Requirements:
Alignment: Any nongood
Skills: Knowledge(the planes) 10, Truespeak 10 ranks, Speak Language(Infernal, abyssal)
Spells: Ability to cast summon monster IV
The languages are easy enough. Unless your group is strict about starter languages, just have an inteligence of 14. Otherwise, you are spending 4 skill points to learn Abyssal and Infernal.
Knowledge(the planes) comes with most(but not all) casters. If the class of choice doesn't get it, either Human Paragon(see below) or the feat Educated(Players Guide to Faerun I believe).
Here is the fun one, Truespeak 10 ranks. Two ways to go about it are either 1 level of Human Paragon for Adaptive Learning(Truespeak). Since human paragon gets any 10 class skills they want as class skills, just grab Truespeak. As a caster, if you have taken 1 level of Human Paragon, grab the other two for +2 caster level, +2 to a stat, and a bonus feat.
The other more obvious way of getting Truespeak as a class skill without multiclassing Truespeaker is from Tome of Battle: Truename Training.
To get Summon Monster IV you have quite a few options. Either level 7 prepared caster, or 8th level spontaneous caster. Cleric, Wizard, Sorcerer, and Archivist are all decent choices. One more obscure way is to go Warlock 5 Master of Masks 4 as an entrance.
So, now you are in the PrC, so what?
The So What?: Why take Fiendbinder
Fiendbinder is perhaps not the most powerful choice of PrC ever, but not all PrCs can be Incantrix. Fiendbinder has it's own set of negatives and positives:
Positives:
-d6 HD: Better than Wiz/Sorc normally.
-Powerful Demons(See Below).
-No limit(besides skill check) Summon demon/devil from Call Forth Fiend
-Swift Die Hard feat(Bind Tormented Soul) 1/day
-Standard Action: Baatezu Traits or Tanar'ri Traits. DR, immunities and resistances. Lasts up to 10 minutes.
-Double Command at 9th level. Command 2 fiends or give one two orders.
- +5 Cha-based skills with fiends
-Summon Fiends: At 10th level, summon either Baatezu legion(1d6 bone devils or 1d4 barbed devils) or Tanar'ri horde(1d6 vrocks or 1d4 hezrous) as a full-round 1/day. It doesn't state how long they stay out.
Negatives:
-d6 HD: Worst if you were a cleric before
-1/2 BAB: No biggie for Wiz/Sorc, but Cleric loses out a bit.
-Skill focused even though only 2+int. Have to do Truespeak checks to order fiends
-Lose of 3 caster levels. 4 if you used Human Paragon to get Truespeak.
-Every demon costs 10% of starting gold for that level.
Demons/Devils per ECL(assuming Wiz/Cleric/Archivist, +1 for Sorc)
Babou Demon CR: 8 at ECL 8
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At-will darkness, see invis, and dispel magic.
Slime destroys items, particilarly non-magical ones.
Sneak Attack +2d6.
My Opinion: Decent for a rogue-type. Early level dispell magic battery. One of the few with CR=ECL.
At-will darkness, see invis, and dispel magic.
Slime destroys items, particilarly non-magical ones.
Sneak Attack +2d6.
My Opinion: Decent for a rogue-type. Early level dispell magic battery. One of the few with CR=ECL.
I'm kinda surprised it hasn't gotten more attention here.
Well, the Truenaming mechanic is cool, but its VERY hard to use effectively. That's probably why it doesn't get a lot of press. I like that you can get Vrocks - they do that crazy dancing thing that messes you up, don't they? You have a 2/3 chance that you'll summon enough Vrocks to do it.
That's exactly why you use the Mothercyst feat and spells.. take over any demon that you summon permanently and never have to use a true naming check again? Heck yeah!
Well, the Truenaming mechanic is cool, but its VERY hard to use effectively. That's probably why it doesn't get a lot of press. I like that you can get Vrocks - they do that crazy dancing thing that messes you up, don't they? You have a 2/3 chance that you'll summon enough Vrocks to do it.
Well, the fiends from fiendbinder are permanent. Unless you are talking about their summon ability or their summon horde/legion ability.
One semi-nice thing about Fiendbinder is that it doesn't suffer from the reset of truenamer's problems. The DCs are pretty much set in stone. No need for progressively harder and harder DCS. You know your goals, if you can hit them, then you will be ok.
A part of the problem with the fiendbinder is that you put gold into these creatures, and you can't even fully use them. For most of your career you can only command 1 at a time.
However, how exactly the fiends carry out the orders in not exactly expressed. For instance. Can you Command each one of them to Defend you. If they kill the enemy that was attacking you, will they defend you from the second enemy that was attacking you? Secondly, can you just give them the defend command and leave them there forever?
Could you order a fiend to defend another fiend if s/he's attacked? Could you order a fiend to defend every fiend? I think the book tries to severely limit the usefulness of the creatures, but I don't see a reason that you could order a chain of telling the creatures to defend themselves.
A part of the problem with this class is that you don't want your minions to die. And, they can become a burden if you have to prevent them from dying. You paid gold into these darn things and you don't want to lose that investment.
However, how exactly the fiends carry out the orders in not exactly expressed. For instance. Can you Command each one of them to Defend you. If they kill the enemy that was attacking you, will they defend you from the second enemy that was attacking you? Secondly, can you just give them the defend command and leave them there forever?
Could you order a fiend to defend another fiend if s/he's attacked? Could you order a fiend to defend every fiend? I think the book tries to severely limit the usefulness of the creatures, but I don't see a reason that you could order a chain of telling the creatures to defend themselves.
This *might* be handled with the Mother Cyst spell line.. If you permanently control a creatures brain and every action that you do, I imagine that you'd be able to state "Attack anyone who attacks me" or "My other demon is getting badly hurt, go help him!".
I also don't think there's any reason not to go Wizard 5/Incantatrix 5/Fiendbinder 10.
As a Wizard/Fiendbinder you'll be able to get to mindrape at 20th if you don't lose any other caster levels. Summon; reformat mental hard drive; profit.
I also don't think there's any reason not to go Wizard 5/Incantatrix 5/Fiendbinder 10.
IIRC, Mind **** is Instananeous, which makes it better than Monstrous Thrall.
Think about it, the demon that you bind is stuck with you until it dies or you do. If you let your vrock feast on its victim's heart and intestines every time it kills something, then why would it require a truespeak command to make it attack? Sure, if the vrock didn't want to attack, either because it felt that the odds were overwhelming, or just to be cantankerous, then you'd have to use truespeach, but for regular events, I think it would be easy to build a kind of tenuous relationship with your demon.
While you and your demon will never be friends in any normal sense of the word, you could get it to understand that by obeying you it not only causes less trouble for itself, but may even gain some benefit.
If you can get your dm to let you advance your bound fiends in a prestige class you can get them into the Fiend of Possession PRC and the Fiend of Corruption PRC. The fiend of corruption nabs you free +3 unnamed stat bonuses, and the fiend of possession nabs you free +4 profane stat bonuses and a free +6 Enhancement bonus to your weapon.
Also the spell Extract Gift in the Fiendish Codex can be used to get permanent +5 enhancement bonuses to your stats for 25,000gp, an unslotted item that does the same costs 50,000gp. You also have to spend 1000xp but its still pretty flavorful.
Steal Life is an 8th level spell from BoVD that lets you reduce your age by 60 days every month, so reverse aging by years to keep your physical stats up but still get mental bonuses from aging.
All in all, with everything I mentioned and inherent bonuses you could get +20 Int, Wiz, and Cha with ease, so if you started out with an 18 your sitting really high and mighty at 38 with a spell DC of 24+Spell Level.
A Diplomacy check might be able to get you up to indifferent with a fiend since slaving away for you is not much different than slaving away for some archfiend, plus when you get Archfiend's favor you might be able to get it even higher by explaining that by serving you well he's scoring brownie points with this high fiend, but that goes both ways if you are talking about an Archdevil to a demon and vice versa.
A build I'm currently working on is:
Warlock 5/Escalation Mage 5/Fiendbinder 10
Meeting the Spell prereq with the Fiendish Legacy feat from complete mage(summon V as a SLA)
Warlock 5/Escalation Mage 5/Fiendbinder 10
mindrape
Awesomest spell name evar !!!11!1 :D
Also the example commands were just that, example, not a complete list, they were recommendations that should cover most bases but you could still order one to "F&@* that shark!" in order to propagate a race of half-fiend sharks in the moat around your "Obsidian Tower of Doom".
I'm afraid that the shark-f&@*ing would be for entertainment purposes only, since the half-fiend template can only be added to a creature with an Int score of 4 or more.
And, I think there's justification for it. You can order your fiends to engage in 'repetitive activity' for up to 2 hours. :DAlright Alright, Awaken the Shark first then.
I can have a son with my succubus? If so a Fiend Binder NPC can have his sons to be all half-fiends, and act as his generals :invasion:
-No limit(besides skill check) Summon demon/devil from Call Forth Fiend
What?
Didn't you read the "Once per day, as a standard action" and "The fiends can be any of the ones mentioned on table 3-9(above)."?
that seems kind of limited though, but bind fiend aren't.
What happens if they enter an antimagic field or the like? do they disappear as if they went into a magic circle against evil? can enemies banish your demon/devil/fiend?
Cheers
What?
Didn't you read the "Once per day, as a standard action" and "The fiends can be any of the ones mentioned on table 3-9(above)."?
that seems kind of limited though, but bind fiend aren't.
What happens if they enter an antimagic field or the like? do they disappear as if they went into a magic circle against evil? can enemies banish your demon/devil/fiend?
Cheers
I believe that bound fiends are not dispelled in an antimagic field as they are called here, not summoned.
Calling
A calling spell transports a creature from another plane to the plane you are on. The spell grants the creature the one-time ability to return to its plane of origin, although the spell may limit the circumstances under which this is possible. Creatures who are called actually die when they are killed; they do not disappear and reform, as do those brought by a summoning spell (see below). The duration of a calling spell is instantaneous, which means that the called creature can’t be dispelled.
And as for the no limit thing...I think I meant no limit(besides money) from Binding. I'm away from the book right now, so I'm not 100% sure. XD
And as for the no limit thing...I think I meant no limit(besides money) from Binding. I'm away from the book right now, so I'm not 100% sure. XD
Well that's for the binding, calling is a whole diferent thing.
cheers
A build I'm currently working on is:
Warlock 5/Escalation Mage 5/Fiendbinder 10
Would you mind explaining the theory behind this build?
Hmm, how about Fallen Paladin 1/Blackguard 10 as an entry? Similar idea to the Blackguard Nar Demonbinder. Unfortunately you wouldn't be able to fit in all the Fiendbinder levels before epic.
What about a Thaumaturgist (for a divine based caster)?
Bit of typo in your first post, you said the Truename Training feat is in Tome of Battle...
Hmm, how about Fallen Paladin 1/Blackguard 10 as an entry? Similar idea to the Blackguard Nar Demonbinder. Unfortunately you wouldn't be able to fit in all the Fiendbinder levels before epic.
Unless I'm mistaken, Blackgaurd doesn't get the requisite summoning spell. I'll put looking at Nar Demonbinder in my list of things to do, unless someone else wants to analyze it's potential with this.
feats: Practiced Spellcaster, Master Spellthief, Truespeach Training, Iron Will, SF: Conjuration, 2-3 free.
2d6 SA, steal (but not store) 9th level spells, casting as 8th level Wu Jen, 8th level ND. Its not horrible, but isn't great.
Cloistered Cleric 5 / Malconvoker 5 / Fiendbinder 10
Summoning Domain, spontaneous domain variant
Practiced Spellcaster, Truespeach Training, 5-6 free.
Casting at CL 20, but L16 access (no miracle, boohoo).
LOTS of summoning goodies at the mid levels, on top of FB goodies.
Factotem 1 / Monk 1 / Wizard 3 / Ur-Priest 2 / Mystic Theurge 3 / FB 10
Human, Able Learner, Practiced Spellcaster, Iron Will, SF:Evil, 4 free.
10th level Ur-P. casting, 8th level Wizard casting. Caster level = ?
I know, I know, its lame the amount of crap you can do w/ an Ur-Priest.
Fiendbinder requires Summon Monster IV, which Blackguard gets at level 7. The skill requirments are another matter however.
hmmm... how could one get FB 10 and BG 7, though? I don't see a way to do it.
Ex-Paladin 1 / Blackguard 10 / FB 9 works ok, though. BAB is only +14, which kind of sucks, and FB is advancing no spellcasting...
Doing Ex-Paly 1 / BG 10 / Ur-Priest 1 / FB 8 might work ok. BAB +15, but 10th level BG casting and 7th level UP casting.
At some point, I gotta just say it looks like its filling in stuff thats subpar just to force it to fit.
Mix it up with the Fiends from one class and the fiends from the other.
Toss in an Ur'Pona summoned at level 4! (plane shift!) with summon monster two, and seed the field with Vivacious summons (bumps monsters to the next highest list adds the vivavious template Incorporeal and a positive energy aura that heals)
Toss in an Ur'Pona summoned at level 4! (plane shift!) with summon monster two, and seed the field with Vivacious summons (bumps monsters to the next highest list adds the vivavious template Incorporeal and a positive energy aura that heals)
Hmm. Looks like the Vivacious template is in the Planar Handbook.
But in what book is the Ur'Pona?
I didn't find it on a WotC Site Search.
Hmm. Looks like the Vivacious template is in the Planar Handbook.
But in what book is the Ur'Pona?
I didn't find it on a WotC Site Search.
lol, i think he means ur-priest (as in, ur pwnage).
No, i believe i ment the plane shifting horse from the planar handbook summoned by SM-II. Although i might have mis remembered the name, i'm currently sans books.
hmm... maybe your right! ur-Epona; weird name. still, i think ur-pwnage = ur-priest for most other purposes :D
I can have a son with my succubus? If so a Fiend Binder NPC can have his sons to be all half-fiends, and act as his generals :invasion:
Just don't forget to throw on your "extraplanar condom" (death ward) or else that session is going to be one of the shortest lived ever.
I am excited, as next session I get to take my first level with this PrC on my Archavist. I'll let you guys know how it goes.
Take this previous suggestion,
Cloistered Cleric 5 / Malconvoker 5 / Fiendbinder 10
Summoning Domain, spontaneous domain variant
Practiced Spellcaster, Truespeach Training, 5-6 free.
Casting at CL 20, but L16 access (no miracle, boohoo).
LOTS of summoning goodies at the mid levels, on top of FB goodies.
but make it a wizard.
Conj 5/ Malconvoker 5/ Fiendbinder 10
You'd lose a total of 4 from your caster level for spells known, but with the Malconvoker's Fiendish Legion ability, you wouldn't really miss 'em. It's not the strongest summoner, but it'd be fun to play. Have to be non-evil, non-good, though. :P
The real shame is that the Malc's level 6-9 abilities are when that class really starts focusing on calling/binding, but to get them you'd have to drop at least the last two of FB, which include 4 of the class's (only) 7 special abilities.
But, Hey! You'd have 9th level spells then! (might Dominate Monster solve the standard-action-per-command-of -the-unhappy-outsider problem? How about Abyssal Army to make up for losing the Summon Fiends ability?) Also, if you're happier with a flying mount than the retriever anyway, might as well dip into Mindbender for the Telepathy.Then, you've got: Conj 5 / Mindbender 1 / Malc 2 / FB 5 / Malc 3-9. Much better control, 9th level spells, and you still get to look good on your nightmare. On the other hand, this is a Fiendbinder thread, so feel free to ignore this whole paragraph. I would. My first build looks more fun. :P
I am already playing a Thaumaturge/Malc in my local group, or I would try this immediately. Not much difference in the play-style of the two, I'd think.
The reason I ask is because I'm crazy. See, I wanna play a Fiendbinder, but I don't really want to play 'yet another' caster (I have way too many of those). So my plan was actually something 5/master of masks 4/fiendbinder. Say, a rogue or something.
I realize it may be weird, but do the Fiendbinder class features still work if you don't actually have any spellcasting ability? Probably somewhat related to being a warlock fiendbinder, but with even less spellcasting involved.
Non-caster could be interesting, assuming you can meet the pre-reqs.
Without looking, Fiendbinder really just needs to be able to make the skill check to order around his demons. The actual binding is part of the class feature, not part of SM or PB spells.
Non-caster could be interesting, assuming you can meet the pre-reqs.
Well, if the Summon Monster IV from Master of Masks is sufficient, it should be doable (if expensive in 'flavour' feats). Someone mentioned that you needed to do warlock/master of masks for the SLAs, but I'm not quite sure why that is (if Master of Masks can't do it alone, I don't see how Warlock would help any).
Well, if the Summon Monster IV from Master of Masks is sufficient, it should be doable (if expensive in 'flavour' feats). Someone mentioned that you needed to do warlock/master of masks for the SLAs, but I'm not quite sure why that is (if Master of Masks can't do it alone, I don't see how Warlock would help any).
The requirements are:
Alignment: Any nongood
Skills: Knowledge(the planes) 10, Truespeak 10 ranks, Speak Language(Infernal, abyssal)
Spells: Ability to cast summon monster IV
If you can fit all of that in, you are good. I think the reason why you would want at least 1 level of warlock would to get some benefit of the +1 Caster level of the class.
Alternatively, one can save a bunch of feats by picking a level or three of Human Paragon.
Is there a more interesting way to qualify for Master of Masks than rogue (baring paragon or crazy multiclassing)? The Bluff/Disguise/Perform combo doesn't grow on trees!
The idea I'm toying with right now is a barbarian 2/human paragon 3/master of masks 4/fiendbinder 10. But that's mostly a character concept thing.
Regarding the Blackguard, nothing stops you from being Blackguard 7/Fiendbinder 10 by dumping all your Fallen Paladin levels into Blackguard. Normally I wouldn't recommend it, since the FP level benefits are pretty good, but in this case, you're aiming for spell levels(and heading into a really prototypical caster PrC...)
If I remember right, you cannot sack ALL of your paladin levels, you still have to have 1, and that is only after taking 10 levels, ie Ex-paladin 1/Blackgaurd 10 at level 11.
SRD:
11 or more
A fallen paladin of this stature immediately gains a blackguard level for each level of paladin he trades in.
You need 11 or more Paladin levels to trade them in, otherwise you only get a handful of benefits.
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/prestigeClasses/blackguard.htm
1 --Wizard (Precocious Apprentice, Spell Focus(conjur.), Tattoo Focus, Extend Spell, Scribe Scroll, Fragile, Vulnerable)
2 -- Wizard
3 -- Master Specialist (Skill Focus (spellcraft) Craft wondrous Item)
4 -- Master Specialist
5 -- Master Specialist (Greater Spell Focus(conjur.)
6 -- Red Wizard of Thay (Truespeak Training)
7 -- Red Wizard
8 -- Red Wizard
9 -- Red Wizard (Bind Vestige, or leadership or something to get summoning domain)
10 -- Red Wizard (red wizard bonus feat)
11 -- Fiendbinder
12 -- Fiendbinder (Improved Bind Vestige or something to get summoning domain)
13 -- Fiendbinder
14 -- Fiendbinder
15 -- Fiendbinder (Practiced Binder or something else to get summoning domain)
The question is how can I get summoning domain as that opens up Thaumatrugist as an arcane caster, and if that's not possible what to do with my last 5 levels.
For those high DC fiend names you've got to find a combination of Guidance of the AvatarClr 2/online Here and DemoncallDem 2/FC1 will net you +20 competence and +10 profane to the Knowledge: Planes checks. Unfortunately Demoncall doesn't work for the speech checks but Guidance does.
Best way to get these two is through Archivist obviously.
Aelios Maldraven, NE Archavist 7/Fiendbinder 10
HP: 162
Init: +0
Speed: 30ft
Space/Reach: 5ft
AC: t: F:
Bab: 8/3
Attack: 9/4 1d8+1
Abilities: Str: 10, Dex: 11, Con: 18, Int: 18 Wis: 10, Cha: 8
Saves: Fort 12, Ref 5, Will 12
Skills: Concentration 20, True Speech 20, Knowledge of the planes 15, Knowledge Arcana 15, Knowledge Religion 10, Knowledge Nature 10, Knowledge Dungeoneering 10, Knowledge History 10, SpellCraft 20, Gather Information 5, Search 5, spot 5, listen 5.
Feats: Scribe Scroll, True Speech Training, Skill Focus True Speech, Archivist of Nature, Draconic Archivist, Spell penetration, Heighten spell, Maximize spell.
Possessions: Greater amulet of the Silver tongue (+10 true Speech), +4 Chain Shirt, +2 Morningstar, Headband of intellect +4, 1 Bound Marilith, 3 vrocks, 1 Hezrou.
Features: Dark Knowledge: 5/day, Make an appropriate knowledge check to identify target creature/creatures. If successful, chose from one of the following effects to effect all creatures within 60ft for one minute. If the check succeeds by more than 10, the bonus is increased to +2. If over 20, the bonus is increased to +3. Tactics: allys and you gain +1 to attack rolls on targeted creatures. Puissance: Allys and you gain +1 bonus to saves against affects from targeted creatures.
Lore Mastery (Arcana and Planes): +2 to decipher script, and to knowledge checks relating to the chosen field.
Still Mind: +2 to saves vs mind effecting.
Bind Fiend: True speech checks to command and bind; Babau DC 27, Succubus DC 29, Hellcat DC 29, Vrock DC 33, Cauchmar DC 37, Retriever DC 37, Hezrou DC 37, Barbed Devil DC 37, Ice Devil DC 41, Marilith DC 49.
Call forth Fiend: 1/day, 10 rounds. One fiend from the bind fiend list comes and serves you faithfully. DC above.
Bind Tormented Soul: DC 30 True Speech check, swift action. Dropping to negative 9 hp doesn’t disable you. At -10 or lower you can make a single move action or standard action. Lasts 3 rounds, you are fatigued for an hour afterward.
Gift of Archfiend: Standard, DC 35 truespeech check, gain DR/5 cold iron and good, darkvision 60ft, immunity to electric and poison. Resistance to acid 10, cold 10, and fire 10.
Double Command: can make two commands at once. To two different targets, or two commands to one target. Increases DC by +5.
Summon Fiends: 1d6 Vrock, 1d4 Hezrous, full round action.
Spells
O lvl spells/4 day: Create water, cure minor wounds, detect magic, detect poison, guidance, inflict minor wounds, light, mending, purify food and drink, read magic, resistance, virtue.
1st lvl spells/5 day: Entropic shield, Sanctuary, Cure light wounds, Command, Shield of faith, endure elements, Detect undead, hide from undead, Doom, charm animal, speak with animal, produce flame.
2nd lvl spells/5 day: Cure moderate, lesser restoration, Silence, zone of truth, Barkskin, Flame Sphere, Spider climb.
3rd lvl spells/5 day: Cure serious, dispel magic, remove disease, remove curse, Daylight, Water breathing.
4th lvl spells/5 day: Cure Critical, Summon monster 4, restoration, lesser planar ally, Freedom of movement, scrying.
5th lvl spells/4 day: Flame Strike, True Seeing, Commune, Mass Cure light wounds, Stone skin.
6th lvl spells/4 day: Heal, Planar Ally, Mass Bulls strength, Mass Cure Moderate, stone tell.
7th lvl spells/3 day: Repulsion, Destruction, Mass Cure Serious, Etherial Jaunt, wind walk
Combat/Tactics: Aelios will generally have commanded his Demon’s to guard him, which means that they will attack the first thing that attacks him. He prefers to let his minions do the direct fighting, while he supports them from a distance. He will also make good use of his summon Fiends ability.
It was a memorable encounter. In fact, the Bind Tormented Soul ability REALLY freaked out the party. They laid into him, and he suffered some massive damage. They new he should have been dead, and I told them that he was mortally injured but still fought on. They Dominated him, and demanded to know how he was still standing. He replied that he had bound tortured souls of the 9 hells to his own, and that as long as they remained bound to him, he couldn't die. Lol, thiey didn't know what to do with him, then the 3rd round past and he died. If he wasn't dominated he could have healed himself.
It was a memorable encounter. In fact, the Bind Tormented Soul ability REALLY freaked out the party. They laid into him, and he suffered some massive damage. They knew he should have been dead, and I told them that he was mortally injured but still fought on. They Dominated him, and demanded to know how he was still standing. He replied that he had bound tortured souls of the 9 hells to his own, and that as long as they remained bound to him, he couldn't die. Lol, thiey didn't know what to do with him, then the 3rd round past and he died. If he wasn't dominated he could have healed himself.
That would kind of creep me out as a player if I didn't know what was going on. Pity they dominated him and prevented him from fighting on.
Would your bound fiends be considered within 10' if they were, say, in a subspace pocket or something?
Use an Enveloping Pit from MiC with a basic tower structure inside complete with rooms and a bottle of air to keep your fiends in. Fold the EP down to its smallest open size (1ft by 1ft) and place it in a specially made book. Open book and call down to the fiend of your choice. To respond they trigger a preset teleport or something from inside that drops them beside you. I can picture it now...
"PIKACHU I CHOOSE YOOOOUUUUU!" *pop* "Didn't I tell you never to call me that?"