Pathfinder 1e Feat Metamagic

Scouting Summons

When you cast a single-creature summoning spell you can possess the summoned creature as magic jar with no receptacle, risking ejection and backlash damage if it is hurt.

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Type
Metamagic
Prerequisites
Spell Focus (conjuration), ability to cast magic jar
Spell Level
Availability
Selectable feat

When casting a conjuration (summoning) spell that summons a single creature, you can possess the creature as per magic jar (but with no receptacle necessary). If the creature takes damage while you possess it, you must succeed at a concentration check (DC equal to the amount of damage taken) or be ejected from the creature immediately. If the creature takes enough damage to reduce it to 0 hit points or fewer, you are immediately ejected from the creature and take an amount of damage equal to double the level of the spell slot used to summon that creature. A scouting summons spell takes up a spell slot 2 levels higher than the spell's actual level.

Prerequisites

Spell Focus (conjuration), ability to cast magic jar
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