I have been creating a summoning staff that summons a spider swarm and i want the spiders attack to use the casters proficiency as a bonus to its attack is there a way to do that?
I remember seeing a solution for my problem but couldnt find it anywhere.
I'm not sure exactly what you're having trouble with, but the Ranger's Companion (PHB 93) is probably the type of thing you're looking for. Here's how I would word it:
Staff of Spiders Staff, uncommon (requires attunement by a spellcaster)
While holding this twisted, staff of black wood, you can use an action to summon a Swarm of Spiders. Roll initiative for the swarm, which is controlled by you. Add your proficiency bonus to the swarm's attack rolls and Hit Points. The swarm disappears after 1 hour, or when it drops to 0 Hit Points. Once you use the staff, it can't be used again until the next dawn.
I went and made a new monster https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/461611-summoned-spiders that you can then add as a summoned creature under the extras on a character sheet. Note that I just cobbled it together as an example, it’s only half finished and I made up a lot of numbers, the relevant part is the change I made to the actions.
I don't think so, even if you add a Beast Master companion in Character Builder it just adds an extra line in the actions section of the stat block, it does automatically adjust the AC though. Good luck!
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I have been creating a summoning staff that summons a spider swarm and i want the spiders attack to use the casters proficiency as a bonus to its attack is there a way to do that?
I remember seeing a solution for my problem but couldnt find it anywhere.
I'm not sure exactly what you're having trouble with, but the Ranger's Companion (PHB 93) is probably the type of thing you're looking for. Here's how I would word it:
Staff of Spiders
Staff, uncommon (requires attunement by a spellcaster)
While holding this twisted, staff of black wood, you can use an action to summon a Swarm of Spiders. Roll initiative for the swarm, which is controlled by you. Add your proficiency bonus to the swarm's attack rolls and Hit Points. The swarm disappears after 1 hour, or when it drops to 0 Hit Points. Once you use the staff, it can't be used again until the next dawn.
"Now that you mention it..." - One of my DMs
I went and made a new monster https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/461611-summoned-spiders that you can then add as a summoned creature under the extras on a character sheet. Note that I just cobbled it together as an example, it’s only half finished and I made up a lot of numbers, the relevant part is the change I made to the actions.
I was hoping there was a way for it to automatically add it but i guess not.
Thank you for the help
I don't think so, even if you add a Beast Master companion in Character Builder it just adds an extra line in the actions section of the stat block, it does automatically adjust the AC though. Good luck!