animal summoning III mage vs Cleric

RubberChick · Post by **RubberChick** » Wed Apr 04, 2001 9:20 am

Why is there such big difference between the priest spell and the mage spell of animal summoning III ? When Imoen cast this spell I normally just get an ettergap, willst when Jaheira cast one she gets three spotted lions/to bears/two winter vulfs. In my opinion anyone of these are better than any of the annimals Imoen can summon.
Why the big difference ????
Or does anyone disagree ?
I'm sure you'll tell me your opinion...

Manveru · Post by **Manveru** » Wed Apr 04, 2001 9:27 am

Both priests and mages have much better summoning spells - because of 5 monsters cap it is better to summon several elementals/aerial servants/ effreties/ Nishruu/ skeletons(esp. skeleton warriors) than using animal summoning that creates relatively weak creatures.

Yes, animal summoning was good spell in BG1 - there you could have the army of even 40 or more creatures but because of mentioned monsters cup this tactics is useless in BG2.

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Gruntboy · Post by **Gruntboy** » Wed Apr 04, 2001 9:34 am

Summoning carrion crawlers or mountain bears is handy.

Even the pathetic Cernd can take down enemies with those Huge mountain bears.

Sojourner · Post by **Sojourner** » Wed Apr 04, 2001 2:55 pm

Why is there such big difference between the priest spell and the mage spell of animal summoning III ?

Because the mage's version is Monster Summoning, and calls 16 Hit Dice of monsters, whereas the priest's spell summons 2-3 animals with 12 Hit Dice or less. Check the spell descriptions yourself. The only worthwhile mage summoning spells, IMO, are Invisible Stalker, Wyvern Call, and Mordenkainen's Sword.