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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 3374379" data-attributes="member: 3424">It's 1st level for a druid, but if we're taking 2nd level spells, summon monster II nets you 1d3 potential attacks, and summon monster III nets you 1d4+1.This might make a neat trick especially if you have a malconvoker (spellcaster who specializes in tricking evil summoned creatures into fighting other evil creatures, from Complete Scoundrel) in the party. A really interesting tactic would be to combine this with summoning creatures with regeneration (simple fast healing would not work), and deal them enough nonlethal damage to bring their hit points to a very low level. These then provoke AOOs from the fighter with Combat Reflexes and Great Cleave, who attacks them with a weapon that also deals nonlethal damage to them. When they suffer enough nonlethal damage to drop, the fighter then Cleaves off his AOOs into the BBEG. The next round, the party healer can use a mass cure wounds spell to bring their nonlethal damage down to less than their hit points (healing any other party members who might also be injured in the process), and they can provoke AOOs from the fighter again.A quick check with the PHB and MM indicates that the lowest you can manage this is 11th level (summon monster VI), with a single chain devil.</blockquote>