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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 4915310" data-attributes="member: 12731">Sorry, but that is possibly your least helpful reply I've seen, DracoSuave.If you wanted to simply say you don't know, that would be okay. But now you're saying "don't bother".How does that help me run an encounter with a Dragon? It wants to make a tactical retreat by flying away; the Shaman puts his spirit into the face of the airborne express train.And I don't even understand your reply on 3D movement, much as I don't understand the DMG advice on how aerial combat really works out. 1. Can the spirit companion be conjured into thin air; yes or no?2. Once there, can it move (without falling to the ground)?3. If yes, can it move in all three dimensions or is it confined to its current altitude?Simple huh? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Finally, regarding your reply on when to attack the SC. Obviously you are right in that it is a tactical advantage if the DMG never would attack the spirit. But I would have thought it obvious that I wasn't discussing such a rigid approach.Obviously, if the SC blocks a one-square wide passage-way, monsters are going to attack it (or at least bull rush it out of the way).But let me rephrase my question: "Do you as the DM ever have a monster choose to attack the SC even when there is an option to attack someone else in the party, even if that is less convenient".That is, do you have your critters go out of the way of not wasting attacks on the SC (only attacking the SC when there are no feasible alternatives)? Don't you feel this nerfs the Shaman, who then loses out on his damage reducing ability (where 30, say, points of damage on the SC is reduced to merely 5 + half level).Please note I'm not intending this to be a private conversation between me and DracosSuave. Feel free to chip in with how you are reacting to your party's Shaman SC! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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