Corran
Explorer
Can you trick someone into Voluntarily Giving up a Saving Throw against a different spell that you say you are going to cast?
For example:
Wizard: "I'm gonna cast a spell on you now that will let me see through your eyes, but for it to work I need you to give up your safe."
Not too smart target: "Yeah, sure."
Wizard casts Dominate Person and the target voluntarily gives up his save.
Does the above work? I can't find anywhere that the target would be able to sense that it is the wrong spell and make a save at the last minute.
These are the related rules that I could find:
Voluntarily Giving up a Saving Throw: A creature can voluntarily forego a saving throw and willingly accept a spell’s result. Even a character with a special resistance to magic can suppress this quality.
Succeeding on a Saving Throw: A creature that successfully saves against a spell that has no obvious physical effects feels a hostile force or a tingle, but cannot deduce the exact nature of the attack. Likewise, if a creature’s saving throw succeeds against a targeted spell you sense that the spell has failed. You do not sense when creatures succeed on saves against effect and area spells.
For example:
Wizard: "I'm gonna cast a spell on you now that will let me see through your eyes, but for it to work I need you to give up your safe."
Not too smart target: "Yeah, sure."
Wizard casts Dominate Person and the target voluntarily gives up his save.
Does the above work? I can't find anywhere that the target would be able to sense that it is the wrong spell and make a save at the last minute.
These are the related rules that I could find:
Voluntarily Giving up a Saving Throw: A creature can voluntarily forego a saving throw and willingly accept a spell’s result. Even a character with a special resistance to magic can suppress this quality.
Succeeding on a Saving Throw: A creature that successfully saves against a spell that has no obvious physical effects feels a hostile force or a tingle, but cannot deduce the exact nature of the attack. Likewise, if a creature’s saving throw succeeds against a targeted spell you sense that the spell has failed. You do not sense when creatures succeed on saves against effect and area spells.