Getting a Balor from SM I.

[Elric VIII]

I assume that there are rules to regulate this, but I have been unable to find them.

Fiendish Summoning Specialist from Planar Handbook says that normally, one may remove a creature from a SM X spell's list and replace it with another.

All that I have found in the DMG is the sidebar on page 37 about summoning specific cretures and changing which specific on you get.

Where can I find the rules that dictate which monsters are eligible for which spells?

[Kuulvheysoon]

There's an official list in the PHB under the spell.

The part about swtiching out monsters mainly concerns itself with Wizards making new monsters available (such as the Arrow Demon (MM3)) to be summoned with the spells. It will always mention which level you may switch the new monsters in.

[Elric VIII]

There's an official list in the PHB under the spell.

The part about swtiching out monsters mainly concerns itself with Wizards making new monsters available (such as the Arrow Demon (MM3)) to be summoned with the spells. It will always mention which level you may switch the new monsters in.

Oh. I figured I could switch all the Celestial to Fiendish and replace the good-aligned outsiders with the evil ones from MMI, for my Malconvoker.

[Jude_H]

The feat says something along the lines of "work it out with your DM," so I'm pretty sure there are no explicit rules.

In general, with the SMs:
{table=head]SM # | CR
1 | 1/2
2 | 1
3 | 2
4 | 3
5 | 4-5
6 | 5-6
7 | 7-8
8 | 9-10
9 | 11-13
[/table]

edit:
I misunderstood the question. :smallredface: Disregard.

double-edit:
The rules you're looking for are in the Planar Handbook, page 134.

[Elric VIII]

The feat says something along the lines of "work it out with your DM," so I'm pretty sure there are no explicit rules.

In general, with the SMs:
{table=head]SM # | CR
1 | 1/2
2 | 1
3 | 2
4 | 3
5 | 4-5
6 | 5-6
7 | 7-8
8 | 9-10
9 | 11-13
[/table]

edit:
I misunderstood the question. :smallredface: Disregard.

That table does help, since I need to know what level creatures are allowed on each list.

[NecroRick]

That table does help, since I need to know what level creatures are allowed on each list.

To get hit dice approximations on those CR approximations, multiply by about 1.5 (that's my observation from looking at the Summon Nature's Ally spells the other day - (with obvious exceptions such as the Pixies) - the multiplier may be a little different for the Summon Monsters list)

[Tvtyrant]

The 1.5 rule would let you summon Beholders, which would be awesome. "No dude, you cannot play a Malconvoker. I am sick of watching your two Beholders kill everything in sight on the first round."

[Veyr]

I'd expect Animals and Magical Beasts to generally have higher HD at a given CR than Outsiders.

[Elric VIII]

The 1.5 rule would let you summon Beholders, which would be awesome. "No dude, you cannot play a Malconvoker. I am sick of watching your two Beholders kill everything in sight on the first round."

Lol, sight, beholder, I get it.

[Elric VIII]

The part about swtiching out monsters mainly concerns itself with Wizards making new monsters available (such as the Arrow Demon (MM3)) to be summoned with the spells. It will always mention which level you may switch the new monsters in.

Does anyone know of some comprehensive list of the monsters that can be substituted in?

[Cog]

Does anyone know of some comprehensive list of the monsters that can be substituted in?
There's a summoning list here (http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19872206/Legal_35_Summonable_Monster_List?num=10&pg=1).

[Allanimal]

There's a summoning list here.

The link is broken...

[Cog]

Copypasta fail. It's fixed now, thanks.

[Elric VIII]

There's a summoning list here (http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19872206/Legal_35_Summonable_Monster_List?num=10&pg=1).

Perfect, thank you.