Can Summon Creatures OA?

[Bungo_Underhill]

I'm hoping someone can answer the question below for me.

Can a summoned creature make opportunity attacks?

If so A) does this count as my OA against the provoker for the turn? &
B) what attack does it make? Its own attack (as detail in the summon spell) or my basic melee attack (without temporary bonuses)?

Thanks for your help!

 

[DracoSuave]

I'm hoping someone can answer the question below for me.

Can a summoned creature make opportunity attacks?

If so A) does this count as my OA against the provoker for the turn? &
B) what attack does it make? Its own attack (as detail in the summon spell) or my basic melee attack (without temporary bonuses)?

Thanks for your help!

Summoned creatures have no actions of their own, and that does include opportunity actions.

However, some summoned creatures have commands you can give it that do use opportunity actions.

Summon Fire Warriors, for instance does have an opportunity attack it can use. Doing so does use up your opportunity action that turn.

Without an opportunity action or attack command available, however, the summoned creature cannot opportunity attack.

 

[Bungo_Underhill]

Summoned creatures have no actions of their own, and that does include opportunity actions.

So if I summon a giant toad next to my enemy, that enemy can just walk past it and attack me with no ill effects?

I can't use my opportunity action through the summoned creature?

 

[DracoSuave]

So if I summon a giant toad next to my enemy, that enemy can just walk past it and attack me with no ill effects?

I can't use my opportunity action through the summoned creature?

Well, if said Giant Toad were the one in Primal Power, no, because the Giant Toad does not have a command that allows you to do so.

Most summons are divided into three rough catagories...

Summons which have Opportunity actions (invokers and wizards tend to get these)
Summons with Instinctive Effects (druids tend to get these)
Summons with Neither (they exist but are not common).

The advantage of having Opportunity actions is that you can use them to control areas by their Opportunity Attacks.

The advantage of having Instinctive effects is that if the instinctive effect is favorable (and you have a LOT of leeway to make it so), then you simply let it do its thing, and get free attacks as a result.

Both are effective control, but have different tactics. invoker summons are to discourage moving away from the summons, druid summons are to -encourage- moving away from the summons.

Summary version:

Druids can't OA through their summons, invokers and wizards can.