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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7375821" data-attributes="member: 996">In the olden days, a lightning breath weapon worked something like a lightning bolt spell, and lightning bolts that hit a thick stone barrier rebounded.&nbsp; Even if it's not trying to - or even trying not to - catch party members with it's breath weapon, a not that bright creature, it could easily happen.&nbsp; Also &quot;One Year with a Behir&quot; is a great title, maybe she could publish a travelogue.Also, there was a motivational meme a while back (they mightn't've been calling 'em memes yet at the time):&nbsp; &quot;Be Here Now.&quot;&nbsp; Anyway, &quot;Obey Me&quot; should fail* as a Geas, but, hey, maybe a Sorcerer who's never mis-cast Geas before wouldn't know that.&nbsp; And, maybe the Behir wouldn't know that... or would just figure it was best to play along, since the party can probably kill it, and it'll give it an opportunity to eat somebody it's left alone with at some point...&nbsp; I know, not that clever a monster, still, if it figures out &quot;hey, while I'm obeying her, she'll keep the others from killing me...&quot; well, that's just an Evil-monster-working-for-an-evil-monster relationship like BBEGs have with their minions all the time.&nbsp; Behir working for a high-level Drow Sorceress?&nbsp;&nbsp; Not that strange, really.Behir eating said Drow the moment she shows weakness?Likewise.Welcome to the villain biz.* Edit:&nbsp; just occurred to me, if &quot;Obey me...&quot; were taken as just the first to words of the Geas, and the first command she gave it as the rest, the Geas could have succeeded - and possibly be completed already.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7375821, member: 996"] In the olden days, a lightning breath weapon worked something like a lightning bolt spell, and lightning bolts that hit a thick stone barrier rebounded. Even if it's not trying to - or even trying not to - catch party members with it's breath weapon, a not that bright creature, it could easily happen. Also "One Year with a Behir" is a great title, maybe she could publish a travelogue. Also, there was a motivational meme a while back (they mightn't've been calling 'em memes yet at the time): "Be Here Now." Anyway, "Obey Me" should fail* as a Geas, but, hey, maybe a Sorcerer who's never mis-cast Geas before wouldn't know that. And, maybe the Behir wouldn't know that... or would just figure it was best to play along, since the party can probably kill it, and it'll give it an opportunity to eat somebody it's left alone with at some point... I know, not that clever a monster, still, if it figures out "hey, while I'm obeying her, she'll keep the others from killing me..." well, that's just an Evil-monster-working-for-an-evil-monster relationship like BBEGs have with their minions all the time. Behir working for a high-level Drow Sorceress? Not that strange, really. Behir eating said Drow the moment she shows weakness? Likewise. Welcome to the villain biz. * [i]Edit: just occurred to me, if "Obey me..." were taken as just the first to words of the Geas, and the first command she gave it as the rest, the Geas could have succeeded - and possibly be completed already.[/i] [/QUOTE]

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