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Summoner’s totem

(Magic Item Compendium, page 187)

Price (Item Level): 3,100 gp (8th)
Body Slot: — (held)
Caster Level: 3th
Aura: Faint; (DC 16) conjuration
Activation: —; see text
Weight: 2 lb.

This crudely carved, foot-long wooden rod bears a vaguely animal visage at its head.

A boon for those who magically conjure animals to aid them in combat, a summoner’s totem allows instantaneous enhancement of your summoned allies. When you summon a single animal using a summon nature’s ally spell, you can cast another spell targeting the summoned creature as a swift action.
The second spell must be no higher than 3rd level, it must target the summoned creature (and only the summoned creature), its casting time must be no longer than 1 standard action, and it expends the spell or spell slot as normal.
For example, immediately after summoning a brown bear with summon nature’s ally IV, you could cast bull’s strength upon that bear as a swift action (as long as you were adjacent to the bear). You couldn’t use the totem to cast obscuring mist (since that spell doesn’t target the bear).

Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, speak with animals, summon nature’s ally II.
Cost to Create: 1,500 gp (plus 100 gp for base item), 120 XP, 3 days.