You utter the dark wishes of Bane, allowing you to enforce a binding and deadly stricture on a creature you touch. When you cast this spell choose a creature within touching distance, forcing a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the target is charmed by you for 1 round, during which time you must speak the command of the spell. If the creature takes damage during this time, the spell immediately ends with no effect.
Similar to a geas this spell does not allow you to issue an obviously suicidal command, thus commands like "fight without weapons and armor" or "fling yourself from a cliff" are ineffective and cause the spell to fizzle. Examples of acceptable commands would be "never speak of this place" or "pay a tithe in silver to Bane once every three days."
Each time a creature disobeys the command, their hit point maximum is reduced by 1d6 hit points. These hit points cannot be restored until the spell ends on the creature, a feat which can only be accomplished through the casting of a remove curse cast at the level of this spell. Restorative magic like greater restoration or wish will also suffice.
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