have the Trample ability. That came as a surprise to me when someone pointed it out.
Ugh... while we tried our best to make sure the Summon Monster lists were accurate, there is obviously some errors.
Errata is:
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Note, however, that the Bison (and the lower CR Aurochs) now have the Trample ability. That came as a surprise to me when someone pointed it out.
It's so odd to have creatures like the Ape and Bison be on the lower tier power-wise!
But should come as no surprise to anyone who's dealt with bison in real life, I bet.
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But should come as no surprise to anyone who's dealt with bison in real life, I bet.Note, however, that the Bison (and the lower CR Aurochs) now have the Trample ability. That came as a surprise to me when someone pointed it out.
It's so odd to have creatures like the Ape and Bison be on the lower tier power-wise!
They should probably both have Improved Bull Rush as a bonus feat though!
Change Riding Dog to Dog..oww that's just nerfed SM 1 completely as the riding dog was the only thing worth summoning on that.
Need to put this out on my pbp threads asap
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But should come as no surprise to anyone who's dealt with bison in real life, I bet.Note, however, that the Bison (and the lower CR Aurochs) now have the Trample ability. That came as a surprise to me when someone pointed it out.
It's so odd to have creatures like the Ape and Bison be on the lower tier power-wise!
Yeah, something that big that can jump an 8 foot fence and out accelerate my motorcycle is not a critter I want to stand in front of when it gets going.
Note, however, that the Bison (and the lower CR Aurochs) now have the Trample ability. That came as a surprise to me when someone pointed it out.But should come as no surprise to anyone who's dealt with bison in real life, I bet.
Maybe. Although I find it's a little surprising that getting run over by a 2,200 lb bison is more painful than getting run over by a 20,000 lb triceratops.
So on the Summon Nature's Ally 3 list is the "Giant Lizard"
Now in the Bestiary, I can only find one "Giant Lizard" and that's the Giant Frilled Lizard.
I was assuming that was the right creature, until I started looking at the stats, and it seems pretty potent against the other creatures on the list.
That wouldn't suprise me too much, the Ant Drone is far more powerful than it's SNA II brethren, as is the Riding Dog at SNA I.
However, I am wondering if perhaps they meant the Monitor Lizard, which, although doesn't have "Giant" in the name at all, the abilities would fit more in line with the other SNA III creatures.
Or is there supposed to be another Giant Lizard entry in the Bestiary that maybe got edited out, like the camel.
Anyone have an opinion on this?
I'm sure you noticed I used the Monitor Lizard in my SNA sheets, I just assumed the mistake when I saw the Frilled abilities.
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Change Riding Dog to Dog..oww that's just nerfed SM 1 completely as the riding dog was the only thing worth summoning on that.
That should have been your first clue that it was a mistake. If one option is not just better than the rest, but head and shoulllders by far better, it's probably a mistake. The Riding Dog is as powerful as the Wolf on the SMII list, so it's not only too good for SMI, it's too good for SMII (why get one wolf when you can get 1d3 riding dogs that each are as good as a wolf?).
Ugh... while we tried our best to make sure the Summon Monster lists were accurate, there is obviously some errors.
Errata is:
Change Giant Lizard to Monitor Lizard. (The lists don't support summoning a giant frilled lizard, but you could probably add them to summon monster V or summon nature's ally V.)
Change Riding Dog to Dog.
Change Ant, drone to Ant, worker.
Change Ant, soldier to Ant, giant.
The majority of these errors, I suspect, came from miscommunication between what was and wasn't changing with these animals in the switchover between the 3.5 Monster Manual and the Pathfinder Bestiary.
A few other notes:
The Giant Frilled Lizard is so much tougher than a bison or an ape because it's something that probably would HUNT bisons or apes. It'd be best to compare the giant frilled lizard ecologically wise to a tiger or bear; it's a top-tier predator.
Camels will be in the Bestiary II. If you need stats before then, though, they'll be VERY similar to the stats for a horse, except they'll have some sort of long-term go without water ability.
We need to FAQ James post so it makes it into the errata. This was made before official answer had to be posted in the FAQ so I am sure it is still official, but I don't want it to be forgotten.
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We need to FAQ James post so it makes it into the errata. This was made before official answer had to be posted in the FAQ so I am sure it is still official, but I don't want it to be forgotten.Ugh... while we tried our best to make sure the Summon Monster lists were accurate, there is obviously some errors.
Errata is:
Change Giant Lizard to Monitor Lizard. (The lists don't support summoning a giant frilled lizard, but you could probably add them to summon monster V or summon nature's ally V.)
Change Riding Dog to Dog.
Change Ant, drone to Ant, worker.
Change Ant, soldier to Ant, giant.
The majority of these errors, I suspect, came from miscommunication between what was and wasn't changing with these animals in the switchover between the 3.5 Monster Manual and the Pathfinder Bestiary.
A few other notes:
The Giant Frilled Lizard is so much tougher than a bison or an ape because it's something that probably would HUNT bisons or apes. It'd be best to compare the giant frilled lizard ecologically wise to a tiger or bear; it's a top-tier predator.
Camels will be in the Bestiary II. If you need stats before then, though, they'll be VERY similar to the stats for a horse, except they'll have some sort of long-term go without water ability.
As far as I can tell, changes have been fully applied by the 4th printing and partly noted in the 3rd printing-4th printing errata.
As far as I can tell, changes have been fully applied by the 4th printing and partly noted in the 3rd printing-4th printing errata.We need to FAQ James post so it makes it into the errata. This was made before official answer had to be posted in the FAQ so I am sure it is still official, but I don't want it to be forgotten.Ugh... while we tried our best to make sure the Summon Monster lists were accurate, there is obviously some errors.
Errata is:
Change Giant Lizard to Monitor Lizard. (The lists don't support summoning a giant frilled lizard, but you could probably add them to summon monster V or summon nature's ally V.)
Change Riding Dog to Dog.
Change Ant, drone to Ant, worker.
Change Ant, soldier to Ant, giant.
The majority of these errors, I suspect, came from miscommunication between what was and wasn't changing with these animals in the switchover between the 3.5 Monster Manual and the Pathfinder Bestiary.
A few other notes:
The Giant Frilled Lizard is so much tougher than a bison or an ape because it's something that probably would HUNT bisons or apes. It'd be best to compare the giant frilled lizard ecologically wise to a tiger or bear; it's a top-tier predator.
Camels will be in the Bestiary II. If you need stats before then, though, they'll be VERY similar to the stats for a horse, except they'll have some sort of long-term go without water ability.
It is not in the PRD which claims to be up to date-->The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Reference Document contains all errata to the Core Rulebook, Bestiary, and Advanced Player's Guide as of 9/13/11.
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It is not in the PRD which claims to be up to date-->The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Reference Document contains all errata to the Core Rulebook, Bestiary, and Advanced Player's Guide as of 9/13/11.
It appears to have all of these changes applied (and the change to the Giant Scorpion mentioned in 3rd printing errata).
It is not in the PRD which claims to be up to date-->The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Reference Document contains all errata to the Core Rulebook, Bestiary, and Advanced Player's Guide as of 9/13/11.It appears to have all of these changes applied (and the change to the Giant Scorpion mentioned in 3rd printing errata).
Your link is pointing to Summon Nature's Ally (which has been corrected), not Summon Monster (which hasn't been completely updated -- it still has references to Giant Lizards and Riding Dogs).
It is not in the PRD which claims to be up to date-->The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Reference Document contains all errata to the Core Rulebook, Bestiary, and Advanced Player's Guide as of 9/13/11.It appears to have all of these changes applied (and the change to the Giant Scorpion mentioned in 3rd printing errata).
That is summon nature's ally which is not the same as summon monster.
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That is summon nature's ally which is not the same as summon monster.It is not in the PRD which claims to be up to date-->The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Reference Document contains all errata to the Core Rulebook, Bestiary, and Advanced Player's Guide as of 9/13/11.It appears to have all of these changes applied (and the change to the Giant Scorpion mentioned in 3rd printing errata).
I certainly agree. The original question and, as far as I can tell, Mr. Jacobs' reply concerned summon nature's ally.
Since you bring it up, though, perhaps it would be useful to summarise what changes you see need to be made to the summon monster spells.
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I certainly agree. The original question and, as far as I can tell, Mr. Jacobs' reply concerned summon nature's ally.
No, the changes concern Summon Monster.
James Jacobs wrote:
Ugh... while we tried our best to make sure the Summon Monster lists were accurate, there is obviously some errors.
Errata is:
Change Giant Lizard to Monitor Lizard. (The lists don't support summoning a giant frilled lizard, but you could probably add them to summon monster V or summon nature's ally V.)
Change Riding Dog to Dog.
Change Ant, drone to Ant, worker.
Change Ant, soldier to Ant, giant.
James calls this official(and at the time official changes were allowed on the messageboard), but it needs to be errata'd into the CRB, and the PRD.
I bumped the thread so people would FAQ it, and get it put into the next printing. I am sure there are not too many printings left of the core book, and there are still a few things, such as this that need to be fixed. I thing the higher level summon monster list are correct.