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Monster

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Monster

Summoner’s

Handbook

Summoner Groups of the Inner Sea

Conjurers and summoners can be found throughout the Inner Sea, but some organizations specialize in calling and summoning magic.

Bloodstone Conservatory: The eleventh queen

of Irrisen founded this school for conjurers

and summoners in 4378

ar. It is run by her

descendants and accepts only 20 pupils at a

time. Students live in luxury, but are subjected

to grueling arcane and physical training.

God Callers: Practitioners of an ancient

Sarkorian religion that survives in parts of the

Worldwound, god callers are summoners who

believe their eidolons are personal deities.

Acadamae: The Acadamae in Korvosa trains

spellcasters in all schools of magic, but is famous

for its emphasis on conjuration.

Wizard’s Guild: The civilian Wizard’s Guild in

Vigil focuses on item creation and divination,

but to complement that non-military focus,

members are encouraged to master a range

of conjuration spells in case a more martial

situation arises.

Razmiran Priests: Razmiran priests often use

their ability to summon creatures from other

planes of existence as proof of the divine

nature of their powers.

Umbral Court Agents: The Umbral Court rules

Nidal, and many of its agents specialize in

summoning creatures native to the Plane of

Shadow (using the Versatile Summon Monster

feat and the dark creature template on pages

18–19).

Order of the Gate: The signifers of the Order

of the Gate outnumber the rank-and-file

Hellknights three to one, and depend on

spells that allow them to contact outsiders

for information, and even summon outsiders

to fight for them in combat. Rumors claim the

order is named for an actual magic gate in its

stronghold that leads to Hell.

Arcanamirium: While the Arcanamirium in

Absalom emphasizes practical magic, the

broad utility of summoning spells makes them

a popular topic for research, and many forms

of expanded summoning originate in the halls

of this academy of magic.

Storm Kindlers: As druids dedicated to

understanding the Eye of Abendego, many

Storm Kindlers rely heavily on summoned

or called air elementals for their most

dangerous research.

Magaambyan Arcanists: Founded by Old-

Mage Jatembe, the Magaambya is possibly

the oldest academy of magic still operating

in Golarion today, though many learned

spellcasters of Avistan have never heard of it.

The school’s arcane spellcasters often learn

arcane versions of druid spells, including

summon nature’s ally.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

For Your Character 2

Introduction 4

Summoning Archetypes 6

Fighting Summoned Monsters 8

Monster Summoners on Golarion 10

Binding and Calling 12

Extraplanar Power 14

Planar Summoners 16

Simple Templates 18

Summoning-Focused Magic Items 20

Summoning Spells 22

New Planar Allies 24

Guardian Spirits 26

Expanded Monster Summoning 28

Summoned by the Faithful 30

Next Month! 32

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REFERENCE

This Pathfinder Player Companion refers to several other Pathfinder Roleplaying Game

products and uses the following abbreviations. These books are not required to make use of

this Player Companion. Readers interested in references to Pathfinder RPG hardcovers can find

the complete rules from these books available for free online at paizo.com/prd.

Advanced Class Guide ACG

Advanced Player’s Guide APG

Inner Sea Magic

ISM

The Inner Sea World Guide ISWG

Ultimate Equipment UE

Ultimate Magic UM

QUESTIONS TO

ASK YOUR GM

Asking your Game Master the

following questions can help you

get the most out of the new options

in Pathfinder Player Companion:

Monster Summoner’s Handbook.

Does this campaign allow the

summoner class from Pathfinder

RPG Advanced Player’s Guide or

the version from Pathfinder RPG

Pathfinder Unchained?

Are any of the expanded

summoning options listed on the

tables on pages 28–31 available in

this campaign?

When I summon a creature,

who controls it? Is that my

responsibility, or will another

player be assigned to control it?

Or will you, as the GM, control any

summoned creatures?

DID YOU KNOW?

The summoner class was first introduced in Pathfinder RPG Advanced

Player Guide, when the concept of eidolons as a new type of changeable

outsiders was introduced. The new version of the class presented in

Pathfinder RPG Pathfinder Unchained ties the class more closely to

specific types of outsiders, such as devils and elementals.

FOCUS CHARACTERS

This Pathfinder Player Companion

highlights options for characters

of the following classes, in addition

to elements that can apply to a wide

array of other characters.

Bloodrager

Because bloodragers gain access

to only 4 levels of spells, monster

summoning is normally a sub-

optimal choice for such characters.

However, a bloodrager with the new

ancestral harbinger archetype forges

bonds with creatures that have strong

totemic ties to his clan, family, or

warband, making him more effective

at summoning such creatures.

Cleric

Clerics have access to the herald

caller archetype, allowing them to

call on outsiders who serve their

patron deity. Clerics who are priests

of one of Golarion’s major gods

also benefit from having creatures

added to their summon monster spells

to represent the influence of their

specific deity.

Druid

Druids’ ability to sacrifice a prepared

spell to cast a summon nature’s ally spell

of the same level makes them natural

beneficiaries of the new options

in this volume. The elemental ally

archetype allows a druid to gain

access to four elemental allies in the

form of limited eidolons, and many

of the feat options are particularly

appropriate for druids who focus on

summoning allies in combat.

Summoner

Unsurprisingly, summoners gain

numerous options in the Monster

Summoner’s Handbook. There are three

new archetypes: counter-summoner,

morphic savant, and unwavering

conduit, all of which work with

both the summoner from Pathfinder

RPG Advanced Player’s Guide and

the version of the class presented in

Pathfinder RPG Pathfinder Unchained.

Summoners also gain access to all the

new spells presented on pages22–23.

FOR EVERY

CHARACTER

Certain game elements transcend the

particulars of a character’s race or

class. While everything in this volume

is designed to work with characters

focused on summoning and calling

creatures as allies and servants, the

following elements from this book

work equally well for all Pathfinder

RPG characters, regardless of type,

motivation, or background.

Expanded Summoning

A list of creatures appropriate for

summon monster spells drawn from

Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 2, Pathfinder

RPG Bestiary 3, and Pathfinder RPG

Bestiary 4 is provided on pages28–29.

Because adding all such creatures

to the summon monster spells would

increase the overall utility of those

spells in an unbalancing way, this

book includes numerous options for

a player to gain access to a limited

number of new options. Players who

wish to specialize in summoning a

wide range of unusual creatures can

take the Expanded Summon Monster

feat as often as they wish to increase

the range of choices for each spell.

Additionally, page 31 includes some

advice on what kinds of creatures

from other sources a GM might wish

to add as options for summon monster,

including specifying the typical CR

range of each summon monster spell.

Fighting Summoned Foes

Several new feats, such as Banishing

Critical and Dispel Focus, give

characters who expect to fight many

summoned foes more options for

destroying such enemies.

Guardian Spirits

Guardian spirits are creatures

dedicated to protecting specific

mortals who summon them with

summon monster or summon nature’s

ally spells. The same guardian spirit

is summoned each time, and as its

mortal ward increases in power, the

spirit can be summoned by higher-

level spells, granting it additional

specialabilities.

Traits

A list of groups and organizations

that specialize in summoning,

along with related character traits, is

presented on pages 10–11.

For Your Character

RULES INDEX

The following new rules options are located on the

indicated pages throughout the book. Additionally,

two new tables expanding possible options for summon

monster spells can be found on pages 28–29 and 30–31.

ARCHETYPES CLASS PAGE

Ancestral harbinger Bloodrager 6

Counter-summoner Summoner 8

Elemental ally Druid 16

Herald caller Cleric 7

Monster tactician Inquisitor 7

Morphic savant Summoner 16

Unwavering conduit Summoner 17

FEATS TYPE PAGE

Augment Calling General 13

Banishing Critical Critical 8

Dimensional Awareness Combat 8

Dimensional Disruption Combat 9

Dispel Focus General 9

Expanded Summon Monster General 28

Greater Dispel Focus General 9

Planar Focus General 14

Scouting Summons Metamagic 14

Solid Shadows Metamagic 14

Tattoo Attunement General 14

Tattoo Conversion General 15

Tattoo Transformation General 15

Versatile Summon Monster General 18

Versatile Summon Nature’s Ally General 18

MAGIC ITEMS SLOT PAGE

Armor of fragmenting stone Armor 20

Bracers of celestial intervention Wrists 20

Caller’s feather Head 20

Periapt of temporary familiar Neck 20

Rod of giant summoning None 20

Rod of giant summoning, greater None 20

Rod of giant summoning, lesser None 20

Summoner’s robe Body 21

Sword of tempests None 21

Summon bane — 21

Visage of the bound Head 21

MONSTERS TYPE PAGE

Codex archon Outsider 24

Ember weaver (psychopomp) Outsider 25

Guardian spirit Template 26

Simple summoning templates Template 18–19

OTHER RULES ELEMENTS TYPE PAGE

Ballad of the Homesick Wanderer Masterpiece 15

Disrupt connection Hex 9

Intuitive protection Magus arcana 9

Summoning spells — 22–23

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Summoning is the art of conjuring faraway creatures

to your aid. Most spellcasters summon using magic

that reaches out past planar boundaries, calling forth

primal elementals or soldiers from the legions of the

Outer Planes. For summoners with close ties to the

natural world, these creatures may instead be animals,

mysterious fey, or towering giants. A ranger new to the

art of summoning may call eagles to support him, while

an experienced druid could terrorize her foes with a

slavering pack oftyrannosauruses.

Mortals who wish to enter into arrangements with

creatures for extended periods of time leave the realm

of summoning and enter the domain of calling. Callers

with close ties to the divine can invoke the cooperation of

allies of their gods. Legends abound of powerful clerics

bringing forth their deities’ own heralds to assist in times

of great need. Those who don’t have such affiliations

must rely on their arcane skill, and for them, calling is

an exceedingly dangerous game that requires a deal to be

struck before aid is given. For these daring individuals,

calling can lead to great boons—or to a host of enemies.

Conjuration magic has helped shaped many of the Inner

Sea’s most powerful nations and organizations. The people

of Cheliax regularly bind devils to their service, and they

rarely consider why the fiends are so eager to serve them as

their empire falls deeper into the clutches of Hell. In the

sand-swept nations of Qadira and Katapesh, mystics bind

genies to do their bidding and grant their every wish. In

the oppressive country of Nidal, shadowy summoners call

forth manifestations of darkness. Meanwhile, throughout

Golarion and across the planes, the Blackfire Adepts seek

power from beyond at any cost, relishing in the destruction

of the fabric of reality left in their wake. Opposing the

Blackfire Adepts are the Riftwardens, members of an

organization dedicated to maintaining planar stability and

undoing their enemies’ work.

SUMMONING 101

The two main families of summoning spells are summon

monster and summon nature’s ally. All spells in these

families take a full round to cast, and the summoned

creature appears at the beginning of the caster’s turn

on the following round. Once the creature appears, it

normally stays around for 1 round per level, or until it is

reduced to 0 hit points. Summoned creatures reduced to

0 hit points disappear, returning to their home planes. It

takes 24 hours for the creature to reform, during which

time it can’t be summoned again. You can’t summon a

creature into an environment that does not support it,

such as causing a water-breathing creature to appear on

land or a non-flying creature to materialize in midair.

Summoned creatures can’t use abilities that summon

creatures or that have expensive material components.

They also can’t activate teleportation or planar travel.

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Unless told otherwise, they attack the summoning

caster’s enemies. A spellcaster who shares a common

language with an intelligent summoned creature can

give orders in that language.

The full-round casting time of summoning spells

makes them vulnerable to interruption. However, there are

several ways to increase the chance of successfully casting

them. The most effective way to avoid being interrupted

is to avoid being seen. Try to move somewhere where you

have concealment—or become invisible, since summoning

spells don’t break invisibility. Consider protecting yourself

with illusion spells, such as displacement or mirror image.

You could also hide around a corner, behind an obstacle,

or even behind another party member in a pinch.

Protection from evil and magic circle against evil, as well as

their counterparts, serve as barricades against summoned

creatures of particular alignments. They prevent summoned

creatures from touching a warded creature or attacking it

with their natural weapons unless they have spell resistance

that can overcome the ward. Dispel magic, dismissal, and

banishment end a summoning. If a summoned creature is

in the area of an antimagic field, it disappears as long as the

field remains.

CALLING 101

The primary spells that call creatures are the planar ally and

planar binding spells. Calling spells don’t have a set duration;

the creature remains until it completes its appointed task or

breaks free. Called creatures don’t just return to their home

planes when reduced to 0 hit points, meaning they can die.

Dispel magic does not send home a creature brought forth

through calling spells, but dismissal and banishment do.

Planar ally is a request for aid from a being that shares

your philosophy. When anyone uses planar ally, whether

from her own magical ability or with a magic item, the

spell calls a servitor of her deity, if she has one. Otherwise,

it summons a creature that matches the caster’s alignment

and philosophy. Callers who cast planar ally must offer

the called outsider a gift in exchange for its services. The

longer and more complicated the service, the larger the gift

required. Each specific outsider has different gifts that it

favors. The Binding Outsiders section on pages 101–110 of

Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Magic includes a thorough guide

to the preferences of each type of outsider.

Planar binding, on the other hand, can call forth any

creature. When casting planar binding, a caller traps the

creature inside a magic circle and attempts to force it to

perform a task. While planar binding is more versatile than

planar ally, it is also more dangerous. The bound creature

may harm or even kill the caller for her insolence, and it may

seek revenge in the future if it is not treated with respect.

It is wise to offer gifts to facilitate peaceful negotiations,

but gifts alone are insufficient. Many creatures, if left to

their own devices, would either escape with teleportation

or planar travel abilities, or attack the caller before she has

the chance to open negotiations.

The first step in performing a binding is to cast an

inward-facing magic circle spell against the appropriate

alignment. This traps the target creature within—called

beings cannot cross this circle. Callers can prepare a

calling diagram within the magic circle to stop the creature

from using its spells and abilities to attack those outside

the circle, or from using its spell resistance to escape

the circle. The diagram also allows the caller to cast

dimensional anchor on the magic circle just before casting

the planar binding. The called creature can still escape by

overwhelming the caster’s strength of soul and sense of

self—gaining its freedom if it succeeds at a Charisma

check—but the diagram makes this Charisma check

considerably more difficult.

A wise caller researches the creature she plans to call

and invests in defenses to protect her from its potential

wrath. She stockpiles objects that could be used to bribe

or threaten the outsider as the situation warrants, and she

is careful not to summon something that is too powerful

for her to handle.

COMMON SUMMONING OPTIONS

The two most common methods of summoning are

the summon monster and summon nature’s ally spells.

Characters of many classes can cast summon monster,

including the antipaladin, arcanist, bard, cleric, oracle,

skald, sorcerer, summoner, warpriest, witch, and wizard.

The list of classes that can cast summon nature’s ally is far

more limited, and includes the druid, hunter, and ranger.

Some archetypes and other options also grant the use

of summoning spells. In addition, a few other common

summoning spells in the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook,

such as summon swarm and insect plague, allow casters

to call forth swarms.

For those who wish to call outsiders, planar ally and

planar binding are the most common methods, though

the 9th-level spell gate is another option for the most

powerful spellcasters.

There are also items that allow characters to summon

creatures. The bag of tricks, in all its varieties, allows

a character to pull out a random animal. The horn of

Valhalla allows worthy owners who blow into it to

summon a horde of human barbarians. Whoever cracks

open an elemental gem summons a Large elemental.

For those with more gold in their pockets and a desire to

interact with genies, there are the ring of djinni calling

and the efreeti bottle. The bead of summons on a strand

of prayer beads allows any divine spellcaster to summon

a powerful ally (limited only by those the GM is willing

to have answer the call, though it’s often run as if it

functioned as gate) for an entire day. Finally, a couple of

staves include summoning spells: the staff of conjuration

and the staff of swarming insects. There are many more

summoning items beyond the Core Rulebook, but in most

realms these curios are significantly less common.

Arcane scholars have been studying conjuration magic

for millennia, some of them focusing the entirety of their

academic research on summoning or calling powerful

creatures from other planes to do their bidding. However,

scholarly magic is not the only method of summoning;

some are born with an innate predisposition to it, or call

upon a deity to send servants of the faith. No matter the

source of summoning magic, many have followed the

path of the conjurer, and presented here are just a few of

those possible paths.

ANCESTRAL HARBINGER

(BLOODRAGER ARCHETYPE)

While all bloodragers tap into their bloodlines to fuel the

arcane energies they use in battle, some have the ability to

call directly to the spirits of their ancestors to aid them,

summoning spirits to fight for them or inspire their

allies. Ancestral harbingers are particularly common

among Shoanti bloodragers and among Bonuwat tribes

living along the coast of western Garund.

Spirit Guardian (Sp): At 2nd level, an ancestral

harbinger can call upon her ancestors to aid her in combat,

summoning a weapon of force that functions as per spiritual

weapon. At 6th level, her ancestral spirit can take the form of

a savage creature, functioning as per summon nature’s allyII

(this can’t be used to summon multiple creatures from the

summon nature’s ally I list). At 12th level, her ancestor can

manifest physically as a ghostly figure, functioning as per

spiritual ally (Pathfinder RPG Advanced Player’s Guide246). At

18th level, her ancestral spirit can manifest either

as a single powerful creature or as multiple lesser

ancestors, functioning as per summon nature’s ally VI.

The harbinger chooses which spell this ability functions

as at the time of casting, and can use this ability while

in a bloodrage. The ancestral harbinger can use this

ability once per day, plus an additional time per day

for every 4 bloodrager levels she possesses beyond 2nd.

This ability replaces uncanny dodge and the bloodline

feats gained at 6th and 18th levels.

Spirit Servants: At 5th level, an ancestral harbinger

adds summon monster I to her class spell list and gains

it as a bonus spell known. She also gains summon

monster II at 8th level, summon monster III at 11th level,

and summon monster IV at 14th level. These spells can

be used only to summon types of monsters with strong

ties to the ancestral harbinger’s family history, ranging

from clan totems to monsters of the same type as those

famously killed by her forebears. For each of these spells,

the ancestral harbinger selects a number of monsters she

can summon equal to her Charisma bonus (minimum 1)

to represent these spirits. These monsters are selected

from the options on the summon monster creature list

or the expanded summoning list (see page 28) that are

appropriate for the spell level. At 7th level and every

2 bloodrager levels thereafter, the ancestral harbinger can

swap one selected monster from one of these spells for a

new monster from the same level’s summoning lists.

The ancestral harbinger has a mystic tie to the spirit

servants summoned with this ability. When the ancestral

harbinger is in a bloodrage, all of her spirit servants gain

a +2 morale bonus to AC and on attack rolls, damage

rolls, and saving throws. The spirit servants also gain

2 temporary hit points per Hit Die. At 11th

level, the morale bonus increases to +3 and the

Summoning Archetypes

number of temporary hit points per Hit Die increases to3.

At 20th level, the morale bonus increases to +4 and the

number of temporary hit points per Hit Die increases to 4.

The morale bonus and temporary hit points last until the

bloodrage ends. This ability replaces improved uncanny

dodge and the bloodline feat gained at 12th level.

HERALD CALLER (CLERIC ARCHETYPE)

Unlike warpriests or paladins, who charge headlong into

battle in the name of their patron deities, herald callers are

adept at calling powerful outsiders to aid their brethren

in battle.

Skill Ranks per Level: 4 + Int modifier. This alters the

cleric’s class skills.

Dedicated Summoner: A herald caller depends on

summoned allies to overcome her foes, which affords her

little experience with the martial pursuits typical of other

clerics and a narrower spiritual focus. A herald caller can

choose only one domain from her deity’s list of domains,

rather than the normal two domains, and she doesn’t gain

proficiency with medium armor or shields. This ability

alters the cleric’s domains and armor proficiencies.

Call Heralds (Su): A herald caller can channel stored spell

energy into summoning spells that she hasn’t prepared

ahead of time. She can lose a prepared spell in order to cast

any summon monster spell of the same level or lower. She

gains a +1 bonus on concentration checks to cast a summon

monster spell defensively. This bonus increases to +2 at 5th

level, and increases by 1 every 5 cleric levels thereafter.

Divine Heralds (Su): A herald caller can use summon

monster spells only to summon creatures particularly

appropriate to her deity. This includes all creatures listed

as summon monster options for priests of her deity (see

Expanded Summoning for Priests on page 30), creatures

whose alignment matches at least one aspect of her deity’s

alignment, and creatures of an elemental subtype that

matches a domain granted by the deity (if any). When

summoning a creature that is normally summoned

with the celestial or fiendish template, a herald caller of

a chaotic deity can instead summon it with the entropic

template, and a herald caller of a lawful deity can instead

summon it with the resolute template (see pages 292–293

of Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 2 for more information on these

simple templates).

Because of these summoned monsters’ strong ties to the

herald caller’s deity, the herald caller also gains specific

benefits with creatures she summons with summon

monster spells gained from her cleric spell list. The herald

caller and her summoned monsters can understand each

other’s spoken words as if they shared a common language

(though this doesn’t give summoned monsters the ability

to speak if they normally lack it). Whenever the herald

caller uses channel energy to heal, she can include all

of her summoned monsters, even if they are out of her

normal channel energy radius or of a creature type that

would not normally be affected. If she channels energy

to deal damage, she can exclude any of her summoned

monsters that would normally be affected.

Mighty Heralds: At 4th level, a herald caller receives

Augment Summoning as a bonus feat, and is considered

to have Spell Focus (conjuration) for the purposes of

prerequisites for feats that have Augment Summoning as a

prerequisite (such as Evolved Summoned Monster on page

146 of the Pathfinder RPG Advanced Class Guide). At 8th level,

she gains Superior Summoning (Pathfinder RPG Ultimate

Magic 157) as a bonus feat.

MONSTER TACTICIAN

(INQUISITOR ARCHETYPE)

While most inquisitors have learned to take advantage of

the movements of their opponents and allies in combat,

some instead summon creatures as a means of claiming

strategic advantage, exploiting the mystic connection

between themselves and their summoned creatures to

impart a bit of their own tactical knowledge.

Summon Monster (Sp): Starting at 1st level, a monster

tactician can cast summon monster I as a spell-like ability

a number of times per day equal to 3 + her Wisdom

modifier. She can cast this spell as a standard action, and

the creatures remain for 1 minute per level (instead of

1round per level). At 3rd level and every 2 inquisitor levels

thereafter, the power of this ability increases by 1 spell

level, allowing her to summon more powerful creatures (to

a maximum of summon monster IX at 17th level). A monster

tactician cannot have more than one summon monster

spell active in this way at a time; if she uses another, any

existing summon monster immediately ends. These summon

monster spells are considered to be part of the monster

tactician’s spell list for the purposes of spell trigger and

spell completion items. In addition, she can expend uses

of this ability to fulfill the construction requirements of

any magic items she creates, so long as she can use this

ability to cast the required spells.

At 2nd level and each level thereafter, the monster

tactician can add one monster from the expanded summon

monster list (see pages 28–29) to her list of available

summoned creatures. She can add a new option to any

summon monster spell she can cast at the time she chooses

the monster; once made, these choices cannot be changed.

This ability replaces judgment.

Summon Tactics (Su): At 5th level, every time a monster

tactician casts a summoning spell, she can choose any

one teamwork feat she knows. All creatures summoned by

the spell are treated as if they had the chosen feat for all

purposes, without needing to meet any prerequisites. At

8th level and again at 16th level, the number of teamwork

feats that she can choose when casting a summoning spell

increases by 1. She cannot choose the same feat twice. At

20th level, all creatures summoned by the spell are treated

as if they knew all of the monster tactician’s teamwork

feats. This ability replaces discern lies, second judgment,

third judgment, slayer, and true judgment.

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Spellcasters who focus on summoning can overwhelm

adversaries with sheer numbers. Facing such enemies

calls for tactics designed to overcome conjured beasts.

COUNTER-SUMMONER

(SUMMONER ARCHETYPE)

While most summoners excel at conjuring monsters, there

are those who focus instead on disrupting the conjurations

of opponents. The counter-summoner harnesses powerful

abjuration magic to instantly thwart the conjuration and

summoning abilities of other casters, though at the cost of

weakening his own powers of conjuration.

Counter-Summon (Su): At 1st level, a counter-summoner

can attempt to counter a conjuration spell cast by another

creature. He must identify the spell being cast as normal

for counterspelling. If he does so, he can attempt to counter

the spell as a swift or immediate action. To counter the

spell, the counter-summoner must attempt a dispel check

as if using dispel magic. If the spell being countered is a

summon monster or summon nature’s ally spell, the counter-

summoner gains a +5 bonus on the dispel check. The

counter-summoner can use this

ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + his Charisma

modifier. This replaces summon monster.

Detect Summons (Su): At 2nd level, as a swift action, a

counter-summoner can target a single creature he can see

and determine if it has been summoned to its current plane

from another. This ability reveals whether the target has

been conjured by a conjuration (summoning) or (calling)

spell, and allows the counter-summoner to attempt a

Spellcraft check to identify the spell that conjured it (using

the same DC as if the counter-summoner had witnessed

the spell being cast). This ability replaces bond senses.

Weaken Summons (Su): At 10th level, as a standard action,

a counter-summoner can attempt to weaken a summoned

or called creature within 60 feet. The targeted creature

takes a –2 penalty on attack and damage rolls and to Armor

Class for 1 minute per summoner level. A successful Will

save (DC = 10 + 1/2 the counter-summoner’s class level + his

Charisma modifier) negates this effect. A given summoned

creature can’t be targeted by this ability more than once per

24-hour period. This ability replaces aspect.

Improved Weaken Summons (Su): At 18th level, the

penalty for the counter-summoner’s weaken summons

ability changes to –4. This ability replaces greater aspect.

FE ATS

The following feats are especially useful for characters

who expect to face many summoned opponents.

Banishing Critical (Critical)

Your familiarity with summoning creatures has taught

you how to send them away with a well-timed strike.

Prerequisites: Arcane Strike or Disruptive; Spellcraft

8ranks; arcane pool class feature.

Benefit: When you confirm a critical hit against a target

while using Arcane Strike or with a weapon enhanced by

your arcane pool, if the target was summoned by a spell

you identified using a Spellcraft check, it

must succeed at a Will save (DC = 10 + 1/2 your

character level + your Intelligence modifier)

or be sent back to its home plane as per

the dismissal spell.

Dimensional Awareness

(Combat)

Your exposure to summoned

creatures allows you to predict

where conjured opponents will

likely appear.

Prerequisites: Arcane Strike

or Disruptive; Banishing

Critical; Combat Reflexes;

Spellcraft 8 ranks; arcane

pool class feature.

Fighting Summoned Monsters

Benefit: If a summoned or called creature materializes

in a space you threaten, you can make an attack of

opportunity against that creature before it acts, gaining a

+2 circumstance bonus on the attack roll if you successfully

identified the spell used to summon or call that creature.

Normal: A summoned or called creature appears

instantly when the spell used to conjure it is completed,

allowing for no attack of opportunity against the creature.

Dimensional Disruption (Combat)

You’ve become so adept at combating summoned creatures

that you can interrupt the magical energies that summon

them to your plane.

Prerequisites: Arcane Strike or Disruptive; Banishing

Critical; Combat Reflexes; Dimensional Awareness;

Spellcraft 8 ranks; arcane pool class feature.

Benefit: When you use Dimensional Awareness to

make an attack of opportunity against a creature being

summoned or called into a square you threaten, you can

additionally use an immediate action to attempt to send

the creature back to its home plane. Attempt a Spellcraft

check (DC = 15 + the creature’s CR [minimum 1] + the spell

level of the spell that summoned the creature). If you

succeed, the creature does not get to act and is immediately

sent back to its home plane.

Normal: A summoning or calling spell can be

disrupted only by a failed concentration check or by

countering the spell.

Dispel Focus

You are skilled at the art of dispelling.

Prerequisite: Ability to cast dispel magic.

Benefit: Whenever you attempt a dispel check based on

your caster level, you gain a +2 bonus on the check.

Greater Dispel Focus

You are a master of the art of dispelling.

Prerequisites: Dispel Focus, ability to cast dispel magic.

Benefit: Whenever you attempt a dispel check based on

your caster level, you gain a +2 bonus to the check. This

stacks with the bonus from Dispel Focus.

MAGUS ARCANA

The following magus arcana are of particular use for those

who frequently face summoned foes.

Intuitive Protection (Sp): When a conjuration (summoning)

spell is cast by an opponent and the magus successfully

identifies the spell with a Spellcraft check, he can spend

1point form his arcane pool as an immediate action to cast

protection from chaos, evil, good, or law (chosen when using this

ability) on himself; this lasts a number of rounds equal to

his magus level. At 7th level, he can instead cast magic circle

against chaos, evil, good, or law when using this ability. The

magus must be at least 3rd level before selecting this arcana.

Planar Hunter (Su): Whenever the magus enhances his

weapon using his arcane pool, he can spend 1 additional

point from his arcane pool to add the planar

special

ability to his weapon, or 2 additional points to add the

phase locking

special ability. The magus must be at least

9th level before selecting this arcana.

HEX

The following hex can be taken by shamans and witches.

Disrupt Connection (Su): The hexer disrupts the connection

between a summoned creature within 30 feet and its

master. The summoned creature must succeed at a Will

save or be confused for 1d4 rounds. While it’s confused in

this way, during any round in which the percentile die roll

to determine the creature’s confusion result is 76–100, the

affected creature instead acts as if the hexer had summoned

it (attacking the hexer’s enemies or performing such other

tasks that the hexer can communicate to it). At 8th level, this

hex causes the summoned creature to act as if the hexer had

summoned it on a result of 51–100. At 16th level, this hex

causes the summoned creature to act this way on a result of

26–100. The cackle hex extends the duration of this hex by 1

round. Once a creature has been the target of this hex, that

creature is immune to this hex for 24 hours.

COUNTER-SUMMONING SPELLS

While counter-summoners focus their arcane studies

on ways to combat summoned monsters, spellcasters

of various disciplines may find the ability to fight such

creatures appealing. Many spells are useful against

creatures from other planes. Some of these spells, such

as banishment and dismissal, are commonly known

by many spellcasters, while others, such as dispel

balance (Pathfinder Player Companion: Champions of

Balance 27), may be more obscure and unknown to all

but a small group of dedicated scholars.

Among the most common defenses against summoned

creatures are protection from evil and its other alignment

and circle variants, which can prevent physical contact

with summoned creatures (but not eidolons). Spells such

as control summoned creature (Pathfinder RPG Ultimate

Magic 212) can be potent tools when used against a

summoner, as they can even be used to command a trusted

eidolon to attack its master if the eidolon was summoned

using summon eidolon (Pathfinder RPG Advanced Player’s

Guide 248). The consecrate spell can be used to thwart the

creation or summoning of undead creatures into an area,

and is the bane of many a necromancer. Dimensional lock

and forbiddance can be used to keep powerful outsiders

from summoning more of their kind, which can turn the

tide of combat in many situations.

Finally, dispel magic can be one of the most effective

tools against summoned creatures, since using it does

not require knowledge of the spell used to summon

the targeted creature. Remember, though, that called

creatures and creatures such as eidolons are immune to

dispel magic.

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The summoning of outsiders is far from a rarity on

Golarion. Many groups of people and even entire nations

have embraced the use of summoning.

ORGANIZATIONS

The organizations presented here make substantial use

of summoning. Each entry includes a trait that can help

establish a character as a member of that organization.

Acadamae

Nestled in the Heights of Korvosa, mages from all over the

Inner Sea come to study the teachings of the Acadamae.

While the highly esteemed institution teaches all eight

schools of magic, conjuration is a mandatory aspect of the

grueling final exams.

Acadamae Neophyte (magic): You have shown a

significant talent for the magical arts, gaining the

attention of the famed Acadamae of Korvosa. Whenever

you succeed at a Knowledge (planes) check to identify a

creature and its special powers or vulnerabilities, you gain

one additional piece of useful information (as if your skill

check result had been 5 higher).

Blackﬁre Adepts

The Blackfire Adepts are a secret group of mages,

diabolists, and occultists who travel through the wounds

of the multiverse seeking knowledge and power. Many who

return from their journeys do so with the aid of newfound

foul powers, either granted by or stolen from wicked forces.

Vile Domain (faith): Your connection with a malignant

force has granted you great power. Choose a domain

granted by an evil aligned deity, such as an archdevil,

demon lord, or Great Old One. You gain a +1 trait bonus

to your caster level when casting spells that are granted by

that domain. This doesn’t grant you the ability to cast such

spells—you must still have access to the spells through

some other means.

Bloodstone Conservatory

The small town of Czarny Las in Irrisen lies on an

intersection of arcane energies, making it ideal for

conjuration. The Bloodstone Conservatory was established

specifically for conjurers and summoners to perfect their

skills. Enrolling in the conservatory is a complex, confusing,

and exhausting endeavor, leading those who manage to

succeed to be surprisingly adept at conveying their points.

Expressive Pantomime (social): You have learned to

express yourself without having to depend on words.

When attempting a Bluff check to deliver a secret message,

you can take a –5 penalty on the check to communicate

a simple message even to creatures that do not share

a language with you. You cannot communicate with

mindless creatures.

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Genie Binders

A large number of the lands settled by Keleshites—

especially Katapesh, Qadira, and Jalmeray—were built on

the backs of genies. Using the works of Sulesh the Great

as a foundation, genie binders are capable of not only

compelling these outsiders to serve, but also trapping

them in bottles and rings for later requests.

Binder’s Blood (social): Your lineage features a large

number of genie callers, granting you insight into the

intricacies of genie binding. You gain a +2 trait bonus

on any Charisma-based checks when directly interacting

with a genie.

Hellknights

The Hellknights follow a strict reading of the law, and their

enforcement of it is even stricter. They don’t worry about

the morality of their methods, so long as the law is upheld.

The Hellknights turn to the tactics of Hell for inspiration,

and even train with summoned devils to strengthen their

resolve against mortal foes.

Hellknight Initiate (combat): You have laboriously

studied the training rites of various Hellknight orders with

the intent of joining one yourself. You gain a +2 trait bonus

on damage rolls against outsiders summoned through

conjuration (calling) and conjuration (summoning) spells

and effects.

Riftwardens

Defenders of the Great Beyond, the Riftwardens work

tirelessly against the Blackfire Adepts. Many Riftwardens

travel the Great Beyond, foiling evildoers and working to

protect the delicate boundaries of the planes. They are

much sought after as guides because of their knowledge

of the multiverse.

Outsider Ties (magic): An outsider visited you at a young

age, and you have had a significant affinity with that type

of outsider ever since. Choose a subtype of outsider, such

as angel or elemental. When you summon an outsider of

that subtype via summon monster, planar ally, planar binding,

or similar spells and abilities, the summoned creature

gains a number of temporary hit points equal to the level

of spell used to summon it.

REGIONS

Calling and binding affect everyday life in the regions

presented below. Each entry includes a trait that can help

establish a character as hailing from that region.

Cheliax

Chelaxians are notorious for their decadent lifestyles

and their association with the denizens of Hell. The use

of bound devils by Queen Abrogail I secured the rule of

House Thrune over the nation, and since then, many noble

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Chelish houses have taken to using devils to further their

goals. The common folk generally continue to go about

their lives as they had before, but many live in fear of the

diabolists that rule their land.

Chelish Guerrilla (Cheliax): In overthrowing House

Thrune, you’ve spent many years training to face the

diabolist nobles and the devils they bind. You gain a +2

trait bonus on Knowledge checks to identify devils (and

their special powers and weaknesses) and a +1 trait bonus

on weapon damage rolls against devils.

Nidal

Draped in shadow since the days of Earthfall, the citizens

of Nidal have offered their obedience to Zon-Kuthon in

exchange for their ensured survival. Through the shadow

magics wielded by the powerful members of the Umbral

Court, many fell creatures have made their way from the

Plane of Shadow into Nidal. Hidden agents of Desna have

toiled tirelessly against the dark agents, striking from the

very shadows they wish to lift.

Shadow Dissident (Nidal): Lifelong encounters with

conjured shadows have made you especially adept at

piercing their dark veils. You gain a +2 trait bonus on

saving throws against spells and effects with the shadow

descriptor (Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Magic 138).

Osirion

Elementals roaming this nation’s desert sands are hardly

a rare sight, and Osirian mages have struck countless

bargains and pacts with the various elemental clans

over the millennia. In fact, Osirion’s current ruler,

Ruby Prince Khemet III, has taken a fire elemental as a

personal advisor.

Elemental Ties (Osirion): Interactions with elementals

are commonplace for you. You gain a +1 trait bonus on

Diplomacy checks when dealing with creatures of the

elemental type, and you begin play knowing one of the

following languages as an additional bonus language:

Aquan, Auran, Ignan, or Terran.

Thuvia

Thousands of years ago, the Pharaoh of Forgotten Plagues

established the House of Oblivion to draw the attention of

Ahriman, Lord of All Divs. After the fall of the Pharaoh of

Forgotten Plagues, Ahriman fled to Abaddon, leaving a

malignantly infused House of Oblivion, which stands

to this day deep in the vast desert of Thuvia. A heavy

presence of divs has tormented the region ever since,

with the heart of their presence in central Thuvia.

Div Hunter (Thuvia): Divs have tormented you and

your loved ones for as long as you can remember.

You’ve improved your skills to better oppose the

creatures. You gain a +2 trait bonus on Knowledge

checks to identify divs (and their special powers

and weaknesses) and a +1 trait bonus on weapon damage

rolls against divs.

The Worldwound

Nowhere are the effects of summoning felt more directly

than the Worldwound. With the death of Aroden, a

horrendous, metaphysical event consumed the land of

Sarkoris. Demons and other abominations spewed forth

from a terrible rift to the Abyss and destroyed the god

callers of the region. Since then, multiple crusades have

marched upon the Worldwound in hopes of stopping the

assault of demonic hordes once and for all.

Demonbane Summoner (The Worldwound): Your line

is derived directly from the god callers of Sarkoris. You

adamantly oppose the demonic forces of the Worldwound

in hopes of reclaiming your lost lands. The attacks of

creatures you summon are treated as cold iron for the

purpose of overcoming damage reduction.

While the binding or calling of outsiders can provide

spellcasters with very powerful allies, it also proves to

be a truly difficult task. Even with proper forethought,

binding is an expensive prospect that involves dealing

with immortal beings who have few immediate needs.

Performing a summoning without preparation proves

even more dangerous and can easily leave a summoner at

the mercy of her intended ally. The advice presented below

is intended to help would-be binders or callers meet their

goals, as is the feat at the end of this section.

TYPES OF OUTSIDERS

The people of Golarion each have individual personalities,

motivations, and ideals, and the same is true of outsiders.

Outsiders of each type usually prefer that which grants

them the greatest power and furthers their own goals.

Presented here is a simple primer on the desires of

outsiders in each major category. See pages 101–110 of

Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Magic for more information on

the binding and calling of these creatures.

Aeon: Strange, alien creatures from the farthest reaches

of the multiverse, aeons seek an overall balance for the

whole of existence. Requests of aeons often prove difficult,

as much because of their bizarre views and methods of

communication as their unwillingness to provide aid

unless the spellcaster’s desires align with their own goals.

(Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 2 8)

Agathion: Agathions are the embodiments of pure

good, regardless of the forms they take. So long as their

bestial forms are not mocked or insulted in any manner,

agathions delight at the prospect of tasks that further

the aspects of good throughout the universe, and accept

any payment that seems likely to produce a greater good.

Neutral and evil spellcasters have a more difficult time

securing the aid of agathions, and often motivate these

bestial outsiders by inflicting harsh punishments

rather than offering them rewards. (Bestiary 2 15)

Angel: Covering all aspects of good, angels hail

from Heaven, Nirvana, and Elysium. Angels serve

those who can provide new knowledge or opportunities

to destroy evil wherever it may lie, or who ally with

their divine masters. They accept payment in beauty

and works of art. (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 9)

Archon: Creatures of both law and good, archons

seek the defense of order, justice, and those too

weak to protect themselves. Archons favor gifts of

servitude to a local temple or to the needy, as well

as gifts of weapons and armors for their crusades

against evil. (Bestiary 18)

Asura: Born of the mistakes and missteps of the

gods, asuras are intent on the destruction of any and

all of the gods’ creations. Possessing terrible goals,

asuras prefer tasks that bring ruin to servitors of any

deity. They are also fond of obtaining new knowledge

of the cosmos, which they believe will help them

unmake the existence asuras so hate. They accept

payment in treasured works of the gods that they can

destroy personally. (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 3 21)

Azata: Paragons of freedom and good, azatas

are somewhat flighty in their response to mortal

requests. They prefer completing jobs quickly so they

can move on to new ones. They are more responsive

when offered a tale, song, game, or other piece of art to

appreciate. (Bestiary 23)

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Daemon: Daemons primarily seek the death and

devastation of mortal souls. They jump at opportunities

to wreak havoc and destruction, but spellcasters must

be wary in their attempts to call a daemon. So vicious

and savage are some daemons that they often attempt to

destroy those who call them. (Bestiary 2 62)

Demodand: Servitor spawn of thanatotic titans,

demodands are cruel creatures that seek to impose the will

of their masters upon existence by any means necessary.

Demodands search for opportunities to sow the seeds of

anarchy across the universe. They also revel in the chance

to kill or torture divine agents such as paladins and clerics.

(Bestiary 3 68)

Demon: Born of the chaos of the Abyss, demons seek to

further the suffering of mortal beings. They are kept in

control only by showings of great power, whether immense

knowledge or physical might. (Bestiary 56)

Devil: Attempts to call devils are usually facilitated by

the use of holy or silver substances. Most devils prefer

sacrifices as payment, especially the sacrifice of innocents

or good-aligned clerics. (Bestiary 71)

Div: Divs are vile fiends that seek the systematic

dismantling and suffering of mortal lives at every turn.

They indulge in the ruin of mortals’ best creations. Given

the opportunity, they seek to destroy or despoil things

regarded as beautiful or joyous. (Bestiary 3 82)

Elemental and Genie: Most elementals and genies

respect only strength. Elementals submit to displays of

great physical might and mastery of magics opposed to

their own natures, while genies bow to demonstrations of

vast mental prowess. Genies are also swayed by offerings of

gems, tomes, or slaves. (Bestiary 120–127, 139–143)

Inevitable: Beings of pure law, inevitables refuse to

work with anyone who stands against their decrees or

purposes. When used to seek out and resolve violations of

the law, inevitables oblige a binder’s request and accept any

reasonably valuable object as payment. (Bestiary 2 161)

Kami: Most common in Tian Xia, kami are the gods’

designated guardians of nature and strive to protect a

particular natural aspect. So long as no harm comes to

their wards, kami are open to reasonable requests. They

also favor those who go out of their way to benefit nature

by planting trees or caring for animals, as well as those

who are opposed to the oni. (Bestiary 3 159)

Kyton: Kytons feed on the fear and suffering of mortals

through the use of physical torture and other, more

supernatural means. They commonly take the summoners’

bodies as offerings, using them as canvases of mutilation

before engaging in any requests. This practice is especially

sacred to followers of Zon-Kuthon. (Bestiary 3 170)

Oni: Fallen kami filled with rage and despair, oni

indulge in the physical pleasures of the world. Food,

violence, and offerings of the f lesh are most pleasing to

oni. (Bestiary 3 205)

Protean: Negotiating with proteans proves difficult,

as they are intent on a return to pure chaos and entropy.

Most bargains with a protean must offer some kind of step

toward the inevitable chaos that they seek. (Bestiary 2 213)

Psychopomp: Created by Pharasma, psychopomps’

primary task is to lead souls to their final resting places.

Psychopomps often refuse to aid anyone who is not also

an agent of Pharasma, though they agree to assist those

who oppose the trade in souls conducted by daemons,

hags, and others. Many psychopomps develop eclectic

personal tastes, to which well-informed summoners may

appeal in order to gain the outsider’s service. (Pathfinder

RPG Bestiary 4 217)

Qlippoth: Qlippoth hate the whole of mortality, and only

the most powerful, or most foolish, seek the assistance

of these unpredictable creatures. Most qlippoth do not

answer the calls of binders, and those who do rarely abide

by their agreements. (Bestiary 2 218)

AUGMENT CALLING

Your attempts to bind or call outsiders are highly potent.

Prerequisites: Spell Focus (conjuration); ability to cast

lesser planar ally, lesser planar binding, or a higher-level

version of these spells.

Benefit: Choose a subtype of outsider, such as angel

or elemental. When using the planar ally or planar binding

spells, you can call 2 additional Hit Dice of outsiders with

the chosen subtype. You also gain an additional benefit

depending on what spell you are casting.

When you call an outsider of the chosen subtype with

planar ally spells, you reduce the price it demands for

service by 25%, to a minimum of 1,000 gp.

When you bind an outsider of the chosen subtype with

planar binding spells and request a service of the outsider,

you gain a +2 bonus on Charisma checks to do so.

Special: You can gain this feat multiple times. Its

effects do not stack. Each time you take the feat, it applies

to a different subtype of outsider.

TRUE NAMES

Many outsiders bear names that, while they are pure

representations of those very creatures, are also secrets to

the rest of existence. Such “true names” grant significant

influence over outsiders targeted by conjuration (calling)

magic. Finding a true name requires at least 1 month

of studying books, glyphs, scrolls, and more in a library

or other appropriate locale. Afterward, a successful

Knowledge (planes) check (DC = 10 + the creature’s Hit

Dice) may reveal the sought-after true name. The DC to

find the true name of some especially powerful or obscure

creatures may be up to 10 higher.

Not all outsiders are coerced by the use of true names.

For elementals and genies, true names are not binding,

but these creatures take notice of the cunning involved

to find one. Truly chaotic and primeval creatures, such as

proteans and qlippoth, have no true names, and individual

aeons, if they have true names, may have more than one.

While the summon monster and summon nature’s ally spells are

well known for their ability to summon powerful creatures,

there are other ways to access extraplanar power. The

following are new character options that make use of energy

or creatures drawn from other planes in ways that extend

beyond simply summoning monsters to fight your foes.

SUMMONING FEATS

The following feats are most common in areas that

maintain a strong focus on conjuration magic, such as

the Acadamae in Korvosa and lands that focus on specific

creatures (such as devils in Cheliax and creatures from

the Plane of Shadow in Nidal), but can be taken by any

characters who meet the prerequisites.

Planar Focus

By studying other planes, you’ve learned to take on aspects

of outsiders as well as animals.

Prerequisites: Knowledge (planes) 5 ranks, animal

focus

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class feature.

Benefit: When you use your animal focus class feature,

you can choose any of the following new aspects unless

they conflict with your alignment.

Air: You gain a constant feather fall effect. At 10th level,

you instead gain a constant levitate effect.

Chaotic: Your form shifts subtly, making it difficult

for others to aim precise attacks against you. You gain a

25% chance to negate extra damage from critical hits and

precision damage from attacks made against you (such as

from sneak attacks). Only chaotic characters can use this

planar focus.

Cold: Creatures that attack you with natural attacks or

melee weapons take 1d4 points of cold damage for every

2class levels you possess.

Earth: You gain a burrow speed equal to your base land

speed, and a +2 enhancement bonus to your natural armor.

Evil: You gain a +1 profane bonus to AC and on saves

against attacks made and effects created by good outsiders.

This bonus increases to +2 at 10th level. Only evil characters

can use this planar focus.

Fire: Your natural attacks and melee weapons deal

1d6points of fire damage for every 4 class levels you possess.

Good: You gain a +1 sacred bonus to AC and on saves

against attacks made or effects created by evil outsiders.

This bonus increases to +2 at 10th level. Only good

characters can use this planar focus.

Lawful: You can automatically succeed at any saving

throw against a polymorph spell or effect. Only lawful

characters can use this planar focus.

Shadow: You gain a +5 bonus on Stealth and Sleight of

Hand checks.

Water: You gain a 30-foot swim speed and can breathe

water as well as air.

Extraplanar Power

Scouting Summons (Metamagic)

Your experiments with the connection between summoners

and the creatures they summon have taught you to see

through the eyes of a summoned creature for a short time.

Prerequisites: Spell Focus (conjuration), ability to cast

magic jar.

Benefit: When casting a conjuration (summoning)

spell that summons a single creature, you can possess the

creature as per magic jar (but with no receptacle necessary).

If the creature takes damage while you possess it, you must

succeed at a concentration check (DC equal to the amount of

damage taken) or be ejected from the creature immediately.

If the creature takes enough damage to reduce it to 0 hit

points or fewer, you are immediately ejected from the

creature and take an amount of damage equal to double

the level of the spell slot used to summon that creature. A

scouting summons spell takes up a spell slot 2 levels higher

than the spell’s actual level.

Solid Shadows (Metamagic)

Your shadowy illusions are more potent.

Prerequisite: Spell Focus (illusion).

Benefit: When casting greater shadow conjuration, greater

shadow evocation, shadow conjuration, or shadow evocation (and,

at the GM’s discretion, any similar spell with the shadow

descriptor that mimics a spell of another school), that spell

is 20% more real then normal. A solid shadows spell takes

up a spell slot 1 level higher than the spell’s actual level.

Tattoo Attunement

You’ve learned to absorb summoned creatures into

temporary spell tattoos.

Prerequisites

: Inscribe Magical Tattoo

ISM

or Varisian

Tattoo

ISWG

; Spellcraft 5 ranks.

Benefit: As a standard action, you can touch a single

creature that you’ve summoned, instantly transforming it

into a magical tattoo on your body. This tattoo takes up

one magic item slot if the summoned creature is Medium

or smaller, and one additional adjacent slot for each size

category larger than Medium (see page 16 of Pathfinder

Campaign Setting: Inner Sea Magic for rules on magical

tattoos). You can have only one such tattoo at a time.

While in tattoo form, the summoned creature can’t

take actions and doesn’t need to eat, sleep, or breathe; it

retains the remaining duration of the summoning spell

used to conjure it. The creature can stay in tattoo form for

a number of hours equal to your caster level. If the creature

is still in tattoo form at the end of that time, the tattoo

disappears, the creature is sent back to the plane from

which it was summoned, and the remaining duration of

the summon is wasted. As a standard action that provokes

attacks of opportunity, you can cause the creature to

change from a tattoo back into creature form, and appear

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in a square adjacent to you. The remaining duration of

the spell is then expended as normal. The creature is

staggered for 1 round after emerging from tattoo form.

This is a supernatural ability.

Tattoo Conversion

Your have turned your deep knowledge of creating tattoos

from summoned creatures into an offensive weapon.

Prerequisites: Inscribe Magical Tattoo

ISM

or Varisian

Tattoo

ISWG

; Tattoo Attunement; Spellcraft 15 ranks; ability

to cast control summoned creature

Benefit: Once per day as a standard action that provokes

attacks of opportunity, you can make a melee touch attack

against a summoned creature to transform it into a magical

tattoo on your body as per Tattoo Attunement. When you

later transform the creature from tattoo to creature form,

you can attempt an opposed Spellcraft check against

the creature’s original summoner; if that summoner is

unconscious or dead, you automatically succeed at the

check. If you succeed, the creature must succeed at a Will

save (DC = 10 + your caster level) or treat you as the caster

of the spell that originally summoned it for the remaining

duration of the spell. This is a supernatural ability.

Tattoo Transformation

You’ve learned to take on some of the resistance of a

summoned creature when you absorb it as a tattoo.

Prerequisites: Inscribe Magical Tattoo

ISM

or Varisian

Tattoo

ISWG

; Tattoo Attunement; Spellcraft 9 ranks.

Benefit: When you use Tattoo Attunement on a creature

you’ve summoned, you can gain that creature’s elemental

resistance as long as it is in tattoo form. If the creature

has resistance to multiple elemental types, you gain only

one of them. If the creature is immune to an elemental

type, you gain resistance 20 to that type. For example, if

the creature has resistance 10 to both fire and cold and

immunity to electricity, you can gain resistance 10 to

either fire or cold or resistance 20 to electricity as long as

the creature is in tattoo form.

SUMMONING MASTERPIECE

Though bards are not often thought of as master

summoners, a bard without traveling companions

often turns to summoning servants he can then augment

with performances and spells. Other bards have developed

masterpieces to oppose the summoned allies of their foes.

Ballad of the Homesick Wanderer

(Oratory, Sing)

This poem of sadness and longing was developed by

a Riftwarden bard seeking a way to fight summoned

creatures without violence. Its otherworldly lyrics drive

outsiders to return to their planes of origin.

Prerequisites: Perform (oratory) or Perform (sing)

5ranks; ability to speak Abyssal, Aquan, Auran, Celestial,

Ignan, Infernal, or Terran.

Cost: Feat or 2nd-level bard spell known.

Effect: This mournful poem beckons outsiders back to

the plane on which they were spawned, making them pine

for their true home. Any summoned non-native outsiders

who can hear this performance must each succeed at a

Will save or feel compelled to return to their home plane.

If an outsider fails its save, each round of the performance

expends 2 rounds of the remaining duration of any spell or

effect that summoned that creature to the current plane (in

addition to the normal duration that passes each round).

Called outsiders who fail their Will saves against this

masterpiece take a –2 penalty on attack rolls, skill checks,

and saving throws for the performance’s duration. If the

performer can’t speak the native tongue of the outsider’s

home plane, the outsider gains a +4 bonus on its Will save

against this effect.

Use: 1 bardic performance round per round.

Activation: 1 full round.

Planar Summoners

Most spellcasters turn to summoning as a flexible means for

increasing their personal power and little else. However, a

few see summoning as a way to tie themselves more strongly

to specific planar energies. These planar summoners are

often drawn to the philosophy of a specific plane, and wish

to internalize part of that plane’s energy to learn to better

incorporate its essence into every aspect of their lives.

ELEMENTAL ALLY

(DRUID ARCHETYPE)

An elemental ally is a druid who has crafted powerful

bonds of trust and friendship with one ally from each

of the four primary elemental planes. Elemental allies

are most common in Qadira, where they are considered

similar to genie-binders.

Elemental Eidolons: At 1st level, an elemental ally has

four elemental eidolons she can summon, one each for

the elements of air, earth, fire, and water. Their abilities

and statistics are determined using the rules for elemental

eidolons for the summoner class from page 33 of Pathfinder

RPG Pathfinder Unchained, as if the elemental ally were

a summoner of her druid level, except they gain no

additional evolution pool (just those evolutions from their

base form and base evolutions from their subtype).

Each of the four elementals has its own base form, skills,

and feats. The elemental ally can summon one of these

elementals with the same 1-minute ritual a summoner

normally uses to do so. The elemental ally can’t summon

an eidolon or cast summon nature’s ally if she currently has

an eidolon summoned. She also can’t summon an eidolon

if she currently has a creature summoned through other

means. If one of the elemental ally’s eidolons is killed, she

cannot summon any eidolons for 24 hours. The elemental

ally can dismiss her eidolon as a standard action.

As the elemental ally gains levels, her elemental

eidolons’ base statistics and base evolutions increase as

if her druid level were her summoner level. The eidolons

gain the darkvision, link, share spells, evasion, ability

score increase, devotion, multiattack, and improved

evasion abilities at the appropriate levels, but never gain an

evolution pool. Abilities and spells that grant additional

evolution points to eidolons do not function for elemental

eidolons, though any ability that would grant evolution

points to an animal companion does work. The elemental

ally does not gain life link or any other class features a

summoner gains in relation to her eidolon.

This ability replaces nature’s bond and wild shape.

Elemental Empathy (Ex): An elemental ally can improve

the attitude of a creature of the elemental subtype. This

ability functions just like a Diplomacy check to improve

the attitude of a person. The elemental ally rolls 1d20

and adds her druid level and her Charisma modifier to

determine the elemental empathy check result.

To use elemental empathy, the elemental ally and the

elemental must be able to study each other, which means

that they must be within 30 feet of one another under

normal conditions. Generally, influencing an elemental

in this way takes 1 minute, but as with influencing people,

it might take more or less time.

An elemental ally can also use this ability to inf luence

a non-elemental outsider with the air, earth, fire, or water

subtype, but she takes a –4 penalty on the check.

This ability replaces wild empathy.

Elemental Magic: The elemental ally can target

elementals (including her elemental eidolons) with

any spell she casts that targets animals, even though

elementals can’t normally be targeted by such spells.

Elemental Resistance (Ex): At 4th level, an elemental ally

gains resist acid, cold, electricity, and fire 5. This ability

replaces resist nature’s lure.

MORPHIC SAVANT

(SUMMONER ARCHETYPE)

A morphic savant is an agent of change who draws power

from the Abyss, Elysium, or the Maelstrom to fulfill

whatever goals strike his fancy. Chaotic evil and chaotic

neutral morphic savants often train with Blackfire

Adepts in the hopes of learning greater powers of chaotic

unmaking, and chaotic good morphic savants are most

common as agents of the Bellf lower Network.

Alignment: Any chaotic.

Eidolon of Chaos: A morphic savant’s eidolon must be of

a chaotic alignment (if using the summoner from Pathfinder

Unchained, the eidolon must have the azata, demon, or

protean subtype). The morphic savant’s eidolon has three

base forms: biped, quadruped, and serpentine. Each form has

the same feats and skills, but has its own set of evolutions.

When the summoner meditates and regains his spell slots

for the day, he can select any of the three base forms of his

eidolon. The eidolon has 1 fewer evolution point than normal

for an eidolon of the morphic savant’s summoner level, and

has 1 fewer skill point per Hit Die. This ability alters eidolon.

Morphic Monsters: Since a morphic savant’s power is

drawn from planar energies aligned with chaos, all the

creatures he summons must be of a chaotic alignment.

If a creature would normally be celestial or fiendish, it is

instead an entropic creature

(Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 2 292).

This also causes the morphic savant’s summoning

power to be less reliable than a standard summoner’s.

Each time he uses his summon monster spell-like ability

to summon multiple creatures, there is a 50% chance he

summons one more monster than normal for the summon

monster spell he uses, in which case the creatures remain

for only 1 round per level (instead of 1 minute per level).

Also, starting at 2nd level, the morphic savant can grant

one 1-point evolution to all the creatures he summons with

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his summon monster spell-like ability. He can’t grant an

evolution that duplicates the function of, or has the same

name as, any ability the summoned creatures already

possess (for example, he can’t grant a creature with a bite

attack another bite attack), nor can he add an evolution

that causes the summoned monsters to have more attacks

than his eidolon’s maximum number of attacks. The

creatures do not have to be of the correct subtype to gain

an evolution, but do have to meet any other prerequisites.

This ability alters summon monster.

Chaos Magic: A morphic savant gains the following

bonus spells known at the listed spell level: 1st—protection

from law, 2nd—shard of chaos

, 3rd —magic circle against

law, 4th—chaos hammer, 5th—dispel law, 6th—word of

chaos. The morphic savant gains one fewer spell known

per spell level for spell levels 1–6. This ability alters the

summoner’s spells known.

UNWAVERING CONDUIT

(SUMMONER ARCHETYPE)

Unwavering conduits work to keep everything

ordered and regimented, drawing on power

from the Eternal City of Axis, Heaven, or Hell

to enforce whichever laws the summoner finds

paramount. Lawful good unwavering conduits often

work with Riftwardens to protect the integrity of the

Great Beyond, while lawful evil unwavering conduits are

commonly diabolists in Cheliax.

Alignment: Any lawful.

Eidolon of Law: An unwavering conduit’s eidolon must

be of a lawful alignment (if using the summoner from

Pathfinder Unchained, the eidolon must be of the archon,

devil, or inevitable subtype). Once selected, the evolutions

of the unwavering conduit’s eidolon cannot be changed

when a new class level is gained (though they can be altered

normally with the transmogrify spell; see Pathfinder RPG

Advanced Player’s Guide 250). At least half the eidolon’s skill

points must be spent on skills in which the unwavering

conduit also has ranks. The eidolon gains a +1 resistance

bonus on saving throws against spells and abilities of the

conjuration, enchantment, and transmutation schools. This

bonus increases to +2 at 3rd level, and by an additional 1 for

every 3 levels thereafter. The eidolon has 1 fewer evolution

point than normal for an eidolon of the unwavering

conduit’s summoner level. This ability alters eidolon.

Unwavering Monsters: Since an unwavering conduit’s

power is drawn from planar energies aligned with law, all

the creatures he summons must be of a lawful alignment.

If a creature would normally be celestial or fiendish, it is

instead a resolute creature

(Bestiary 2 293).

This also causes the unwavering conduit’s summoning

power to be more set than a standard summoner’s. Beginning

at 3rd level, each time he uses summon monster to summon

multiple monsters, rather than rolling a die to see how many

creatures he summons, he receives a specific number (two

creatures for 1d3, or four creatures for 1d4+1). Ifan item, spell,

or ability would increase the number of creatures summoned,

the set number increases by that amount.

Also, starting at 2nd level, creatures summoned by the

unwavering conduit receive a +1 resistance bonus on saving

throws against spells and abilities of the conjuration,

enchantment, and transmutation schools. This bonus

increases to +2 at 6th level, and by an additional 1 every

4class levels thereafter.

This ability alters summon monster.

Law Magic: The unwavering conduit gains the following

bonus spells known at the listed spell level: 1st—protection

from chaos, 2nd—arrow of law

, 3rd—magic circle against

chaos, 4th—order’s wrath, 5th—dispel chaos, 6th—dictum.

The unwavering conduit gains one fewer spell known

per spell level for spell levels 1–6. This ability alters the

summoner’s spells known.

The summon monster spells have numerous entries

representing creatures that are summoned from the Outer

Planes, and thus have the celestial or fiendish template or

can be summoned with the entropic or resolute template

(Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 2 292 and 293, respectively). Summon

nature’s ally spells are similar, but are generally restricted to

summoning creatures native to the Material Plane. However,

it is possible to learn to use these spells to summon creatures

from some of the Inner Planes or Transitive Planes.

TEMPLATE FEATS

The following feats allow spellcasters to summon and call

creatures that have the templates listed later in this section.

Versatile Summon Monster

You’ve learned to summon a more diverse array of monsters.

Prerequisites: Knowledge (arcana) 1 rank, Knowledge

(planes) 1 rank.

Benefit: Pick any two templates from the following

list (see Simple Summoning Templates below for details):

aerial, aqueous, chthonic, dark, fiery, or primordial. When

you summon one or more creatures that would normally be

available with the celestial, entropic, fiendish, or resolute

template using a summon monster spell (or an effect that

mimics such a spell), you can instead apply one of the

chosen templates to each creature. You can apply a different

template to each creature you summon.

Special: You can select this feat more than once. Each

time you do, you can choose an additional two templates.

Versatile Summon Nature’s Ally

You’ve learned to summon a wider array of creatures.

Prerequisites: Augment Summoning, Spell Focus

(conjuration), Knowledge (nature) 1 rank, Knowledge

(planes) 1 rank.

Benefit: When you summon one or more animals,

humanoids, or vermin using a summon nature’s ally spell

(or an effect that mimics such a spell), instead of granting

them the benefit from Augment Summoning, you can

instead apply one of the following templates to them:

aerial, aqueous, chthonic, fiery, or primordial. If you

summon multiple creatures with one casting, they must

all have the same template.

SIMPLE SUMMONING TEMPLATES

The following templates represent monsters native to the

Inner Planes, the First World, and the Plane of Shadow,

and serve the same function as the celestial and fiendish

templates. For each template below, the quick and rebuild

rules are the same.

Aerial Creature (CR +0 or +1)

Aerial creatures are native denizens of

the Elemental Plane of Air,

and they possess unique

adaptations to help

them survive there.

This template can

be applied only to a

non-outsider with

none of the subtypes

that follow: air, cold,

earth, fire, or water. An aerial

creature’s CR increases by 1 only if the

base creature has 5 or more HD.

Rebuild Rules: Type gains the air subtype;

Senses gains darkvision 60 ft.; Defensive Abilities gains

DR and resistance to electricity as noted on the table

below; Speed gains a fly speed equal to its highest speed

with perfect maneuverability (maximum fly speed of

10feet per HD); Attacks gains bonus electricity damage as

noted on the table below on attacks with natural weapons

and metal weapons.

Simple Templates

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Hit Dice DR Resist Electricity Electricity Damage

1–4 — 10 1 point

5–10 3/— 15 1d6

11+ 5/— 20 2d6

Aqueous Creature (CR +0 or +1)

Aqueous creatures are native denizens of the Elemental

Plane of Water, and they move with a unique grace

underwater. This template can be applied only to a non-

outsider that has none of the following subtypes: air, cold,

earth, fire, or water. An aqueous creature’s CR increases

by 1 only if the base creature has 5 or more HD.

Rebuild Rules: Type gains the water subtype; Senses

gains darkvision 60 ft.; Defensive Abilities gains DR and

resistance to cold as noted on the table below; Speed gains

a swim speed equal to its highest speed + 10 ft.; Attacks

gains bonus cold damage as noted on the table below on

attacks with natural weapons and metal weapons.

Hit Dice DR Resist Cold Cold Damage

1–4 — 10 1 point

5–10 3/— 15 1d6

11+ 5/— 20 2d6

Chthonic Creature (CR +0 or +1)

Chthonic creatures are native denizens of the Elemental

Plane of Earth. They produce acid, which they use to

help them burrow quickly through the dense rock of

their homes. This template can be applied only to a non-

outsider that has none of the following subtypes: air, cold,

earth, fire, or water. A chthonic creature’s CR increases

by 1 only if the base creature has 5 or more HD.

Rebuild Rules: Type gains the earth subtype; Senses

gains darkvision 60 ft.; Defensive Abilities gains DR and

resistance to acid as noted on the table below; Speed gains

a burrow speed equal to half its highest speed (its tunnels

always collapse behind it, and never leave behind a usable

passage); Attacks gains bonus acid damage as noted on

the table below on attacks with natural weapons.

Hit Dice DR Resist Acid Acid Damage

1–4 — 10 1 point

5–10 3/— 15 1d6

11+ 5/— 20 2d6

Dark Creature (CR +0 or +1)

Dark creatures are native denizens of the Plane of Shadow,

and generally have a dark gray or deep purple coloration.

This template can be applied only to a non-outsider that

has none of the following subtypes: air, cold, earth, fire,

or water. A dark creature’s CR increases by 1 only if the

base creature has 5 or more HD.

Rebuild Rules: Senses gain darkvision 60 ft. and low-

light vision; Defensive Abilities gains DR and resistance

to cold and electricity based on its Hit Dice, as noted on

the table below; SR gains SR equal to its new CR + 5.

Hit Dice DR Resist Cold and Electricity

1–4 — 5

5–10 5/magic 10

11+ 10/magic 15

Shadow Blend (Su): In any illumination other than

bright light, a dark creature blends into the shadows,

giving it concealment (20% miss chance). If it already has

concealment, the miss chance gained from concealment

increases to 50% (though this does not count as total

concealment). A dark creature can suspend or resume this

ability as a free action.

Fiery Creature (CR +0 or +1)

Fiery creatures are native denizens of the Elemental Plane

of Fire, and act as conduits to the burning energies of their

home plane. This template can be applied only to a non-

outsider that has none of the following subtypes: air, cold,

earth, fire, or water. Creatures with a swim speed can’t be

fiery creatures. A fiery creature’s CR increases by 1 only if

the base creature has 5 or more HD.

Rebuild Rules: Type gains the fire subtype; Senses gains

darkvision 60 ft.; Defensive Abilities gains DR as noted on

the table below; Attacks gains bonus fire damage as noted

on the table below on attacks with natural weapons and

metal weapons.

Hit Dice DR Fire Damage

1–4 — 1 point

5–10 3/— 2d6

11+ 5/— 3d6

Primordial Creature (CR +0 or +1)

Primordial creatures are magical precursors or echoes of

creatures from the Material Plane. Native to the First World,

they sometimes slip through to the Material Plane alongside

fey or other planar travelers. A primordial creature’s CR

increases by 1 only if the base creature has 5 or more HD.

Rebuild Rules: Defensive Abilities gains DR as noted on

the table below; SR gains SR equal to its new CR + 6; Speed

gains a +10-ft. bonus to all speeds; Attacks the damage

dice for one primary natural weapon increases as if the

creature were one size larger (if the creature has more than

one primary attack, the increased damage is applied to the

first attack type it has from this list: bite, claw, slam, gore,

talon, sting); Spell-Like Abilities gains spell-like abilities

listed on the table below according to its Hit Dice (including

all the spell-like abilities of lower-Hit Die primordial

creatures), each available 1/day. The DCs of any saves against

these abilities are equal to 10 + the primordial creature’s

Charisma bonus + spell level.

Hit Dice DR Spell-Like Abilities

1–4 — Dancing lights

5–10 5/cold iron Faerie fire

11+ 10/cold iron Lesser confusion

Those who focus on summoning allies or servants to do

their bidding—and combatants who regularly oppose

such conjured creatures—often turn to magic tools, magic

weapons, and magic weapon special abilities to give them

an edge. Many of the magic items detailed here are based

on designs originally created by specific Blackfire Adepts

or Riftwardens, often to arm themselves against members

or actions of the opposing group.

ARMOR OF FRAGMENTING STONE

PRICE

21,650 GP

SLOT armor CL 7th WEIGHT 60 lbs.

AURA moderate conjuration

This imposing suit of armor,

ﬁrst forged by Jistkan elemental

binders, is covered in large,

jagged stones and functions as

+2 full plate. Once per day as

an immediate action, when a

bludgeoning or slashing attack

strikes the wearer, the wearer can

will a chunk of the stone to break off, summoning a Medium

earth elemental as summon monster IV. The elemental ﬁghts as

the wearer directs (and understands the wearer, even if the two

do not share a language) for 7 rounds, or until it is destroyed.

CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS

COST 11,650 GP

Craft Magic Arms and Armor, summon monster IV or summon

nature’s ally IV, creator must have visited the Elemental Plane

of Earth

BRACERS OF CELESTIAL INTERVENTION

PRICE

16,000 GP

SLOT wrist CL 13th WEIGHT 1 lb.

AURA strong conjuration

Prayers and engravings of celestial beings cover these golden

bracers. A paladin can expend one or more of her uses of smite

evil into these bracers as a standard action to call forth agathions,

angels, or archons to aid her. This acts as a summon monster

spell of a spell level equal to the number of smite evil uses the

paladin expends. Outsiders summoned with the bracers must

be from the list detailed in the summon monster spell or from

the expanded summon monster list on pages 28–29.

CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS

COST 8,000 GP

Craft Wondrous Item, summon monster VII, creator must be

lawful good

CALLER’S FEATHER

PRICE

2,000 GP

SLOT head CL 15th WEIGHT —

AURA strong conjuration

This magniﬁcent feather, plucked from the wing of a powerful

erinyes or angel, allows the wearer to call stronger outsiders to

her service. The wearer can use the feather to call 2 more HD

worth of creatures when casting a planar binding or planar ally

spell (including lesser and greater versions) or when casting gate.

Alternatively, when casting one of these spells, the spellcaster can

expend this feather to summon a single outsider with up to 2 more

Hit Dice than the spell would normally allow. For example, he may

summon a trumpet archon with planar ally, or a pit ﬁend with

greater planar binding. The wearer gains a +2 insight bonus on all

Charisma checks and Charisma-based skill checks to inﬂuence the

creature called. Once used, the feather crumbles to mundane dust.

CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS

COST 1,000 GP

Craft Wondrous Item, planar ally or planar binding

PERIAPT OF TEMPORARY FAMILIAR

PRICE

8,000 GP

SLOT neck CL 9th WEIGHT 1 lb.

AURA moderate conjuration

This clear blue crystal amulet

contains a pearl ﬁgurine depicting

a miniature animal on the familiar

list, such as a bat, monkey, or

raven. Three times per day, the

wearer can call forth the animal

depicted in the amulet to serve

as her familiar. This temporary

familiar has all of the familiar abilities as if the wearer was a

5th-level wizard, and remains for 5 minutes or until it is reduced

to 0 hit points. If the temporary familiar is reduced to 0 hit points,

it cannot be summoned again for 24 hours. The familiar retains

memories from past summonings. Only those without familiars

of their own can activate a periapt of temporary familiar.

CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS

COST 4,000 GP

Craft Wondrous Item, summon monster V, creator must have

a familiar

ROD OF GIANT SUMMONING

PRICE

varies

Lesser rod of giant summoning 3,000 GP

Rod of giant summoning 11,000 GP

Greater rod of giant summoning 24,500 GP

SLOT none CL 17th WEIGHT 5 lbs.

AURA strong conjuration

This iron rod has long metal ﬂanges, like a mace, which widen

as they expand from the handle. The wielder can use the rod up

to three times per day to augment her casting of a conjuration

(summoning) spell, causing all of her summoned creatures to

gain the giant simple template. The lesser rod can be used with

spells of 3rd level or lower, the standard rod can be used with

spells of 6th level or lower, and the greater rod can be used with

spells of 9th level or lower.

CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS

COST varies

Lesser rod of giant summoning 1,500 GP

Rod of giant summoning 5,500 GP

Greater rod of giant summoning 12,250 GP

Summoning-Focused Magic Items

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Craft Rod, Augment Summoning, summon monster III or

summon nature’s ally III

SUMMON BANE

PRICE

+1 bonus

AURA moderate conjuration CL 8th

A summon bane weapon excels against summoned creatures,

including those summoned by conjuration (summoning) spells

(such as summon monster and summon nature’s ally spells),

those summoned by conjuration (calling) spells (such as

planar ally and planar binding), and eidolons. Against such

summoned creatures, the weapon’s enhancement bonus is +2

better than its normal bonus. It also deals an extra 2d6 points

of damage against such foes.

CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS

COST +1 bonus

Craft Magic Arms and Armor, summon monster IV or summon

nature’s ally IV

SUMMONER’S ROBE

PRICE

50,000 GP

SLOT body CL 17th WEIGHT 5 lbs.

AURA strong conjuration

A summoner’s robe is a ﬁnely crafted garment of silk the same

color as the endless sky of the Astral Plane. Once per day when

casting a summon monster or summon nature’s ally spell,

the wearer can have the robe absorb one of the creatures

summoned rather than have it appear within the spell’s range.

When this occurs, the robe gains a defensive aura and takes on

visual aspects of the absorbed creature (such as becoming red

and spiked if absorbing a demon, or manifesting ﬂame patterns

if absorbing a ﬁre elemental). The creature does not exist

outside its effect as a defensive aura of the robe as detailed

below, and cannot be damaged or targeted by most spells. It is

still a magical effect, and any spell or ability that could dispel or

disrupt a creature summoned by summon monster can dispel or

disrupt the defensive aura. The defensive aura is also dispelled

if the robe enters an area a summoned creature could not enter,

or at the end of the duration of the spell that summoned the

absorbed creature. If the wearer takes an amount of damage

equal to or greater than 5 hit points per level of the spell that

summoned the absorbed creature, the defensive aura ends.

As long as the robe has a defensive aura, its wearer gains some

of the absorbed creature’s defenses and powers. These abilities

are determined as if the wearer were using a transmutation

(polymorph) spell to assume the absorbed creature’s form. Unlike

a normal polymorph effect, it does not grant her the appearance

of the creature (or any bonus to Disguise), any movement type,

natural attacks (or proﬁciency with them), or size change. The

wearer does not change form, gain any ability score modiﬁers,

have her gear meld into her body, or lose any abilities based on

her form. She is considered to be under the effects of a polymorph

spell, and cannot be under the effects of another polymorph spell

or size-altering magic for the duration of the defensive aura. The

abilities the defensive aura grants are otherwise determined by

the type of creature absorbed. If the creature is an elemental,

the wearer gains the abilities listed in elemental body III; if it’s

a plant, the wearer gains the abilities listed in plant shape II; if

it’s an undead, the wearer gains the abilities listed in undead

anatomy III

. If the creature is of any other creature type, the

wearer gains the abilities it possesses listed in beast shape IV.

CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS

COST 25,000 GP

Craft Wondrous Item, summon monster IX or summon nature’s

ally IX

SWORD OF TEMPESTS

PRICE

23,315 GP

SLOT none CL 7th WEIGHT 6 lbs.

AURA moderate conjuration

This translucent longsword was

ﬁrst forged by Jistkan elemental

binders. It appears to have a blade

crafted from solid wind, similar

in appearance to the matter that

makes up an air elemental’s body.

It functions as a +2 longsword.

Three times per day, when the

wielder conﬁrms a critical hit with

a sword of tempests, as an immediate action he can will a

fraction of the blade to break off and transform into a Medium

air elemental (this does not affect the sword itself). The

elemental ﬁghts as the wielder directs for 7 rounds, or until it

is destroyed. At the GM’s discretion, similar weapons may exist

that summon elementals from different planes.

CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS

COST 11,815 GP

Craft Magic Arms and Armor, summon monster IV or summon

nature’s ally IV

VISAGE OF THE BOUND

PRICE

22,900 GP

SLOT head CL 9th WEIGHT 2 lbs.

AURA moderate conjuration and evocation

Crafted from gold and lacquer, these elaborate masks

resemble various outsiders. Once per day when the wearer

casts a summon monster spell, he may choose to house the

summoned outsider within the visage of the bound rather

than conjuring it onto the Material Plane. For the spell’s

duration, the wearer can use of any of the bound outsider’s

spell-like abilities as if they were his own. A visage of the

bound has no effect on outsiders already summoned or on

summoning spells cast by other creatures. Removing the mask

immediately releases a bound outsider.

The wearer cannot use the bound outsider’s spell-like abilities

to summon other creatures, and a summoner cannot activate

a visage of the bound while his eidolon is summoned. Effects

that extend the duration of a summon monster spell (such a

the Extend Spell metamagic feat or the conjurer’s summoner’s

charm class ability) have no effect on the duration of a spell

contained by a visage of the bound. Outsiders who are opposed

to one or more axes of the wearer’s alignment cannot be

housed within a visage of the bound.

CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS

COST 11,450 GP

Craft Wondrous Item, imbue with spell ability, summon monster V

Although summoners rely on conjuration spells to summon

allies and servants, they have also developed a wide range

of other helpful spells designed to increase the versatility

of their summoned creatures. While all these spells were

first researched by summoners (specifically Riftwardens in

most cases, though the Blackfire Adepts are credited with

creating final sacrifice), many are available to other classes

as well. These spells are appropriate for the versions of the

summoner class from both Pathfinder RPG Advanced Player’s

Guide and Pathfinder RPG Pathfinder Unchained.

ALTER SUMMONED MONSTER

School conjuration (summoning); Level antipaladin 2, bard 2,

cleric 2, druid 2, ranger 2, sorcerer/wizard 2, summoner 2,

witch 2

Casting Time 1 standard action

Components V, S

Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./ 2 levels)

Target one summoned creature

Duration instantaneous

Saving Throw Will negates; Spell Resistance yes

You swap a creature summoned by a conjuration (summoning)

spell for a creature you could summon with a summon monster

or summon nature’s ally spell. The new creature must be an

option from a spell of the same level or lower as the spell that

summoned the target. The new creature cannot be summoned

into an environment that cannot support it. The target can

attempt a Will saving throw to negate this effect, but if the

target is under your control, it receives no saving throw. Alter

summoned monster does not alter the duration of the spell that

summoned the target, nor does it affect any additional creatures

summoned by the same spell as the target. The new creature

has the same conditions and amount of damage as the target

creature, and remains affected by all curses, diseases, poisons,

and penalties that affected the target, but no other spells or

effects carry over. Alter summoned monster is a spell of the

same alignment type or types as the creature for which you

exchange the target. An eidolon can’t be targeted by this spell.

FINAL SACRIFICE

School evocation; Level antipaladin 3, bloodrager 2, cleric 3,

shaman 3, sorcerer/wizard 3, summoner 2, witch 4

Casting Time 1 standard action

Components V, S

Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)

Target one summoned creature

Duration instantaneous

Saving Throw Fortitude negates, then Reﬂex half (see text);

Spell Resistance yes

You disrupt the conjuring energies within a summoned creature,

causing it to violently explode. If the target fails its Fortitude

save, it is immediately slain and all creatures within 20 feet

of the target take 1d4 points of damage per spell level of the

summoning spell that conjured the target. This damage is

ﬁre damage unless the target creature has the cold or water

subtype, in which case it’s cold damage. Creatures caught in this

explosion take half damage if they succeed at their Reﬂex saves

against this spell’s DC. Final sacriﬁce can detonate a summoner’s

eidolon, though an eidolon receives a +4 bonus on its Fortitude

save unless the spell is cast by the eidolon’s own summoner.

If this spell targets an eidolon, creatures within 20 feet of the

eidolon take an amount of damage equal to 1d4 + 1/2 the caster

level of the summoner who controlled the eidolon.

GIRD ALLY

School abjuration; Level cleric 2, druid 2, sorcerer/wizard 2,

summoner 2, witch 2

Casting Time 1 standard action

Components V, S

Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)

Target one summoned creature you control/level, no two of

which can be more than 30 ft. apart

Duration 1 round/level (D)

Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no

You create a magical ﬁeld around summoned creatures you

control that deﬂects attacks made against them. The targets

gain a deﬂection bonus to their AC equal to 1 + 1 for every

6 caster levels you possess (maximum +4 deﬂection bonus at

18th level). A summoner can target his eidolon with this spell.

INSTANT RESTORATION

School conjuration (healing); Level cleric 4, druid 4, shaman 4,

summoner 4, witch 4

Casting Time 1 immediate action

Components V, S, F/DF (a thimble of water and a seed)

Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)

Target one summoned creature you control

Duration 1 round/level (D)

Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no

Instant restoration channels planar energy into a summoned

creature. This spell can be cast as an immediate action when a

summoned creature you control drops to 0 or fewer hit points.

Rather than immediately disappear, the creature is healed for

4d8 hp + 1 hit point per caster level (maximum 4d8+10 hit

points). If this healing brings your summoned creature’s hit point

total to 1 or more hit points, it remains as if its hit points had

never dropped to 0 or fewer. Creatures slain by death effects

cannot be saved by instant restoration. A summoner can target

his eidolon with this spell.

MASTER’S ESCAPE

School conjuration (teleportation); Level cleric 4, druid 4,

sorcerer/wizard 4, summoner 3, witch 4

Casting Time 1 standard action

Components V, S

Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)

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Target you and one summoned creature you control

Duration 1 round/level (D)

Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no

You create an extradimensional link between yourself and

one summoned creature you control that allows you to switch

places. After casting master’s escape, you can teleport to your

summoned creature’s space as a swift action, causing your

summoned creature to teleport to your former space. If your

summoned creature is reduced to 0 or fewer hit points before

you can use this spell’s effect, you can teleport to a space that

you can see within 30 feet as an immediate action. After using

either of these effects, the spell ends. A summoner can target

his eidolon with this spell.

MASTER’S MUTATION

School transmutation (polymorph); Level druid 5, sorcerer/

wizard 5, summoner 5, witch 5

Casting Time 1 standard action

Components V, S

Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./level)

Target you and one summoned creature you control

Duration 1 round/level (D)

Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no

You can mold the ephemeral substance of the Outer Planes,

mutating one summoned creature that you control to better

suit your needs. Select up to two of the following abilities and

grant them to the target for the spell’s duration: burrow 30 feet,

climb 40 feet, constrict, darkvision 90 feet, ferocity, ﬂy 60 feet

(average maneuverability), grab, jet, low-light vision, poison,

rake, scent, swim 60 feet, trample, trip, or water breathing.

Additionally, instead of selecting an ability, you can replace

one of the target’s primary

natural attacks with another

natural attack that deals the

same amount of damage, such as

replacing a Medium target’s bite attack

(1d6) with a gore attack (1d6). If you choose to

alter a creature’s natural attacks, all attacks of the

chosen type are altered. A summoner can target

his eidolon with this spell.

SUMMON LABORERS

School conjuration (summoning); Level cleric 6, shaman 6,

summoner 6, witch 6

Casting Time 10 minutes

Components V, S, F/DF (a strip of rune-inscribed parchment)

Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)

Effect one summoned petitioner/caster level

Duration 8 hours (D)

Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no

Summon laborers summons one humanoid petitioner per caster

level. These petitioners hail from one plane of your choice and

perform tasks at your direction. The petitioners cannot ﬁght or

travel to dangerous lands, but do assist your downtime activities

(Pathﬁnder RPG Ultimate Campaign 84) within a settlement,

increasing the effect of Inﬂuence or Labor you spend by 50%, to

a maximum of 1 additional point of Inﬂuence or Labor for every

2 caster levels you possess. This stacks with any increase to the

effect of Inﬂuence or Labor that you receive from your followers

within the settlement where the downtime activity takes place (if

any). Summon laborers is a spell of the same alignment type as

the plane from which the summoned petitioners hail (chaotic and

evil for the Abyss, lawful and good for Heaven, and so on). Effects

that increase the number of creatures summoned by a spell (such

as Superior Summoning

) do not affect summon laborers.

Spellcasters dedicated to conjuration have made contact

with little-known outsiders and can summon them for a

brief term of service. These outsiders often find they have

common cause with mortals, and when called through

planar ally or planar binding spells, they’re generally open

to working with adventurers for a fair price.

ARCHON, CODEX

This enormous book has wings of glowing light and an angelic

figure on the cover that gazes out watchfully as though alive.

CODEX ARCHON CR 5

XP 1,600

LG Medium outsider (archon, extraplanar, good, lawful)

Init +3; Senses darkvision

60 ft., detect evil, detect

magic, low-light vision;

Perception +10

Aura aura of menace

(DC 17), magic circle

against evil

DEFENSE

AC 20, touch 13, ﬂat-footed 17

(+3 Dex, +7 natural);

+2 deﬂection vs. evil

hp 47 (5d10+20)

Fort +7, Ref +7, Will +5; +4 vs.

poison, +2 vs. evil

DR 10/evil; Immune electricity,

petriﬁcation; SR 16

OFFENSE

Speed ﬂy 30 ft. (good)

Melee slam +7 (1d8+2)

Ranged light ray +8 ranged touch (1d6)

Special Attacks favored enemy (any one +4)

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 5th; concentration +8)

Constant—detect evil, detect magic, magic circle against evil

At will—aid, continual ﬂame, forbid action

(DC 14),

greater teleport (self plus 50 lbs. of objects only), mage

hand, message

1/day—calm emotions (DC 15), clairaudience/clairvoyance,

commune (CL 9th, 1 question), daylight, silence (DC 15)

STATISTICS

Str 15, Dex 16, Con 18, Int 17, Wis 15, Cha 16

Base Atk +5; CMB +7; CMD 20

Feats Iron Will, Point-Blank Shot, Skill Focus (Knowledge

[any one])

Skills Craft (bookbinding) +11, Diplomacy +11, Disable

Device +11, Knowledge (any one) +14, Linguistics +11,

Perception +10, Sense Motive +10, Spellcraft +11,

Survival +10

Languages Celestial, Draconic, Infernal, any 5 others; truespeech

SQ codex

ECOLOGY

Environment any (Heaven)

Organization solitary, pair, or team (2–8)

Treasure standard

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Codex (Su) Each codex archon is also an actual codex. Within

its pages, the codex archon details all that the archon has

ever learned on its chosen topic. When a favored enemy of

the codex archon is forced to attempt a saving throw against

the archon’s spells, the foe takes a penalty on the saving

throw equal to half the codex archon’s favored enemy bonus

(–2 for most codex archons).

Favored Enemy (Ex) A codex archon selects one favored

enemy, as per the ranger class feature.

Light Ray (Ex) A codex archon can ﬁre a beam of light

to damage foes. This light ray has

a maximum range of 60 feet.

This attack overcomes damage

reduction of any type.

A codex archon embodies

Heavenly knowledge and

the refinement of the

mind. It serves in the

libraries and archives of

Heaven, and as keeper

and carrier of records

for Heaven’s field armies.

Codex archons seek out

any opportunity to add to

their formidable collections

of information with zealous

dedication, although they do

not neglect to offer their insights to those they

encounter who might use such knowledge for the greater

good or for personal growth.

Most codex archons specialize in a single subject, such

as one plane of existence, one type of creature, or one

aspect of mortal life. In general, each codex archon chooses

a favored enemy and Knowledge skill closely linked to

each other, such as humanoid (human) and Knowledge

(local) or Knowledge (nobility). Although a codex archon’s

expertise allows it to more easily slay creatures of the type

it studies, it usually prefers to avoid violence and uses its

knowledge to coax more information out of creatures it

meets. A spellcaster who calls or summons a codex archon

can generally conjure one with whatever specialization she

seeks unless the foe or topic is one that is little known to

the forces of Heaven or an unorthodox combination (GM’s

discretion). Though they prefer their heavenly homes to

the chaotic Material Plane, summoned codex archons may

deign to serve for a time as assistants or even instructors

in mortal libraries, academies, and temples.

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PSYCHOPOMP, EMBER WEAVER

This slim, glowing figure is draped with voluminous gossamer

shawls and veils that obscure its shape.

EMBER WEAVER

CR 8

XP 4,800

N Medium outsider (psychopomp, extraplanar)

Init +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, spiritsense

60 ft.; Perception +19

Aura eerie radiance (300 ft., DC 19)

DEFENSE

AC 22, touch 16, ﬂat-footed 16 (+5 Dex, +1 dodge, +6 natural)

hp 104 (11d8+55)

Fort +11, Ref +8, Will +12

DR 10/adamantine; Immune charm, death effects, disease,

ﬁre, poison, spells with the light descriptor; Resist cold 10,

electricity 10; SR 19

OFFENSE

Speed 30 ft., ﬂy 60 ft. (good)

Melee 2 touches +15 (4d6 ﬁre)

Special Attacks rush of souls

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 11th; concentration +15)

At will—continual ﬂame, dancing lights (DC 14), searing

light, suggestion (DC 19), whispering wind

1/day—dispel magic, freedom of movement, ﬂy,

locate creature, plane shift, slay living (DC 19)

STATISTICS

Str 19, Dex 21, Con 18, Int 18, Wis 21, Cha 18

Base Atk +11; CMB +15; CMD 30

Feats Ability Focus (suggestion), Dodge, Flyby

Attack, Mobility, Toughness

Skills Acrobatics +19, Fly +23, Knowledge (geography) +18,

Knowledge (planes) +18, Knowledge (religion) +18,

Perception +19, Sense Motive +19, Spellcraft +18, Survival +19

Languages Abyssal, Celestial, Infernal

SQ spirit touch

ECOLOGY

Environment any (Astral Plane)

Organization solitary, pair, escort (1 ember weaver and 1 shoki),

troupe (1 ember weaver plus 3–10 ahmuuths, catrinas,

esoboks, or nosois), or procession (3–12 ember weavers)

Treasure standard

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Eerie Radiance (Su) As a standard action, an ember weaver can

wreath itself in an aura of cinders similar to dancing lights

(CL 11th). Any living or dead creature within 300 feet with

line of sight to the dancing embers must succeed at a DC 19

Will save or else any protections or immunities it has against

charm, fear, and mind-affecting effects are suppressed for as

long as the ember weaver uses a free action to maintain

the effect each round and for 1 round thereafter. Once a

creature succeeds at this saving throw, it can’t be affected

by an eerie radiance for 24 hours. The light has

no effect on psychopomps, creatures that can’t

see, and creatures the ember weaver chooses to

exclude. This is a sight-based abjuration effect.

Rush of Souls (Su) As a standard action every 1d4+1 rounds,

an ember weaver can call forth a rush of souls to trample

its foes. This ability deals 6d6 points of force damage to all

creatures in a 60-foot cone. A successful DC 19 Reﬂex saving

throw halves the damage. The save DC is Charisma-based.

Ember weavers are beacons for dead souls seeking the

afterlife, and escorts for other psychopomps. Most ember

weavers patrol graveyards, ley lines, and other places where

the dead enter into the river of souls, beckoning them to

step toward eternity. Ember weavers also perform services

in payment for knowledge about lost souls.

Ember weavers lead ahmuuths and esoboks in hunts for

spirits waylaid by undeath. They also accompany nosois

and catrinas to recover confused or rebellious spirits.

A guardian spirit is a summonable creature that forms

a close bond with and protects a specific mortal. Once a

connection is forged, the guardian spirit’s fate is entwined

with that of its ward.

NEW FEAT

The new feat below grants access to guardian spirits.

Summon Guardian Spirit

A guardian spirit has selected you as its ward.

Prerequisite: Ability to cast summon monster III or summon

nature’s ally III.

Benefit: Select one creature that qualifies to be an

improved familiar, and apply the guardian spirit template

(see below) to it. That creature is added to either your

summon monster III or summon nature’s ally III list as a

summonable creature. When you summon your guardian

spirit, the duration of the spell you use to summon it is 1

minute per level. A guardian spirit is always exactly the

same creature, with memory of all the events that occurred

while previously summoned; multiple versions of it can’t

be summoned. If it’s killed while summoned, it cannot be

summoned again for 24 hours.

If you’re capable of casting a higher-level summon monster or

summon nature’s ally spell, you can perform a ritual to attune

the guardian spirit to a higher-level version of the spell. This

also allows you to change any selections made regarding the

abilities the creature gains based on the level of spell used to

conjure it (see the table on page 27). This ritual takes 24 hours,

and once complete it moves the guardian spirit to the higher-

level list of creatures that can be summoned.

GUARDIAN SPIRIT

A violet rune glows in the center of this red-skinned fiend’s forehead.

GUARDIAN SPIRIT IMP CR 4

XP 1,200

LE Tiny outsider (devil, evil, extraplanar, lawful)

Init +5; Senses darkvision 60 ft., detect good, detect magic,

see in darkness; Perception +10

DEFENSE

AC 20, touch 18, ﬂat-footed 14 (+5 Dex, +1 dodge, +2 natural, +2

size)

hp 32 (5d10+5); fast healing 2

Fort +2, Ref +9, Will +6

DR 5/good or silver; Immune ﬁre, poison; Resist acid 10, cold 10;

SR 15

OFFENSE

Speed 20 ft., ﬂy 50 ft. (perfect)

Melee sting +11 (1d4+1 plus poison)

Space 2-1/2 ft.; Reach 0 ft.

Special Attacks smite threat 1/day

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 6th; concentration +10)

Constant—detect good, detect magic

At will—guidance, invisibility (self only, DC 17)

1/day—augury, call lightning (DC 19), protection from chaos,

suggestion (DC 19)

1/week—commune (6 questions, CL 12th)

STATISTICS

Str 12, Dex 20, Con 12, Int 15, Wis 14, Cha 20

Base Atk +5; CMB +4; CMD 18

Feats Dodge, Mobility, Weapon Finesse

Skills Acrobatics +12, Bluff +13, Fly +25, Knowledge (arcana) +10,

Knowledge (planes) +10, Perception +10, Sense Motive +7,

Spellcraft +10

Languages Common, Draconic, Infernal

SQ change shape (boar, giant spider, rat, or raven, beast shape I),

fated guardian, guardian spirit 4th level

ECOLOGY

Environment any (Hell)

Organization solitary or with ward

Treasure none

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Poison (Ex) Sting—injury; save Fort DC 15; frequency 1/round

for 6 rounds; effect 1d2 Dex; cure 1 save. The save DC is

Constitution-based, and includes a +2 racial bonus.

A guardian spirit is bound to the fate of a mortal being

(called its “ward”). This bond may be formed by any number

of beings or events carrying the weight of destiny, such as

deities, the Eldest, norns, and mythic creatures and magic.

A spirit can bind itself willingly if it believes that doing so

is likely to further its agenda, give it more power, or allow it

access to the world of mortals. Mortals can generally invoke

a guardian spirit only with summoning and calling spells.

Creating a Guardian Spirit

“Guardian spirit” is an acquired template that can be added

to any fey or outsider that qualifies to become a familiar

through the Improved Familiar feat (this template does

not make it a familiar, however). A guardian spirit uses all

the base creature’s statistics and special abilities except as

noted here. A guardian spirit has a rune on its forehead

similar to that on an eidolon (though its ward does not

gain a matching rune).

CR: The guardian spirit’s CR increases based on the

level of spell used to summon it, as noted on the Conjured

Guardian table on page 27.

Armor Class: The guardian spirit’s natural armor bonus

increases based on the level of spell used to summon it, as

noted on the Conjured Guardian table.

Hit Dice: The guardian spirit’s Hit Dice increase based

on the level of spell used to summon it, as noted on the

Conjured Guardian table. It gains appropriate skill points,

feats, ability score increases, base attack bonus, and base

saving throw advancements for its increased Hit Dice.

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Defensive Abilities: The guardian spirit has an amount

of spell resistance equal to 11 + its CR unless the base

creature’s SR was higher.

Ability Scores: The guardian spirit’s Charisma score

becomes 18 unless the base creature’s Charisma score was

higher. Each of the guardian spirit’s ability scores increases

when it’s summoned by higher-level spells, as noted on the

Conjured Guardian table above.

Special Attacks: If the guardian spirit has extraordinary or

supernatural abilities that deal hit point damage measured

in dice, the number of dice increases by an amount equal to

the level of spell used to conjure it – 3. If the ability requires

at least a standard action to activate and has an instantaneous

duration, the damage increases by an additional die.

Special: The guardian spirit gains a smite and additional

special abilities as noted on the table.

Smite Threat (Su): Once per day as a swift action, the

guardian spirit can add its Charisma bonus on attack rolls

and its HD on damage rolls against a foe that currently

threatens its ward or has attacked the ward within the past

24 hours; this smite persists until the target is dead or the

summoning of the guardian spirit ends. If the spirit is

summoned by a 6th-level spell, it can use smite threat an

additional time per day, and if the spirit is summoned by a

9th-level spell, it can use smite threat a third time per day.

Spell-Like Abilities: A guardian spirit’s caster level for

its spell-like abilities is equal to its Challenge Rating + 1,

or to the base creature’s caster level, whichever is higher.

It can cast guidance at will. For every spell level of the

conjuration spell used to call or summon it (such as planar

ally, planar binding, or summon monster if the summoner has

the Summon Guardian Spirit feat), the guardian spirit

gains access to one additional spell-like ability of the ward’s

choice from the following list:

Spell Level 3: Chill touch, ill omen

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, protection from chaos/

evil/good/law (choose one; its alignment descriptor must

oppose the guardian spirit’s alignment).

Spell Level 4: Call lightning, detect thoughts, invisibility.

Spell Level 5: Cure serious wounds, dispel magic, shout.

Spell Level 6: Call lightning storm, death ward, freedom

of movement.

Spell Level 7: Break enchantment, breath of life, contagious

flame

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Spell Level 8: Cloak of dreams

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, greater heroism, sunbeam.

Spell Level 9: Greater shout, power word blind, regenerate.

Each chosen spell-like ability is available once per day.

Fated Guardian (Su): When conjured by a 4th-level or

higher spell, a guardian spirit can protect the destiny of

another creature within 30 feet as a standard action once

per day. For 1 round, any time the creature makes an attack

or attempts a saving throw, it rolls twice and takes the

better result.

Co-Walker (Sp): When conjured by an 8th-level or

higher spell, a guardian spirit can assume the shape of its

ward as if with alter self, except it can appear to be only the

ward (even if the ward is not of a creature type or size that

can normally be assumed with alter self) and it gains a +10

bonus on Disguise checks to appear to be the ward.

Table 1: Conjured Guardian

Conjuration Spell Level CR Armor Class Hit Dice Ability Scores Special

3 +0 +0 +0 +2 Smite threat 1/day, spell-like abilities

4 +2 +2 +2 +2 Fated guardian, spell-like ability

5 +4 +4 +4 +4 Spell-like ability

6 +6 +6 +6 +4 Smite threat 2/day, spell-like ability

7 +8 +8 +8 +6 Spell-like ability

8 +10 +10 +10 +6 Co-walker, spell-like ability

9 +12 +12 +12 +8 Smite threat 3/day, spell-like ability

Expanded Monster Summoning

A number of options presented in this volume, including

the feat below, expand the types of creatures that can be

summoned with summon monster spells. When a character

gains access to alternative monster summoning choices,

she selects from the options on the lists presented here.

Once made, these choices can’t be changed (unless specified

otherwise by the ability granting the expanded choice).

When these alternative monsters are summoned, they

do not always possess the full power typical of creatures of

their kind. Most have weaker versions of abilities that are

normally usable at will. If a summoned creature from these

lists possesses an ability that both is usable an unlimited

number of times per day and requires a saving throw, a

creature that attempts a saving throw against the ability

becomes immune to that ability for 24 hours. This immunity

also applies to that ability possessed by all other creatures of

the same kind summoned by the same spellcaster.

Expanded Summon Monster

You can summon allies beyond the reach of most conjurers.

Prerequisite: Ability to cast a summon monster spell.

Benefit: For each spell level 1–9, select two creatures

from Table 2 below. You then add these creatures to the

summon monster table of the same level, allowing you to

summon them with the appropriate summon monster spell.

Once made, these choices can’t be changed.

Special: You can take this feat multiple times. Each time

you do, you can select two more monsters from the table

below to add to the summon monster table of the same level.

Table 2: Expanded Summon Monster Options

1st Level Source

Antelope* (herd animal) Bestiary 3 147

Baboon* (primate) Bestiary 2 212

Badger* Bestiary 2 40

Great horned owl* Bestiary 3 213

Kangaroo* (marsupial) Bestiary 3 191

Snapping turtle* Bestiary 2 273

Stingray* Bestiary 2 232

Thylacine* (marsupial) Bestiary 3 191

Trumpeter swan* Bestiary 4 257

Vulture* Bestiary 3 284

2nd Level Source

Camel* (herd animal) Bestiary 2 154

Compsognathus* (dinosaur) Bestiary 2 90

Dimorphodon* (dinosaur) Bestiary 4 58

Gar* Bestiary 2 128

Giant gecko* (lizard) Bestiary 3 186

Giant tortoise* Bestiary 4 263

Giant weasel* Bestiary 4 275

Manta ray* Bestiary 2 232

Ram* (herd animal) Bestiary 2 154

Stag* (herd animal) Bestiary 4 150

3rd Level Source

Arbiter (inevitable) Bestiary 2 162

Augur (kyton) Bestiary 3 171

Axe beak* Bestiary 3 29

Azer Bestiary 2 39

Bull shark* Bestiary 4 241

Cacodaemon (daemon) Bestiary 2 64

Cassisian (angel) Bestiary 2 26

Cythnigot (qlippoth) Bestiary 2 221

Dire badger* Bestiary 2 40

Doru (div) Bestiary 3 86

Foo dog Bestiary 3 120

Giant porcupine* Bestiary 3 222

Lyrakien (azata) Bestiary 2 38

Paracletus (aeon) Bestiary 2 11

Silvanshee (agathion) Bestiary 2 21

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Thoqqua Bestiary 2 262

Tripurasura (asura) Bestiary 3 26

Velociraptor (dinosaur) Bestiary 4 59

Voidworm (protean) Bestiary 2 217

4th Level Source

Crysmal Bestiary 2 61

Dimetrodon* (dinosaur) Bestiary 3 78

Dire weasel* Bestiary 4 275

D’ziriak Bestiary 2 113

Foo lion Bestiary 3 120

Giant seahorse* Bestiary 4 234

Giant skunk* Bestiary 3 247

Giant vulture* Bestiary 3 284

Giraffe* (herd animal) Bestiary 4 150

Great white shark* Bestiary 4 241

Howler Bestiary 2 159

Magmin Bestiary 3 189

Megaloceros* (megafauna) Bestiary 2 187

Pachycephalosaurus* (dinosaur) Bestiary 3 79

Parasaurolophus* (dinosaur) Bestiary 2 91

Schir (demon) Bestiary 3 74

Vulnudaemon (daemon) Bestiary 3 63

5th Level Source

Achaierai Bestiary 2 7

Archelon (megafauna) Bestiary 3 192

Belker Bestiary 2 45

Cerberi Bestiary 3 51

Emperor cobra* (snake) Bestiary 2 252

Giant gar* Bestiary 2 128

Glyptodon* (megafauna) Bestiary 2 186

Hippopotamus* Bestiary 2 157

Host devil Bestiary 4 53

Hypnalis Bestiary 4 154

Iguanodon* (dinosaur) Bestiary 3 78

Incubus (demon) Bestiary 3 73

Ceustodaemon (daemon) Bestiary 2 65

Megatherium* (megafauna) Bestiary 2 187

Mudlord Bestiary 4 195

Ostiarius (kyton) Bestiary 4 176

Shadow mastiff Bestiary 3 241

Styracosaurus (dinosaur) Bestiary 4 59

Tojanida Bestiary 3 270

Vulpinal (agathion) Bestiary 2 22

6th Level Source

Adhukait (asura) Bestiary 3 22

Allosaurus* (dinosaur) Bestiary 2 90

Animate dream Bestiary 2 29

Arsinoitherium* (megafauna) Bestiary 2 186

Axiomite Bestiary 2 36

Baluchitherium* (megafauna) Bestiary 3 192

Hellcat Bestiary 2 153

Hydrodaemon (daemon) Bestiary 2 67

Immense tortoise* Bestiary 4 263

Legion archon Bestiary 3 19

Megalania* (megafauna) Bestiary 3 193

Mihstu Bestiary 2 190

Naunet (protean) Bestiary 2 216

Pairaka (div) Bestiary 3 88

Shoggti (qlippoth) Bestiary 2 225

Theletos (aeon) Bestiary 2 14

Tylosaurus (dinosaur) Bestiary 2 91

7th Level Source

Avoral (agathion) Bestiary 2 16

Behemoth hippopotamus* Bestiary 2 157

Contract devil Bestiary 3 76

Ghawwas (div) Bestiary 3 87

Giant anaconda* (snake) Bestiary 2 252

Giant snapping turtle* Bestiary 2 273

Kalavakus (demon) Bestiary 2 78

Leukodaemon (daemon) Bestiary 2 68

Movanic deva (angel) Bestiary 2 28

Nyogoth (qlippoth) Bestiary 2 224

Piscodaemon (daemon) Bestiary 2 72

Sacristan (kyton) Bestiary 4 177

Shield archon Bestiary 2 31

Upasunda (asura) Bestiary 3 27

Whale* Bestiary 2 282

8th Level Source

Aghasura (asura) Bestiary 3 23

Baregara Bestiary 3 34

Basilosaurus* (megafauna) Bestiary 3 193

Chernobue (qlippoth) Bestiary 2 220

Coloxus (demon) Bestiary 3 72

Diplodocus* (dinosaur) Bestiary 4 58

Interlocutor (kyton) Bestiary 3 174

Kolyarut (inevitable) Bestiary 2 163

Leonal (agathion) Bestiary 2 20

Meladaemon (daemon) Bestiary 2 69

Monadic deva (angel) Bestiary 2 27

Omox (demon) Bestiary 2 79

Shira (div) Bestiary 3 90

Spinosaurus* (dinosaur) Bestiary 3 79

9th Level Source

Augnagar (qlippoth) Bestiary 2 219

Couatl Bestiary 49

Great white whale* Bestiary 2 282

Sepid (div) Bestiary 3 89

Storm giant Bestiary 152

Tarry demodand Bestiary 3 71

Valkyrie Bestiary 3 277

* This creature is summoned with the celestial template if you

are good and the ﬁendish template if you are evil. If you are

neutral, you can choose which template to apply to the creature.

This summoned creature has an alignment that matches yours,

regardless of its usual alignment. Summoning this creature

makes the summoning spell’s type match your alignment.

Priests can use summon monster or summon nature’s ally

spells to summon creatures strongly associated with

their deities (and often unavailable to other spellcasters).

The following creatures are available when a priest of the

listed deity casts a summon monster or summon nature’s

ally spell of the appropriate level, or uses a higher-level

spell to summon multiple creatures from a lower-level

summon monster or summon nature’s ally creature list.

Creatures summoned from these lists are subject to the

same limitation as those summoned from the alternate

summoning tables (see page 28).

Table 3: Expanded Summoning for Priests

1st Level Deity Source

Badger

Torag Bestiary 2 40

Entropic stirge Calistria Bestiary 2 292,

Bestiary 260

Fiendish giant maggot Urgathoa Bestiary 2 292, 124

Two-headed

Abadar Bestiary 294, 118

celestial eagle (LN)

2nd Level Deity Source

Augur (kyton) Zon-Kuthon Bestiary 3 171

Celestial elk (LG) Erastil Bestiary 3 290, 147

Celestial or Cayden Cailean Bestiary 2 292,

entropic

wolf Bestiary 278

Dimorphodon

(dinosaur) Gozreh Bestiary 4 58

Entropic giant bee

Calistria Bestiary 2 292, 43

Fiendish giant fly Urgathoa Bestiary 2 292, 124

Grig

Shelyn Bestiary 2 147

Pseudodragon (CG) Desna Bestiary 229

Shikigami (kami) Irori Bestiary 3 163

3rd Level Deity Source

Cythnigot (qlippoth) Rovagug Bestiary 2 221

Dire badger

Torag Bestiary 2 40

Fiendish choker Norgorber Bestiary 294, 45

Hell hound Asmodeus Bestiary 173

Iron cobra

(no poison) Gorum Bestiary 182

Lyrakien (azata)

Desna Bestiary 2 38

Nosoi (psychopomp) Pharasma Bestiary 4 220

Paracletus (aeon)

Nethys Bestiary 2 11

Resolute hippogriff

(LN) Abadar Bestiary 2 293, 156

Satyr (without pipes, CG) Cayden Cailean Bestiary 241

Silvanshee (agathion) Shelyn Bestiary 2 21

4th Level Deity Source

Advanced azer

Torag Bestiary 2 292, 39

Catrina (psychopomp) Pharasma Bestiary 4 218

Celestial dire boar (LG) Erastil Bestiary 294, 36

Celestial giant eagle (LG) Iomedae Bestiary 294, 118

Giant black widow

Norgorber Bestiary 2 256

(spider)

Resolute

griffon (LN) Abadar Bestiary 2 293,

Bestiary 168

Two-headed

Abadar Bestiary 294, 118

celestial giant eagle (LN)

Yeth hound (CE) Lamashtu Bestiary 286

5th Level Deity Source

Advanced Iomedae Bestiary 294, 168

celestial griffon (LG)

Advanced choker Norgorber Bestiary 294, 45

Cerberi

Asmodeus Bestiary 3 51

Entropic

barghest (CE) Lamashtu Bestiary 2 292,

Bestiary 27

Entropic spider eater Calistria Bestiary 3 290, 255

Bearded devil Asmodeus Bestiary 73

Cayhound Cayden Cailean Inner Sea Bestiary 8

Fiendish gibbering Rovagug Bestiary 294, 153

mouther (CE)

Ostiarius (kyton) Zon-Kuthon Bestiary 4 176

Vulpinal (agathion) Shelyn Bestiary 2 22

6th Level Deity Source

Advanced shadow mastiff Lamashtu Bestiary 3 90, 241

Arsinoitherium

(megafauna) Gorum Bestiary 2 186

Immense tortoise

Gozreh Bestiary 4 263

Janni (genie, NG) Sarenrae Bestiary 141

Shoggti (qlippoth) Rovagug Bestiary 2 225

Theletos (aeon) Nethys Bestiary 2 14

Vanth (psychopomp) Pharasma Bestiary 4 221

7th Level Deity Source

Advanced bulette

Gorum Bestiary 294, 39

Advanced entropic Rovagug Bestiary 3 290, 130

girtablilu

Avoral (agathion) Shelyn Bestiary 2 16

Fiendish daughter Urgathoa Bestiary 294,

of Urgathoa The Inner Sea

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Movanic deva (angel) Sarenrae Bestiary 2 28

Sacristan (kyton) Zon-Kuthon Bestiary 4 177

Star monarch

Desna Inner Sea

Bestiary 50

Whale

Gozreh Bestiary 2 282

Zuishin (kami, NG) Irori Bestiary 3 165

8th Level Deity Source

Advanced entropic Calistria Bestiary 2 292, 54

chaos beast

Jorogumo

Norgorber Bestiary 3 156

9th Level Deity Source

Great white whale

Gozreh Bestiary 2 282

Kolyarut (inevitable) Abadar Bestiary 2 163

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Morrigna (psychopomp) Pharasma Bestiary 4 219

Peri Sarenrae Bestiary 3 218

1 This creature is summoned with the celestial template if you

are good and the ﬁendish template if you are evil. If you

are neutral, you can choose which template to apply to the

creature. Its alignment always matches yours, regardless of

its usual alignment. Summoning this creature makes the

summoning spell’s type match your alignment.

2 This creature has two heads. It gains a +2 racial bonus on

Perception checks, but does not gain an extra bite attack.

FURTHER EXPANDING

SUMMONING LISTS

Game Masters may wish to expand the list of creatures that

can be summoned with the summon monster and summon

nature’s ally spells even further, to custom-build lists for

other deities or groups, or to allow options from additional

sources. This allows GMs to create special summoning

options for priests of gods not covered here or even agents

of Empyreal Lords and similar beings. It is also a good

way to represent conjurers trained in specific traditions of

summoning magic, such as the Riftwardens.

GMs should be cautious about such expansions,

however. These spells are already extremely powerful and

flexible, and adding new options both expands the overall

utility of the spells and risks adding a creature with

abilities not designed to be available to a player.

In particular, creatures that cast spells often have

access to magic that should not be easily accessed by

players simply by summoning a creature of a set CR. Such

abilities may not be combat-oriented (thus keeping its CR

low), but could still be too useful to a player in noncombat

situations to be available through a summoning spell. In

particular, look for spell-like abilities that duplicate

spells with expensive material components or

that are higher level than the spell required to

summon the creature.

GMs should also be cautious about including

characters with abilities that force foes to attempt saving

throws (especially in an area) with no limit to how often

they can be used. Even if the save DC is low, summoning

creatures that force every foe to attempt a saving throw

every round can significantly slow down gameplay. The

restrictions on such powers given on page 28 can help

alleviate this issue. Other problematic abilities include

Huge or larger size, as such creatures can be used as

mobile barriers, and the ability to burrow or fly, which

can give PCs movement options that normally require a

dedicated spell to access. Creatures able to create items or

treasure and those that can easily transport messages or

items are also worth avoiding.

If a creature doesn’t have any problematic abilities, it

may be appropriate as an expanded option for summon

monster or summon nature’s ally. Summon monster is normally

restricted to outsiders (with normal creatures gaining

the celestial or fiendish template to indicate that they

are planar variants of normal creatures), while summon

nature’s ally focuses on animals, fey, giants, and plants. The

creatures that can be summoned by a priest of a specific

deity often are similar to the deity’s sacred animal (priests

of Cayden Cailean can summon a celestial or entropic wolf

because his sacred animal is a dog), resemble some ally of

the deity (Abadar’s priests can summon two-headed eagles

because this is a form sometimes taken by the god’s herald,

the Lawgiver), or are thematically tied to the deity’s areas

of concern (priests of Gorum believe that the bulette is a

symbol of their god’s strength and love of heavy armor).

The typical CR of a creature that a spell of a given

level can summon is as follows: 1st level—CR 1/3 to 1/2;

2nd level—CR 1; 3rd level—CR 2; 4th level —CR 3 to 4;

5thlevel—CR 5 to 6; 6th level—CR 7 to 8; 7th level—CR9

to 10; 8th level—CR 11 to 12; 9th level—CR 13 to 14.

Remember to account for the CR adjustment of

any templates applied.

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