The Elder Verdant Prince has 33 base AB, I think your calcs need some adjustment.Good Character wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 7:12 pmSummons are pretty fantastic in PvP for a blackguard.
For a 20 blackguard a Verdant Prince starts out at 39 AB as you mentioned. With SF: Conjuration it goes to 40 AB. Adjust for an extra 2 AB from Bull's Strength. 42 AB now. Divine Might for a lv 20 blackguard gives the summon an additional 4 AB. Slap on a Divine Sequencer for the Aid, and now you're at 47 AB. If you're doing the 3 fighter/7 knight/20 BG build, then that's an additional +2 AB from Rallying Cry. 49 AB and Spell Resistance to make the summon hard to get rid of with WoF.
Paladins are going to get flat-footed and lose all that Divine Shield AC to somebody - either the summon or its caster. We're not even accounting for the +2 AB flank bonus.
Not to mention blackguards now have access to the best undead summons is letting blackguards have their cake and eat it. If I understand it right blackguards get access to all undead summons as long as they learn the stream. In concept wights will be nasty with a valiant knight build, but we'll see what "weaker summons" actually ends up meaning.
Also,
I dont believe this is correct as Spellswords have access to GMW as a spell and so should get access to +5 at level 17, right?