BookTenTiger
He / Him
Zone of Truth is the kind of spell I love, love, love. It has zero combat use, but adds a bit of crunch to social situations.
For the last few sessions, the characters in my campaign have been assisting Goldberry, a Tortle storyteller and bard who is the servant of a powerful vampire lord. Goldberry wears a magic silver collar that prevents him from speaking ill of his vampiric masters. Otherwise he's a pretty great guy.
After a bunch of treasure-hunting and crustacean combats on an island, the characters made camp and decided to interrogate Goldberry. They cast Zone of Truth and asked him questions about his vile master.
Goldberry failed his saving throw. For 10 minutes, he still couldn't say anything unkind about his master, because of his magic collar, but he also couldn't lie. And his master is not a good vampire.
It was a blast! He had to stop talking so many times because he couldn't say anything bad and also couldn't say anything good. There were a lot of vague answers, and even more fill in the blanks.
PC: "Does your master have any weaknesses?"
Goldberry: "My master has no... er, my master is... My master greatly desires the finest things in the valley..."
My favorite question was:
PC: If your master had a twin who was the exact opposite, what would that twin's greatest strength be?
It was a lot of fun.
What are your group's experiences with Zone of Truth or other social pillar spells?
For the last few sessions, the characters in my campaign have been assisting Goldberry, a Tortle storyteller and bard who is the servant of a powerful vampire lord. Goldberry wears a magic silver collar that prevents him from speaking ill of his vampiric masters. Otherwise he's a pretty great guy.
After a bunch of treasure-hunting and crustacean combats on an island, the characters made camp and decided to interrogate Goldberry. They cast Zone of Truth and asked him questions about his vile master.
Goldberry failed his saving throw. For 10 minutes, he still couldn't say anything unkind about his master, because of his magic collar, but he also couldn't lie. And his master is not a good vampire.
It was a blast! He had to stop talking so many times because he couldn't say anything bad and also couldn't say anything good. There were a lot of vague answers, and even more fill in the blanks.
PC: "Does your master have any weaknesses?"
Goldberry: "My master has no... er, my master is... My master greatly desires the finest things in the valley..."
My favorite question was:
PC: If your master had a twin who was the exact opposite, what would that twin's greatest strength be?
It was a lot of fun.
What are your group's experiences with Zone of Truth or other social pillar spells?