Ela's Accounts (Priest Spell)

When the time comes for Ela's church to update its financial records, her priests each take a turn visiting local merchants and other business folk. usually in pairs. While the subject is conversing with one of the priests, the other casually casts Ela's accounts. When the priests ask the charmed individual for details of his or her current financial situation, the subject is compelled to recount all properties, income, and holdings to the best of his or her knowledge. The caster might ask to see var­ious items the subject mentions in particular, al­lowing the other priest to use an appraising proficiency to calculate the object's approximate value. The subject is unable and unwilling to lie or to withhold such information as is requested specifically.
When the priests depart, the subject has no memory of having divulged these details, only that he or she had a conversation with a couple of priests from the Quick Fingers temple. The spell does not affect the subject's attitude toward the caster in any way (though the church usually sends representatives who have a good rapport with the subject), nor does it give the caster control over the subject beyond the compulsion to reveal his or her financial secrets.
Only other priests of Ela's Quick Fingers are al­lowed a saving throw against this spell. If success­ful, the saving throw negates the spell's effect, and the subject knows that a fellow priest has at­tempted to charm him. It is considered inappropri­ate to cast this spell on comrades of the faith, however, unless under orders from a superior.
Notes: Granted by Ela, a goddess of thieves. (Updated from Dragon Magazine).
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