Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nail" data-source="post: 1327830" data-attributes="member: 224">I play a cleric that specializes in summoning spells.  My DM allows me to summon celestial versions of the fiendish creatures, where appropriate.  (A solid house rule, I think.)I've found the SM III list to be good....but not over-powering.  The Huge centipide would not be a first choice. <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">  It's huge, so lots of enemies can attack it at once.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It's AC is low (16), which means it's ripe for being Power Attacked.  Orcish barbarians, anyone?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It only has one attack: Bite +5 (2d6+4), and that attack doesn't have a high enough bonus to hit consistently.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It's poison has only a moderate Fort save DC (14), and does Dex damage...good, but not great against my typical opponents.</li> </ul>My favorites of the SM III list are  bison (higher Hp), hippogriff, dire bat, or ape (reach and multiple attacks!).Still, for "crowd control", a Huge centipede wouldn't be bad.  Not bad at all.  (Remember the DR 5/magic!)Since your NPC has augment summoning *and* is an alienist, he *should* have better summoning than most!  What's the problem?Finally: Keep in mind that if the players are smart, a 1st level spell will make your summoned monsters worthless: Protection from Evil.  (or "from Good" or whatever)</blockquote>