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Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl
Hm, does it summon the same PC every time or does it summon a duplicate of a PC? In the case of summoning a PC, do they have to do anything you request, no matter how squicky, or are there reasonable limits? After all, a demonologist who summons a succubus/incubus probably has one thing on his or her mind, and it is usually not assassination, and there are some players who love to abuse absolute control.
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This is why you don't give your true name to anyone - especially a sorcerer. Of course, if you break anyone down enough you can still bind them, but that takes time and effort, and mundane brainwashing is almost as effective.
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Originally Posted by Pursuivant
Actually, the Story of the Fisherman and the Djinn from "A Thousand Nights and a Night" gives djinn the power to grant wishes, should they choose to do so.
Of course, by the time the djinn in the story gets released, he's sufficiently peeved by his captivity that he merely offers his rescuer the choice of the manner of his death.
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I was under the impression that the Solomon legend was older than the Thousand and One Nights... but it's tricky to tell which bits of a myth originate when.
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Originally Posted by Anaraxes
If you can ascend to a "higher plane of existence", then perhaps you can descend to a "lower" one as well -- though that's less likely to produce for you an awesome minion, unless you take "lower" to mean "evil", where we're back to demons.
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It occurs to me, wouldn't an elemental be a lower being? Logically something composed of only one of the aspects of matter should be less advanced than something composed of many?