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Message: <blockquote data-quote="touc" data-source="post: 7411223" data-attributes="member: 19270">If I cleave a sentient living creature in half with my axe, it's OK.If I methodically tear apart the brain of a creature with psychic nightmares courtesy of Phantasmal Killer, it's OK.If I sink my dagger repeatedly into the flesh of an enemy until it doesn't move anymore, it's OK.So you're asking if I'm going to have in-game moral quandaries about summoning monsters to trip traps? But, for the player or DM who is concerned, it's all about how you view the spell. If you perceive the spell as a form of Slavery, then yeah, summoning unwilling beings to impale themselves in painful ways is evil, as would be sending them into battle to suffer blade, fire, and fang for you. That appears more in line with demon-summoning.So view it as a contract (and maybe it'd be an adventure to find the original contract?) The Outerplanar realms have contracted that their entities may be summoned for your use, so long as they are not permitted to die as a result. It's obvious what you, the caster, are getting, but it'd be up to the imagination of the DM what the summoned creatures get. So go with that if there's a quandary in place. Maybe it's one of the great mysteries of the arcane and divine world.</blockquote>