[EOM] Summon Swarm and Insect Plague

[Dave Blewer]

Any ideas on how to cast these spells using Elements of Magic?

My initial thought was Evoke Area Biomatter, but this doesn't really have the same effect - Although you could summon a swarm of biting and stinging insects who then dissipate I suppose...

 

[G.A. Donis]

Maybe there should be a Summon [Creature] spell list. I didn't see one in the EoM book. The [Creature] type might need to be vermin for a swarm of insects? Or do insects have their own type? I can't remember. I suppose an Evoke Area [Biomatter] would work but I thought it was designed more as a magic missile, fireball, Aganazaar's Scorcher type of direct damage spell list.

If you used Evoke Area [Biomatter] to summon a swarm of critters, then couldn't Evoke [Biomatter] be used to summon a single critter? How would you decided how many, how big and various other things that would come up at the various levels of the spell(s). How would an Evoke Area [Biomatter] them level compare to a 2nd level? Just a difference in duration or would there be a damage difference. Could the higher level spell summon a swarm that had the potential to poison or have critters with other special attacks?

I guess I have more questions than answers, but that's what we are here for I guess