Okay, straight into the questions:
1: You can use them when another char attacks you, despite the spells having the wording "Your turn ends immediately" if your summoned help loses?
2: In player vs player combat, if you use summoned help and it loses, does the winner get to pick as per winning a battle/psychic, or does the summoned being just die and no reward? (I'm kinda seeing the latter way, like you summon something to distract/fight the opponent and slip away)
2b: If your opponent doesn't get a reward for beating your summoned help, do you get one if the summoned being beats your opponent? The spells state that you get the trophies if used against Enemies, but not sure about PvP.
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