Lay some ground rules in advance, for instance: If the trust isn’t there, this spell can generate all kinds of bad blood. It’s of the utmost importance, then, if you’re going to be working with this spell, to have a good relationship with a DM who’s fundamentally on your side, whatever challenges they may throw at you. (Not to mention the fact that there’s strength in numbers, as reflected by the encounter multipliers in chapter 3 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide.) Small wonder, then, that players are inclined to call for eight critters every time. You could cast this spell hoping to summon a single cave bear or rhino and still end up with a cute, harmless spider. It could be eight wolves, but it could also be eight spiders-not giant spiders, just regular ol’ house spiders-because challenge rating 0 is technically “challenge rating 1/4 or lower.” For that matter, it’s technically “challenge rating 2 or lower” as well. So you can’t say, “I summon eight wolves.” You can only say, “I summon eight beasts.” It’s up to the DM what beasts show up.
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