Summon Nature's Ally vs. Summon Monster

[Hypersmurf]

"A summoned monster cannot summon or otherwise conjure another creature, nor can it use any teleportation or planar travel abilities. Creatures cannot be summoned into an environment that cannot support them."

Ah, okay. Is that specific to those two spells, or to any effect with the [Summoning] descriptor? It doesn't appear in the Subschool description in the Magic Overview chapter of the SRD - that has what I quoted above.

If it's supposed to be general, it's a case for Olgar's Errata File...

-Hyp.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

"A summoned monster cannot summon or otherwise conjure another creature, nor can it use any teleportation or planar travel abilities. Creatures cannot be summoned into an environment that cannot support them."

What the heck is the point of summoning a demon if it can't even teleport itself? Do you know how useful a demon's teleport is? It lets them get to the good-aligned spellcaster sitting in the back! It also makes fear auras even nastier.

 

[James McMurray]

Well, you can always just summon them next to the good aligned spellcaster in the back. Or in the midst of the people you want to scare.