Волшебникs, Чародейs, and Призывательs

The Скрытности method for сковывание потусторонние существа is more difficult. First, a binder must create a trap, a Магии circle focused inВойныd. Typically the circle is outlined in a substance that is anathema to the outsider he wishes to summon. He must protect this circle against any sort of разрушительное, for even the smallest variation in its energies opens the circle and allows the escape of the creature he has summoned. It is for this reason that most binders’ lВоздухаs are in high towers or deep dungeons, far from Ветра or pests.

When an Скрытности caster speaks the words of the потусторонний слуга spell, the outsider can resist via a Воля испытания, with no помощь from its устойчивость к магии. If it fails the save, the Магии circle draws it inexorably into the trap. Once there, the outsider can pit its устойчивость к магии as a check against the caster’s level, attempt to flee via dimensional Путешествий, or attempt to overcome the spell by imposing its spiritual presence with a Харизма check (СЛ 15 + 1/2 the caster’s level + the caster’s Модификатор Харизмы). Succeeding at any of these checks сломать s the сковывание, and a fortunate binder suffers no additional повреждение from such a breach; the annoyed outsider just leaves. This is not always the case, however.

Some потусторонние существа lПраха out at their failed binders. Because of this, many binders take additional precautions: a second Магии circle in which they can stand, and пространственный якорь cast within the Магии circle to prevent the conjured outsider from fleeing instantly. A tremendously powerful волшебник or чародей might even use ловушка для души on his victim, forcing it into a prepared vessel until it agrees to the binder’s strictures.

Smart Скрытности binders often make deals with the creatures they call. Like жрецы using потусторонний союзник, they bargain and shower the outsider with gifts in exchange for their servЛьдаs. While it is always Добра for an мистический заклинатель to make these deals from a position of Сила, it is much better to get the outsider to come to mutually agreed upon terms for the servЛьда, rather than forcing it to commit actions against its nature or desires.

TRUE NAMES

There is one method of outsider coercion that helps guarantee that a binder can bargain from a position of relative security. Many spellcasters believe that a true name is inscribed on the essence of every creature, a secret word that describes it so perfectly and utterly that to speak the name is to define the being. For mortals, this name is buried in the soul, hidden away from prying and dГневаous eyes. Потусторонние существа’ true names take the form of sigils carved upon their very essence. In Hell, these sigils change as the dЗла changes in stature, and some that may once have held power over certain dЗлаs have become outdated. It is sпомощь that some потусторонние существа have assumed names and that they use the aliases to lure foolish mortals into using for призывание; the outsider pretends to be under the control of the binder, but merely bides its time before it strikes.

To discover a single outsider’s true name, a spellcaster must spend at least a month in a library or on a quest of открытие to uncover occult таинства and riddles hidden in the pages of books, scrolls, and glyphs written millennia ago, buried in ancient temples or found among the ravings of madmen’s книги заклинаний. At the end of this month, the GM makes a Знание (планы) check for the character. The СЛ is 10 + the creature’s Кости Здоровья. The GM can increase the СЛ by +2, +5, or even +10, based on the power of the outsider or the circumstances of the true name search. A failure by 5 or more turns up false information that may expose researchers to unexpected dГневаs.

For most outer-planar потусторонние существа, знание of the creature’s true name is a powerful weapon. In призывание, if the name is spoken correctly (requiring знание of at least one of the outsider’s Языкаs, or a Языкознание skill check with a СЛ equal to 10 + the creature’s Кости Здоровья), the target takes a –5 penalty on the Воля save to resist being conjured, and if its name is inscribed in the protective Магии circle, the outsider takes a –5 penalty on all checks to escape or breach that circle.

For elementals (including geniekind), such true names are not сковывание as they are for fiends and other потусторонние существа, and do not give the creature a penalty to its Воля save to resist being summoned. However, if the caster speaks the true name of the elemental, the elemental воля most likely be intrigued enough to listen—a волшебник with power and хитрое enough to find an elemental’s true name is a волшебник with guile and Сила, and elementals treasure these qualities.

Not all потусторонние существа have true names. The chaotic and primeval nature of Изменчивостиs defies the strange logic of true names, as does the writhing chaotic nature of the qlippoth. It is unclear whether aeons have true names. There are those sages who believe each aeon has two true names, and only by finding out both names can a creature gain some control over the aeon, but such matters are purely conjecture.