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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6913219" data-attributes="member: 6787650">I don't see how that follows. If it takes an hour to bind, and the elemental remains for an hour, where do you get the missing one round? I'd understand if Conjure Elemental only lasted for 599 rounds, but in fact it lasts for a full hour.Plus, if your DM actually did make it vanish one round before you finish casting, he's just being a jerk. The clear intent of the matching duration/casting-time is to make it possible to bind your own conjurations. (Otherwise you'd need two spellcasters.) Just look at the wording:If the PHB had intended to force you to find elementals in the wild or Gate them in with a 9th level Gate spell (which BTW has no duration), it wouldn't even have the text in bold. All the summoning spells in the PHB have one-hour durations; Planar Binding has a one-hour casting time. They're obviously intended to be used together, and if your DM pretends otherwise he's being unreasonable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 6913219, member: 6787650"] I don't see how that follows. If it takes an hour to bind, and the elemental remains for an hour, where do you get the missing one round? I'd understand if Conjure Elemental only lasted for 599 rounds, but in fact it lasts for a full hour. Plus, if your DM actually did make it vanish one round before you finish casting, he's just being a jerk. The clear intent of the matching duration/casting-time is to make it possible to bind your own conjurations. (Otherwise you'd need two spellcasters.) Just look at the wording: If the PHB had intended to force you to find elementals in the wild or Gate them in with a 9th level Gate spell (which BTW has no duration), it wouldn't even have the text in bold. All the summoning spells in the PHB have one-hour durations; Planar Binding has a one-hour casting time. They're obviously intended to be used together, and if your DM pretends otherwise he's being unreasonable. [/QUOTE]

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