Upgradable conjurative summons

[Egon the Monkey]

With the updates to necromantic summons (Well done Mort, I for one welcome our new Zombie Overlords *goes off to make a Cleric of Velsharoon*), it might be worth seeing about adding such options for conjuration. My suggestion would be items that let you semi-permanently bind a summons/Shadow Conjuration in the same way as Animate Dead cast on a corpse changes the spell effect.

Animated corpses can already be hugely strong, way above L3-4 summons. Granted, animating a horde of undead is something only really available to a subset of determined, likely evil-minded PCs, but it does provide a fantastic way to really make a character personify his brand of magic in a way you can't match with a conjurer. Example with my PC, Major Nalfini. He's an illusionist and tactician. Havig a semi-permanent Flickering Lights summons throwing out /v s emotes, marking out targets, acting as a beacon etc would be a perfect demonstration of that.

Adding some similar options to allow a fiery sorcerer to go about with an enhanced elemental minion, a demonologist to spend time on rituals to push more power into his bound fiend, or a heroic cleric to have a literal guardian angel serving him would only improve RP by providing persistent messengers/guards/assistants for a price.

[Porkolt]

I was going to suggest this myself, but I couldn't be arsed to write a post about it.
 
AGREED

[Box]

I'd point out it is already possible to beef up your summons in a couple ways.

The only change that I am still/always have been for in regards to conjuration is duration really.

A lot of the themes for summoning make little to no sense to be giving them weapons or anything, most of the themes have great abilities/spells that make them tough cookies.

[Mort]

It wouldnt be in the same way, but I got plans for all schools of magic...

[Porkolt]

As long as you do conjuration first. =[

[N/A]

You are a hero of Rpers, Mort!

[KershofSetic]

Hopefully the duration can be improved <_<

[Thomas_Not_very_wise]

Off Topic.

[Thomas_Not_very_wise]

Off Topic.

[Dash]

Mort is awesomesauce

[derfo]

i think you like doing free work for the server and you are obligated to do what everyone requests for their respective section of the server

[Thomas_Not_very_wise]

Aren't there recipes already out there that lets you upgrade conjuration reagents? <.<

[Jergal Light]

Yes. Yes there are. But they are nowhere near as accessible as the Necromancy Upgrade Screen, and there's not a way to bind a persistent minion for a conjurer either.