Summon Monster IX

Schools: Conjuration (Summoning) [see text]
Level: Chaos 9, Clr 9, Evil 9, Good 9,

Law 9, Sor/Wiz 9

Components: V, S, F/DF

Casting Time: 1 full round

Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)

Effect: One or more summoned creatures, no two of which can be more than 30 ft. apart

Duration: 1 round/level (D)

Saving Throw: None

Spell Resistance: No

This spell summons an outsider (extraplanar creature). It appears where the character designates and acts immediately, on the character's turn. It attacks the character's opponents to the best of its ability. If the character can communicate with the outsider, the character can direct it not to attack, to attack particular enemies, or to perform other actions. Summoned creatures act normally on the last round of the spell and disappear at the end of their turn.

The spell conjures one of the creatures from the 9th-level list on the Summon Monster table below, 1d3 creatures of the same type from the 8th-level list, or 1d4+1 creatures of the same type from a lower-level list. The character chooses which creature to summon, and can change that choice each time the spell is cast.

9th Level

Lammasu LG

Couatl LG

Astral deva (celestial) NG

Ghaele eladrin (celestial) CG

Elemental, elder N

Barghest, Large LE

Xill LE

Rakshasa LE

Gelugon (devil) LE

Night hag NE

Nightmare NE

Vrock (demon) CE

When the character uses a summoning spell to summon an air, chaotic, earth, evil, fire, good, lawful, or water creature, it is a spell of that type.