Best monster to summon and light on fire.

[FLite]

In two more levels, my pyromaniac gnome bard / alchemist will get fire music and summon monster II. (and subsequently, progressively higher and higher levels of summon monster.)

This means that he can summon a monster, and if it does not already have the fire subtype, it will gain +1 damage (fire) to it's attacks, fire resistance 5, and a 5' radius of dim light. Fire resist will also mean it is more or less immune to my bomb splash damages, so melee types would probably be ideal.

What do people think are the best / most interesting / funniest creatures to summon and light on fire and send roaming around the table?

I have a lot of languages, so I can communicate with most intelligent summons, but no animal speech.

[Owly]

If only there were some sort of fiery monster that could be summoned; something that specialized in fire, with fiery attacks.

[FLite]

yes, except a.) it wouldn't be nearly as amusing, and b.) if I summon (for example) a lightning elemental, it gets all its normal powers, + all the fire music powers. If I summon a fire elemental (fire type creature) it gets only it's normal powers.

[Kolokotroni]

Summon monster 2? Definately giant centipede. Nothing quite like a flaming fiendish or celestial worm crawling across the battlefield.

[DM_Blake]

Summon a Magnesium Elemental. Can't go wrong with that...

For a more serious answer, since the fire adds a pathetic little bit of damage, you get the most burn for your buck with a creature that has lots of attacks, so summon a squid and you might do up to 10 fire damage per round. OK, squids don't really make 10 attacks, but find any creature with lots of attacks per round and go with that one.

[Artanthos]

The most amusing would be trolls, but they are not on any list.

[ClarkKent07]

Slightly off topic

Spoiler:

I once had a player who panicked while fighting a giant spider ask my character who was currently dying as a result of that character's foolishness, what he should do. I softly whispered "set yourself on fire". His character not knowing any better did just that...I laughed madly as the DM described his mad flailing about after covering himself in oil and lighting it and so we both perished. Good times.

[FLite]

I think my character's catch phrase should become: It is better to light your summons on fire than to curse the darkness.

[FLite]

Oh dear god...

I just found the mad monkey spell. Once I get level three spells, I can summon a swarm of mischievous, flaming monkeys...

<headdesk>

Well, I know what my *third level* spell will be...

Edited to add: Mischievious, flaming, deafening, nauseating, monkeys who get a free disarm / steal check every round, followed by free sunder checks to any item they steal.

[FLite]

DM_Blake wrote:

Summon a Magnesium Elemental. Can't go wrong with that...

For a more serious answer, since the fire adds a pathetic little bit of damage, you get the most burn for your buck with a creature that has lots of attacks, so summon a squid and you might do up to 10 fire damage per round. OK, squids don't really make 10 attacks, but find any creature with lots of attacks per round and go with that one.

If I read right, Squids just get 2 attacks per turn. And have no movement rate out of water. On the other hand, if we do wind up in the water, an underwater flaming squid could be hilarious.

[Odraude]

Air elemental. The idea of a fire tornado amuses me... :)