Love it!

HjAa - Spot on :)

This is a mod from 2016, friends. Doesn't go well with Chivalrous Intentions. The Watcher spell comes with the Node Serpent research so it's a higher research tier and more costly than the wyverns.

As a sorcerer, I usually spam the random summon to get watchers. Being able to directly summon them seems a bit OP...

Good mod, thank you :) ! for those wondering if creatures from Chivalrious intentions can be summoneded; Ive only used Chivalrious with a druid for a couple of nights now, and besides the spiders and serpents mentioned earlier, I got a raptor, (if i remember the name right), from summon wild animal.

Is there a way to make it so you only someone one type of creature, for example Hunter Spider Baby, in lieu of all 3 spider babies?

Was wondering about this, too. Too bad!

Yep, looks like it just leaves out any new critters that aren't spiders or serpents.

Will report after I've done some more summoning

Well, so far it works for the random spiders, but it might be too specific for all the other beasts he's added :(

I've no idea. Try it and let me know!

Hi there, can't wait to try this, but one question, is it compatible with chivalrous intentions?

Could you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE add a Summon dire pinguin spell as well?
I've always wanted to build an army of pinguins...

@romanova_48 Feathered serpent is tricky because it's an overpowered Tier 3 but not quite as powerful as the Tier 4s! I chose to put it in Tier 4 but I can see the pros and cons of both approaches.

Technically, spiders are arachnids, not bugs.

too much bugs((

Great mod, I love this for druid. My only complaint is the feathered serpent shouldn't be in the Tier 4 summon serpent line up since its a Tier 3 unit and just gets in the way when your looking to summon an actual T4.

thank you. I have tried it last night for a few hours and didn't encounter any either.

I use a ton of mods, including Empire Building, and haven't had any issues.

Has anyone encountered incompatibility issues? I demand first, because I have more than a dozen other mods and fear some may give this one problems.
Especially because I use Empire Building and also the PBEM & Single player balance mod

Working just fine here, with or without many other mods.

Mod not working for me, and it's the only mod I use.

I've just tested it with my own game, and it's still working for me.

Hmm. This working with latest patch?

i dont think this works well with the Sensible mount summons mod. I think it overwrites that mod.

sorry for the super late reply, but it was my own ineptitude. i forgot you need to activate the mod from the launcher

I am using like 10 other mods and it works flawlessly

Hi, this mod affects Archdruid and Sorcerer abilities, so may not work alongside other mods that affect these areas (although most other mods DO work alongside it, there may be some exceptions). Try running this mod with others in different combinations until you find which other mod is causing the incompatibility. I'd be interested to know which one it is...

i must have something conflicting with it, nothing ever comes up other than the default spells

Excellent update news! Your contributions are very much appreciated!! :D

Great thanks for your work

Happy 4th of July everyone! The mod has been updated to take account of some community suggestions and feedback. Now Sorcerers can specialise a bit more too!

@BlackSheep42 Sorry to be picky, but Felhorses are just lvl 1 (Tier 1) creatures. ^^; Unless you are using a level system I'm unfamiliar with. http://age-of-wonders-3.wikia.com/wiki/Animals They are good for being a tier 1 creature, but I don't think they fit in among the other tier 2 summonings. Looking forward to your reply and of course your next release!

@ HjAa - Felhorses are level 2 creatures, therefore they belong in the level 2 summoning group. They have low defensive stats but can be very good against Forstlings and those pesky independent Lost Souls.

@ Matt - A couple of people have asked about a similar sorcerer mod. It's something that's very much on my radar, but would probably be built in as an extension to this mod rather than standalone.

Glad you like the mod guys, I'm hoping to relase something else new soon :) Then I may well update and improve some of the existing mods.

Can you make a mod for sorcerer too? It's my favourite class and i can't find mods like this for that one.

How come you decided to include Felhorses among the level 2 summonings? They strike me as awfully weak, but perhaps I haven't given them a proper chance.

Hi, these are conscious decisions, not mistakes.

The Feathered Serpent is a very strong Tier III unit which perhaps should have been a Tier IV to begin with, so including it in the Tier IV summoning spell seemed right to me.

There is more of a case for the Nightmare - it's included in Tier III deliberately because it seems more powerful than the other Tier IIs, but I will review that if I ever come to update the mod. Thanks for your feedback. :)

Hello ! Sorry for my english. I'm french...

Your mod is really good, but I see two small mistakes : when I summon a Wild Animal (tier III), sometimes it's a Nightmare (tier II) and when I summon a Gargantuan Serpent, sometimes it's a Feathered Serpent (tier III). Perhaps it's your choice ? If that's the case, I say nothing...

Anyway, these are just details. I love your work !

Hi, glad you like the mod. :) I did not alter the alignment tags of any summons, so I guess that is an unplanned side effect. As for "borrowing" the idea, what do you mean? There are already several mods that are similar to mine (e.g. for invoke mount, etc.) and that's fine. If your mod tries to do something different to mine, then I say go for it! If your mod tries to do the same thing, then I'd probably question the point.

Very useful, this one! Q: Did you remove the 'dedicated to good'-tag of unicorn and fell horse, or is that inherent to summoning spells? Also, would it be ok if I borrowed this idea for my own mod? Cheers

This mod is good, but not perfect. I ask you to make so that there is an individual spell for summoning Gryphons, since they're the only scouting units, and put all other mystical beasts and wild animals(tier 2) into one spell. That would be perfect!

Lovely Mod. Makes Archdruid a joy to play.
I summoned a Shock Serpent, named him "sparky", and then took him along on many battles, watching him grow strongers, taking down wisps and many smaller creatures. Then he matured, and started tackling most foes, becoming a fierce beast. By the time he reached King status, he was a force on the battlefield, crushing anything before him.
As for the mod, being able to more or less choose your summons is great. Spiders are really the only good summons (outside of serpents), and being able to get those makes the summon spells great.

Similar Tweaks for Sorcerer would be nice, in particular the Fantastical Creature. Atm, the spell sucks compared to Node Serpent, who for only 10 mana beats all the fantastical creatures by a country mile (except Watcher, but thats a 1/3 chance).

Well done on the mod, you have made a class I already like, one I now love.

It shouldn't need the expansions to work, as it only touches the vanilla summon spells. Are you running anyother mods at the same time? There might be compatibility issues if you're running another mod with higher priority that changes the Archdruid abilities.

It doesn't seem to work for me. Do I need the expansions for this mod to work? Love the idea of this mod btw

Node serpent has synergy with many other "shocking" skills :D so it should be left alone. I would like to have separate spell for every single summon for druid and sorcerer :D But it can hurt ability to get tier 6 skill fast I guess :(

Update today fixes some localisation text, e.g. "Dread Monkey" instead of "Dire Monkey".

I've had a look at the Sorcerer summon spells and I think "Summon Fantastic Creature" could be tweaked. Ther would be two spells - "Summon Wyvern", which would give you a Tier II Wyvern, and "Summon Fantastic Creature", which would give you a Tier III creature, either a Watcher or a Node Serpent.

Some Sorcerer players can get quite precious about their "Summon Node Serpent" skill though, so I'll do a bit more market research first.

Of course, it's just an idea. :)

Thank you. :)

I'm not familiar with the Sorcerer class, as I don't tend to play it. However, the summon spells work in the same way so I'm sure I could do something similar with it. I'd just need to play Sorcerer a few times to understand the implications to balance, etc. of making any changes.

This is great!

Any chance you'll do something similar to the Sorceror's Summon Fantastic Creature spell?

AI summoning is unaffected. The way the AI uses the spells means you'll see little to no difference in AI Archdruid armies from the vanilla game.