Geas/Quest

School: enchantment (compulsion) [curse, language-dependent, mind-affecting]


Level: Arcanist 6, Wizard 6, Sorcerer 6, Witch 6, Bard 6, Skald 6, Cleric 6, Oracle 6, Warpriest 6, Inquisitor 5, Psychic 6, Mesmerist 6



Casting Time: 10 minutes


Components: V


Range: close (25 feet + 5 feet/2 levels)


Target: creature, living (1)


Duration: 1 day/level or until discharged


Saving Throw: none


Spell Resistance: yes


Source: Pathfinder Core Rulebook

Description

This spell functions similarly to lesser geas, except that it affects a creature of any HD and allows no saving throw. If the subject is prevented from obeying the geas/quest for 24 hours, it takes a -3 penalty to each of its ability scores. Each day, another -3 penalty accumulates, up to a total of -12. No ability score can be reduced to less than 1 by this effect. The ability score penalties are removed 24 hours after the subject resumes obeying the geas/quest. A remove curse spell ends a geas/quest spell only if its caster level is at least two higher than your caster level. Break enchantment does not end a geas/quest, but limited wish, miracle, and wish do. Bards, sorcerers, and wizards usually refer to this spell as geas, while clerics call the same spell quest.