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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Saeviomagy" data-source="post: 1911170" data-attributes="member: 5890">I think it sucks that this is the alternative the the cleric's commune spell.And to my mind, greater restoration can fix the problem just fine. In fact, dispel magic can as well.Specifically - the attribute decrease is a magical effect from a spell that has a duration. It's specifically listed as a duration. Therefore it's an ongoing magical effect. Therefore it can be dispelled. Although greater restoration cannot get rid of the "you can no longer cast arcane spells". Dispel magic will.My suggestion would be to use a lower level spell (lesser planar binding) and summon an imp.Fabricate a nice binding contract where the imp will use it's innate commune spell to ask exactly the questions you tell it at a rate of one per round, remember the exact wording of the answers and relay them precisely to you. The imp is a wholly lawful creature. Since this is a fairly simple contract (ask these questions, only these questions, all of these questions and report the exact answers back to me) there's not really anything there to twist.Or send your familiar to other planes to ask questions (buffed with stuff so he's less likely to fail). And if he fails, cast the spell again and send him.After all - he can't cast spells anyway, and his int is likely to be only about 9 or 10 anyway, so he loses very little.</blockquote>