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Summon Creature M1–6 T1–6

School conjuration (summoning)
Casting Time 1 round
Range medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)
Effect one or more summoned creatures
Duration 1 round/level (D)
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no

This spell summons an extraplanar creature (typically an elemental, magical beast native to another plane, or outsider, but also occasionally even extraplanar constructs). The summoned creature appears where you designate and acts immediately on your turn. It attacks your opponents to the best of its ability. If you can communicate with the creature, you can direct it to not attack, to attack particular enemies, or to perform other actions.

When you gain this spell as a spell known, select four creatures from the appropriate list in Table 8: Summon Creature for each level at which you can cast this spell. For example, for the 1st-level summon creature spell, you could choose Tiny air, earth, fire, and water elementals. Note that a particular alignment or class is sometimes required to choose certain creatures, as listed in Table 8. In place of a single selection, you can choose a creature from a lower-level summoning list; doing so allows you the option of summoning multiple such creatures at a time. Each time you gain a character level, you can change these selections.

You can gain summon creature a second time at the highest spell level you know, selecting four additional appropriate creatures at each level you can cast this spell.

You choose which of the selected creatures you summon each time you cast the spell.

Level Effect
1st When you cast summon creature as a 1st-level spell, you summon one creature from your selection of creatures from the 1st-level summoning list.
2nd When you cast summon creature as a 2nd-level spell, you summon one creature from your selection of creatures from the 2nd-level summoning list. If the chosen creature is from a lower-level summoning list, you summon three such creatures instead.
3rd When you cast summon creature as a 3rd-level spell, you summon one creature from your selection of creatures from the 3rd-level summoning list. If the chosen creature is from a lower-level summoning list, you summon three such creatures instead.
4th When you cast summon creature as a 4th-level spell, you summon one creature from your selection of creatures from the 4th-level summoning list. If the chosen creature is from a lower-level summoning list, you summon three such creatures instead.
5th When you cast summon creature as a 5th-level spell, you summon one creature from your selection of creatures from the 5th-level summoning list. If the chosen creature is from a lower-level summoning list, you summon three such creatures instead.
6th When you cast summon creature as a 6th-level spell, you summon one creature from your selection of creatures from the 6th-level summoning list. If the chosen creature is from a lower-level summoning list, you summon three such creatures instead.

A summoned creature can’t use teleportation or planar travel abilities or magical divination abilities. Creatures can’t be summoned into an environment that can’t support them (such as summoning a breathing creature into a vacuum). Creatures summoned using this spell can’t use spells or spell-like abilities that duplicate spells that require expending Resolve Points or expensive materials to cast (such as raise dead).

To generate statistics for a summoned creature, first check the Stat Block column of Table 8: Summon Creature.

Otherwise, if the entry is Tiny, Small, Medium, Large, Huge, or elder, use the elemental stat block of the same name and apply the appropriate graft, listed in the Applied Graft column. Non-elemental creatures lose elemental immunities and do not gain an elemental graft.

For example, to get the statistics of an angel from the 1st-level list, you use the tiny elemental stat block and apply the angel summoning graft.

Table 8: Summon Creature
1st Level Stat Block Applied Graft Summoner Requirements
Aeon Tiny Summoning Neutral-aligned
Agathion Tiny See creature details Nonevil
Angel Tiny Summoning Nonevil
Archon Tiny Summoning Nonchaotic and nonevil
Azata Tiny Summoning Nonevil and nonlawful
Daemon Tiny Summoning Nongood
Demon Tiny Summoning Nongood and nonlawful
Devil Tiny Summoning Nonchaotic and nongood
Elemental, air Tiny Elemental None
Elemental, earth Tiny Elemental None
Elemental, fire Tiny Elemental None
Elemental, water Tiny Elemental None
Fey Plane beast Tiny Summoning Mystic
Inevitable Tiny Summoning Nonchaotic
Protean Tiny Summoning Nonlawful
Robot Tiny Summoning Technomancer
Shadow creature Tiny Summoning None
Skittermander whelp See creature details Simple template* None
2nd Level Stat Block Applied Graft Summoner Requirements
Aeon Small Summoning Neutral-aligned
Agathion Small Summoning Nonevil
Angel Small Summoning Nonevil
Archon Small Summoning Nonchaotic and nonevil
Azata Small Summoning Nonevil and nonlawful
Daemon Small Summoning Nongood
Demon Small Summoning Nongood and nonlawful
Devil Small Summoning Nonchaotic and nongood
Elemental, air Small Elemental None
Elemental, earth Small Elemental None
Elemental, fire Small Elemental None
Elemental, water Small Elemental None
Fey Plane beast Small Summoning Mystic
Inevitable Small Summoning Nonchaotic
Protean Small Summoning Nonlawful
Robot Small Summoning Technomancer
Security robot, observer-class See creature details Simple template* Technomancer
Shadow creature Small Summoning None
3rd Level Stat Block Applied Graft Summoner Requirements
Aeon Medium Summoning Neutral-aligned
Agathion Medium Summoning Nonevil
Angel Medium Summoning Nonevil
Archon Medium Summoning Nonchaotic and nonevil
Azata Medium Summoning Nonevil and nonlawful
Crest-eater See creature details Simple template* None
Daemon Medium Summoning Nongood
Demon Medium Summoning Nongood and nonlawful
Devil Medium Summoning Nonchaotic and nongood
Elemental, air Medium Elemental None
Elemental, earth Medium Elemental None
Elemental, fire Medium Elemental None
Elemental, water Medium Elemental None
Fey Plane beast Medium Summoning Mystic
Haan See creature details Simple template* None
Inevitable Medium Summoning Nonchaotic
Ksarik See creature details Simple template* None
Protean Medium Summoning Nonlawful
Robot Medium Summoning Technomancer
Shadow creature Medium Summoning None
4th Level Stat Block Applied Graft Summoner Requirements
Aeon Large Summoning Neutral-aligned
Agathion Large Summoning Nonevil
Angel Large Summoning Nonevil
Archon Large Summoning Nonchaotic and nonevil
Azata Large Summoning Nonevil and nonlawful
Daemon Large Summoning Nongood
Demon Large Summoning Nongood and nonlawful
Devil Large Summoning Nonchaotic and nongood
Elemental, air Large Elemental None
Elemental, earth Large Elemental None
Elemental, fire Large Elemental None
Elemental, water Large Elemental None
Fey Plane beast Large Summoning Mystic
Inevitable Large Summoning Nonchaotic
Mountain eel See creature details Simple template* None
Orocoran See creature details Simple template* None
Protean Large Summoning Nonlawful
Robot Large Summoning Technomancer
Shadow creature Large Summoning None
5th Level Stat Block Applied Graft Summoner Requirements
Aeon Huge Summoning Neutral-aligned
Agathion Huge Summoning Nonevil
Angel Huge Summoning Nonevil
Archon Huge Summoning Nonchaotic and nonevil
Azata Huge Summoning Nonevil and nonlawful
Daemon Huge Summoning Nongood
Demon Huge Summoning Nongood and nonlawful
Devil Huge Summoning Nonchaotic and nongood
Elemental, air Huge Elemental None
Elemental, earth Huge Elemental None
Elemental, fire Huge Elemental None
Elemental, water Huge Elemental None
Fey Plane beast Huge Summoning Mystic
Inevitable Huge Summoning Nonchaotic
Protean Huge Summoning Nonlawful
Robot Huge Summoning Technomancer
Shadow creature Huge Summoning None
Surnoch See creature details Simple template* None
6th Level Stat Block Applied Graft Summoner Requirements
Aeon Elder Summoning Neutral-aligned
Agathion Elder Summoning Nonevil
Angel Elder Summoning Nonevil
Archon Elder Summoning Nonchaotic and nonevil
Azata Elder Summoning Nonevil and nonlawful
Daemon Elder Summoning Nongood
Demon Elder Summoning Nongood and nonlawful
Devil Elder Summoning Nonchaotic and nongood
Elemental, air Elder Elemental None
Elemental, earth Elder Elemental None
Elemental, fire Elder Elemental None
Elemental, water Elder Elemental None
Fey Plane beast Elder Summoning Mystic
Inevitable Elder Summoning Nonchaotic
Protean Elder Summoning Nonlawful
Robot Elder Summoning Technomancer
Shadow creature Elder Summoning None

* When this creature is summoned, it gains the celestial simple template graft if you are good, the fiendish simple template graft if you are evil, or the astral simple template graft if you are neither.

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