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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 7238479" data-attributes="member: 58172">Imprisonment 9 is a less well conceived spell. Officially a 9th-level spell, it seems less useful than a 1st-level spell slot.The purpose of Imprisonment is to trap and hide a hostile, indefinitely, without killing the hostile. The main problem of the spell is, the hostile must be within Close range (30 feet) during its 1-minute casting time. Thus in order to use this spell, the caster must figure out a way to defeat the hostile, keep it immobile for 10 rounds, again without killing it. Even after this extraordinary effort, the hostile gets a saving throw. Moreover, even if the hostile fails the save and becomes imprisoned indefinitely, the fact the hostile remains alive, makes potentially possible the hostile escapes, continues to do harm, seeks revenge, or so on. The utility of the spell remains unclear, nevermind the requirements for casting the spell make the spell itself unnecessary.If I had a 1st-level spell slot, I would be more likely to spend it on Illusiory Script 1, than use it for Imprisonment 9. That is a painful critique, and surprising for an ostensibly 9th-level spell.</blockquote>