Re: (TFT) Not New Spell (summoned fighters)

["David Michael Grouchy II" <david_michael_grouchy_ii@hotmail.com>]

> > > How about this: an IQ 12 (or so) spell that
> > > lets the wizard summon a myrmidon who has
> > > any two talents (not spells) that
> > > the wizard himself knows?
> >
> > I don't think this is supported by the canon
> > ... after all, a wizard doesnt have to know
> > how to swing a sword in order to summon
> > a standard myrmidon.

> From: "Stan"<srydzews@ix.netcom.com>
>
> Yes, it is different, but I was trying to come up with something
> short of allowing every weapon talent the wizard has ever heard
> of--which would seem to be the only limit with a total-flexibility
> approach.

Stan, all,
  I think the only way a wizard can make any creature/ any wepon 
combination is with illusion.  I've always felt the summoning spells are 
intended to be very specific.  But I've always felt they should have armor.  
Garygoyles have armor, but their summoning spell doesn't list it.  This 
seems wrong.


> This all raises the question of what the Summon Myrmidon spell is
> really doing:
>
> Is this supposed to be a real person drawn from some alternate
> dimension (The Dimension of Broadsword-wielding Maniacs)?  --
> Something akin to the Elenoin, I guess.
>
> Does the spell summon a random individual from among all those
> (either here or in another dimension) who fit its stat and talent
> criteria?
>
> Or is the spell temporarily creating a pseudo-person out of nothing?
> Quite a sophisticated spell, in that case, to actually create an
> IQ 8 intelligence from nothing.
>
> Or perhaps the myrmidon is summoned from a warrior's paradise,
> a la the D&D Horn of Vahalla?  This could explain the standardized
> equipment selection.  But if so then where do the summoned bears
> come from, a bear's paradise?

   Great questions Stan.  This, to me, is the crux of a GM's specific 
campaign.  And, how one GM's campaign differs from another.  First of all 
the players are slow to ask these kind of questions.  In fact they often 
never do.  This gives the GM plenty of time to address them when and if they 
want.
   Is the GM running a multi dimension campaign?  Are summoned bears able 
to go back to "summoned bear" land and tell the other bears about the wizard 
that just summoned them?  If so a wizard may develope a reputation with 
certain summoned creatures.
   I lean in this direction.  And have had several players who were famous 
with demons, for summoning so many, so often.  One demon had heard his name 
called by another player and brought that name back with him.  The next time 
we played he found himself summoned by a demon to fight for 12 turns.  Turn 
about is fair play.

   David Michael Grouchy II


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