Look, I don't like a lot of JC's Sage Advice answers either. This question comes up from newbies all the time, exactly because it's ambiguous. I don't understand why people are so quick to pretend that the rules work a way they know they don't rather than use the obvious fix.
Given that all the above is correct, what simple solution allows players to retain their agency and doesn't require you to use 1984 style doublethink but prevents 8 pixies from being summoned?Įdit: Beaten to the punch! The correct solution that doesn't require you to lie to yourself and your players has been mentioned.
As per point one, 8 pixies is too strong and therefore changes must be homebrewed, but we want to keep changes small and simple if possible - if the wording is changed so that what is summoned is not chosen by the players, such spells become borderline useless. Therefore your choices are either to allow 8 pixies or to homebrew changes. It is intellectually dishonest in the extreme to pretend that the wording is different just because you don't like the effects - I don't like what wish and simulacrum do together, but that doesn't mean I should pretend that by the rules they don. If not specifically saying the player chooses means it's up to the DM or random for CWB, logic dictates that that is the case for meteor swarm (I'm not gonna run out of examples any times soon) as well. Therefore any way you designate CWB must be resolved should therefore be the way that spells like say wall of fire (which says you create a wall of fire within range, but doesn't specify that you choose where) is resolved. Most spells don't specifically say the player chooses the effects, fabricate doesn't specify you get to choose what you create any more than CWB specifies you choose what is summoned. It doesn't specifically say the player chooses the effects. Conjure woodland beings can summon 8 pixies, which is too strong. So Prestidigitation says you create one of them while Conjure Woodland Beings only says choose one and 8 Fey creatures could be 8 Sprites that are quite weak or 8 Pixies who Polymorph all the party members into Dinosaurs and wreck whatever comes by.Ok, so normally this is the part where I point out the obvious solution, but I'm gonna open it to the floor first. Eight fey creatures of challenge rating 1/4 or lower". Four fey creatures of challenge rating 1/2 or lower. Two fey creatures of challenge rating 1 or lower. One fey creature of challenge rating 2 or lower. And well Prestidigitation isn't that powerful.Īnd as a reminder Prestidigitation says you create one of the effects and Conjure Woodland Beings says "Choose one of the following options for what appears: I ask this because this spell is super over powered. The DM will often choose creatures that are appropriate for the campaign and that will be fun to introduce in a scene."Ok now you have been so VERY helpful and I will be able to show this to my DM and we can all understand it THX. The DM will often choose creatures that are appropriate for the campaign and that will be fun to introduce in a scene."Ī spellcaster can certainly express a preference for what creatures shows up, but it’s up to the DM to determine if they do. If you pick the second option, the DM chooses the two elementals that have a challenge rating of 1 or lower.Ī spellcaster can certainly express a preference for what creatures shows up, but it’s up to the DM to determine if they do. The design intent for options like these is that the spell-caster chooses one of them, and then the DM decides what creatures appear that fit the chosen option. Two elementals of challenge rating 1 or lower. 
One elemental of challenge rating 2 or lower.For example, conjure minor elementals offers four options. 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. Conjure animals, conjure celestial, conjure minor elementals, and conjure woodland beings are just a few examples. " When you cast a spell like conjure woodland beings, does the spellcaster or the DM choose the creatures that are conjured?Ī number of spells in the game let you summon creatures. Per Sage Advice, the design intent is the DM gets to pick.
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