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Summon Monster 1: This spell summons an extraplanar creature (typically an outsider, elemental, or magical beast native to another plane).
* This creature is summoned with the celestial template if you are good, or the fiendish template if you are evil; you may choose either if you are neutral.
Ok, lets look at the Dire Rat. It is a small animal, and a good wizard summons it so it has the Celestial template. Now the Celestial template does NOT confer the Magical Beast type, and there are no Magical Beasts in the Summon Monster list.
Going back to 3.5, the spells actually summoned a "celestial xxxx" which was a Magical Beast, but with Pathfinder, the specific creatures were dropped and they were templated.
So my question is, what kind of creature is it? Extrplanar, yup. But is it still considered an animal, or is it a magical beast?
-- david
Papa.DRB
It is an animal. They should have changed the text in the summon spells. I will FAQ it, and hopefully others will also to get it errata'd before the next printing.