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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 7045636" data-attributes="member: 4937">Which is why in my game, most of the boosts related to summoning are duration related, or else give you flavor (like necromancers being able to summon undead).It's possible that the feat would be somewhat balanced if it didn't show up until caster level 11th or higher, when the bump creature power was less significant and foes more likely to be able to deal with it.  If this had that as a prerequisite, it would still be interesting.  However, I personally feel that without metamagic, it's going to be pretty much impossible to make this feat balanced.  What it gives is too broad and too useful.  Brown Bear, CR 4 gains:1) DR 10/Magic AND Slashing.  That's near immunity to arrows, maces, staves and so forth.  +1 CR right there.2) Cold Resistance 10 and Electricity Resistance 10.   Not bad.  3) 12 hit points, 7 AC, +3 to hit and damage.  That's +1 CR right there.4) Fast Heal 3.  Because most fights are over quickly, fast heal tends not to be that important unless the EL is well above part level or the monster is a sniper.  Still it's probably 3-6 more hit points before it goes down.5) Grapple Bonus +4.  Terrible against numbers, but this can lock down single foes pretty hard.  Our bear now has a grapple bonus of +23.  Is our Greenbond Brown Bear reasonably CR 7?  It's not out of the question, although it's on the weak side of CR 7.  Compared to say a Bulette, it's a bit weak, but some parties would have a harder time dealing with its energy resistance and DR.   Similar comparisons can be made to the Drider or the Dragonne.  So, if it's not CR 7, it's pretty darn close.I don't think you are.</blockquote>

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