Class Features
All of the following are features of the Summoner class.
Spellcasting
A summoner casts arcane spells drawn from the
Summoner Spell List. They can cast any spell they know without preparing it ahead of time.
To learn or cast a spell, a summoner must have a
Charisma score equal to at least 10 + the
Spell Level. The
Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a summoner’s spell is 10 + the
Spell Level + the summoner’s
Charisma modifier.
A summoner can cast only a certain number of spells of each
Spell Level each day. Their base daily spell allotment is given on Table: Summoner. In addition, they gain bonus spells per day if they have a high
Charisma score.
A summoner’s selection of spells is limited. A summoner begins play knowing four 0-level spells and two 1st-level spells of their choice. At each new summoner level, they gain one or more new spells as indicated on Table: Summoner Spells Known. (Unlike spells per day, the number of spells a summoner knows is not affected by their
Charisma score. The numbers on Table: Summoner Spells Known are fixed.)
Upon reaching 5th level, and at every third summoner level thereafter (8th, 11th, and so on), a summoner can choose to learn a new spell in place of one they already know. In effect, the summoner “loses” the old spell in exchange for the new one. The new spell’s level must be the same as that of the spell being exchanged, and it must be at least 1 level lower than the highest-level summoner spell the summoner can cast. A summoner can swap out only a single spell at any given level and must choose whether or not to swap the spell at the same time that they gain new spells known.
A summoner doesn’t need to prepare their spells in advance. They can cast any spell they know at any time, assuming they have not yet used up their allotment of spells per day for the level.
Cantrips: A summoner learns a number of cantrips, or 0-level spells, as noted on Table: Summoner Spells Known. These spells are cast like any other spell, but they do not consume any slots and may be used again. Cantrips prepared using other spell slots (due to
Metamagic Feats, for example) consume spell slots as normal.
Eidolon
A summoner begins play with the ability to summon to their side a powerful outsider called an eidolon. The eidolon forms a link with the summoner, who forever after summons an aspect of the same creature. Each eidolon has a subtype, chosen when the eidolon is first summoned, that determines its origin and many of its abilities. An eidolon must be within one
Alignment step of the summoner who calls it (so a neutral good summoner can call a neutral, lawful good, or chaotic good eidolon) and can speak all of their languages. An eidolon is treated as a summoned creature, except it is not sent back to its home plane until reduced to a number of negative hit points equal to or greater than its
Constitution score. In addition, due to its tie to its summoner, an eidolon can touch and attack creatures warded by
Protection From Evil and similar effects that prevent contact with summoned creatures.
A summoner can summon their eidolon in a ritual that takes 1 minute to perform. When summoned in this way, the eidolon’s hit points are unchanged from the last time it was summoned. The only exception to this is if the eidolon was slain, in which case it returns with half its normal hit points. The eidolon does not heal naturally. The eidolon remains until dismissed by the summoner (a
Standard Action). If the eidolon is sent back to its home plane due to death, it cannot be summoned again until the following day. The eidolon cannot be sent back to its home plane by means of dispelling magic, but spells such as
Dismissal and
Banishment function normally. If the summoner is
Unconscious, asleep, or killed, their eidolon is immediately banished.
The eidolon takes a form shaped by the summoner’s desires. The eidolon’s Hit Dice,
Saving Throws, skills, feats, and abilities are tied to the summoner’s class level and increase as the summoner gains levels. In addition, each eidolon gains a pool of evolution points based on the summoner’s class level that can be used to give the eidolon different abilities and powers. Whenever the summoner gains a level, they must decide how these points are spent, and they are set until they gain another level of summoner.
The eidolon’s physical appearance is up to the summoner, but it always appears as some sort of fantastical creature appropriate to its subtype. This control is not fine enough to make the eidolon appear like a specific creature. The eidolon also bears a glowing rune that is identical to a rune that appears on the summoner’s forehead as long as the eidolon is summoned. While this rune can be hidden through mundane means, it cannot be concealed through magic that changes appearance, such as
Alter Self or
Polymorph (although
Invisibility does conceal it as long as the spell lasts).
Rules for a summoner's Eidolon can be found here:
Eidolon.
Life Link (Su)
At 1st level, a summoner forms a close bond with their eidolon. Whenever the eidolon takes enough damage to send it back to its home plane, as a reaction to the damage, the summoner can sacrifice any number of hit points they have without using an action. Each hit point sacrificed in this way prevents 1 point of damage dealt to the eidolon. This can prevent the eidolon from being sent back to its home plane.
In addition, the eidolon and the summoner must remain within 100 feet of one another for the eidolon to remain at full strength. If the eidolon is beyond 100 feet but closer than 1,000 feet, its current and maximum hit point totals are reduced by 50%. If the eidolon is more than 1,000 feet away but closer than 10,000 feet, its current and maximum hit point totals are reduced by 75%. If the eidolon is more than 10,000 feet away, it is immediately returned to its home plane. Current hit points lost in this way are not restored when the eidolon gets closer to its summoner, but its maximum hit point total does climb to the levels indicated and eventually returns to normal.
Summon Monster (Sp)
At 1st level, a summoner can cast
Summon Monster I as a spell-like ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + their
Charisma modifier. Drawing on this ability uses up the same power that the summoner uses to call their eidolon. As a result, they can use this ability only when their eidolon is not summoned. They can cast this spell as a
Standard Action, and the creatures remain for 1 minute per level (instead of 1 round per level). At 3rd level, and every 2 levels thereafter, the power of this ability increases by 1
Spell Level, allowing them to summon more powerful creatures (to a maximum of
Summon Monster IX at 17th level). At 19th level, this ability can be used as
Gate or
Summon Monster IX. If used as
Gate, the summoner must pay any required material components. A summoner cannot have more than one summon monster or
Gate spell active in this way at one time. If this ability is used again, any existing summon monster or
Gate from this spell-like ability immediately ends. These summon spells are considered to be part of the summoner’s spell list for the purposes of spell trigger and spell completion items. In addition, the summoner can expend uses of this ability to fulfill the construction requirements of any magic item they create, so long as they can use this ability to cast the required spell.
The spell used and level granted at are as follows: 1st:
Summon Monster I, 3rd:
Summon Monster II, 5th:
Summon Monster III, 7th:
Summon Monster IV, 9th:
Summon Monster V, 11th:
Summon Monster VI, 13th:
Summon Monster VII, 15th:
Summon Monster VIII, 17th:
Summon Monster IV,
Gate.
Bond Senses (Su)
At 2nd level, a summoner can, as a
Standard Action, share the senses of their eidolon, hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, and touching everything the eidolon does. They can use this ability a number of rounds per day equal to their summoner level. There is no maximum range to this effect, but the eidolon and the summoner must be on the same plane. The summoner can end this effect as a
Free Action.
Shield Ally ()
At 4th level, whenever a summoner is within their eidolon’s reach, the summoner gains a +2
Shield Bonus to their
Armor Class and a +2
Circumstance Bonus on their
Saving Throws. This bonus does not apply if the eidolon is
Grappled,
Helpless,
Paralyzed,
Stunned, or
Unconscious.
Maker’s Call (Su)
At 6th level, as a
Standard Action, a summoner can call their eidolon to their side. This functions as
Dimension Door, using the summoner’s
Caster Level. When this ability is used, the eidolon appears adjacent to the summoner (or as close as possible if all adjacent spaces are occupied). If the eidolon is out of range, the ability is wasted. The summoner can use this ability once per day at 6th level, plus one additional time per day for every four levels beyond 6th.
Transposition (Su)
At 8th level, a summoner can use their maker’s call ability to swap locations with their eidolon. If the eidolon occupies more squares than the summoner, the summoner can appear in any square occupied by the eidolon. The eidolon must occupy the square that was occupied by the summoner if able, or as close as possible if it is not able.
Aspect (Su)
At 10th level, a summoner can divert up to 2 points from their eidolon’s evolution pool to add evolutions to themselves. They cannot select any evolution that the eidolon could not possess, and they must be able to meet the requirements as well (except for subtype requirements, so long as their eidolon meets the subtype requirement). They cannot select the ability increase evolution through this ability. Any points spent in this way are taken from the eidolon’s evolution pool (reducing the total number available to the eidolon). The summoner can change the evolutions granted by these points anytime they can change the eidolon’s evolutions.
Greater Shield Ally (Su)
At 12th level, whenever an ally is within reach of the summoner’s eidolon, the ally gains a +2
Shield Bonus to their
Armor Class and a +2
Circumstance Bonus on their
Saving Throws. If this ally is the summoner, these bonuses increase to +4. This bonus does not apply if the eidolon is
Grappled,
Helpless,
Paralyzed,
Stunned, or
Unconscious.
Life Bond (Su)
At 14th level, the summoner’s life becomes linked to their eidolon’s. As long as the eidolon has 1 or more hit points, the summoner is protected from harm. Damage in excess of that which would reduce the summoner to 0 hit points is instead transferred to the eidolon. This damage is transferred 1 point at a time, meaning that as soon as the eidolon is reduced to a number of negative hit points equal to its
Constitution score, all excess damage remains with the summoner. Effects that cause death but don’t deal damage are unaffected by this ability. This ability does not affect spells such as
Baleful Polymorph,
Flesh to Stone,
Imprisonment, or other spells that don’t deal damage.
Merge Forms (Su)
At 16th level, as a
Full-Round Action, a summoner can touch their eidolon and the two can merge forms. This transformation includes all of the summoner’s gear. While merged in this way, the summoner is protected from harm and cannot be the target of spells or effects. All effects and spells currently targeting the summoner are suspended until the summoner emerges from the eidolon (although durations continue to expire).
The summoner can cast spells while inside the eidolon by taking control of the eidolon for the duration of the casting. Any material components used for these spells are taken from the summoner’s gear, even though they are otherwise inaccessible. The summoner can direct all of the eidolon’s actions while merged, can perceive through its senses, and can speak through its voice.
The summoner can use this ability for a number of rounds per day equal to their summoner level. They can end this effect at any time as a
Swift Action. The summoner emerges in a square adjacent to the eidolon if able. If the eidolon is returned to its home plane while the summoner is merged with it, the summoner is immediately ejected, takes 4d6 points of damage, and is
Stunned for 1 round.
Greater Aspect (Su)
At 18th level, a summoner can divert more of their eidolon’s evolutions to themselves. This ability functions as the aspect ability, but the maximum number of evolution points the summoner can divert increases to 6. In addition, the eidolon loses 1 point from its evolution pool for every 2 points (or fraction thereof ) diverted to the summoner instead of losing 1 point from the evolution pool for each point diverted.
Twin Eidolon (Su)
At 20th level, a summoner and their eidolon share a true connection. As a
Standard Action, the summoner can assume the shape of their eidolon, copying all of its evolutions, form, and abilities. Their
Strength,
Dexterity, and
Constitution scores change to match the base scores of their eidolon. They can choose to have any gear that they carry become absorbed by their new form, as with spells from the
Polymorph subschool. Items with continuous effects continue to function while absorbed in this way. The summoner loses their natural attacks and all racial traits (except bonus feats, skills, and languages) in favor of the abilities granted by their eidolon’s evolutions. The summoner retains all of their class features. The summoner can keep this form for a number of minutes per day equal to their summoner level. This duration does not need to be consecutive, but it must be spent in 1-minute increments. The summoner can end this effect as a
Free Action.
Summoner Variants
Several variations exist that alter or replace aspects of the Summoner class.
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