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Message: <blockquote data-quote="akbearfoot" data-source="post: 4219414" data-attributes="member: 33560">Our PCs always feel better after a we kill things and take their stuff.....Especially if they have nice stuff.It annoys me that so many DMs seem to have a problem with casters using summoning spells to set off traps.  My main DM is the same way...It's a spell slot and it doesent harm the creature, and the creature in effect is protecting the party by walking down the hall.How is it any different then summoning an elemental into combat and it getting killed in a fight....It it 'un-druidic' to use the forces of nature to protect yourself?  What if you summon an earth elemental and send it under a door to scout a room and it gets killed by monsters?  What if instead of monsters there was a trap and it got killed, is it different?  Is there really a valid argument that my 'intent' was any different if I knew ahead of time that there was a trap...or possibly a trap?\Our DM won't even let us use animals conjured from a bag of tricks in this manner....It annoys me because other than him saying 'its just wrong' there is no reason....I can summon ice elementals to soak up the fiery breath of a red dragon, but the earth elemental isnt allowed to walk down a suspicious hallway?  Pffffft!</blockquote>