Falling Icicle
Adventurer
I'm trying to figure out a way to use Planar Binding. Unlike older versions, the 5e PB doesn't summon a creature. It only binds one that is already there. The problem is that it has a 1 hour casting time. That means that even if you conjure an elemental and begin casting planar binding on it immediately, the elemental will still disappear 1 round before you can finish the planar binding spell, since conjured elementals only remain for 1 hour. One could gate a creature into a magic circle, I guess, but that requires a 9th level spell. I was hoping there was actually a way to use planar binding, a 5th level spell, without having to wait an additional 8 levels.