Obey (Command)
Spell, High Magic, level 5
Commands a creature to perform one simple action or service (never self-harm); a successful save only confuses it for a round.
Also called Obey
From the book
The caster commands one creature or being to carry out any single action or service. On a successful save vs Will, the target is confused and can do nothing for one round, then acts freely. On a failure it must obey at once. It cannot be ordered to kill or hurt itself, but can be made to do any fairly simple task. The order must be given in a language the victim understands, and the caster must be within earshot.
At a glance
- Range
- Hearing range
- Requires
- Command in a language the victim understands
- Save
- vs Will
- Spell type
- Non-variable
A scene
The Fomorian captain towered over the wizard on the deck of his slave ship, grinning through his beard. The wizard Brigid spoke to him in the giant's own coarse tongue, one command in a voice like cracking ice: Open the hold. The captain's grin faltered. He turned, walked stiffly to the hatch, and heaved it open with his own hands, and the daylight poured down on the chained captives below. He could not have been made to throw himself overboard. But opening a hatch was a simple enough task, and the magic made him do it.