Do I understand the rules on pages 187/188 correctly in that Clerics and Druids must take a Full-round action to spontaneously cast cure/inflict/summon spells?
Would this mean a druid would take almost two rounds to cast a spontaneous Summon Nature's Ally?
Do I understand the rules on pages 187/188 correctly in that Clerics and Druids must take a Full-round action to spontaneously cast cure/inflict/summon spells?
Nope, only if the spell is modified by a metamagic feat. If not, the spell's casting time in unaltered.
Essentially, all it's saying is that the process of applying metamagic feats to a cleric or druid's spontaneously cast spells functions identically as that of applying metamagic feats to spells cast by a sorcerer or bard.
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You are reading it incorrectly. That section states that adding a metamagic effect to a spontaneous inflict, cure, or summon nature's ally will increase the casting time. Normal spontaneous casting takes no additional time.
Clerics and druids must take more time to spontaneously cast a metamagic version of a cure, inflict, or summon spell. Spontaneously casting a metamagic version of a spell with a casting time of 1 standard action is a full-round action, and spells with longer casting times take an extra full-round action to cast.
Now I understand. Thanks for your help!