Quote Originally Posted by brian 333 View Post
But assume you get a solar. (Whoops, there go your undead minions!) A properly buffed team of average level 17 can take it down. Without much problem. (And you still owe the promised pay.)

Roy can't be dispelled or banished, which all summons can. Roy won't turn into an AC 13, 43 hp liability when spell durations expire. And Roy doesn't require half your high level spell slots every few hours to stay in the game.
You do realize that anything capable of easily obliterating a 34 HD solar (obscene amounts of hp, DR and regeneration only bypassed by epic and evil, tons of SLAs including Wish, 20th level cleric casting, a +54 to Will saves against banishment if you overcome its SR &c. &c.) will simply pulverize a level 16 fighter even faster and then the fighter is dead?