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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 1913802" data-attributes="member: 545">Sometimes, yes.  But I do not buy it as a general rule.The problem with summoning 1d3 critters is I am screwed 1 time in 3.  That is too high a failure rate.  If I get two critters from my doubly boosted spell (two feats worth of boost), I fully expect to kick ass in all but the toughest fights.  The third critter is not much of a boost because I already expect to win to prevail with just two.  But one critter is bad enough that I am probably going to need to burn a good spell to make sure things go right.  If one critter is okay, then just go for the sure thing with the bigger beast in the first place.As the DMG says, randomness works against the PCs.  d3 is too random in my book.Now I can see being a higher level and going for d4+1.  Either I am high enough level to burn a spare 3rd or 4th level spell to harass the mooks, or I am high enough level to invest a 5th level spell to bring in a team of Augmented Pouncing Improved Grabbing Raking Lions onto my poor Medium foes.  The fact the Lions are way outclassed in the BAB department will not matter with Large size, good Str, and numerous attacks in their favor.  I have a good chance of heinously hosing 2-3 dangerous bad guys with one spell.</blockquote>