Summoning Words Question


Round 2: Words of Power Discussion


Servitor I says:

"If you combine this word with any other effect words, the summoned creature is the only target for these words."

What about area effects? I ask not only for clarity, but in case one would create (as an example) an area fire explosion centered on the summoned elemental.

By fluff, it would emanate from the fire elemental itself.. but I don't know if it can be done by the rules..

..and, if cannot be done, I ask: are there greater drawbacks I miss changing the rule and allowing it?


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Unfortunately, right now since the summoning words restrict the target to 'single', you would only be able to have damage words target the summoned creature itself and nothing around it. As cool as it would be to summon things in fiery explosions, I'd be surprised if they changed it.

As for drawbacks of changing it yourself, I'm not completely sure.


Matrixryu wrote:

Unfortunately, right now since the summoning words restrict the target to 'single', you would only be able to have damage words target the summoned creature itself and nothing around it. As cool as it would be to summon things in fiery explosions, I'd be surprised if they changed it.

As for drawbacks of changing it yourself, I'm not completely sure.

I can of course change it by myslelf.. but I (maybe wrongly) considered it worthy of being pointed out during the playtest.


Different question:

There doesn't seem to be any limit on the number of servitors I can pop out at one time. Does that mean I can keep pulling out summons each round until I run out of spells?

Scarab Sages

Dilvias wrote:

Different question:

There doesn't seem to be any limit on the number of servitors I can pop out at one time. Does that mean I can keep pulling out summons each round until I run out of spells?

Yes. Why not?

That's the current situation, re the Summon Monster spells.

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