Summon Monster I-IX Is it worth it?

[Krelios]

Funny enough my LE Warlock is having less trouble with the Paladin in another campaign than the CN Cleric is in this one. Technically LE is actually a closer alignment so I shouldn't be that surprised.

You know that a Paladin can't associate with a LE Warlock without breaking his Code of Conduct and losing his powers, right?

 

[Storm Raven]

Where is this in the rules? My group has always assumed they spoke Fiendish/Celestial. One wizard even took those as his languages so he could communicate with his summoned creatures.

Quasqueton

Here, under the entry for Intelligence: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm.

It is a dumb rule. I house ruled it pretty much as soon as I saw it.

 

[Quasqueton]

A creature can speak all the languages mentioned in its description, plus one additional language per point of Intelligence bonus. Any creature with an Intelligence score of 3 or higher understands at least one language (Common, unless noted otherwise).

Ewww. That paranthetical note is just, kmfyroeyf.

Quasqueton

 

[Rackhir]

I'm currently playing a druid (just gone from 9th to 10th level) and some of my SNA could have finished encounters on their own when paired with Animal Growth.

Summoning 1d3 Large Hippogriffs I ended up with 3 Huge Hippogriffs which decimated an army camp (precious few magic weapons in the camp to get past the DR 10/magic they acquired)

Um Hippogriffs aren't animals they're magical beasts. Animal growth doesn't work on them, it only affects creatures with the animal type.

One sucky thing about Pseudonatural summons is that the template does specifically change the type, so AG doesn't work for them either. You might be able to argue this with Fiendish or Celestial ones though.

 

[Infiniti2000]

Ewww. That paranthetical note is just, kmfyroeyf.

Huh?

 

[Quasqueton]

Hva' fanden? Får vi en orkan?

Quasqueton

 

[kenobi65]

Hva' fanden? Får vi en orkan?

It's Swedish for, "Do you eat the pie? Or kill the orc?"

 

[lukelightning]

It's Swedish for, "Do you eat the pie? Or kill the orc?"

So you are saying that fiendish and celestial creatures speak Swedish?

 

[Krud]

Can anyone tell me exactly where in the rules it says that monsters with an Int of 3 understand common? Reading the 3.5 MM entry under fiendish it doesn't say anything except 'Int goes up to 3'. Is it an errata or FAQ entry?

 

[Hypersmurf]

Can anyone tell me exactly where in the rules it says that monsters with an Int of 3 understand common? Reading the 3.5 MM entry under fiendish it doesn't say anything except 'Int goes up to 3'. Is it an errata or FAQ entry?

Er... Storm Raven posted a link to the SRD entry just before.

Where is says "A creature can speak all the languages mentioned in its description, plus one additional language per point of Intelligence bonus. Any creature with an Intelligence score of 3 or higher understands at least one language (Common, unless noted otherwise)."

It's from the Monster Manual.

A fiendish wolverine has an Intelligence score of 3; therefore it is 'any creature with an Intelligence score of 3 or higher', and 'understands at least one language (Common, unless noted otherwise)'. Neither the wolverine entry nor the fiendish template entry notes otherwise; thus, the fiendish wolverine understands Common.

-Hyp.