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Summoner-Planar Summons spell questions
Cory Magel:
--- Quote from: The Chorned Jat on July 04, 2023, 01:28:28 PM ---Animal Summons (and other summoning spell lists in general) gives a period of time that the summoned animal will remain but the Planar Summons spells do not. So how long do summoned planar creatures stay?
The Planar Summons spells have a duration of two rounds and the spell description says that the summoned creature appears gradually over two rounds. Is the idea that these summoned planar creatures are gradually appearing for 2 rounds and then vanish?
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Speaking from the idea behind the Channeling Companion lists/spells you've mentioned above, the summoning of Level 1 normal creature from nearby and the summoning of an extra-planar entity that could be of Types I through III are very different things in terms of the nature of what you're summoning and it's potential usefulness (the first one isn't going to fight for you and, even if it could, is unlikely to be near as effective in doing so). Hence the difference in the balance of power between the two in terms of control and potential duration.
katastrophe:
--- Quote from: jdale on July 04, 2023, 09:57:09 PM ---An entity is no longer mastered when it dies, when the caster dies, or when the entity goes out of range. Using Order Elemental / Order Entity will also end mastery. And I don't see anything to prevent Dispelling the mastery spell.
But I do think it's the intent that you can keep 1-2 entities around indefinitely (not 3 with Entity Mastery, the spell explicitly says no more than 2). That's in line with what you can do with Mastered undead, which also have a range limit but don't have the annoying habit of returning to another plane.
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From Essence Companion, Elemental Summons
5. Summon Elemental Servant—Allows caster to summon an Elemental Servant. The caster must be in range of necessary materials for the elemental type he is attempting to summon (campfire for Fire Servant, ice for Cold Servant, etc.). The Elemental will gradually manifest itself over the course of 2 rounds.
6. Master Elemental Servant—As Control Elemental Servant, except caster need not concentrate to control elemental. The elemental will remain and obey the caster until the caster is killed, the elemental is outside the range limit, or the elemental is killed. If the elemental is ever freed from this bond, it will either return to its normal plane of existence or attack the sum- moner (equal chance of either). A maximum of three Elemental Servants can be mastered by any one being at one time.
We play it that you can have them indefinitely but that makes mages with access to the spells, very potent sice they essentially have three elemental ball attacks available within 30' at all times.
The Chorned Jat:
Thanks for all the responses! I think this is what I was missing:
--- Quote from: cdcooley on July 04, 2023, 05:07:10 PM ---Officially, according to Spell Law, uncontrolled entities can only remain for 2 rounds but Elementals are explicitly stated to fade after 2-20 rounds.
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and the notion that further duration is contingent on control/mastery/other spells/etc.
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