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Hey, I am playing a conjurer and have noticed a problem.

1) Summon Monster II list has the Ant, Drone as it's first entry. Looking through the Bestiary they must be referring to the Giant Ant (Wish they would put Giant Ant in the list). The Giant Ant is a CR 2 which is odd compared to the rest of the Summons on the list but that isn't a drone, a drone gains the Advance Template and Fly Speed pushing it up to CR 3.

Looking in the Giant Ant entry though there is also a spot for worker ants which drops it to a CR 1 by removing the special attacks. So I am thinking there is a typo and the Summon Monster list II should be Ant, Worker. Agree, disagree? Where/how would I report this.


John Templeton wrote:

Hey, I am playing a conjurer and have noticed a problem.

1) Summon Monster II list has the Ant, Drone as it's first entry. Looking through the Bestiary they must be referring to the Giant Ant (Wish they would put Giant Ant in the list). The Giant Ant is a CR 2 which is odd compared to the rest of the Summons on the list but that isn't a drone, a drone gains the Advance Template and Fly Speed pushing it up to CR 3.

Looking in the Giant Ant entry though there is also a spot for worker ants which drops it to a CR 1 by removing the special attacks. So I am thinking there is a typo and the Summon Monster list II should be Ant, Worker. Agree, disagree? Where/how would I report this.

cant find the response in thread, but here's the answer from the d20pfsrd site faq

Summon Monster(12/21/09)
(James Jacobs 12/21/09) Official Errata for Summon Monster Spell. The majority of these errors, I suspect, came from miscommunication between what was and wasn't changing with these animals in the switchover between the 3.5 Monster Manual and the Pathfinder Bestiary.[Source]

Change Giant Lizard to Monitor Lizard. (The lists don't support summoning a Giant Frilled Lizard, but you could probably add them to summon monster V or summon nature's ally V.)
Change Riding Dog to Dog.
Change Ant, drone to Ant, worker.
Change Ant, soldier to Ant, giant.

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This errata has already been applied to d20pfsrd.com Summon Monster lists also. The errata has been in place for months.

You're welcome :)


d20pfsrd.com wrote:

This errata has already been applied to d20pfsrd.com Summon Monster lists also. The errata has been in place for months.

You're welcome :)

Its much appreciated, saves a buttload of time to look at your faq list. So yea, thanks for your effort.

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So anything found within the PFsrd is legal for PFS as long as it doesn't conflict with the guide for organized play?

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kaisc006 wrote:
So anything found within the PFsrd is legal for PFS as long as it doesn't conflict with the guide for organized play?

Sort of. The Official PRD always contains the same material as the core rulebooks and current errata, and so is as valid at the core books themselves for organized play.

However, d20PFSRD is a fan-run project, and is not considered an official source.


kaisc006 wrote:
So anything found within the PFsrd is legal for PFS as long as it doesn't conflict with the guide for organized play?

No, the sources allowed in PFS are listed in Chapter 13 of the Guide to the Pathfinder Society. The material in d20PFSRD probably includes most of this, but also includes disallowed material, and 3rd party material that would not be under consideration.

Also, anything beyond the "Core assumption" (consisting of the Core Rulebook and the Pathfinder Chronicles: Seekers of Secrets) may be requested by your PFS GM for review.


Ross Byers wrote:
kaisc006 wrote:
So anything found within the PFsrd is legal for PFS as long as it doesn't conflict with the guide for organized play?
Sort of. The Official PRD always contains the same material as the core rulebooks and current errata, and so is as valid at the core books themselves for organized play.

Note that just because the Official PRD has all current errata, that doesn't mean that everything in it is "correct". For instance, the PRD still lists "Giant lizard" as a possible Summon Monster III creature, even though no such animal exists in the Bestiary and James Jacobs has indicated (semi-officially?) that it should read "Monitor lizard" instead.

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