diff --git a/packages/web/src/Replay.svelte b/packages/web/src/Replay.svelte
index 9998a1b..abd512b 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/Replay.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/Replay.svelte
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@
    * turn to face the recipient. The fx and the view reveal together. */
   let camPlan = $state<{ idx: number; holdMs: number } | null>(null);
   let heldView = $state<GameView | null>(null);
+  /** A cutaway frame shows the reel's own wizard too. */
+  let cutawayShot = $state(false);
 
   /** In first person the same events become projectiles, impacts,
    * flashes, and shakes — scheduled on this step's beat, after the
@@ -252,7 +254,9 @@
     const aim = (() => {
       for (const e of step.events) {
         let cell: { x: number; y: number } | null = null;
-        if (e.type === "spellCast" && e.caster === povId) {
+        if (e.type === "creatureCreated" && "controller" in e && e.controller === povId) {
+          cell = (e as { at: { x: number; y: number } }).at;
+        } else if (e.type === "spellCast" && e.caster === povId) {
           cell = e.targetCell ?? v.players.find((p) => p.id === e.target)?.position ?? null;
         } else if (e.type === "attackResolved" && e.attacker === povId) {
           cell = v.players.find((p) => p.id === e.defender)?.position ?? null;
@@ -275,44 +279,57 @@
           continue;
         }
         if (cell && (cell.x !== me.position.x || cell.y !== me.position.y)) return cell;
+        // The deed lands on the wizard's OWN square — a summon at their
+        // feet, invisible from inside their own eyes. Mark it for the
+        // cutaway: step outside yourself and watch.
+        if (cell) return { ...cell, self: true };
       }
       return null;
-    })();
+    })() as ({ x: number; y: number; self?: boolean } | null);
     // A leap the legs cannot explain (first frame, teleport, the return
     // from a cutaway) is a CUT, and a cut is not a stride: the direction
     // of travel means nothing at the far end.
     const willCut = !camReady || (dist > 1.6 && !hurled);
+    cutawayShot = false;
+    /** The broadcast cutaway: stand back down the target cell's deepest
+     * corridor, facing it, holding a beat of the world-before so the
+     * deed happens ON screen — with the reel's own wizard visible. */
+    const takeCutaway = (ax: number, ay: number) => {
+      let best = { d: -1, a: 0 };
+      for (const a of [0, Math.PI / 2, Math.PI, -Math.PI / 2]) {
+        const h = castRay(v, ax, ay, a);
+        if (h.dist > best.d) best = { d: h.dist, a };
+      }
+      const back = Math.min(1.6, Math.max(0.35, best.d - 0.4));
+      cam.x = ax + Math.cos(best.a) * back;
+      cam.y = ay + Math.sin(best.a) * back;
+      cam.facing = best.a + Math.PI;
+      camReady = true;
+      cutawayShot = true;
+      const i2 = Math.min(idx, steps.length - 1);
+      const pv = i2 > 0 ? steps[i2 - 1]!.view : null;
+      heldView = pv;
+      camPlan = { idx: i2, holdMs: pv ? 420 / speed : 0 };
+      if (pv) {
+        const t = setTimeout(() => (heldView = null), 420 / speed);
+        return () => clearTimeout(t);
+      }
+      return;
+    };
     let targetFacing = camF;
     let aimed = false;
     if (camReady && !willCut && dist > 0.05 && !hurled) { targetFacing = Math.atan2(dy, dx); aimed = true; }
+    else if (aim?.self) {
+      // Summoned at your own feet: no turn can show it — step outside
+      // yourself and watch it grow beside you.
+      return takeCutaway(me.position.x + 0.5, me.position.y + 0.5);
+    }
     else if (aim) {
       const ax = aim.x + 0.5, ay = aim.y + 0.5;
       const toAim = Math.hypot(ax - tx, ay - ty);
       const sight = castRay(v, tx, ty, Math.atan2(ay - ty, ax - tx));
       if (sight.warped || sight.dist < toAim - 0.4) {
-        // The deed lands beyond these eyes — a summon across the maze, a
-        // spell through walls. Cut away to the spot like a broadcast
-        // camera: stand back down its deepest corridor, facing it, and
-        // hold a beat of the world-before so the deed happens ON screen.
-        let best = { d: -1, a: 0 };
-        for (const a of [0, Math.PI / 2, Math.PI, -Math.PI / 2]) {
-          const h = castRay(v, ax, ay, a);
-          if (h.dist > best.d) best = { d: h.dist, a };
-        }
-        const back = Math.min(1.6, Math.max(0.35, best.d - 0.4));
-        cam.x = ax + Math.cos(best.a) * back;
-        cam.y = ay + Math.sin(best.a) * back;
-        cam.facing = best.a + Math.PI;
-        camReady = true;
-        const i2 = Math.min(idx, steps.length - 1);
-        const pv = i2 > 0 ? steps[i2 - 1]!.view : null;
-        heldView = pv;
-        camPlan = { idx: i2, holdMs: pv ? 420 / speed : 0 };
-        if (pv) {
-          const t = setTimeout(() => (heldView = null), 420 / speed);
-          return () => clearTimeout(t);
-        }
-        return;
+        return takeCutaway(ax, ay);
       }
       targetFacing = Math.atan2(ay - ty, ax - tx);
       aimed = true;
@@ -551,7 +568,7 @@
     </header>
     <div class="replay-board" bind:this={stageEl}>
       {#if fp}
-        <FirstPerson view={heldView ?? step.view} {povId}
+        <FirstPerson view={heldView ?? step.view} povId={cutawayShot ? "" : povId}
           x={cam.x} y={cam.y} facing={cam.facing} width={640} height={360}
           fx={fpFx} posOverride={actorPos} rubble={rubbleSpots} />
       {:else}