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Fuck it, try it (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 5 days ago by Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network

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[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 23 points 5 days ago (3 children)

RAW, in dnd 5e the GM chooses what creature is conjured, not the caster. The caster chooses the category.

[–] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Sure but there's often not too much harm in letting the player choose and if they get too obnoxious with it make the spell fail every now and then

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

On my table, if the player gets too obnoxious they will have to suffer the consequences.

[–] MouseKeyboard@ttrpg.network 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Does anyone actually run it that way though?

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

I did.

[–] Archpawn@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The original rules didn't specify. I think they errata'd that in, and in the 2014 edition they replaced it completely with a damage-dealing Emanation so you don't have to add a whole bunch of turns.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The spell was not the best worded, because of course it wasn't, but it was in the original rules. Caster picks a category. GM has the statistics.

[–] Archpawn@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Conjure Woodland Beings

Level 4 Conjuration Casting Time: Action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (one holly berry per creature summoned) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour

You summon fey creatures that appear in unoccupied spaces that you can see within range. Choose one of the following options for what appears:

One fey creature of challenge rating 2 or lower

Two fey creatures of challenge rating 1 or lower

Four fey creatures of challenge rating 1/2 or lower

Eight fey creatures of challenge rating 1/4 or lower

A summoned creature disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends.

The summoned creatures are friendly to you and your companions. Roll initiative for the summoned creatures as a group, which have their own turns. They obey any verbal commands that you issue to them (no action required by you). If you don't issue any commands to them, they defend themselves from hostile creatures, but otherwise take no actions.

The DM has the creatures' statistics.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using certain higher-level spell slots, you choose one of the summoning options above, and more creatures appear: twice as many with a 6th-level slot and three times as many with an 8th-level slot. Classes: Druid, Ranger

The only mention of the DM is that they have the creatures' statistics. It never says that they choose, or that the player doesn't choose. It doesn't specifically say that the player does choose, but that's true of lots of things. For example, the rules say that you decide whether to move first or take an action first, but not that you decide whether or not to move or take an action, or where to move or what action to take. Nobody would say that that means it's RAW that the GM decides all those things.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You're not saying anything I didn't already address in last comment. Have a good one, mate.

[–] Archpawn@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

but it was in the original rules. Caster picks a category. GM has the statistics.

I see. I agree that the original rules pick the category and the GM does have the statistics. But it doesn't say anything about the GM choosing which creature is summoned, which is what they were saying before.