Conjure Animals 5e Who Chooses

Eight beasts of challenge rating 14 or lower.

Conjure animals 5e who chooses. The design intent for options like these is that the spellcaster chooses one of them and then the DM decides what creatures appear that fit the chosen option. Some spells of this sort specify that the spellcaster chooses the creature conjured. That is it is the player chooses the number of beasts andchallenge rating desired from those options.

When you cast conjur animals you summon one of the following options. If you want to get that appears you have to choose one of the following options. If you cast it using a spell slot of 8th or 9th level you summon three times as many demons.

In short yes the DM chooses what creatures show up based on the players desired CR level. You summon a celestial of challenge rating 4 or lower. One beast of challenge rating 2 or lower.

When a character casts conjure animals the summoned creature or creatures roll initiative and get their own turn and all creatures summoned by that casting of the spell act on the same initiativeessentially giving the caster another turn in combat. Swarms are specifically multiple creatures many many more than could ever be summoned by. Given that Conjure Animals only lets the player choose the beasts challenge rating this would be one of the spells where the DM decides exactly what creature is conjured.

Check out the Sage Advice Compendium for the answer which is longer than 140 characters. Does the player pick the specific animals or the DM. A number of spells in the game let you summon creatures.

Blink dogs boggles VGtM pixies andor sprites. My house rule on Conjure Animals is that when you first learngain access to the spell you select four creatures to be your summons The intention is 1 of each appropriate CR but leaves the player to decide if they want to follow that idea. Conjure Animals 5e.