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Old 12-26-2018, 09:19 AM   #12
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Default Re: Show me the magic!

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Originally Posted by JohnPaulB View Post
I would allow some mechanism for the Altered Memory to decay.

Lots of stories involving Hypnotized heroes starting to doubt a particular memory or seeing flashes of the real memory seeping through.

This would not be an immediate decay, but something days or weeks away.

Also, would Detect Magic on the character note something was off?
My impression is that the spell would generally be used to accomplish something immediate or in the near future, so having the false memory fade over time seems reasonable to me.

As written, I would agree that the presence of the spell could be revealed by Detect Magic, but since it can't identify the specific spell, I'm not sure it would be useful to do so. That raises another question for me though... should higher IQ spells or those cast by high IQ wizards be harder to detect (or at least come off as fainter or more subtle) requiring a 4 or 5 die roll?
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