Impenetrable Falsehood

Level 2 priest spell · Abjuration

Makes the recipient's lies convincing and proof against detect lie, ESP and mind-reading for 12 hours.

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Useful — worth a slot when its situation comes up.

Sphere
Divination
Range
Touch
Components
V, S
Casting time
5
Duration
12 hours
Area of effect
One being (Creature touched - PSC)
Saving throw
None

This spell makes any untruth spoken by the caster or a touched spell recipient being sound convincing and hides all untruths from a detect lie spell, similar magics, related spell-like abilities, and even the discernment of specialty priests of Tyr. It also foils ESP and other mind-reading magics or psionic abilities that could reveal a lie, hiding true thoughts behind random ruminations on two or three topics mentally chosen by the caster as the spell is cast (for example, the possible whereabouts of a half-remembered stream that must have been somewhere hereabouts, how soon the next apple crop might be ready, and the name of a particular merchant met years ago in a tavern,* and seen from afar down a crowded street just a tenday ago).

Notes: Granted by Leira, Lady of Mists, of the Forgotten Realms setting.

Sources

  • Faiths & Avatars (9516)
  • Priest's Spell Compendium Vol 2
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