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I've been going through my D&D books recently and I've noticed several different ways of changing the Summon Monster lists (at least amongst my WotC books).
Fiend Folio lists creatures that can be added to the existing Summon Monster/Nature's Ally tables. The problem with this one is that a player may have just too many choices when choosing to summon a creature. Flipping through the Fiend Folio, Book of Fiends, and Tome of Horrors to come up with a suitable creature can take serious amounts of time.
Monster Manual III allows players to 'switch out' certain monsters for other monsters, creating a compact and unique list for potentially each spellcaster.
UA lists two variant ways to summon creatures, basically the 'build your own list' and the themed summon monster list, both of which I really like.
So, how does everyone else deal with this? What rules does everyone else use?
Fiend Folio lists creatures that can be added to the existing Summon Monster/Nature's Ally tables. The problem with this one is that a player may have just too many choices when choosing to summon a creature. Flipping through the Fiend Folio, Book of Fiends, and Tome of Horrors to come up with a suitable creature can take serious amounts of time.
Monster Manual III allows players to 'switch out' certain monsters for other monsters, creating a compact and unique list for potentially each spellcaster.
UA lists two variant ways to summon creatures, basically the 'build your own list' and the themed summon monster list, both of which I really like.
So, how does everyone else deal with this? What rules does everyone else use?