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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Crimson Binome" data-source="post: 7225018" data-attributes="member: 6775031">The real catch, in my opinion, is that it requires payment. Given that the entity is probably disinclined to help someone who just summoned it unannounced, you would need to pay it more than it's actually worth in order for it to help you. The monster has all of the bargaining power here, because they can just leave if you aren't willing to pay their price.I guess it might be useful in a game where you have more wealth than you know what to do with, yet are somehow incapable of dealing with any dragons or titans who stand in your way, but that's an incredibly small window between when you gain Planar Ally as a spell and when a summoned creature stops being useful. A party can already defeat a balor when they're level nine.</blockquote>