Loyal Vassal (Priest Spell)

This spell affects any single person who is a bipedal human, demihuman, or humanoid of man-size or smaller, such as brownies, dryads, dwarves, elves, gnolls, gnomes, goblins, half-elves, halflings, half-orcs, nixies, orcs, pixies, sprites, troglodytes, and others. This spell can only be cast upon a person who voluntarily enters into the service of another being (who is not necessarily the spellcaster) as a servant or bodyguard. No saving throw is necessary, as it only affects beings who voluntarily submit to the effects of the spell. (Creatures under any form of magical or psionic control or those that are not in their right minds cannot be affected by a loyal vassal spell.) During the casting of the spell, the spell recipient's liege-to-be must be named in sufficient detail to specify exactly which person shall serve in that role. More than one loyal vassal spell cannot be cast on a single recipient at the same time; subsequent spells automatically fail.
While under the effects of this spell, a recipient is absolutely loyal to the master named during the casting of the spell, and she or he cannot even contemplate any form of betrayal or treachery. The spell does not enable the named master to control spell recipients as automatons, but enspelled vassals serve to the best of their ability, even giving their lives in service if appropriate. A vassal is loyal to a person, not the office, so deposing the reigning monarch and proclaiming one elf king does not result in a transfer of loyalty by any vassals loyal to the former king.
If the spellcaster or the named master of the spell recipient harms or attempts to harm the vassal by some overt action, or if a dispel magic spell is successfully cast on the vassal, the loyal vassal spell is broken (although it is unlikely that vassals will immediately betray a master in the latter case).
The material component of this spell is the priest's holy symbol, which is touched to the brow of the spell target during the casting.
Notes: Granted by Siamorphe the Noble of the Forgotten Realms setting.
Category:Priest Spells
Category:Spells from Powers & Pantheons
Category:Spells