Favorite Summoned Monster (8th-level)?

[dcollins]

Pick your favorite 8th-level Summoned Monster from the list above. This can be the one your PC picks most often, the one you as DM see used most often, or the one that most closely resembles your druid's favored Summoned Nature's Ally.

Add a line telling us why you picked the one you did!

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

You can never go wrong with the elemental, for the varity if nothing else.

 

[arwink]

The fiendish giant squid. I mean, how could it not be?

Course, I outlawed all outsiders apart from elementals in my game, so while the squids a favorite the elementals are far more common.

 

[TBoarder]

The Succubus of course... oh wait, are you talking about combat effectiveness? I'd just be casting the spell to get some use out of the Guide to Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.

 

[Tiberius]

The Succubus of course... oh wait, are you talking about combat effectiveness? I'd just be casting the spell to get some use out of the Guide to Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.

Unfortunately, she's only around for slightly less than two minutes. The spell you're looking for is Planar Binding.

-Tiberius

 

[arwink]

There's a certain, male-derogatory joke that can be made here, but in the interests of staying on topic I'll resist the urge

 

[hong]

There's a certain, male-derogatory joke that can be made here, but in the interests of staying on topic I'll resist the urge

Oh go on, you know you want to.

"Love is two minutes of screaming sounds" -- Ixnaya the succubus

 

[dcollins]

Course, I outlawed all outsiders apart from elementals in my game, so while the squids a favorite the elementals are far more common.

Interesting... out of curiousity, what do you do at the levels where Elementals are not available (1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th)? Is Summon Monster just not available at those levels, or do the Celestial/Fiendish creatures just lose their Outsider template?