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Does the Augment Summoning feat affect the rain of frogs spell (and thus, among other things, increase the DC of the frogs' poison)? It says it functions just like the summon swarm spell, which it seems would be affected, and given that, it would be a shame if it was weaker than it ought to be just because its name was different.
Does the Augment Summoning feat affect the rain of frogs spell (and thus, among other things, increase the DC of the frogs' poison)? It says it functions just like the summon swarm spell, which it seems would be affected, and given that, it would be a shame if it was weaker than it ought to be just because its name was different.
Augment Summoning say:
"Each creature you conjure with any summon spell gains a +4 enhancement bonus to Strength and Constitution for the duration of the spell that summoned it."Rain of Frogs is:
"Rain of Frogs
School conjuration (summoning); Level bard 3, druid 3, sorcerer/wizard 3, summoner 3, witch 3
EFFECT
Effect one swarm of poisonous frogs
DESCRIPTION
This spell functions as summon swarm, except you summon a swarm of poisonous frogs. This swarm has the statistics of a centipede swarm, except it has the animal type and its poison deals Constitution damage instead of Dexterity damage."
So, I say yes, it works.
Looking at it, it should boost the DC of the poison, but DC 15 for a level 3 swarm aint much.
The average L5 PC will have saves around 5. 15 DC should be more than fair. I would think the feat and the spell would stack.
It depends on if a "Swarm" constitutes a "Creature". Does Augment Summoning work on Summon Swarm?
I don't think it should work. You might technically be improving the abilities of the individual creatures making up the swarm, but that doesn't really impact the swarm itself all that much.
A swarm is immune to any spell or effect that targets a specific number of creatures (including single-target spells such as disintegrate), with the exception of mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, morale effects, patterns, and phantasms) if the swarm has an Intelligence score and a hive mind.
I could be wrong, this is the first time I've thought about it. But I'm assuming Augment Summoning would be an effect that a Swarm would be immune to.
It works.
And the swarm is itself treated as a creature. The feat works in both cases.
Augment Summoning doesn't "target" anything. It merely "affects". If you had a hypothetical spell that affected the "target summoned creature" or "up to X target summoned creatures", then it wouldn't work. However, if this hypothetical spell affected "all summoned creatures in an area", it would still affect the swarm so long as it all fit in the area. Augment Summoning, however, is a feat that modifies the actual act of the summoning so it doesn't fall under the "target" restriction.
*shrug*
That's fair.
