Reducing Casting Time

[Stuvius]

Good Day Playground!

I have a question regarding casting time. I am building a NPC baddie that specializes in summoning. As most of the 'Summon' spells require a full round to cast I was looking for a way to speed him up. Is there a feat or item that could assist with this? All help is appreciated. The base class for this NPC is wizard.

[Zanos]

Rapid summoning conjurer variant. (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/classes/specialistWizardVariants.htm)

Most straightforward way I know of. Rapid Spell(Complete Divine) metamagic will also do it for a +1 slot adjustment.

Note: Usually this is a referred to as the casting time. Duration generally refers to how long the spells effects last, such as 1 round/level in the cast of a summoning spell.

[eggynack]

You might do well to mention the base class for this plan. Different classes have different methods of speeding up their summoning.

[Zaq]

Golden Desert Honey (Complete Mage, pg. 136) is an optional material component that does exactly what you're looking for. It turns a summoning spell with a 1 round cast time into a summoning spell with a casting time of 1 standard action. 300 gp per pop.

And I'm with Zanos: change your title. This isn't about durations at all. It's about casting times. The two terms are not interchangeable.

[Stuvius]

Thanks. I will check that out. I edited the OP to the correct term. I also added the base class. Apologies for the confusion.

[nyjastul69]

A Chronocharm of the Uncaring Archmage (MIC pg.86 500gp) can change the casting time of a 3rd lvl or lower spell from 1 round to a standard action 1/day.

[Hiro Quester]

Arcane spellsurge (7th level spell in Dragon Magic, as I recall) speeds up all casting. Full round casting spells becomes standard action, standard becomes swift.