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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xahn'Tyr" data-source="post: 74682" data-attributes="member: 1525">I'm not real clear on exactly how many chances to attack a summoned critter should get. My first thought was that it would basically be 1/level. But the mechanics involved here make me think it might be 1/level + 1 instead.It is a full round casting time. The player (a 1st level caster) starts casting on his turn in round 1. The player then finishes the casting right before his turn in round 2. The beasty shows up right before the character's turn and attacks on his turn. So far so good.Now the character's next turn comes around in round 3. Does the spell's duration (1 round in this case) end right before his turn, or does it expire during his turn? It seems to me that this is the last round of the spell and summoned creatures act normally on the last round of the spell and disappear at the end of their turn. That would allow on last attack before they went home.Or is the first round the last round for first level summonings? If it appears right before the it's turn and then disappears at the end of it's turn, it certainly hasn't been there for a round (ie. it is not a target or a flanker for everyone else who will go before the player's next turn). If it has to be there for a round, and it only disappears at the end of it's turn, then it has to be in existance for level+1 round's worth of actions.</blockquote>