Answer (Command)
Spell, High Magic, level 3
Forces a creature to answer one question truthfully; on a successful save it may lie, but the caster knows. True names cannot be learned this way.
Also called Answer
From the book
The caster commands one creature or being to answer a single question truthfully. The target has to reply, but on a successful save vs Will may lie, and the caster will know it resisted and is lying. The question must be put in a language the target understands, and the caster must be within earshot. A true name cannot be learned with this spell.
At a glance
- Range
- Hearing range
- Save
- vs Will
- Spell type
- Non-variable
- Requires
- Question in a language the target understands
A scene
The Netherman mercenary had been captured spying outside Chu Tang, and he spat on the floor when the wizard Kang came into the cell. Kang put his question in the man's own tongue, demanding the name of whoever had hired him. The command settled on him like a weight. He strained against it, face twisted, and then answered that he had been hired by a Sheban merchant. Kang smiled. The prisoner had fought off the command and lied, and the wizard knew it as surely as if the lie were printed on his face. There would have to be other methods.