Planar Binding

School conjuration (calling) [see text]; Level sorcerer/wizard 6, summoner 5, unchained summoner 6; Domain void 6; Subdomain aeon 6, daemon 6, demon (chaos, evil) 6, devil (evil, law) 6, inevitable 6, protean 6; Bloodline efreeti 6; Elemental School air 6, earth 6, fire 6, water 6; Mystery dark tapestry 6, outer rifts 6

CASTING

Components V, S

EFFECT

Targets up to three elementals or outsiders, totaling no more than 12 HD, no two of which can be more than 30 ft. apart when they appear

DESCRIPTION

This spell functions like lesser planar binding, except that you may call a single creature of 12 HD or less, or up to three creatures of the same kind whose Hit Dice total no more than 12. Each creature gets a saving throw, makes an independent attempt to escape, and must be individually persuaded to aid you.

Name CR Alignment HD
Tiefling 1/2 NE 1
Aasimar 1/2 NG 1
Dretch 2 CE 2
Lemure 1 LE 2
Lantern Archon 2 LG 2
Small Air Elemental 1 N 2
Small Earth Elemental 1 N 2
Small Fire Elemental 1 N 2
Small Water Elemental 1 N 2
Quasit 2 CE 3
Imp 2 LE 3
Mephit 3 N 3
Vargouille 2 NE 3
Half-Celestial Unicorn 4 CG 4
Hell Hound 3 LE 4
Medium Air Elemental 3 N 4
Medium Earth Elemental 3 N 4
Medium Fire Elemental 3 N 4
Medium Water Elemental 3 N 4
Yeth Hound 3 NE 4
Half-Fiend Minotaur 6 CE 6
Barghest 4 LE 6
Bearded Devil 5 LE 6
Hound Archon 4 LG 6
Janni 4 N 6
Nightmare 5 NE 6
Shadow Mastiff 5 NE 6
Babau 6 CE 7
Shadow 7 CE 7
Bralani 6 CG 7
Djinni 5 CG 7
Lillend 7 CG 7
Invisible Stalker 7 N 7
Xorn 6 N 7
Salamander 6 CE 8
Succubus 7 CE 8
Kyton 6 LE 8
Ogre Mage 8 LE 8
Large Air Elemental 5 N 8
Large Earth Elemental 5 N 8
Large Fire Elemental 5 N 8
Large Water Elemental 5 N 8
Night Hag 9 NE 8
Nabasu 8 CE 9
Vrock 9 CE 9
Erinyes 8 LE 9
Greater Barghest 7 LE 9
Xill 6 LE 9
Shaitan 7 LN 9
Hezrou 11 CE 10
Bone Devil 9 LE 10
Efreeti 8 LE 10
Rakshasa 10 LE 10
Huge Air Elemental 7 N 10
Huge Earth Elemental 7 N 10
Huge Fire Elemental 7 N 10
Huge Water Elemental 7 N 10
Warmonger Wasp 7 CE 10
Bebilith 10 CE 12
Glabrezu 13 CE 12
Marid 9 CN 12
Barbed Devil 11 LE 12
Nessian Hell Hound 9 LE 12
Couatl 10 LG 12
Ghaele 13 CG 13
Greater Air Elemental 9 N 13
Greater Earth Elemental 9 N 13
Greater Fire Elemental 9 N 13
Nalfeshnee 14 CE 14
Ice Devil 13 LE 14
Trumpet Archon 14 LG 14
Cauchemar 11 NE 14
Horned Devil 16 LE 15
Astral Deva 14 NG 15
Retriever 11 CE 15
Marilith 17 CE 16
Elder Air Elemental 11 N 16
Elder Earth Elemental 11 N 16
Elder Fire Elemental 11 N 16
Elder Water Elemental 11 N 16
Planetar 16 NG 17
Balor 20 CE 20
Pit Fiend 20 LE 20
Solar 23 NG 22

Planar Binding, Greater

School conjuration (calling) [see text]; Level: sorcerer/wizard 8, summoner 6; Domain void 8; Bloodline djinni 8; Elemental School air 8, earth 8, fire 8, water 8; Mystery outer rifts 8

CASTING

Components V, S

EFFECT

Targets up to three elementals or outsiders, totaling no more than 18 HD, no two of which can be more than 30 ft. apart when they appear.

DESCRIPTION

This spell functions like lesser planar binding, except that you may call a single creature of 18 HD or less, or up to three creatures of the same kind whose Hit Dice total no more than 18. Each creature gets a saving throw, makes an independent attempt to escape, and must be individually persuaded to aid you.

Planar Binding, Lesser

School conjuration (calling) [see text]; Level sorcerer/wizard 5, summoner 4, unchained summoner 5; Domain rune 5, void 4; Elemental School air 5, earth 5, fire 5, water 5; Mystery outer rifts 5

CASTING

Casting Time 10 minutes
Components V, S

EFFECT

Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels); see text
Target one elemental or outsider with 6 HD or less
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw Will negates; Spell Resistance no and yes; see text

DESCRIPTION

Casting this spell attempts a dangerous act: to lure a creature from another plane to a specifically prepared trap, which must lie within the spell’s range. The called creature is held in the trap until it agrees to perform one service in return for its freedom.

To create the trap, you must use a magic circle spell, focused inward. The kind of creature to be bound must be known and stated. If you wish to call a specific individual, you must use that individual’s proper name in casting the spell.

The target creature is allowed a Will saving throw. If the saving throw succeeds, the creature resists the spell. If the saving throw fails, the creature is immediately drawn to the trap (Spell Resistance does not keep it from being called). The creature can escape from the trap by successfully pitting its Spell Resistance against your caster level check, by dimensional travel, or with a successful Charisma check (DC 15 + 1/2 your caster level + your Charisma modifier). It can try each method once per day. If it breaks loose, it can flee or attack you. A dimensional anchor cast on the creature prevents its escape via dimensional travel. You can also employ a calling diagram (see magic circle against evil) to make the trap more secure.

If the creature does not break free of the trap, you can keep it bound for as long as you dare. You can attempt to compel the creature to perform a service by describing the service and perhaps offering some sort of reward. You make a Charisma check opposed by the creature’s Charisma check. The check is assigned a bonus of +0 to +6 based on the nature of the service and the reward. If the creature wins the opposed check, it refuses service. New offers, bribes, and the like can be made or the old ones re-offered every 24 hours. This process can be repeated until the creature promises to serve, until it breaks free, or until you decide to get rid of it by means of some other spell. Impossible demands or unreasonable commands are never agreed to. If you ever roll a natural 1 on the Charisma check, the creature breaks free of the spell’s effect and can escape or attack you.

Once the requested service is completed, the creature need only to inform you to be instantly sent back whence it came. The creature might later seek revenge. If you assign some open-ended task that the creature cannot complete through its own actions, the spell remains in effect for a maximum of 1 day per caster level, and the creature gains an immediate chance to break free (with the same chance to resist as when it was trapped). Note that a clever recipient can subvert some instructions.

When you use a calling spell to call an air, chaotic, earth, evil, fire, good, lawful, or water creature, it is a spell of that type.

Considering Calling an Outsider?

See Binding Outsiders for an in-depth examination of the act of calling upon outsiders for aid.

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