Find Greater Familiar

Find Greater Familiar (Level 4)
Casting Time: 1 hour

Range: 5 ft

Components: V, S, rosemary, and 500 gp worth of silver

Duration: Unlimited, Concentration

School: Conjuration

Attack/Save: None

You summon a shadow (choose an infernal creature) from the Nethereal Plane of challenge rating equal to no greater than 1/2 the level of the spell slot used to cast this spell, which appears in an unoccupied space that you can see within range. The shadow disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends.

The shadow is hostile towards you, but will not attack you. It obeys any explicit verbal commands that you issue to it (no action required by you), so long as those orders are not obviously suicidal. If you don't issue any commands to the celestial, it defends itself from hostile creatures but otherwise takes no actions.

If the shadow should enter an are of complete darkness, at the DM's discretion, it may break its bonds and do as it wishes. You have no control over the shadow while it is free, and it may attack or leave, returning the Nethereal Plane.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell at higher levels, the creature summoned may be up to 1/2 the level of the spell slot. In addition, for every level above 4th that you cast this spell, it requires 500 more gp, and takes an hour longer to cast.