If this were the case, we'd have been up and gone 30 hours ago (game time) -- we've already disconnected the Temple from the BBEG, what we are trying to do now is re-consecrate it to his Arch Enemy -- and destroy one of his minion's minor artifacts to attain mythic status. We are expecting a massive invasion of relatively high level demons and their allies -- We have no real numbers. The item Ghost Powder (Occult Adventures): does anyone think it would be beyond the power of a wish/miracle (or a few) to have that effect infused in the very walls of the temple? SGD lasts for an hour and the next spell takes an hour to cast so check with your DM. It is in essence a very long negotiation for services in exchange for rewards. Dang it I missed that. The other answers are good ones, but with the release of Xanthar's Guide To Everything, there is a better way now. What happens if I cast Planar Binding on a creature who was brought by a spell that has ended?

If you have cold iron ammunition (or even melee weapons), good+cold iron should punch through pretty much all demon DR. To that end, summoning huge cold iron elementals might be amusing. Do weekend days count as part of a vacation? So it is possible that they know if these notches. How can I maintain control over a Dybbuk for over an hour?

Unless your casters are optimized to SR penetration of course. However I acknowledge that's cheating the spirit of the concept. (using the 25' circle in THIS pic I totalled it at ~2200 smites/day, but I think it should be slightly bigger since that circle has a point in it's centre rather than a square. The GM (with the support of myself, and the other players) have a "dungeon exception" in place regarding Hallow due to the link between these temples and the big bad at the bottom of Rappan Athuk that this particular tactic won't work. Also if you are the defenders you can place some explosive runes here and there. Most of them aren't just going to hop inside one on their own, and any disturbance of the diagram breaks the containment. Prismatic wall is a pretty nice trap if you can work out a way to funnel things into it. Each act pushes them closer and closer to damnation. Forgot the long Hallow time. In the 1840s it was excavated and the tablet was taken to the British Museum, where the scholar Reginald Campbell Thompson translated it, and forty-three similar incantations, into the first volume of The Devils and Evil Spirits of Babylonia: Being Babylonian and Assyrian Incantations Against the Demons, Ghouls, Vampires, Hobgoblins, Ghosts, and Kindred Evil Spirits, Which Attack Mankind (1903). Cast Mordenkainen's Private Sanctum covering your binding room. With 21 people in your army (+summons/etc) if you can get about 1/3 of them (7 people) in each Aura-Of-Justice you're looking at over 200 smites per day. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Just a thought. bash loop to replace middle of string after a certain character. The aura functions only while the paladin is conscious, not if she is unconscious or dead. I'm looking for effective countermeasures against evil outsiders that don't require a lot of class consumable abilities. So, if we re-direct the teleportation (if any) of our enemy into those notches, we'll have 100% concealment from those positions. Below we've featured some embeds of the book which open on the right pages so you can jump in directly to get a taste of the book's various spells. It's not called a deal with the devil for nothing.

* Alternatively or in conjunction use zones of teleport denial (Dimension Lock). Note that spells like Blasphemy can cause serious harm since you are not natives to the plane. First thing we saw was an invisible projected image of a marilith -- we had encountered her before -- moving down from the circle room (room 1) to do some scouting. If you set it up like you were going to call something, with the inscribed circle, you could combine that with dimensional anchor to keep them trapped for days. Likewise, while some enemies have points in acrobatics (like the Balor and Shadow Demon), others (like Succubi) have none.

Technically, that would be 3600 rounds, so you're 6 times as off kilter than you thought. Forcecage is actually a really clever solution to this problem, as long as whatever you're summoning fits in a 10 foot cube.

Cover every possible surface with holy water. So I did.

You do NOT want to be fighting the entire time. Suffice it to say that with the damage the hound archon did along with the dwarf, the marilith didn't stay around very long.

Yeah, earth elementals are probably your best bet. Seriously this is a major asset. If your goal is to use Planar Binding I would attempt to use Imprisonment to put the demon to sleep and then cast Planar Binding. There will also likely be a lot of accompanied undead -- especially numerous incorporeal types for harassment purposes. If they're Half-Elves you can have an Aura that radiates 35 feet (75 foot diameter) that does all that. R Campbell Thompson. Use it. 1 There are other spells that could help, such as imprisonment, but Infernal Calling and SGD are both 5th level making this process achievable for a 9th level wizard, with a 7+ level friend to cast SGD or a 10th level wizard with 2 5th level slots using Infernal Calling. Definitely. Was hoping for something a bit more long distance. If any of the Paladins are actually level 16 they add an extra 20 to that number each.) If not, they can be duplicated with limited wish, miracle, or shades. This means if the demons you're facing have a chance of facing true-death they might be more susceptible to intimidation ? Also this all assumes 2 dimentional combat, if you're flying/etc it gets better.). And even some of those that do (the Shadow Demon in this case) still have a chance of tripping and flailing thanks to a bad Acrobatics roll. Door slightly ajar with a bucket of holy water resting on top of it Large Large 16 ft. 2,250 lbs. Incense of Incorporeality (Occult Adventures) can be used as a trap as well, but they need to be lured out of the walls first. Gate has been mentioned. Okay, so if you have a crapload of cold iron caltrops, you're forcing enemies that walk on them to move at half speed. Considering that Imprisonment and Gate are both 9th level, this means you're needing 2 17th level casters.

The Map is essentially Rappan Athuk's 2nd Temple of Orcus, but the two side entrances to the temple have been filled in with rock, so there is really only one entrance that is open -- the one to the north. I like the incoming and outgoing damage effect too. Small Small 4 ft. 34 lb. Come now, do I really need to make suggestions? 13 1020 ft. Remember, Planar Binding has a casting time of greater than 1 action, meaning you are concentrating on it and can't be concentrating on another spell. Also remember that just having walls more than 10 feet thick prevents incorporeal creatures from passing all the way through them.

Regardless of how you got the Fiend there, this will put them under your control and extend their duration to the duration of this spell.

You could also get a cleric friend to cast Planar Ally (don't worry you don't have to pay). Give that the Magic Circle doesn't prevent spell use or attack across its boundary. Does Planar Binding require you to keep concentrating on the summoning spell? So use basic spells to fill up the approaches/zones where they come in with sand/dirt/stone/etc. Huge Huge 32 ft. 18,000 lbs. Everyone in the room gets a massive bonus to smite whoever they want - that's 30/day Aura of Justice. The Pact Certain is an instant gratification scenario. It only takes a minute to sign up. Gate in 5e summons an outsider without restricting its actions in any way. That gives you an advantage. Couple this with the inward facing magic circle vs evil, and we can drop them in, and waste them with no opportunity for them to attack back unless they attack blindly through the private sanctum effect. Our wizard decided to use Gate to bring in a married pair of Solars (which completely floored me that he was going to do that). We're going to need a little more information to go on. At each stage of a contract the signatory must provide a service to the devil and gain a reward upon this stage. Like what was said before, your brijidine is your best friend. Obviously you probably won't get it quite that optimal, but do you really need more than 500 smites in a day? So, our blue Tactician (psionic) ("Tinyman" -- nobody knows his goblin name) rescued him with a Shared Power Time Hop spell over the network that made him go bye bye for a short bit. Is there any way for a wizard to summon a Celestial or Fey for Planar Binding? If Assyria gets you going, a major new exhibition opens next month at the British Museum entitled I am Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria (8 November 2018 24 February 2019). I've found the Lythic has a 100' tremorsense range, so I'm going to call roughly 6 of those and station them for an early warning radar system around the temple. Create funnels, a.k.a. 25 1060 ft. It will prevent the creature from affecting your mind, hold it in the circle, and give it disadvantage on attacks. To live in ancient Mesopotamia, the book suggests, was to contend with a frightening variety of supernatural adversaries. The bulk of the book, after Thompson's lengthy but informative introduction, is composed of side-by-side transliterations of the "evil spirit" tablets and translations into English. A devil provides a reward to the mark in exchange for their immortal soul and eternal damnation in Baator, and in this process their alignment changes to Lawful evil. Medium Medium 8 ft. 280 lbs. That, combined with the fact the scrolls only last five minutes, means that one going this route should find a way to invest in the scrolls in bulk or talk very quickly. Water. There are 10 rounds in a minute, so 600 rounds in an hour.

So have cover and possibly a friend to help.

Perhaps it was different in the alpha playtest that was between the last D&D Next and and the PHB release. Our notches are outside the area of effect of our private sanctum spells. I haven't seen any burrow speed above a 20, so if you station elementals out ~120' or so, that should give you several rounds of warning. On each Collections post weve done our best to indicate which rights we think apply, so please do check and look into more detail where necessary, before reusing. Plus the 15 smites the Paladins have left = 645 smites per day. Announcing the Stacks Editor Beta release! And, y'know, you can always cover them in holy water. Remember that even incorporeal creatures can't travel through walls more than ten feet thick. The devil/demon would probably want to know why it was summoned before just going in fires-a-blazing. Pretty great stuff. Room that locks itself and begins playing that radio song "Demons" over and over until they all automatically take the effect of the Explode Head spell.

Bounty awarded to this answer for finding a mechanical solution to the problem. You have four ghaele azatas with at-will greater invisibility and greater teleport. By clicking Accept all cookies, you agree Stack Exchange can store cookies on your device and disclose information in accordance with our Cookie Policy.

Strong Freedom in the Zone. I wouldn't really under any circumstance attempt to summon with gate in D&D 5E. Plan accordingly. *Splish. Is there a PRNG that visits every number exactly once, in a non-trivial bitspace, without repetition, without large memory usage, before it cycles? But these opponents have been known to burrow from other areas in the dungeon into the room and attack from that entrance. We have forbiddence already in place and a area of effect teleport redirect effect that has the potential to have us control any teleportaitonal effects. Putting this out there for some assistance from the community: We are defending an underground temple. It's worth noting that that ability is only available to OATHBOUND PALADINS (specifically OATH AGAINST FIENDS). The half demon, half human Alu were equally terrifying. Perks include receiving twice-a-year our very special themed postcard packs and getting 10% off our prints. Just watch a Home Alone movie, you're the fun loveable PC main character and the break and enter bubbling thieves are fiends from the abyssal sluice. The enemy might get smart and use Gust of Wind to blow this stuff away, but it'll slow the Horde down momentarily at the least. Get some illusions going. See that this is a good barrier to incorporeals, so if they try to invade through the walls, they'll be unable to enter via incorporeality, and if they enter into open space, they won't be able to escape via the walls either and potentially avoiding attacks. Really boost the DCs for your positive channeling. They can earth glide around through walls, serving as sentries and scouts to provide early warning of any attack. @waxeagle I did ask him to post it up, and it's effectively the same answer as SevenSidedDie's, except that it backs itself up with evidence from a previous edition. The tradition of summoning an extraplanar entity to bargain with is well established in the D&D lore. On the other hand, the creature is free to cast spells, and if you're casting for an hour (600 rounds!) Right now, we have 4 notches 10'x10' in the 4 corners of the interior of the temple that we use to enter/leave the room via teleport. London: Luzac, 1903. of This is a 4th level spell and it will stop your target from being able to teleport or plane shift out of your circle. You can also make good use of the brijidine azata's 5/day stone tell to get the inside scoop on what's going on beyond your walls. It should work, if a little unorthodox. A ledge 10' long off the notches that have Inward facing circles vs evil with automatic dimensional anchor effect. I sent out the Ghaele Azatas to do some emergency shopping for Ghost Powder to immunize the temple from incorporeals and ethereals. Use spells or other obstacles to block and obscure their vision to prevent direct targeted effects. Also healing and Status Removal (and possibly RESSURECTION?). A few golems or constructs if you have them wouldn't hurt since they are immune to most of the pesky effects that demons throw. Just sprinkle some in front of the only entrances, then cover it up with stone shape so it won't be disturbed. Actually I don't know how much control you have over the Paladins' abilities but: Also the HALF ELF favoured class bonus would give your 15th level Paladins a 25 foot aura. The Planar Binding series of spells got you your demon/devil/slaad/whatever, and a Magic Circle against Evil with a calling diagram kept it contained. Get a well-hidden, well-defended route to the outside, and let them go outside and keep watch for where they are almost breaking through on.

Grep excluding line that ends in 0, but not 10, 100 etc, Extract 2D quad mesh from 3D hexahedral mesh, Sum of Convergent Series for Problem Like Schrdingers Cat. The aura extends 20 feet from the paladin. 22 1050 ft. From the underworld, ravenous Ekimmu rose up, desperately dissatisfied with their diet of dust, mud, and insufficient libations from family members.

So the answer is both simple and hard: only summon demons you know are keen on making bargains; don't summon ones known to be difficult or violent; if you don't know which kind is attached to the name you've dug up in your research, don't summon it. However, times have changed. There is no save to this spell, unlike magic circle or forcecage. If we can get them while they are trying to tunnel in, we can hit them with earthquake and get them isolated and pick them off. Well, yeah, that's typically the only way to get an evil outsider into the circle. Multiple contingencies in place. It's also actually just an upgrade of Anchoring Aura, which is gonna be pretty amazing here anyway: At 8th level, a paladin's aura hampers extradimensional travel by evil outsiders. This question isn't asking about the. I've been doing this very thing. In the US, how do we make tax withholding less if we lost our job for a few months? I'm looking for something that allows us to take away the element of surprise from the invading army. Could a demon teleport or be redirected into these notches? Slap some consecrate spells around to protect against undead summoning/creation. 'I will spare your life in exchange for your immortal soul, foolish mortal' isn't the deal I'm looking to make here. Every encounter doesn't always mean combat for the love of Gruumsh.

Evil outsiders attempting to use abilities such as dimension door, plane shift, or teleport to leave or enter the aura must succeed at a Will save (DC 10 + 1/2 the paladin's level + the paladin's Charisma modifier); failure means the ability does not function, as if the outsider were affected by dimensional anchor. I think it is odd that the Magic Circle advice is in Planar Binding. It's because they're Lawful Evil that this rule exists.

Wait2x 19th level magi with 2x 15th level clerics? The latest wonders from the site to your inbox. They could teleport out unless you cast a dimensional anchor on the circle. Can a demon summoned by the Summon Greater Demon spell be summoned into and contained by the spell's blood circle? So protection from evil likely won't protect against massive numbers of them. The temple itself is underground.

Stack Exchange network consists of 180 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers. Higher level demons have a lot of DR/good, so align weapon (communal) would be a good spell to cast for martials if they don't have +5 enhancement bonuses on their weapons, or any other way to get 'good' weapon damage. Is there any criminal implication of falsifying documents demanded by a private party? Your brijidine azata will be a huge asset here: with tons of terrain-altering SLAs including an at-will stone shape, you can block off all exits except small paths leading to death traps.