I became a level 8 warlock and my patron is needing secrets every 24 hours or I lose my powers, so she gave me detect thoughts to gain secrets, as of right now it is me and a party of 3 other people and we are in a dungeon that were probably gonna be in for a while, so how would I properly use detect thoughts without having to probe deeper?
If the goal is to just gather secrets, just ask someone if there is something they hide from others or some similar question. It immediately draws the mind to things that might make us feel shame or guilt. They might respond with suspicion and if they know you have that spell, you are hosed, but if not, it is a good way to get them to marinate on whatever that might be for them.
I became a level 8 warlock and my patron is needing secrets every 24 hours or I lose my powers, so she gave me detect thoughts to gain secrets, as of right now it is me and a party of 3 other people and we are in a dungeon that were probably gonna be in for a while, so how would I properly use detect thoughts without having to probe deeper?
If the goal is to just gather secrets, just ask someone if there is something they hide from others or some similar question. It immediately draws the mind to things that might make us feel shame or guilt. They might respond with suspicion and if they know you have that spell, you are hosed, but if not, it is a good way to get them to marinate on whatever that might be for them.
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