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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hayek" data-source="post: 5409097" data-attributes="member: 53760">The one thing you don't get to add is temporary bonuses. So if a warlord uses some power that gives allies next to him +2 to hit until end of next turn and you are next to the warlord and your summons is on the other side of the battlefield, you get +2 to hit if you cast burning hands, but not if you attack with your summons. If the locations are reversed and your summons is next to him, the attacks with your summons get +2 to hit, but your other spells do not.Note this is different from a permanent but situational bonus. I.e. if you have a helm of opportunity and bracers of tactical blows on then your summons' opportunity attacks get +1 to hit and +1d6 damage. Combine with a tome of arrest and 2nd level utility familiar harrier and your summons suddenly go from 'useless waste of a daily' to an actually mildly effective spell. Not to sidetrack things, but generally speaking summons are some of the worst dailies out there unless you are well-optimized to use them.</blockquote>