Many summoning spells in fifth-edition Dungeons & Dragons explicitly allow the player to settle on the creatures summoned. Others only let the player select from broad options. Typically players choose the number and challenge rating of creatures.
Spells that permit players to choose broad options to work best when the dungeon master selects the precise creatures summoned. The Sage Advice Compendium issued by D&D’s designers explains, “A spellcaster can certainly express a preference for what creatures show up, but it’s up to the DM to see if they are doing. The DM will often choose creatures that are appropriate for the campaign which is going to be fun to introduce during a scene.”
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Summon Lesser Demon 5e
- Casting Time: 1 action
- Range: 60 feet
- Components: V, S, M
- Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
- Scales: Yes
- Casters: Warlock, Wizard
You summon up to a complete of eight manes or dretches that appear in unoccupied spaces you’ll see within range. A mane or dretch disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends.
The demons are hostile to all or any creatures. Roll initiative for the summoned demons as a gaggle , which has its own turns. The demons attack the closest non-demons to the simplest of their ability.
As a part of casting the spell, you’ll scribe a circle on the bottom with the blood used as a cloth component. The circle is large enough to encompass your space. The summoned demons cannot cross the circle or target anyone in it while the spell lasts. Using the fabric component during this manner consumes it.
At Higher Levels. once you cast this spell employing a spell slot of the 6th or 7th level, you summon sixteen demons. If you cast it employing a spell slot of 8th or 9th level, you summon thirty-two demons.
The DM chooses the demons, like manes or dretches, and you select the unoccupied spaces you’ll see within the range where they seem. A summoned demon disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends.
The demons are hostile to all or any creatures, including you. Roll initiative for the summoned demons as a gaggle, which has its own turns. The demons pursue and attack the closest non-demons to the simplest of their ability.
As a part of casting the spell, you’ll form a circle on the bottom with the blood used as a cloth component. The circle is large enough to encompass your space. While the spell lasts, the summoned demons can’t cross the circle or harm it, and that they can’t target anyone within it. Using the fabric component during this manner consumes it when the spell ends.
Roll initiative for the demon, which has its own turns. once you summon it and on each of your turns thereafter, you’ll issue a verbal command thereto (requiring no action on your part), telling it what it must do on its next turn. If you issue no command, it spends its turn attacking any creature accessible that has attacked it.
At the top of every of the demon’s turns, it makes a Charisma saving throw. The demon features a disadvantage on this saving throw if you say its true name. On a failed save, the demon continues to obey you. On a successful save, your control of the demon ends for the remainder of the duration, and therefore the demon spends its turns pursuing and attacking the closest non-demons to the most effective of its ability. If you stop concentrating on the spell before it reaches its full duration, an uncontrolled demon doesn’t disappear for 1d6 rounds if it still has hit points.
As a part of casting the spell, you’ll form a circle on the bottom with the blood used as a cloth component. The circle is large enough to encompass your space. While the spell lasts, the summoned demon can’t cross the circle or harm it, and it can’t target anyone within it. Using the fabric component during this manner consumes it when the spell ends.
