So what happens when you cast dispel magic on a creature that was summoned via a spell cast during that combat (So obviously you know it's a summoned creature and not something the BBEG found somewhere)
Is it possible to dispel summoned creatures?
Also what effect would the barbarian rage power Spell Sunder have on a summoned creature? The way the power is described looks like it may have no affect unless you beat the CMD by more than 10. Would suppressing the summon spell only for 1 or 2 rounds temporarily deal with the creature or would it be immediately destroyed because the summon was suppressed?
That creature poofs out of existence, as far as I can tell. As for the temporary suppression, it seems like that'd only be temporary.
The only similar rule I can find is in antimagic field's text.
Summoned creatures of any type wink out if they enter an antimagic field. They reappear in the same spot once the field goes away. Time spent winked out counts normally against the duration of the conjuration that is maintaining the creature. If you cast antimagic field in an area occupied by a summoned creature that has spell resistance, you must make a caster level check (1d20 + caster level) against the creature's spell resistance to make it wink out.
Since dispel magic doesn't go away, a permanent dispelling would make the creature poof out permanently.
It says in the text of the Dispel Magic spell that:
"If you target an object or creature that is the effect of an ongoing spell (such as a monster summoned by summon monster), you make a dispel check to end the spell that conjured the object or creature."
So, yes, a successful Dispel Magic on a summoned creature causes it to return to wherever it was summoned from and ends the spell.
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It says in the text of the Dispel Magic spell that:
"If you target an object or creature that is the effect of an ongoing spell (such as a monster summoned by summon monster), you make a dispel check to end the spell that conjured the object or creature."
So, yes, a successful Dispel Magic on a summoned creature causes it to return to wherever it was summoned from and ends the spell.
I guess that leaves one question - if I summon 1d3 of a thing, and someone target dispels one of them, does that dispel actually end the entirety of the effect sending all 1d3 creatures back home? Sounds like a RAW but not RAI situation...
(editted because "rules as intended" is RAI not ROI. Now you can have a better return on investment from this thread)
Yes, it seems like the wording might send all three summoned creatures back but I can also see how you might read it that it ends the spell just for that creature.
If I were the DM, I would rule that only the targeted creature is dispelled. Unless, of course, someone finds an FAQ or other rule to the contrary.
I think that, other than the initial casting and the unified duration, nothing really connects the multiple summoned creatures, so dispelling one should have zero effect on the others.