1 - Would a Fey with a Fly speed acquired from a Constant Fly SLA grant a caster a fly speed?
The following questions are about the mechanic that allows a caster to ignore somatic and verbal component rules when casting spells that the Fey they've taken the form of can cast as a Spell-like Ability:
2 - Would a SLA for something like Summon Monster II encompass ONLY SMII, or would it apply to the entire Summon Monster line, or would it apply to only SMI and SMII?
3 - Would a psychic caster (such as a Sorcerer with the Psychic Bloodline benefit from this rule in the same way, but applying to Thought and Emotion components?
4 - Do Fey with the Psychic Magic special ability interact at all with this tule with the spells they can cast with Psychic Magic?
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1. If a creature only has a fly speed due to a spell-like ability, constant or otherwise, I would conclude that polymorphing into that form would not grant a fly speed.
2. You get the fey form improvements to spellcasting only for spells that the target form can cast as spell-like abilities. Summon monster II and summon monster I are different spells.
3. No, a psychic caster would see no benefit from the component-eliminating aspect of fey form. That aspect only applies to verbal and somatic components.
4. See 3.
3. No, a psychic caster would see no benefit from the component-eliminating aspect of fey form. That aspect only applies to verbal and somatic components.
ALTHOUGH...
If a spell’s components line lists a somatic component, that spell instead requires an emotion component when cast by psychic spellcasters, and if it has a verbal component, it instead requires a thought component when cast by psychic spellcasters.
And then
When you cast a spell that the creature has as a spell-like ability, it requires no verbal or somatic components and can’t be countered.
If the spell no longer has a Verbal or Somatic component, wouldn't that mean that it also no longer has an Emotion or Thought component?
Nope, for the same reason that feats such as Logical Spell and Intuitive Spell exist.