

An elemental that sensed binding of this manner would fight the caster mentally. Summoning and binding an elemental in this way required much in the way of personal power. In some cases, this bondage could span centuries, if not millennia. Once that purpose had been fulfilled, they were free to return to their home plane. This binding grated on the elementals, as they were only summoned for a singular purpose. For example, Gromph Baenre had a bound fire elemental in his magical study, and he used it as a contingency guardian. Įlementals were considered intelligent, yet they saw service typically as bound servants or guardians. For example, summoning a fire elemental to the Elemental Plane of Water took more magical power than mortals could conceivably wield. They could be summoned to any plane of existence, except the plane of concordance to their element. They were intelligent, self-aware entities that were made up of the matter of their home plane. Paracelsus's elementals Elementals were the purest living forms of the four basic elements- air, earth, fire, and water-as well as several other, less common elements.
