In reference to this post by chaosprism at the DM Q&A forum:
chaosprism 1) I was just wandering which domains had summoning themes associated with them so far?I have to say that I do think the summoning themes associated with domains (or anything else, for that matter) should be clearly listed somewhere, or at least some of them should be.2) And also if your cleric has two of these domains selected (legally) which one does it pick for the summon spells?
(i.e. if you had a cleric with spider and fire domain {though that isnt normally legal with any faerun deities} would your summons be fire ones or spider ones? Randomly selected or do you use some sort of item to choose between them. )
I can already imagine necromancer X using Summon Monster, thinking it'll conjure an animal of some sort like normally, and instead gets an undead creature that freaks out everyone -- including the necromancer, whose true identity is now known. Since many new players don't necessarily bother to read the forums before hopping in game, this is something that should maybe even be in the journal.
Casters would know what they're summoning, approximately at least.