Summoning Theme Suggestions

[MaximumOverDrive]

Now I know DM's have to feel inspired to bother creating summoning themes but I'd like to suggest some regardless, in case they ever do get inspiration ^_^

Themes Based Off Of General Totems/Animals (Mayhaps make these available to druids as sorcerers would have access to many themes, druids get access to these in the starter area)

-Feline Theme: Tigers, panthers, leopards, malar beasts galore, all kinds of different variants of felines!

-Wolf Theme: Maybe start off with a simple wolf, or deep hound and move up the chain in differing wolf types and strengths. Great for those pack-like druids.

-Bear Theme: Name speaks for itself, there are differing varieties of bears and bear strengths!


Other Themes:

-Fungus Theme: Summons variants of vegapygmies and fungus/mold related summons. for example, maybe summon 1 being those little living molds.

-Umberhulk Theme: I've seen variants of aberrant themes, another cool one could be an umberhulk theme with differing strengths of umberhulks.

-Fey Theme: Not sure if this exists already, or if its desirable at all, but i think it would be pretty wicked to see pixies, and other fey-like creatures being summoned. (I believe this may actually already exist,so can just disregard this suggestion if it does)

-Yugoloth Theme (NE planar summons): We have abyssal, we have infernal, yugoloths would be a cool theme to introduce as well, the different beings from Hades, and could finish up planar touched sorc perk with a NE sorcerer.

Just a bunch of theme ideas in case a DM gets some inspiration! feel free to leave other suggestions here as well, or criticism/corrections

[Knight Of Pentacles]

It's been said in the past that themes put stress on the server because of how much space they take up... or something.  Fey theme already exists and there's possibility of a fungal theme.  I doubt any others will happen, especially themes regarding surface animals.

[granny]

I vote for fungus theme: I'd love to summon russet mold all around!

[Grotesque]

I dislike the notion of aberrations having any manner of summoning theme, pulling into the Far Realm should yield nothing but extreme insanity. I believe the default theme already has a number of sufficiently diverse beasts, and creating specific themes for every animal category would just create a bloat.

That aside, it'd be nice with a yugoloth theme. They are very viable creatures for summoning and binding, literally being fiendish mercenaries.

[Knight Of Pentacles]

Not every aberrant is from the far realm.  Aberrants can be from the far realm as much as they can be from another time, another timeline, or a grotesque mutation.  They're not exclusively incomprehensible, only unnatural in the context of a certain world/time.  Example, while the Great Mother is said to be from the Far Realms; her spawn (beholders and beholder kin) exist only in the multiverse.  Grell are from another timeline where life evolved differently.  Hook horrors, umberhulks, owlbears, ettercaps are rumored to be the result of wizards/rogue druids mutating animals into hybrids.

[Paha]

Suggestions for themes are welcome. Don't go into voting yes or no on them, though. Frankly, we will be the ones doing that and if we like some idea, it may get implemented, it may not, but we will consider all the angles on it to see if we want something in.

Who knows, it may already exist.

[Yamo B. There]

Would that include suggestions to changing up existing themes? Some, especially newer ones, feature a wide variety of creatures with varying abilities that have utility in different situations, while others are simple +AB/HP/AC/Saves improvements to the base (summons from circles 1-5 all looking exactly the same to the outside observer).

[Paha]

You can suggest anything you want, doesn't mean it happens. That's what suggestions are. We look at them, and at times we pick up some notions that make sense or give us idea to add something we are already working on.

[Stranger]

You know what might be a cool? A gas theme! Especially if it could be learned by the brave Spellguard Agents protecting our Sanctuary, and carrying on the Pacification Campaign. Maybe each gas monster being summoned at one level higher than the standard spell to spawn it.

I'm not sure how it would be balanced.

The potential for friendly fire might balance out its longer duration.

[MaximumOverDrive]

Spirit Warrior Theme: Those who serve the gods of war are graced with the ppwer to call upon the honorable spirits of the warriors who died in brave battle, called down from the afterlife, these brave spirits gladly join the worthy in battle once more... then again.. sometimes those of dark intent can force them as well...

A theme I think would be perfect for war gods, each summon being a higher strength fighter or barbarian, ex: 1) Warrior Spirit 2)  Spirit Archer 3) Soul Of A Beserker 4) Valkyrie 5) Lesser Titan Spirit, ect. Ect. Could be an awesome theme, that would be cool for maybe a reward to outstanding war god priests, or maybe just in general for war gods, like how other gods get specific themes.


Magic Theme: A lot of cool things that make sense for magic theme summons, magic elementals, lesser wizishades, idk Magical Anomoly, Red Stars Of Mystryl, Lesser Living Magical Maelstrom. Lots of awesomeness


Blood Theme: a dark theme with an overall assassin/death theme, blood elementals, spirit assassins, invisible stalkers, assassin imps, blood ooze, Animated death daggers (just a name, not actual effect xD) awesome for those evil magi, bhaalites, evil blood magi, or cool for assassin themed gear with summons.


Bump on the Yugoloth theme at the top ;)

Some cool theme ideas and details to ponder over i hope!

[manyscruples]

Fungus Theme: Focuses mostly on crowd control over DPS.  Spore clouds, sporelings, spore shooters, etc.

[Charnelist]

Perhaps slightly self serving here (Nah, if only I had the spell picks for it)
AND since the fungus theme has been suggested at least 3 times in this thread already (So I'm sure it'll come around when it's been perfected :D )

..I would love if the "Light" theme available under certain circumstances on Character Creation would actually be the "Light" theme and not, as it turns out, the Celestial theme.
I have a PC, and can think of plent of others, who would really love to summon Light - but has no interest in summoning angels, archons, or other celestial what-have-yous.
Probably by no means any priority, but it's out there :)

[GetFirstPC]

Wolf/hound theme - summoning wolves or hounds. Mainly focused on speed and attack.

Cat theme - I want kitties stealth,sneak summons