Q191: Got a question from a friend that I'm unsure on:
It's based on line of sight or line of effect in summoning.
The character cast fog cloud that included him in the area of effect. While there were enemies in the cloud there was another foe some distance away outside of the fog effect. The next turn the character started casting his summoning monster spell. The following turn when the spell was complete, he wanted 2 summoned creatures (badgers) to appear next to (and flanking) the enemy outside of the fog cloud. He is basing his casting on what he saw several rounds past and before the fog cloud (which happened in a surprise round).
How would you rule it?
I'm thinking the creatures appear where he intended them too (although the foe he hopes to flank may no longer be there). He can define the location they arrive without seeing it:
Basically, he can define where the creatures appear, even without seeing it, but his defining may be based upon old, irrelevant information.
He couldn't define the location as "flanking foe X," without being able to see it, right?