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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 942019" data-attributes="member: 707">Yes and yes.&nbsp; When you are the subject of a Magic Circle Against Evil, it doesn't prevent you from using such spells through the Circle, so there's no reason why it should here.As specific as you like.&nbsp; The more difficult or unpleasant the task for the creature, the greater its bonus to resist making the deal.&nbsp; You could certainly ask it to guard you through a particular dungeon.&nbsp; The spell would then have a duration of 1 day/level (as with the &quot;guarding a specific location&quot; use,) but the fee it would ask for would be commensurately larger than, say, asking it to help out in a single battle.&nbsp; Also, it'd get an immediate chance to break free (just as with the &quot;guarding a specific location&quot; use.)You can give it orders, so long as giving it orders is part of the original contract.&nbsp; Of course, commanding the creature in such a way drives up the price of the bargain. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Yes, you can dismiss it back to where it came from without making a deal, so long as you are still in control of it (that is, so long as it hasn't already broken free from the spell altogether.)No.&nbsp; It's not a matter of just recasting the spells.&nbsp; The diagram would need to be re-drawn for the 1day/level effect to once again take place.&nbsp; You could cast Magic Circle and Dimensional Anchor again, but the'd have their normal durations.The Lesser Planer Ally spell itself is the mechanic involved.&nbsp; It gets a save when the agreement is first offered, with a circumstance penalty depending on how advantageous it is to accept.&nbsp; After it fails that save, it's bound by the agreement until it's fulfilled.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Pendragon, post: 942019, member: 707"] Yes and yes. When you are the subject of a [i]Magic Circle Against Evil[/i], it doesn't prevent you from using such spells through the Circle, so there's no reason why it should here.As specific as you like. The more difficult or unpleasant the task for the creature, the greater its bonus to resist making the deal. You could certainly ask it to guard you through a particular dungeon. The spell would then have a duration of 1 day/level (as with the "guarding a specific location" use,) but the fee it would ask for would be commensurately larger than, say, asking it to help out in a single battle. Also, it'd get an immediate chance to break free (just as with the "guarding a specific location" use.)You can give it orders, so long as giving it orders is part of the original contract. Of course, commanding the creature in such a way drives up the price of the bargain. :DYes, you can dismiss it back to where it came from without making a deal, so long as you are still in control of it (that is, so long as it hasn't already broken free from the spell altogether.)No. It's not a matter of just recasting the spells. The diagram would need to be re-drawn for the 1day/level effect to once again take place. You could cast [i]Magic Circle[/i] and [i]Dimensional Anchor[/i] again, but the'd have their normal durations.The [i]Lesser Planer Ally[/i] spell itself is the mechanic involved. It gets a save when the agreement is first offered, with a circumstance penalty depending on how advantageous it is to accept. After it fails that save, it's bound by the agreement until it's fulfilled. [/QUOTE]

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