Elemental

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This article is the general rules for Summoning and Dominating Elementals, and so deals almost exclusively with what Elementals of all types have in common, only touching upon peculiarities of Elementals of specific elements when the risk of a major assumption clash is great.

Also note that this article is currently designing-while-writing, so the content is at present far from set in stone, and may change drastically, until parts or the whole of this article "hits the spot" and is seen as pleasing to the Designer's eye.

Subject

Examples I

Getting more in depth

Examples II

Advice

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Please note

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Mini-FAQ

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The world

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World impact

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The Ärth setting

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Design Notes

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Quick mini-glossary

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Table to use

A	B	C
1	2	3
4	5	6

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SL	Spell name	Summons	CTI	R.	Dur.	Services	Power Points (SM/VSM)	Res. Dom. RD	Int.	Ign.
4	Summon Sprite	One Elemental Sprite	1 Min.	30 hx	4 H	serv	pop	5	-2	8d12

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GSL	Spell name	Summons	CTI Range	Services Duration	Power Points (SM/VSM)	Res. Dom. RD	Int.	Spec.	Ign.
4	Summon Minor Elemental	One Elemental Builder	6 Min 10 hx	1d8 30 Min	pop	7	-1	s	5d12
4	Summon Minor Elemental	One Elemental Warrior	6 Min 10 hx	1d8 30 Min	pop	7	-2	s	6d12
5	Summon Medium Elemental	One Elemental Architect	6 Min 15 hx	1d6 1 H	pop	8	0	s	4d12
5		One Elemental Knight			pop	8	-1	s	5d12
5		One Elemental Sage			pop	8	1	s	3d12
6	Summon Major Elemental	One Elemental Lord	6 Min 20 hx	1d4 2 H	pop	9	2	s	3d12
6		1d3+2 Elemental Warriors			pop	8	-2	s	6d12
6		One Elemental Prince (Very Strong Magic only)			pop	10	3	s	2d12

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 | 4 ||rowspan=2| Summon Minor<br>Elemental || One Elemental Builder ||rowspan=2| 6 Min<br>10 hx ||rowspan=2| 1d8<br>30 Min || pop || 7 || -1 || s || 5d12
 |-
-| 4 || One Elemental Warrior || pop || r || -2 || s || 6d12
+| 4 || One Elemental Warrior || pop || 7 || -2 || s || 6d12
 |-
 | 5 ||rowspan=3| Summon Medium<br>Elemental || One Elemental Architect  ||rowspan=3| 6 Min<br>15 hx ||rowspan=3| 1d6<br>1 H || pop || 8 || 0 || s || 4d12
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 | 6 ||rowspan=3| Summon Major<br>Elemental || One Elemental Lord ||rowspan=3| 6 Min<br>20 hx ||rowspan=4| 1d4<br>2 H || pop || 9 || 2 || s || 3d12
 |-
-| 6 || 1d3+2 Elemental Warriors || pop || 9 || -2 || s || 6d12
+| 6 || 1d3+2 Elemental Warriors || pop || 8 || -2 || s || 6d12
 |-
 | 6 || One Elemental Prince<br> (Very Strong Magic ''only'')  || pop || 10 || 3 || s || 2d12