Ugh..... this was obviously poorly thought out.
The current Summon Monster list is restricted to non-magical beasts that gain a template, and Outsiders.
The boon allows you to add any monster you want to the list, which means that things like Dragons, Phoenixes, and others are now kosher.
I'm not opposed to that in principle, I'd love to be able to summon Dragons, that would be sweet.
However, the current faction bonus allows for any kind of monster, even 0hd monsters, and monsters with additional templates, so long as they fit CR.
This means that if you so chose, and the GM said it was ok, you could choose to Summon a number of NPCs of your design.
That + Wish Abuse makes that faction boon silly.
And if honestly given the choice, I'd just add a whole bunch of dragons or Genie folk to the list. The dragons range accross all CRs, and the Genie folk can go up in CR based on Template adjustment and adding class levels. Wish abuse is hell-a powerful, and seems like the most efficient way of going about this.
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I don't really understand PFS all that well, is there anyway to get Prestige Points in normal, non-PFS, play?
If this is PFS-only then that caps out at level 12 so Efreet, Jyoti, Shining Child etc. are not involved.
I also think that the subordinate clause in the second sentence quoted by the OP is fairly significant.
At lower levels I imagine that Nixies (for water-breathing), pseudodragons and faerie dragons (stealthy flyer go fetch), Caryatid Columns (magic, pah), pegasus (flying mount) and unicorns (healing, teleport, buff, wild empathy) would be cool options with great flavour.
I don't really understand PFS all that well, is there anyway to get Prestige Points in normal, non-PFS, play?
If this is PFS-only then that caps out at level 12 so Efreet, Jyoti, Shining Child etc. are not involved.
Prestige Points don't have anything to do with PFS. They are a useful game mechanic for handling your character's interactions with his Faction in a consistent manner, instead of just GM fiat, so that if your GM can't figure out exactly how much your character's Faction values him, or how much it would risk or spend to help him out, there is a numerical system so your GM doesn't have to just wing it.
They represent things like the amount of influence your character wields within his Faction organization, how many favors are owed to your character by other members of your Faction, and how valuable those favors are. They could also represent how much money your character has invested in the organization and how much the organization owes him, or maybe even represent how valuable your character is to your Faction's leadership, and how far they will go to keep him happy and/or alive.
So as you see, Prestige Points can mean a lot of different things, but ultimately they just kinda boils down to how much your Faction likes you.
Prestige Points are very nifty, but they aren't any part of PFS play; there isn't any Paizo accountant recording how many Prestige Points you've earned per hour of playing sanctioned PFS scenarios, you aren't barred from using the PP rules if you aren't involved in PFS, and the Paizo Police will not come and knock down your door to take you away for unauthorized use of Prestige Points, or anything like that, I promise. :)
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@RyokoMocha there are three possible things that happened here. A.) You were quite drunk. B.) it was around 3 AM. Or C.) you are just incredibly bored. :P
*Summons Level 2 Drow Wizard*
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I'm particularly fond of Esoteric Training from the generic spellcaster's guild: +3 CL to one spellcasting class and +1 CL to another to a max of your HD, and these bonuses INCREASE SPELL SLOTS AND SPELLS KNOWN AS WELL!?
Yes pleas! Mystic Theurge just became viable.