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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AuraSeer" data-source="post: 90422" data-attributes="member: 1331">The way I read it, the book says that with respect to experience, to treat Summon spells identically to other spells. That's how I try to play it.Say the NPC wizard spots the party from a half-mile away, and casts one spell before fleeing. Maybe he casts Summon Monster VI to bring in a Large fire  elemental, and sends it to attack the party. Or maybe he instead casts a quadruple-range Fireball, which is also a sixth-level spell (by means of Enlarge Spell).  Would you give the party experience for getting hit with the Fireball?  I would probably treat it as if they'd set off a trap; their actions (approaching the wizard) triggered a damaging effect, which happened once and then was done. Since it makes sense for Fireball, I'd try to use the same reasoning for Summon Monster.(Another way of looking at it: the party doesn't have to fight a summoned creature. A Dispel Magic would get rid of it, or they could just run away and wait for the duration to expire.  Would you give experience for either of those actions? I wouldn't.)</blockquote>