The Wizard's protective Geas

[hcobb]

You will want to put five levels of conceal on the wizard to keep him from being spotted by magic detection.

[Skarg]

Originally Posted by hcobb

You will want to put five levels of conceal on the wizard to keep him from being spotted by magic detection.

Yes, and to keep your non-regulation alternative "Do What My Wife Says" Geas concealed from people in Guild Chapter A...

[hcobb]

What happens if you have a Geas to resist all attempts to subvert your will and then you're hit by a Word of Command? Which takes effect?

[Skarg]

Perhaps I don't understand your question. I don't see a conflict between them.

The Geas would compel the subject to attempt the 5/IQ rolls to resist the Word, rather than opt to not bother, and if he made the 5/IQ roll and the Word qualified as an attempt to subvert the subject's will (i.e. not a friend trying to help the subject do what they wanted to do anyway), the Geas would compel the subject to additionally resist such attempts subjectively in their choice of actions.

If the 5/IQ roll to resist the Word were failed, of course, the Geas wouldn't have any additional effect because the Geas is satisfied by the attempt to resist. And you can't make a Geas that gives someone extra magic powers to resist spells - it just compels their choices about what they try to do.