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Message: <blockquote data-quote="clark411" data-source="post: 584411" data-attributes="member: 4768">Summon Monster is great.  Once our party cleric was womped by an invisible floating giant squid in a dungeon we were visiting... since it was only me (the rogue) and our neighborhood Psion left, we did what any normal person would do.Summon 38 celestial bison over the course of three minutes, having each one charge its way into the room, eventually killing the squid bit by bit when it didn't get it's AoO's off.Beyond that, upon teleporting into the Sea in Celestia, we all started to drown till, as the wiz (above rogue died- this is about a year afterwards), I was able to summon three celestial orcas to swim us up long enough for the psion to bestow us all with flight.  Would have died otherwise.Summon monster is far more utility and indirect benefit in combat.  Surrounding yourself with animals in combat is basically a poor man's Bigby's Hand spell.  Being able to summon them anywhere makes them great flanking help for Rogues.  Being able to summon them while enjoying improved invisiblity can cause excellent mischief when dealing diversions to your average guard.</blockquote>