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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 8008205" data-attributes="member: 177">Goodness.  So, yeah, the PC and the auctioneer may e okay with this.  But... a whole bunch of criminals at an auction are probably going to be highly suspicious of this.  The auctioneer just happened to have a plant in the audience who just happens to be able to cast this spell on the night something gets stolen?They all only have the PC's word on who made or failed the save.  Why should anyone in this group trust that this isn't some sort of setup by the auctioneer to blame someone for something...60 people,  The spell lasts 10 minutes.  That's 10 seconds per person per casting if they all fail the save - that is no time at all to think up new questions and consider follow-up questions.  The PC will get one, maybe two, questions per person?  There's exactly zero room there to probe around crafty answers.  How many castings does the PC get?  Some people will make the save - they increase the time you cna use on other people, but if anyone makes the save on every casting (likely, in such a large group), then there's always room for doubt that the persons unaffected by the spell are the culprits.So, what the PC is looking at is a significant likelihood of interviewing 60 members of the underworld... keeping then around for a half hour doing very little but questioning their honor... and it may not result in a clear answer?The PC is about to make some enemies, I think...</blockquote>

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