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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
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 Posted - 03 Feb 2007 : 14:44:59
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I recall in 2ed there was a specfic spell to summon a Spectator (LN Beholders with ties to Helm) but I cant seem to find a 3ed equivelant.. Any ideas?
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Kiaransalyn
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 Feb 2007 : 14:56:55
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My quick answer is: Planar Ally?
Hopefully, someone will provide a more considered answer. |
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
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Posted - 03 Feb 2007 : 15:03:00
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Originally posted by Kiaransalyn
My quick answer is: Planar Ally?
Hopefully, someone will provide a more considered answer.
According to Magic of Faerun a Spectator is a flat out Aberration it doesnt have any outsider qualities |
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
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Posted - 03 Feb 2007 : 15:55:23
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I don't know of anything official, but a few months ago I did a 3.5 version of Summon Spectator from Faiths and Avatars, and I'll print it here:
Summon Spectator
Conjuration (calling)
Level: Initiate of Helm 6
Components: V, S, M, DF
Casting Time: 1 hour
Range: Close (25 ft.+5ft./2 levels)
Effect: One summoned creature (Spectator)
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: None
There is a legend in the church of Helm that the Vigilant One was seeking to create the perfect guardian, loyal and ever alert, and that the result of at least some of his experimentaion was the spectator. According to this legend, the church of Bane grew so jealous of the spectators created by Helm that they abducted a number of them and subjected them to horrid tortures and vile magics until they became the progenitors of the beholder species. Helmites hate beholders and evil beholder kin and will go out of their way to kill them, and Banites do the same to spectators. This dispite the fact that many sages have pointed out that beholder references predate the church of Bane in many histories, and that spectators are likely naturally occuring variations to the species that are prone to be less malicious and more loyal than their kin.
Upon casting this spell, a spectator, one specificaly allied to Helm, appears in the spot designated by the caster. If the caster is a member in good standing with the church of Helm, and if the caster denotes a proper item to be guarded, the Spectator will agree to guard the given object for 101 years. A valid object for the creature to guard would include a holy relic, enclosed holy space (an altar, special room), or an item of specific significance to the caster, and one that furthers the goals of Helm. Such an object cannot be sentient or living. Note that the same temple might have a spectator summoned to guard its altar, and another one summoned to guard its treasure room, but the two will not aid one another in their tasks. The spectator will stay for 101 years, until slain, or until all of its eyes have been blinded. If all of its eyes are blinded, it will plane shift to Helm's realm within the House of the Triad, and 24 hours later, all of its eyes will be intact and it will plane shift back to resume its duty.
The spectator will guard a given charge from anyone not of Helm's faith, and is often given a specific code or phrase that an authorized follower of the Vigilant One should know in order to access the guarded area. The spectator will then question the individual about the special knowlage telepathically in order to guage the validity of the professed Helmites' claim.
The material components of this spell are the divine focus of the caster and a specially prepared steel gauntlet consecrated to Helm, which is consumed in the casting (this gauntlet should be a masterwork item, though it need only be a gauntlet, not a full suit of armor).
A caster that has access to this spell can also use Monster Summoning VI to summon a spectator in leiu of the monsters on that list. |
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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 03 Feb 2007 : 16:05:22
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Well, Lesser Planar Ally specifies the target creature as being either an elemental or an outsider. From the discrition of the MoF a spectator is neither. One could however argue, on unstable ground however, that if there still exists any connection to Helm, a spectator thereby is always bound to follow such a call to guard something 'as it represents its guardian nature'.
Anyhow, if Planar Ally does not qualify for this task, another option would be Planar Binding, as the target creature of such spell only has to be a 'creature from another Plane'. As such especially with the ability to plane shift, a spectator may fall under that category.
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Kiaransalyn
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04 Feb 2007 : 10:08:31
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Originally posted by Dargoth
quote:
Originally posted by Kiaransalyn
My quick answer is: Planar Ally?
According to Magic of Faerun a Spectator is a flat out Aberration it doesnt have any outsider qualities
Ah ok. Sorry about that. My suggestion was based on you saying that they had ties with Helm and hence I thought some would be present in the House of the Triad. |
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How do you summon a Spectator in 3ed?
