[Phantasm]

Originally Posted by lachimba

Thanks for the tips.

Is it ok to allow the summon animals spell to summon the animals from DF5? Edit: I guess not if they are IQ 6.


I still don't want annoying hordes of 'useless' animals

I would allow Summon Animal to summon modified versions of the ones in DF5; most notably, I'd adjust the IQ score back to their sub-sapient levels, or one level above.

Also, and this is just me, I'd have each animal a different Summon (Animal) spell. Same with Create Animal; it'd be Create (Animal). You can be as strict or lenient as you wish with this; you could have Summon Reptile or Summon Crocodile, but the former would also include alligators, snakes, and komodo dragons. Summon Mammal would probably be a bit too much, but Summon Bear would work for Grizzly, Brown, Black, Polar, and maybe even Panda. Likewise, Summon Big Cat working for Lion, Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard, and Jaguar, but maybe not cover Puma, Ocelot, and Lynx. Be creative, and limit them however broadly or limited as you see fit.