Out of Charges (OOC thread)

[Nexendia]

Thanks, Nex.

No problem.  

OK, Nex, clarifying your request for clarification: Magical Beasts are defined as having an Intelligence higher than 2, whether or not it explicitly states such.  If a regular Beast was given the Celestial template, that means that it is native to the Celestial planes of existence and, thus, not a standard beast.  In addition, they understand Celestial (because that is where they come from) and do not understand Common (since there is little to no exposure to it where they live).  If I have to make this a house rule I will.  I never understood why Paizo didn’t fix this as it’s such a minor, obvious, intuitive point.

Well, that wasn't the answer I was expecting.  But just so there isn't any confusion, almost all creatures in Pathfinder are summoned with a template.  I'm also neutral so I can choose what alignment of creature I can summon.

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.

The only creatures that do not have a template are elementals and creatures linked to the Outer Planes such as Devils, Archons, etc.  So that would mean if I know their native language, everything else I summon with the Monster Summoning spells would understand the orders I give them within the limits of its Intelligence.  I'm just pointing this out so there is 100% transparency and we are both on the same page.  That almost all creatures I summon could be given orders.  In the case of Elementals they would likely know their elemental languages.