Why work when others can do it for you - A guide to Summoning Monsters

[frankthedm]

They nerfed it to dog for SNA, but left it as riding dog for SM. Why should druids even dare to be equally good as clerics at summoning animals?

*anger*

Interesting! If i see any posts about that issue at Paizo's forum, I'll hit the FAQ'ing button. Just don't be surprised if paizo nerfs the riding dog off the SM1 list

EDIT: JJ did plan to nerf SM1 Riding Dog to just Dog.

Looks good, although one small comment, somewhere James said the Riding Dog in SMI should just be a Dog.

Not according to the recent errata-ed updated Core rulebook unless they missed that one!

They did indeed miss that one.

Since a riding dog and a wolf have pretty much identical stats, they should both be about the same difficulty to summon is my reasoning...

Ah well... hopefully something to errata in the next printing, I guess. Not that it's particularly game breaking as it stands.

http://paizo.com/paizo/messageboard...les/summonMonsterAllyPdfsWithErrata&page=1#13 {make sure to hit the FAQ button so Paizo can remember to nerf it!]

 

[Kaodi]

If you are willing to complete sacrifice the evocation and illusion schools of magic, a Thassilonian Specialist Conjurer gets can effectively memorize an extra Summon Monster spell per day of each level. And add to that that a 20th level Conjurer treats one of their Summon spells as having a duration of permanent and can still keep using non-permanent summons. Kind of like getting the Eidolon and still be able to cast.

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

paizo.com - Suggestions/House Rules/Homebrew: Summon Monster/Ally .pdf's with Errata {make sure to hit the FAQ button so Paizo can remember to nerf it!]

Thanks, I did!

 

[Evilhalfling]

Small Elementals are the only thing I use SM 2 for.
Earth +5 hit, 1d6+4 damage. (earth mastery for +1/+1)
Air elemental +6(1d4+1) flyby attack. 100 perfect flight.


anything else is just an exercise in whiffing.