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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zappo" data-source="post: 1409737" data-attributes="member: 633">Suppose that you are on an outer plane and cast a Summon monster V. Or a Summon natural ally. What are your options?  I think that it would add to a plane's flavor is there were specialized SM/SNA lists. But how should these lists be? Suppose the caster of a summon monster is on a lower plane - my first instinct would be to add heaps of fiendish creatures, more evil outsiders, and drop all celestials. However, on a second thought, that doesn't really make sense. The spell is supposed to get extraplanar creatures, so on (say) Baator it should pick up anything except a Baatezu. What would you do?  And what about SNA spells? They are supposed to summon a "natural" creature, but on another plane the definition of "natural" could be very different. Could a SNA cast on the plane of water come up with a fire elemental? Probably not. If cast on an upper plane, on the other hand, it is reasonable that it will summon a celestial animal instead of a normal one...  Has anyone thought about this?</blockquote>