stonegod
Spawn of Khyber/LEB Judge
My character in the Savage Tide is a mad summoner ex-pirate obsessed with understanding things about THEM, which I mostly translate as outer-planar critters. I expect him to use summon monster a whole bunch (and plans to go Malconvoker from Complete Scoundrel), so I wanted to customize a summon monster list that seemed more appropriate for him and the campaign. Thus, if focuses on demons, acquatics, and a few odd balls (elementals are iconic arcane summons, summon swarm related monsters, for example).
Below is my list. I'd appreciate any comments on levels that have monsters that are too weak, too powerful, etc. For example, I don't think the bar-lgura is too powerful for SMV, but I could be wrong. I've cribbed together sources from all the MMs and Fiendish Codex I (FCI).
Summon Monster I
Fiendish dire rat
Fiendish hawk
Fiendish monstrous spider, small
Fiendish octopus
Summon Monster II
Demon, Mane (FCI)
Fiendish monstrous spider, medium
Fiendish shark
Fiendish squid
Fiendish wolf
Summon Monster III
Demon, Dretch
Demon, Quasit
Demon, Nashrou (MMIV)
Elemental, small
Fiendish crocodile
Fiendish dire bat
Summon Monster IV
Demon, rutterkin (FCI)
Fiendish shark, large
Fiendish monstrous spider, large
Howler
Storm elemental, small (MMIII)
Wrackspawn (MMIV)
Summon Monster V
Demon, bar-lgura (FCI)
Elemental, medium
Fiendish deinonychus
Fiendish giant crocodile
Fiendish shark, huge
Summon Monster VI
Demon, armanite (FCI)
Elemental, large
Fiendish elasmosaurus
Fiendish monstrous spider, huge
Storm elemental, medium (MMIII)
Summon Monster VII
Demon, arrow demon (MMIII)
Demon, babau
Elemental, huge
Fiendish giant octopus
Fiendish girallon
Fiendish megaraptor
Invisible Stalker
Storm elemental, large (MMIII)
Summon Monster VIII
Demon, bulezau (FCI)
Demon, vrock
Demon, yochlol (FCI)
Elemental, greater
Fiendish monstrous spider, gargantuan
Fiendish tyrannosaurus rex
Storm elemental, huge
Summon Monster IX
Demon, bebilith
Demon, chasme (FCI)
Elemental, elder
Fiendish monstrous spider, colossal
storm elemental, greater
Edit: Removed nabbasu, jovoc, and the guecubu; moved bar-lgura and added in some more fiendish dinos.
Below is my list. I'd appreciate any comments on levels that have monsters that are too weak, too powerful, etc. For example, I don't think the bar-lgura is too powerful for SMV, but I could be wrong. I've cribbed together sources from all the MMs and Fiendish Codex I (FCI).
Summon Monster I
Fiendish dire rat
Fiendish hawk
Fiendish monstrous spider, small
Fiendish octopus
Summon Monster II
Demon, Mane (FCI)
Fiendish monstrous spider, medium
Fiendish shark
Fiendish squid
Fiendish wolf
Summon Monster III
Demon, Dretch
Demon, Quasit
Demon, Nashrou (MMIV)
Elemental, small
Fiendish crocodile
Fiendish dire bat
Summon Monster IV
Demon, rutterkin (FCI)
Fiendish shark, large
Fiendish monstrous spider, large
Howler
Storm elemental, small (MMIII)
Wrackspawn (MMIV)
Summon Monster V
Demon, bar-lgura (FCI)
Elemental, medium
Fiendish deinonychus
Fiendish giant crocodile
Fiendish shark, huge
Summon Monster VI
Demon, armanite (FCI)
Elemental, large
Fiendish elasmosaurus
Fiendish monstrous spider, huge
Storm elemental, medium (MMIII)
Summon Monster VII
Demon, arrow demon (MMIII)
Demon, babau
Elemental, huge
Fiendish giant octopus
Fiendish girallon
Fiendish megaraptor
Invisible Stalker
Storm elemental, large (MMIII)
Summon Monster VIII
Demon, bulezau (FCI)
Demon, vrock
Demon, yochlol (FCI)
Elemental, greater
Fiendish monstrous spider, gargantuan
Fiendish tyrannosaurus rex
Storm elemental, huge
Summon Monster IX
Demon, bebilith
Demon, chasme (FCI)
Elemental, elder
Fiendish monstrous spider, colossal
storm elemental, greater
Edit: Removed nabbasu, jovoc, and the guecubu; moved bar-lgura and added in some more fiendish dinos.
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