If you are planning on taking and/or using the spell ask your DM ahead of time what method they will take and how you can help make it easy on them. In fact, as a DM I often have the player pick the creature with an option to veto the choice. Of course, there is no reason a DM would have to run the spell this way, this just seems to be the way the designers intended. Thus, the spellcaster, under this RAI interpretation, would only be able to pick one of the 4 options and everything else (CR and specific beast) would be up to the DM. In other words, the implication is that they don't have any control over the fine details of the option they pick. The options the spellcaster chooses from are broad. The rules are as follows Choose a set of animals for each available CR ratings. So, Im trying to get the best set of summons. The design intent for options like these is that the spellcaster chooses one of them Conjure Animals for a level 5 Druid My DM has set his summon rules for our table. For example, Conjure Minor Elementals offers four options. It is not the rules, because then the rules would say that the players picks the CR and the DM picks what animals are summoned, and they dont. Its not silly, and its not a developer comment. Other spells of this sort let the spellcaster choose from among several broad options. It has far enough drawbacks to make it reasonable, even if its powerful. But, the SAC as quoted above does give a hint as to the intent: By a longer time, I mean upwards of 8 hours. Persistent summons are what I call summons that last a longer time. A ghost has, among other characteristics, damage resistance to 'Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks'. This includes thins like summon greater demon and conjure fey. 9 In our last session, the party was fighting a Ghost. Single summons provide an individual creature. Eight beasts of challenge rating 1/4 or lowerĪgain, according to RAW, there is no indication who picks what. Examples include conjure animals and summon lesser demons.Four beasts of challenge rating 1/2 or lower.Two beasts of challenge rating 1 or lower.One beast of challenge rating 2 or lower.The player can only choose the broad option, not the CR or creatureįor conjure animals, the spellcaster has 4 options: There is no indication of how the DM would choose the beast, so that is left entirely up to the DM at your particular table to decide by the designers. So it is clearly intended that the DM is able to pick the monster after the player picks which option they want. The design intent for options like these is that the spellcaster chooses one of them, and then the DM decides what creatures appear that fit the chosen option. Other spells of this sort let the spellcaster choose from among several broad options. For example, Find Familiar gives the caster a list of animals to choose from. Some spells of this sort specify that the spellcaster chooses the creature conjured. However, the Sage Advice Compendium clarifies how the spell was intended to work by the designers: The rules as written does not define who gets to pick what or how. Rules as Intended: the DM chooses the monster
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