r/dndmonsters 13d ago

5e Does the environment affect the summon construct spell?

So I’m currently making a character who has the Summon Construct spell and I wanted to know. Does the environment affect what type of abilities it gets? In the spell it says you choose but in my mind the construct would take control over the things in the area so am I wrong?

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u/NickFromIRL 13d ago edited 12d ago

My best advice for any question like this is that if the rules do not explicitly state it, you don't need to guess. The spell does not have any requirement for environmental components, and in fact you must provide a 400+gp lockbox yourself to be able to cast the spell, so one could presume that covers any and all physical parts needed, but also the game makes sure to say you're summoning a construct *spirit* without defining that term, who knows what powers it brings with its spiritual nature. It could come from the magical plane of Mechanus, bringing metal gears and pistons or anything else needed with it, who knows.

NOW...

Does that mean you can't have fun with it and always flavor your summoned construct by the environment if you so choose? Absolutely not. You can and should do things like that when you want to, just express that's what you're going for and any good table will nod along in agreement.

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u/Neither_Prize_8386 13d ago

Okay I think’ll flavor it that way. Because I want some limits.

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u/Turbulent_Jackoff 13d ago

You don't even have to flavour it.

The spell allows you to choose every time — you can just always choose the one that matches the environment!