Godspawn immune to binding?

[Lodrak]

I wonder it says in thunder behemoth that it is immune to mind affecting and binding is mind affecting so does the "Any creature may attempt to control the called godspawn via spells like dominate monster or binding." supersede the immunity and allow one to cast binding on the godspawn?

[Mechagamera]

I would say no. I think it works like this:

1) Evil cleric summons godspawn.
2) Caster (possibly the evil cleric) tries to bind godspawn.
3) Binding automatically fails.
4) Godspawn eats caster.

It is probably that the author didn't think it through, or was thinking like Rovengag that once the godspawn was summoned, the cleric's life is no longer important, so if he/she tries to control the critter, no big deal when he/she gets ate.

As support of this, I note that the godspawn version of the Tarrasque is immune to mind affecting spells.

[Zhangar]

I suspect the summoned godspawn normally eating the caster (or at least trying - a caster capable of casting this can probably get out of Dodge some way or another) is a feature, not a bug.

[Starbuck_II]

Lodrak wrote:

I wonder it says in thunder behemoth that it is immune to mind affecting and binding is mind affecting so does the "Any creature may attempt to control the called godspawn via spells like dominate monster or binding." supersede the immunity and allow one to cast binding on the godspawn?

Actually reread Call the Godspawn:

"This creature takes the form of a thunder behemoth with the advanced and entropic simple templates"

It isn't really a Thunder Behemoth, but takes the form of one.

So you can control it with Binding or Dominate (despite normally immune), but with caveat that it eats you if you fail.

[kestral287]

Specific overrides general. Thunder Behemoths are immune to Binding. This specific Thunder Behemoth is not, because the spell says it is vulnerable to such spells.