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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thorian" data-source="post: 1741965" data-attributes="member: 4727">While I agree that they are screwed up, and that the best solution is to take PfE and substitute appropriately, I disagree with your interpretation (perhaps for the first time).As written, here is how I interpret the spells:Protection from Evil protects against Neutral and Evil summoned creatures.Protection from Law protects against Lawful summoned creatures.Protection from Chaos protects against Chaotic summoned creatures.And Protection from Good protects against Good summoned creatures.My logic is as follows:Protection from Evil mentions that it protects against bodily contact by summoned creatures, but Good creatures are immune to this effect.  Protection from Good mentions it is as PfE except good summoned creatures cannot touch the subject.  I interpret the except to mean instead of (not in addition to), so PfG would only protect against bodily contact from good summoned creatures.  Of course, I think they didn't actually mean for it to work the way you or I have interpreted the rules as written, but someone just did a poor job of writing the spell descriptions.  Anyway, does anyone know of any "official" corrections or clarifications?</blockquote>