Re: ALFA Summon Spells
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 1:04 pm
Yea. hmmm.... Well... what is the risk /really/?
And it's never a "wasted spell" even if you do get 1 at a lower level.
....you normally get 1 creature.
You will still get "a" creature.
Yes, it's 33% chance you get 1 creature that's less tough. Not that big of a risk rrreeally is it? Is a Dire Badger instead of a Dire Wolf gonna be that terrible? It's a chance... lower than the alternative 2 or 3... i'd be willing to take that chance EVERY time though from one summoner to the next. *shrugs*
But!! what's 'fun' and more close to PnP, is for a summoner to have an option...
...to go for a few more furries... 66% chance in fact, good odds alright!! and depending on the situation (solo? many weaker enemies? one big dangerous enemy? so many combinations or possibilities for so many different enemies or groups of enemies), that choice, which in fact in PnP is even more versatile (1d3 one level lower, OR 1d4+1 creatures 2 spell levels lower), was put there for a reason I think, and might very well be the fate of said summoner.
and just curious (not antagonizing at all!) but ...make sense??
What does not make sense?
The spell itself? The one in the rulebooks of PnP?
...the entire PnP rule history that has allowed summoners to choose 1, 1d3 or 1d4+1 from a spell that the summoner gets to choose based upon a situation? or.... does something else not make sense? If you disagree with that spell as it has been in PnP since the beginning... then ok... but... that is no reason we can't get it in ALFA for some (I think) much useful "versatility"!
Know what i mean? I don't even know why you disagree yet? Is it lag? ....heh...dunno why it would ever be such an issue when in fact you never actually ever need to change the original way it actualyl already is!
...thus... the option!
I enjoy the discussion though, as i'm passionate about summoning!
It's one of the ultimate saviours in my book, and thus, for survivability sake (which is key in ALFA), I say yaha! let's do it! ...if we can't have FULL PnP... finding a solution that just might work already available, that can at least give a summoner the option of only at least 1d3 a level lower... hey, that's cool enough, and way way better than the current situation. In my opinion.
If PnP says a 3rd level caster can (even at a lower chance) pop 3 wolves to occupy the 5 goblins giving chase... and 3 do appear! that is something I hope any 3rd level summoner (even in ALFA) has a chance to go for.
Not to mention how cool it is! yay summons.
But that same summoner, with 3 friends in close quarters, fighting one or two big Orcs, so as not to "block the way" (that one was a very interesting counter argument Ith, I gotta say! jaw dropper i tell ya!), and so to make sure he pops a "heavier hitter" to do some damage, then in that situation, he/she would choose the single Dire Badger instead.![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
It's all gud.
Of course,..... i'm wrong.
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![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
And it's never a "wasted spell" even if you do get 1 at a lower level.
....you normally get 1 creature.
You will still get "a" creature.
Yes, it's 33% chance you get 1 creature that's less tough. Not that big of a risk rrreeally is it? Is a Dire Badger instead of a Dire Wolf gonna be that terrible? It's a chance... lower than the alternative 2 or 3... i'd be willing to take that chance EVERY time though from one summoner to the next. *shrugs*
But!! what's 'fun' and more close to PnP, is for a summoner to have an option...
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
and just curious (not antagonizing at all!) but ...make sense??
What does not make sense?
The spell itself? The one in the rulebooks of PnP?
...the entire PnP rule history that has allowed summoners to choose 1, 1d3 or 1d4+1 from a spell that the summoner gets to choose based upon a situation? or.... does something else not make sense? If you disagree with that spell as it has been in PnP since the beginning... then ok... but... that is no reason we can't get it in ALFA for some (I think) much useful "versatility"!
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
I enjoy the discussion though, as i'm passionate about summoning!
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
If PnP says a 3rd level caster can (even at a lower chance) pop 3 wolves to occupy the 5 goblins giving chase... and 3 do appear! that is something I hope any 3rd level summoner (even in ALFA) has a chance to go for.
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
But that same summoner, with 3 friends in close quarters, fighting one or two big Orcs, so as not to "block the way" (that one was a very interesting counter argument Ith, I gotta say! jaw dropper i tell ya!), and so to make sure he pops a "heavier hitter" to do some damage, then in that situation, he/she would choose the single Dire Badger instead.
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
It's all gud.
Of course,..... i'm wrong.
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)