Summon monster V, also called monster summoning V, was an arcane conjuration spell and one of the series of summon monster spells available to spellcasters .[4][5][6]
Effects[]
This spell summoned a monster to aid the caster. The monster could be a hound archon, an elemental around man-size, an achaierai, bearded devil, shadow mastiff, or a celestial animal: the selection for those included normally brown bear, stag beetle or griffon. It could also summon a fiendish animal: that animal could be a deinonychus, a dire ape, a dire boar, a monstrous scorpion the size of a horse, a dire wolverine, a giant crocodile or a tiger. In aquatic environments, it could summon instead a celestial sea cat or a fiendish shark the size of an elephant. When cast to summon a creature of a given alignment, the spell's descriptor matched it.[1]
In the version most often used prior to the Year of Wild Magic, 1372 DR, up to three creatures were summoned: examples of monsters that could be summoned included ankhegs, cockatrices, displacer beasts, dopplegangers, giant hornets, hydras, leucrottas, subterranean lizards, wereboars, margoyles, minotaurs, ochre jellies, rust monsters, slithering trackers, giant snake, giant spiders, verbeegs, winter volves, and ju-ju zombies.[4][5][6] In salt water, it would summon instead giant crocodiles, sea lampreys, scrags, sea lions, selkies, sharks, giant marine spiders, water weirds, and slightly more rarely, silver urchins.[4][7] In fresh water it would only summon giant crocodiles, giant electric eels, scrags, or water weirds.[8]
Components[]
In addition to verbal and somatic components, this spell required as material components a small bag and tiny candle to cast. The candle did not need to be lit for the spell to function.[4][5][6]
History[]
The spell was originally called Lucke's 5th Monster Summons,[9] and was developed by Lucke[10] in 2025 NY (−1834 DR).[11] This spell was used by Dyrr, the Lichdrow of Menzoberranzan.[12]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams (July 2003). Player's Handbook v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 286–287. ISBN 0-7869-2886-7.
- ↑ James Wyatt (October 2001). Oriental Adventures (3rd edition). (Wizards of the Coast), p. 95. ISBN 0-7869-2015-7.
- ↑ Richard Baker, Matt Forbeck, Sean K. Reynolds (May 2003). Unapproachable East. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 27. ISBN 0-7869-2881-6.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Mark Middleton et al (March 1998). Wizard's Spell Compendium Volume Three. (TSR, Inc), pp. 587–588. ISBN 978-0786907915.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 David "Zeb" Cook (August 1989). Player's Handbook (2nd edition). (TSR, Inc.), p. 185. ISBN 0-88038-716-5.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 David "Zeb" Cook (April 1995). Player's Handbook 2nd edition (revised). (TSR, Inc.), p. 234. ISBN 0-7869-0329-5.
- ↑ Doug Stewart (June 1993). Monstrous Manual. (TSR, Inc), p. 377. ISBN 1-5607-6619-0.
- ↑ Doug Stewart (June 1993). Monstrous Manual. (TSR, Inc), p. 378. ISBN 1-5607-6619-0.
- ↑ slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “The Winds of Netheril”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), p. 23. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
- ↑ slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “The Winds of Netheril”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), p. 112. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
- ↑ slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “The Winds of Netheril”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), p. 27. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
- ↑ Richard Baker (October 2003). “Rogues Gallery: The Heroes of the War of the Spider Queen, Part 2”. In Chris Thomasson ed. Dragon #312 (Paizo Publishing, LLC), pp. 84–85.