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Charlaquin, you are entirely correct (as is MechaT with their comments about hold monster and Skid with their idea about Gate), it is possible, through great effort and danger, to use planar binding in a more creative manner. However, without being very high level or having to fund an entire...

So the consensus appears to be that planar binding is just for the summoned spirits which come with the newer summon spells (unless you have access to Gate). So yes, it is merely a way of extending those spells and not a way of being creative in magic use. I’m terribly disappointed. Thanks...

Last session of 5e: The players had discovered that their librarian buddy was actually an arcane caster at the same time that the baron did. Despite the librarian using magic to help save the baron from political embarrassment the baron insisted on trying them for witchcraft and sentenced the...

In short, no. I don't want to play in games which are strictly balanced nor do I run them. Do I want a chance to run away, sure. Do I vary the stakes and difficulty? Of course. Can the PCs kill the dragon in a stand up fight just because they found out where its lair is? That's puerile nonsense...

I'm wondering how to use planer binding in the revised 5e rules as it seems that it isn't possible to actually bring creatures into you magic circle to bind. The summon spells don't summon a creature, right? They summon a spirit similar to a creature. But this isn't something planar binding...

It was already late in the evening so we had to hurry. I paid the bill and as we left we asked a few questions about Miskom. We didn’t get anything other than he can’t keep a crew because he is a drunk. We headed out to the mall and picked up some last minute shopping. The barman had told us...

The Glisten Mystery 225-1099 - New Rome, Glisten, Spinward Marches You know the Event Horizen, right? Well, there we where - . What do you mean “Which Event Horizon, the Imperium is a big place?” The Event Horizon on New Rome Highport, Spinward Marches. Yeah, that Event Horizon. Try to keep...

We heard movement from the next cabin. Access to the stern cabins was obscured from view by another internal door. We pushed Yenaffi in the direction of our friends and moved toward as quietly as we could in our bulky vacc. suits. Lily kicked it open to reveal two people, a man in what looked...

Along with the stern-ward entrance to the lounge there was an iris valve to the starboard and doors to the bow and port. We cut through the port door into a corridor running stern-bow. There were cabin doors on the port side and a door at each end of the corridor. We started moving towards the...

Even with a hard connection to the emergency hatch panel it took an uncomfortably long time to hack in and open up the ship. We felt a couple of slight lurches in that time and began to feel additional time pressure. Our entry point was through the ceiling of engineering and it was awkward...

Gorram 355-1080 The week spent with the corvette was relatively uneventful. Wolfgang, one of the fuel skimmers broke down in orbit around Weisen. He got a lot of ribbing for that but it caused some disquiet. A supply ship has arrived without any of the items or equipment request by us and, when...

Gorram 332-1080 Gorram was the first sector in which I have ever seen an actual fight between ships. On a standard patrol we picked up a weak signal from the subsidised merchant Philip’s Imp. It was poor because an attempt was being made to jam it. The Imp was under attack! Gorram occasionally...

Gorram 325-1080 We had the best part of a week on the station. The first day or two was focused on helping the Kusari get jump capable again. Then we had a few days of R&R. We then spent two days getting to Gorram itself to check on a satellite for Max. One of the university relays had gone...

Gorram 301-1080 On our way back from the ridiculous jump shadow hunt we spotted a ship on radar which was moving towards the station from the general direction of Gorram. It’s transponder wasn’t broad-casting, which isn’t unusual, ships often put their transponders on “respond only”. We pinged...

Will they find the Icon?

The title says it all. If you are willing to take the time to note any advice for someone rusty with Bushido (FGU), or house rules, please do so, as it will be much appreciated. [I searched for Bushido before posting this and didn't find a similar thread. If there is one please point me to to...

How do you administer shugendo. Specifically I am wondering what people think "overcoming a foe by magic" consists of. Is it just killing an enemy or could it include, say, casting a spell which foes fail their save against? It seems excessive to give out 8 shugendo for blinding a couple of 3rd...

Gorram 291-1080 We were met at Gorram by one Sar Aylen, the station executive officer. She was accompanied by a couple of station crew who weren’t anything like as smartly presented as she was. Sar had some of the stiffness of the Navy, but was friendly, introducing Sasha Dumont (Flight...

211-1080 Week 1 We spent three days in confinement and were almost constantly interrogated. On release we had the freedom of the Starport but couldn’t leave. Not that we could without Highndry. Our team included an ex-scout, an ex-marine and a member of the high nobility. I didn’t have anything...

The Adventures of Polybius Comnenus II The week in jump was not a comfortable one. We had prisoners and they needed to be guarded, fed and looked after to a basic degree. We had ten staterooms and some of them must have been the rooms of people we killed. They were murderers and who knows what...