Can Warlocks Summoning Demons in BG3

[Jablo]

Hey guys,

will the class be able to summon demons? or anything else summonable for this class?

[Charnel]

Warlocks can summon familiars but dont expect giant demon armies, warlocks work differently in DnD and depending what kind of warlock paths they have available their abilities can vary wildly

[Hades]

Short of depending on player choice of pack and how he upgrades his character but not high level or mid level more like beast / imps , etc
EA is only up to level 4 so not sure

[Stefan]

They can learn to summon greater demons eventually but that won't be possible in early access because it goes only to level 4.

[Soft Lockpick]

I'm going to approach this as though you are asking about playstyles from the original games.

BG1 and BG2 had a ton of summoning potential, particularly BG1. You could have a literal army of low level skeletons running around as cannon fodder. BG2 put a summon cap in but you could still get multiple summons running around with you very easily and early.

D&D 5e really doesn't seem to support that playstyle. It's understandable... that's a lot of book keeping. I think the last edition that did was 3.5. In 5e you have things like the hexblade (summon a single specter buddy on killing a humanoid) rather than "Animate dead" which you can cast 6 times a day and each cast summons multiple skeletons. But the game even after EA isn't going to system level cap from what I've heard. And EA is keeping it very low.

I wouldn't expect to have a horde of minions.

[Boink]

Originally posted by GrandMajora:

Wait, I was wrong! Turns out that Warlocks do get access to Conjure Fey and Create Undead as 6th level spells!

BG3 has a level cap of 10, so good luck with that....

For the OP: there's not really a warlock summoner class, that's more a druid thing in D&D. Even the new/being tested (i.e. not in base game) Warlock Genie pacts ( http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/warlock:genie ) don't get summon elemental and/or summon Genies.

So, not really. Until you hit 9th level slots and cast Gate, of course.

[Eoftar]

Originally posted by Boink:

Originally posted by GrandMajora:

Wait, I was wrong! Turns out that Warlocks do get access to Conjure Fey and Create Undead as 6th level spells!

BG3 has a level cap of 10, so good luck with that....

They said that max lvl is undecided as for right now. Larian had a lot of feedback(read complaints) and decided to raise it.

[Opossum]

You can but its generally a BAD idea due to the nature of the spell. they are not commanded by you and can be a HUGE danger to your party. Onomancy wizard is the best at controlling them

[sagamov]

Originally posted by Tesla:

You can but its generally a BAD idea due to the nature of the spell. they are not commanded by you and can be a HUGE danger to your party. Onomancy wizard is the best at controlling them

I don't think is sound to expect XGE spells

[Boink]

Conjure Elemental is 5th level, so would probably be available: https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/conjure-elemental

[Woodchuck Norris]

Once the later levels unlock, warlocks have Summon Greater Demon as a 4th level spell (so 7th character level) and Infernal Calling as a 5th level spell (9th level) if they put those spells into the game.

[Hades]

on there other hand you can gain access to find familiar and maybe have an outsider pet easy as ritual if not level restrict

[.O.]

I have no idea if Animate Objects is in BG3, but if it is you can turn a demon looking object into a demon looking construct. That's kinda like summoning a demon but not really.

[Boink]

Originally posted by Woodchuck Norris:

Once the later levels unlock, warlocks have Summon Greater Demon as a 4th level spell (so 7th character level) and Infernal Calling as a 5th level spell (9th level) if they put those spells into the game.

Er, no they do not.

http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/warlock:fiend

It's a spell from A spell from Xanathar's Guide To Everything, Conjuration, and is hideously badly balanced and terrible. It should be called "Summon Minor Demon who probably will pass its wis saving throw on the 1st round then attempt to kill your under-levelled punk conjuror"

https://www.dnd-spells.com/spell/summon-greater-demon

[Opossum]

Originally posted by sagamov:

Originally posted by Tesla:

You can but its generally a BAD idea due to the nature of the spell. they are not commanded by you and can be a HUGE danger to your party. Onomancy wizard is the best at controlling them

I don't think is sound to expect XGE spells

I also used an UA subclass. i wouldnt be overly surprised to see some XGE spells if they fit the lore and everything but yeah not something to expect

[Hades]

Originally posted by Boink:

Originally posted by Woodchuck Norris:

Once the later levels unlock, warlocks have Summon Greater Demon as a 4th level spell (so 7th character level) and Infernal Calling as a 5th level spell (9th level) if they put those spells into the game.

Er, no they do not.

http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/warlock:fiend

It's a spell from A spell from Xanathar's Guide To Everything, Conjuration, and is hideously badly balanced and terrible. It should be called "Summon Minor Demon who probably will pass its wis saving throw on the 1st round then attempt to kill your under-levelled punk conjuror"

https://www.dnd-spells.com/spell/summon-greater-demon

"Summon Minor Demon who probably will pass its wis saving throw on the 1st round then attempt to kill your under-levelled punk conjuror"

That reminds me BG2 summoning elementals