Protection from Evil prevents bodily contact by summoned creatures. Does this include all outsiders, or only creatures summoned using a Summon Thing X and similar spells? Or is it more nuanced? A concise list of exactly what creatures Protection from Evil blocks would be excellent.
summoned thing x
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My understanding is it stops anything summoned, by any spell. But not gated creatures (gated creatures are not summoned). Any creature that came to the plane via planar travel, gate, or via a natural rift or natural ability, would not be summoned (even if someone else brought them along using such an ability).
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My understanding is it stops anything evil summoned, by any spell. But not gated creatures (gated creatures are not summoned). Any creature that came to the plane via planar travel, gate, or via a natural rift or natural ability, would not be summoned (even if someone else brought them along using such an ability).
It only stops attacks by evil creatures summoned by a summoning spell. It nothing against any neutral or good creatures summoned.
Also the 'summon' SLA that demons and such have.
My understanding is it stops anything evil summoned, by any spell. But not gated creatures (gated creatures are not summoned). Any creature that came to the plane via planar travel, gate, or via a natural rift or natural ability, would not be summoned (even if someone else brought them along using such an ability).It only stops attacks by evil creatures summoned by a summoning spell. It nothing against any neutral or good creatures summoned.
No, but protection from <x> protects against whatever <x> is, so I'm in the habit of not specifying <x>.
Also note the SLA of Summoners is affected by Protection from <X>, but, the Eidolon is not...
Unless of course, you summoned it via the Summon Eidolon spell, in which case, then the Protection from <X> can affect it.
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Any creature summoned by a spell from the Summoning subschool of the Conjugation school will be affected. I believe this is a complete list.
Note that creatures brought via the Calling subschool (such as Planar Binding or Planar Ally) will not be affected, nor will creatures that have traveled to the Material Plane on their own power or who were gated in, Plane Shifted in, etc. Only the Summoning subschool spells are actually affected.
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My understanding is it stops anything evil summoned, by any spell. But not gated creatures (gated creatures are not summoned). Any creature that came to the plane via planar travel, gate, or via a natural rift or natural ability, would not be summoned (even if someone else brought them along using such an ability).It only stops attacks by evil creatures summoned by a summoning spell. It nothing against any neutral or good creatures summoned.No, but protection from <x> protects against whatever <x> is, so I'm in the habit of not specifying <x>.
Also note the SLA of Summoners is affected by Protection from <X>, but, the Eidolon is not...
Unless of course, you summoned it via the Summon Eidolon spell, in which case, then the Protection from <X> can affect it.
Yes, but barring certain feats, the majority of any summoned creatures are not evil, especially if they are summoned via SNA or Summon/Vomit Swarm. I often see people trying to use Protection from Evil as blanket immunity to summons, which it is not.
Are creatures with the Fiendish template considered evil? I had thought they were but I can't find any RAW to back that up.
Are creatures with the Fiendish template considered evil? I had thought they were but I can't find any RAW to back that up.
Nope
However, summon monster spells have a clause dealing with alignment
Creatures on Table: Summon Monster marked with an "*" are summoned with the celestial template, if you are good, and the fiendish template, if you are evil. If you are neutral, you may choose which template to apply to the creature. Creatures marked with an "*" always have an alignment that matches yours, regardless of their usual alignment. Summoning these creatures makes the summoning spell's type match your alignment.
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Which is why a True Nuetral summoner has some major advantages, none of the alignment protections work on Neutral summons.
Not all evil monsters have the *.
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No, but the animals do.
So if an evil caster summons a fiendish wolf that wolf is considered an evil summoned creature and cannot touch someone warded with protection from evil.
Summoned fiends keep their own alignment so they cannot touch someone warded with protection from evil no matter what the summoner's alignment.
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No, but the animals do.
So if an evil caster summons a fiendish wolf that wolf is considered an evil summoned creature and cannot touch someone warded with protection from evil.
Summoned fiends keep their own alignment so they cannot touch someone warded with protection from evil no matter what the summoner's alignment.
I misread his statement. I was not even close to what he actually said. <goes and stands in the corner>