dimensional anchor vs banishment

[jumpydady]

ok what happens if a creature cast dimensional anchor on himself, and someone cast dismissal/banishment on him?

thx

[CombatOwl]

ok what happens if a creature cast dimensional anchor on himself, and someone cast dismissal/banishment on him?

thx

If he is a summoned creature, he is dismissed and returned. If he is called, nothing happens.

It's because the summoned creature doesn't need a spell to return, only for the duration of the summon to expire--which has already been cast before the dimensional anchor.

[jumpydady]

oh i was thinking a boss like creature that came from another plane through a planar gate, the players facing him cast banishment, but if he has casted dimensional anchor on himself before, what happens?

[CombatOwl]

oh i was thinking a boss like creature that came from another plane through a planar gate, the players facing him cast banishment, but if he has casted dimensional anchor on himself before, what happens?

Nothing, because Gate is a calling effect, not a summoning effect. Dimensional anchor would protect him.

However, it would also hinder his mobility. Why not just create a McGuffin item--the Amulet of Eternal Darkness, or something--which makes the wearer treated like a native of the Material Plane when worn by a fiend?

[Jack_Simth]

oh i was thinking a boss like creature that came from another plane through a planar gate, the players facing him cast banishment, but if he has casted dimensional anchor on himself before, what happens?

Well, if he casts Dimensional Anchor on himself before stepping through the gate... he doesn't cross planes when he steps through the gate.

A Summoned Creature has multiple ways to vanish that might be termed 'dismissed' - there's the Dismissal Spell, which Dimensional Anchor would block; then there is removing the spell which brought them (via Dispel Magic et all) which Dimensional Anchor does not stop. Then there's dismissing a spell effect, which Dimensional Anchor likewise does not stop. The Dismissal spell or the Banishment spell, however, are stopped cold by Dimensional Anchor.


Nothing, because Gate is a calling effect, not a summoning effect. Dimensional anchor would protect him.

However, it would also hinder his mobility. Why not just create a McGuffin item--the Amulet of Eternal Darkness, or something--which makes the wearer treated like a native of the Material Plane when worn by a fiend?
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