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Thematically it might also be fitting, but I don't want to swarm our battlefield with even more combatants, and I guess for many tasks concerning utility an summoned elemental is more appropriate. The sorcerer list is indeed pretty restricted and it's nice that your DM is doing this.Thank you for your input! What would you say to Conjure Animals? I edited my original post to include that as well. Conjure Minor Elementals can be nice if you abuse certain combinations (Magma Mephits with Heat Metal against armor-wearing enemies), but Conjure Elemental is pretty good no matter which elemental you get (although if you can get a Salamander it's even better) and it also upcasts relatively well (CR 6 Invisible Stalker). I'd pick Conjure Elemental because it's beefier and more fun. Conjured Elementals also seem to be more useful in terms of utility, though the consensus seems to be, that Conjure Animals is the superior spell in terms of combat power.Īt least I guess that even large sharks won't be able to pull a sailing ship when winds are low )

I'm afraid this would slow our combat down even more. I understand, however, that Conjure Animals is more about summoning larger amounts of creatures. As my char has a vampire like vibe, summoning wolves and so on might be thematically also fitting. CE is 1 Minute.Īnd on another note: do you see any unbalancing factors letting a sorcerer call in elementals? I'm all for balancing, but sometimes I think the sorcerers spell list is unnecessarily restricted.ĮDIT: Conjure Animals might also be an option, if I ask nicely. for calling an air elemental to hurry your sailing ship across). But the CE spell lets you pick the element, which seems more useful for utility reasons (e.g.

I'm playing a shadow sorcerer (soon attaining lvl 9), and my DM might let me pick one of those two cross-class spells, because they are thematically fitting with my char background (and my char happens to speak Primordial as well).Īs I see it, the CME spell is “safer“ because they don't turn on you if you loose concentration.