Talk:Rou/@comment-216.21.162.107-20150610125832/@comment-98.221.3.160-20150614180905

It's not made clear that he can make goblins, hobgoblins or ogres with "demon summoning." He does, if I recall, make an ogre with "giant summoning" once though, and has his kids fight it.

As for what greater/medium/lesser means? Hmmm. Okay, I keep dragging this out, but: http://ncode.syosetu.com/n5909v/1/

The author's pattern when describing the "summoning" skills is as such, paraphrased, "Rou can create ________ type monsters that are weaker than him as long as he has the magic for it." As the summoning "grade" gets higher, the constructs are smarter, more capable of independent action and better equipped to the point where his highest summons come complete with magic items, but there's no mention that they are actually stronger. The highest level, which he gets through hs synthesis, seems to combine the low cost and high speed of "lesser summoning" with the benefits of "greater sumoning." Since Rou said before that his ability to create monsters with his "summoning" is partially dependent on what he's eaten before, I'd go with this as a hypothesis: As long as Rou has the appropriate species summoning ability, has eaten the appropriate monster, and has the mana for it, he can create that monster as many times as he wants. The "grades" of summoning have to do with how "genuine" the monster seems to be, compared to a natural subject, with lesser versions being little more than mindlessly obedient slaves, medium versions having a measure of intelligence allowing them to follow through on a goal without direct instruction, and greater versions being fully fledged individuals with personality, drive and goals. Though if the synthesized version provides more "real" creations there aren't a lot of previous summons to compare it to.