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Planar Binding & Additional Resources
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Is there a definitive ruling on what sources are legal for pulling monsters from for spells such as Planar Binding (or Simulacrum)? Unlike Summon Monster, there is not a creature list attached to the spell. Going through everything that comes up when searching planar binding, I see the occasional reference to players using the spell (even in the presence of PFS officials), but there's nothing about what they were allowed to use.

Are no monsters actually allowed to be called, Bestiary 1 monsters only, or all content from the Bestiaries?
Robe of Arcane Heritage & Bloatmages
Scarab Sages

So let's say I have a Bloatmage in society play, Wiz 1/Bloat 10, and thus have Absorb Bloodline, this part seems to be well established as legal. I now have the power to gain bloodline powers as if I were a sorcerer of a level equal to my total arcane spellcaster level.

If I then don a Robe of Arcane Heritage, with a diagram of my relatively uninteresting family tree, and then I absorb a bloodline, do I then have the bloodline powers equal to all my arcane caster levels + 4? (Thus in my case giving me the arcane powers up to level 15)

These are both very broadly defined to the point that I would expect this to work, but I'd love a bit of discussion on it.

Absorb Bloodline:
At 10th level, a bloodmage can temporarily access all of the bloodline powers of a given sorcerer bloodline as if she were a sorcerer of a level equaling her total arcane spellcaster level (including bloodmage levels) by consuming blood tied to that bloodline. By drinking 1 pint of fresh blood (which inflicts 1 point of Constitution damage) from a sorcerer with the given bloodline or from a creature affiliated with that bloodline, the bloodmage gains the ability to use the bloodline powers (but not bonus spells, proficiencies, and so on) as appropriate to her level for 1 hour. This ability is usable once per day and drinking the blood normally requires a full minute, but bloodmages with the Brew Potion feat can distill the blood into a potion-sized draught that can be stored and consumed as a standard action.

Any bloodlines absorbed are in addition to the original bloodline of a bloodmage with sorcerer levels. Though the bloodmage gains no physical nourishment from drinking blood, this practice is likely responsible for many of the stories linking bloodmages and vampires.

In addition to sorcerers of the given bloodline, the following list presents a few examples of creatures whose blood is considered affiliated to a bloodline. There may be others who work equally well, at the GM’s discretion.

Aberrant: any aberration.
Abyssal: any chaotic evil outsider.
Arcane: any arcane caster, or any creature with an arcane spell or spell-like ability of at least 3rd-level.
Celestial: any good outsider.
Destined: any creature able to cast divination spells.
Draconic: any dragon or creature with the dragon type.
Elemental: any creature with an elemental or energy subtype (air, cold, earth, fire, water), provided it has flesh and blood (such as a salamander, but not a fire elemental).
Fey: any fey or gnome.
Infernal: any lawful evil outsider.
Undead: any undead creature with flesh and blood (such as vampires or ghouls, but not skeletons).


Robe of Arcane Heritage:
These elegant, dark purple robes are usually decorated with gold stitching suggesting a particular sorcerer bloodline, though some might indicate a family tree. When a sorcerer dons a robe of arcane heritage, the stitching pulls itself apart and reweaves to match her particular sorcerer bloodline. The wearer treats her sorcerer level as 4 higher than normal for the purpose of determining what bloodline powers she can use and their effects.