"Because of th erelationship of druids to natural and elemental forces, the conjuring druid need not fear that the elemental force summoned will turn on him or her, so concentration upon the activities of the fire elemental (or other creatures summoned) or the protection of a magic circle is not necessary."
"Only a druid can dismiss summoned salamanders, efreeti, or ultra-powerful elementals."
If a wizard is conjuring an elemental (wouldn't it more properly be called summoning an elemental, not conjuring it...side note?), there is a 5% chance per round that it breaks free and becomes free-willed, attacking the wizard.
I love how clerics cannot summon elementals, only druids and wizards. I almost wish it were druids only. Call me biased because druids are my favorite class, but I do like that elemental/nature concept and the idea that only a druid can work with an elemental with no chance of losing control of it.
However, in 2E the rules are a mess. Clerics of all sorts can summon elementals, without losing control. Yet in the MM, it says summoned elementals have a 5% chance per round of becoming free willed. So which is it?
The reason I'm posting all this it because I have fallen in love with the idea of printing up my own AD&D Rulebook. Just all the rules from 1E and 2E combined (I use rules from both) and leaving out any I don't like (demihuman level limits, spell damage caps, etc). Sort of a way to combine the 1E PHB with the 2E PHB, the 1E DMG with the 2E DMG and have just one set of books with all of the rules I use personally. I'd love to have this printed up and hardbound. It would be so awesome!
So I'm working on the idea in times where I can't creatively write for the BIP RoUIII project. For which. by the way, I have some more work to do today.
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