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<blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 7408588" data-attributes="member: 7808">In 3.5, it is generally not an evil act.A spell that is Conjuration, Summoning type is governed by this text: &quot;A summoned creature also goes away if it is killed or if its hit points drop to 0 or lower. It is not really dead.&quot;&nbsp; So you explicitly aren't killing them.&nbsp; Also, note that they aren't completely real; they &quot;die&quot; at 0 hp rather than -10, any they lack certain abilities of normal creatures.&nbsp; Some sections of the rules explicitly refer to summoned creatures as manifestations rather than real: &quot;Conjurations bring manifestations of objects, creatures, or some form of energy to you (the summoning subschool)&quot;.However, as noted by others, the Summon Monster spells can gain a Good or Evil (or other) subtype: &quot;When you use a summoning spell to summon an air, chaotic, earth, evil, fire, good, lawful, or water creature, it is a spell of that type.&quot;&nbsp; So, paradoxically, summoning an Evil creature just to kill it is an Evil act, and summoning a Good creature just to kill it is a Good act.&nbsp; I'm perfectly okay with that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Deset Gled, post: 7408588, member: 7808"] In 3.5, it is generally not an evil act. A spell that is Conjuration, Summoning type is governed by this text: "A summoned creature also goes away if it is killed or if its hit points drop to 0 or lower. It is not really dead." So you explicitly aren't killing them. Also, note that they aren't completely real; they "die" at 0 hp rather than -10, any they lack certain abilities of normal creatures. Some sections of the rules explicitly refer to summoned creatures as manifestations rather than real: "Conjurations bring manifestations of objects, creatures, or some form of energy to you (the summoning subschool)". However, as noted by others, the Summon Monster spells can gain a Good or Evil (or other) subtype: "When you use a summoning spell to summon an air, chaotic, earth, evil, fire, good, lawful, or water creature, it is a spell of that type." So, paradoxically, summoning an Evil creature just to kill it is an Evil act, and summoning a Good creature just to kill it is a Good act. I'm perfectly okay with that. [/QUOTE]

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