You place a magical restriction on a creature you can see within range, forbidding it from speaking a certain word or short phrase. If the creature can understand you, it must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or become charmed by you for the duration. While the creature is charmed by you, it cannot speak that word or phrase.
If you have witnessed that creature casting a spell with a verbal component, you can forbid that verbal component to disable the creature from using it to cast that spell for the duration of the Taboo.
If you choose to forbid a mundane word or phrase, that creature cannot intentionally convey the phonetics or concept of the term using synonyms, spelling, or alternate language equivalents.
If you cast this spell on a creature already subject to one or more previous Taboo spells, the spell save DC is reduced by 2 for each currently active Taboo.
You can end the spell early by using an action to dismiss it. A remove curse, greater restoration, or wish spell also ends it.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level, the duration is 1 day. When you cast the spell using a slot of 6th level, the duration is 1 week. When you cast this spell using a slot of 7th level, the duration is 1 month. When you cast the spell using a slot of 8th level, the duration is 1 year. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 9th level, the spell lasts until it is ended by one of the spells mentioned above.
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