Oh! Now that is a really good interpretation! Nice. I allow a wild shaped druid to command the animals while wild shaped of the wild shaped form is the same as the conjured animals! Like all wolves. Conjure Animals belongs to a class of annoying spells including Conjure Minor. It’s such a great spell no matter how the DM/player/table runs it. Ive asked D&D players and dungeon masters what spells they find the most. That way my character will properly know it. What I think I'm going to do, as a means of roleplaying, (working with my DM of course) is to try that, and have it fail. Conjure Animals Source: Player's Handbook 3rd-level conjuration Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour You summon fey spirits that take the form of beasts and appear in unoccupied spaces that you can see within range. Just trying to optimize my usage of the spell.

For example, find familiar gives the caster a list of animals to choose from.

Some spells of this sort specify that the spellcaster chooses the creature conjured. Conjure animals, conjure celestial, conjure minor elementals, and conjure woodland beings are just a few examples.

That makes sense, and what I figured would be the case. A number of spells in the game let you summon creatures. Generally it has to be a command or set of commands given to all of the animals not broken up or complicated like “Fido you help a billy attack orc number 2 after Lassie locks it down.” That being said, I have the caster need to give the animals constant on going commands. So the animals can’t “attack my enemies” or move into positions for advanced combat tactics and such. Monstrous Compendium Vol 3: Minecraft CreaturesĪs a DM I am very generous with allowing the player to summon whatever they what with the balancing factor of they are just animals.

Dnd 5e conjure animals ruling