Planar Inquiry.  200gp per rough circle-equivalent of the outsider called.  It is an offering, and Esta would only need to decide which of his desperately needed remaning belongings to sacrifice to it.

...The trouble is, Esta does not remember off the top of his head, what sort of devil -- or any other kind of trustworthy outside -- would have the supernatural ability needed to know where his Bag of Holding had gone, and tell Esta so upon the spot.

For his domain 6th, Planar Binding, in the form that can only call a devil; and also he has been given the Magic Circle against Evil for containing it at least long enough to talk.  It is a spell that Esta uses only rarely, because frankly he lacks the Splendour for its usual use of tormenting a weaker devil into submission.  But perhaps it could be abused somewhat to call up a devil without Planar Ally's usual payment, if you were sending them strictly about Asmodeus's business...?  But finding his Holding Bag might not be that?  If the spell could be used so freely to bypass Planar Ally payments, one would expect it to be used to summon forth contract devils about soul-sales, but they are loathe to be thus Bound before doing their business.

...maybe he summons up one of Hell's more knowledgeable bureaucrats about the Planar Inquiry, and it then knows how Esta is to use the Planar Binding to obtain the sort of devil that could, and would, find Esta's Holding Bag?

If they don't accept "Asmodeus wills it", this would take a frankly greater degree of helpful cooperation than Esta associates with Hell.

Planar Inquiry.  200gp per rough circle-equivalent of the outsider called.  It is an offering, and Esta would only need to decide which of his desperately needed remaning belongings to sacrifice to it.

...The trouble is, Esta does not remember off the top of his head, what sort of devil -- or any other kind of trustworthy outside -- would have the supernatural ability needed to know where his Bag of Holding had gone, and tell Esta so upon the spot.

For his domain 6th, Planar Binding, in the form that can only call a devil; and also he has been given the Magic Circle against Evil for containing it at least long enough to talk.  It is a spell that Esta uses only rarely, because frankly he lacks the Splendour for the spell's usual use of tormenting a weaker devil into submission.  But perhaps it could be abused somewhat to call up a devil without Planar Ally's usual payment, if you were sending them strictly about Asmodeus's business...?  But finding his Holding Bag might not be that?  If the spell could be used so freely to bypass Planar Ally payments, one would expect it to be used to summon forth contract devils about soul-sales, but they are loathe to be thus Bound before doing their business.

...maybe he summons up one of Hell's more knowledgeable bureaucrats about the Planar Inquiry, and it then knows how Esta is to use the Planar Binding to obtain the sort of devil that could, and would, find Esta's Holding Bag?

If they don't accept "Asmodeus wills it", this would take a frankly greater degree of helpful cooperation than Esta associates with Hell.

Planar Inquiry.  200gp per rough circle-equivalent of the outsider called.  It is an offering, and Esta would only need to decide which of his desperately needed remaning belongings to sacrifice to it.

...The trouble is, Esta does not remember off the top of his head, what sort of devil -- or any other kind of trustworthy outside -- would have the supernatural ability needed to know where his Bag of Holding had gone, and tell Esta so upon the spot.

For his domain 6th, Planar Binding, in the form that can only call a devil.  It is a spell that Esta uses only rarely, because frankly he lacks the Splendour for the spell's usual use of tormenting a weaker devil into submission.  But perhaps it could be abused somewhat to call up a devil without Planar Ally's usual payment, if you were sending them strictly about Asmodeus's business...?  But finding his Holding Bag might not be that?  If the spell could be used so freely to bypass Planar Ally payments, one would expect it to be used to summon forth contract devils about soul-sales, but they are loathe to be thus Bound before doing their business.

...maybe he summons up one of Hell's more knowledgeable bureaucrats about the Planar Inquiry, and it then knows how Esta is to use the Planar Binding to obtain the sort of devil that could, and would, find Esta's Holding Bag?

If they don't accept "Asmodeus wills it", this would take a frankly greater degree of helpful cooperation than Esta associates with Hell.

Planar Inquiry.  200gp per rough circle-equivalent of the outsider called.  It is an offering, and Esta would only need to decide which of his desperately needed remaning belongings to sacrifice to it.

...The trouble is, Esta does not remember off the top of his head, what sort of devil -- or any other kind of trustworthy outsider -- would have the supernatural ability needed to know where his Bag of Holding had gone, and tell Esta so upon the spot.

For his domain 6th, Planar Binding, in the form that can only call a devil.  It is a spell that Esta uses only rarely, because frankly he lacks the Splendour for the spell's usual use of tormenting a weaker devil into submission.  But perhaps it could be abused somewhat to call up a devil without Planar Ally's usual payment, if you were sending them strictly about Asmodeus's business...?  But finding his Holding Bag might not be that?  If the spell could be used so freely to bypass Planar Ally payments, one would expect it to be used to summon forth contract devils about soul-sales, but they are loathe to be thus Bound before doing their business.

...maybe he summons up one of Hell's more knowledgeable bureaucrats about the Planar Inquiry, and it then knows how Esta is to use the Planar Binding to obtain the sort of devil that could, and would, find Esta's Holding Bag?

If they don't accept "Asmodeus wills it", this would take a frankly greater degree of helpful cooperation than Esta associates with Hell.

Planar Inquiry.  200gp per rough circle-equivalent of the outsider called.  It is an offering, and Esta would only need to decide which of his desperately needed remaning belongings to sacrifice to it.

...The trouble is, Esta does not remember off the top of his head, what sort of devil -- or any other kind of trustworthy outsider -- would have the supernatural ability needed to know where his Bag of Holding had gone, and tell Esta so upon the spot.

For his domain 6th, Planar Binding, in the form that can only call a devil.  It is a spell that Esta uses only rarely, because frankly he lacks the Splendour for the spell's usual use of tormenting a weaker devil into submission.  But perhaps it could be abused somewhat to call up a devil without Planar Ally's usual payment, if you were sending them strictly about Asmodeus's business...?  But finding his Holding Bag might not be that?  If the spell could be used so freely to bypass Planar Ally payments, one would expect it to be used to summon forth contract devils about soul-sales, as benefit Asmodeus and themselves.

...maybe he summons up one of Hell's more knowledgeable bureaucrats about the Planar Inquiry, and it then knows how Esta is to use the Planar Binding to obtain the sort of devil that could, and would, find Esta's Holding Bag?

If they don't accept "Asmodeus wills it", this would take a frankly greater degree of helpful cooperation than Esta associates with Hell.

Planar Inquiry.  200gp per rough circle-equivalent of the outsider called.  It is an offering, and Esta would only need to decide which of his desperately needed remaning belongings to sacrifice to it.

...The trouble is, Esta does not remember off the top of his head, what sort of devil -- or any other kind of outsider -- would have the supernatural ability needed to know where his Bag of Holding had gone, and tell Esta so upon the spot.

For his domain 6th, Planar Binding, in the form that can only call a devil.  It is a spell that Esta uses only rarely, because frankly he lacks the Splendour for the spell's usual use of tormenting a weaker devil into submission.  But perhaps it could be abused somewhat to call up a devil without Planar Ally's usual payment, if you were sending them strictly about Asmodeus's business...?  But finding his Holding Bag might not be that?  If the spell could be used so freely to bypass Planar Ally payments, one would expect it to be used to summon forth contract devils about soul-sales, as benefit Asmodeus and themselves.

...maybe he summons up one of Hell's more knowledgeable bureaucrats about the Planar Inquiry, and it then knows how Esta is to use the Planar Binding to obtain the sort of devil that could, and would, find Esta's Holding Bag?

If they don't accept "Asmodeus wills it", this would take a frankly greater degree of helpful cooperation than Esta associates with Hell.

Planar Inquiry.  200gp per rough circle-equivalent of the outsider called.  It is an offering, and Esta would only need to decide which of his desperately needed remaining belongings to sacrifice to it.

...The trouble is, Esta does not remember off the top of his head, what sort of devil -- or any other kind of outsider -- would have the supernatural ability needed to know where his Bag of Holding had gone, and tell Esta so upon the spot.

For his domain 6th, Planar Binding, in the form that can only call a devil.  It is a spell that Esta uses only rarely, because frankly he lacks the Splendour for the spell's usual use of tormenting a weaker devil into submission.  But perhaps it could be abused somewhat to call up a devil without Planar Ally's usual payment, if you were sending them strictly about Asmodeus's business...?  But finding his Holding Bag might not be that?  If the spell could be used so freely to bypass Planar Ally payments, one would expect it to be used to summon forth contract devils about soul-sales, as benefit Asmodeus and themselves.

...maybe he summons up one of Hell's more knowledgeable bureaucrats about the Planar Inquiry, and it then knows how Esta is to use the Planar Binding to obtain the sort of devil that could, and would, find Esta's Holding Bag?

If they don't accept "Asmodeus wills it", this would take a frankly greater degree of helpful cooperation than Esta associates with Hell.