Summons Guide
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Summons Guide
Basics:
- The summons on this server are handled in two different ways:
- Undead summon levels and bonuses according to the power of the caster.
- Non-Undead summons have fixed avatars which will receive bonuses according to the power of the caster.
- Summons will vary according to the subrace, alignment, feats and level of the caster.
- Bonuses are NOT applied when summon spells are cast during combat.
- At the present time Black Blade of Disaster is DISABLED.
Summon Duration:
- This is based on the casters power.
- Appropriate Spell Metamagic will double the duration.
Basic Bonuses:<
- Non-Undead summons that are of significantly lower level to the caster of the spells (ie a high level mage casting a low level summon spell) will receive a small bonus to their hit points.
Advanced Bonuses:
(Summon spells cast from scrolls or other items in the game will NOT get the advanced bonuses listed below.)
- Summon types (Summon spells I-IX) and planar summons will receive stat bonuses for spell focus, greater spell focus and epic spell focus of Conjuration.
- Monster summons receive a stat bonus when cast by a Cleric with the Animal Domain Power feat, Druid or Ranger.
- Planar summons receive a stat bonus for the following subraces. Aasamir, Tiefling, Githzerai, Air Genasi, Earth Genasi, Fire Genasi and Water Genasi.
- Planar summons will receive a stat bonus when cast by a Cleric with either Good Domain or Evil Domain Power feats.
- Undead summons receive a stat bonus when cast by a Cleric with the Death Domain Power feat. This does not apply to undead summoned by Pale Master feats.
- Undead summons receive an increasing stat bonus when cast by Pale Masters, the following PM levels trigger an increase. 1, 5, 10, 16.
- Undead summons receive an increasing stat bonus when cast by Blackguards, the following BG levels trigger an increase. 1, 5, 10.
- Undead summons will receive bonuses for Spell Focus, Greater Spell Focus and Epic Spell Focus of Necromancy.
Summon Weapons:
- Undead summons receive creature weapons appropriate to their level once the power of the caster has been determined. There are 7 weapon sets for an Undead summon which are applied in a linear fashion starting from level 1 with the most powerful being received at level 35.
- Non-Undead summons weapons are fixed.
Undead Levelling System:
- Summon level is approximately based on the level of the caster, but most lower level spells are capped (ie have a maximum level).
- Bonus levels are received by epic Shadowdancers for Summon Shadow and the Create Undead Feat ability.
- Bonus levels are given to Pale Masters for Wizard, Sorcerer or Bard levels when using Animate Dead, Summon Undead & Summon Greater Undead if the spell would otherwise be weak.
- Blackguard levels automatically generate bonus levels for Fiendish Servants and increasing bonuses for the Fiend with BG levels and the Epic BG & Epic Fiendish Servant feats.
Legendary Summons
- Mummy Dust has no level cap (Max level 40)
- Blackguards who invest extremely as described above in their Fiendish Servant will ultimately command a Doom Knight and later a Black Devil (22 Blackguard Levels). Blackguard fiendish servant summons improve by both Blackguard level and Charisma or Spell Focus Necromancy feats.
- With Spell Focus in Necromancy and 20 levels in the arts of a Pale Master a Master Lich can be called from the depths to serve. Creatures willing to sacrifice thier souls to this black science for an additional 10 PM levels can draw upon Greater Spell Focus in Necromancy to summon the most powerful slave in this world once they have fufilled their own progression....
