F.L. Atlanta said:
*nods* Plus, I don't know what the hell you and the others are talking about with all of these summons and such.
It varies. Most of them use those one-shot summons out of Final Fantasy ot Golden Sun games which are literally in-game a case of I summon this monster, it attacks, then goes.
Also many of these summons are limited to attacking with a single element, I.E. the shiva FF summon deals ice damage alone.
I.E. Bahamut is a summon from FF, which got used a while back here, as summons go its powerful, but if it fails to do anything, you don't get a second attack.
I however prefers to summon creatures with more of a lifespan, drawing them from any of the webcomics I find online, or in one (technically three, but they go together) case a manga. Those creatures will simply attack, defend and move like you would here until defeated or sacrificed.
They may or may not be limited in their damage forms.
I.E. My magi girl, who threw out loads of spells and probably did more colateral damage than the other guy's summons put together, by herself.
As you can tell, I prefer my way. Sure it involves a little imagination since really they should be played as the characters, but they do cause so much more chaos...
And summoning (if you wanted to know): To bring a creature from elsewhere to the immediate area, ususally for the purpose of having it do some task for you.
Not a dictionary quote, but I'd wager it's pretty close...
