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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 4999019" data-attributes="member: 12731">1. All implements (except Holy Symbols) require you to wield them, and all implements (including Holy Symbols) are one handed.I can't answer why Shamans got longspears specifically. Perhaps it fits with WotC's vision of how Shamans look? Most Shamans won't use any though, because their hands are better used to wield implements. This doesn't mean the proficiency is in error though, just seldom used. The main uses are multiclassed characters and characters who have found a longspear with an enchantment that allows them to use the spear as an implement.2. This is simply not defined by the rules. The only thing that is clearly stated is how it doesn't need a supporting surface, from which follows you can summon it in a square where there is a pit or drop.Strictly speaking, it does not get a fly or climb speed and cannot use any skills. If your DM goes this way, you will have to de- and re-summon your SC each time you want to move it through the air. Other DMs allow their Shamans to use their SCs to fly, if not by giving them a fly speed outright, at least in practical play.I suspect the intention was that it should ignore pits (as well as any other terrain feature) but otherwise keep to the 2D plane: the rules generally try to ignore or downplay 3D movement as much as possible, and it is possible this was what the class designer had in mind.3) No, the SC occupies a square, and thus can't share with an ally. But should some exception occur, the answer would still be no - read the definition of "adjacent" (PHB273 - hint: you need two squares for them to be able to be adjacent)4) Conjurations can't be moved through "solid obstacles". What this means is left up to your DM. Some DMs will force you to dismiss and re-summon a SC trapped behind enemy troops. Other will allow it to move past/through the enemies just fine. (Remember conjurations doesn't trigger OAs).What is clear is that the option to somersault over an opponent (using Acrobatics) isn't there for conjurations. The SC can't stop in an enemy's (or ally's, or your own) square - it occupies its own square.Also see <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-4th-edition-rules/252604-shamans-spirit-companion-questions.html" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-4th-edition-rules/252604-shamans-spirit-companion-questions.html</a></blockquote>

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