Greater Commands and What They Effect

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Avaran

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For the purposes of interacting with Spirit Store, Transform to <Greater Undead>, and other body-altering rituals, what part of the character is under the effects of an Enslavement, Love Potion #9, or Euhporia?

For example:

Sir Avaran is under the effects of Love Potion #9 and is enamored with Queen Feligrino. She sends him on a mission to collect a trinket to prove his affection for her. He naturally wants to impress her and the mission involves trucking through a forest of poisonous plants. It ensure is success, he spirit stores himself into a Golem. Is he still Love Potion #9'd to her majesty the queen while in the golem? Or is his body?

Second example:

Alavatar is enslaved to Tiberius, the Eeeeeeevil Hobling Slaver. He commands him to kill all of his friends to the best of his ability and to not let anyone know he is enslaved, etc. He then spirit stores him into a golem via ritual to better carry out his orders. Is he still enslaved to Tiberius or does Tiberius need to re-enslave him whilst he is in the golem? What if he tells Alavatar to use High Magic to spirit store instead?

Third example:

The powerful dragon mage is being attacked by crazed adventurers! In an effort to even things out somewhat, he captures one of his attackers - Drazen - and quickly throws down a circle of power for protection. He enslaves Drazen, gives his fool-proof commands, but soon realizes he needs to make his new ally even more powerful than he already is - there are a lot of adventurers! He doesn't have many rituals prepared, but he does have a couple Transform To Greater Undead rituals in memory. He transforms Drazen into a Greater Lich! Is he still under the effects of an Enslavement?

Fourth Example:

Alavatar is out adventuring and comes across a strange lizard in a deep, dark cave. When he gets closer to investigate, the lizard gets sick and Alavatar inhales some of the fumes and starts to feel good...funny, but good. He's been affected by Euphoria...and he kinda likes it! A few hours later the town gets word that a giant tree, capable of utter ruin and destruction, is headed straight for them! Alavatar wants to help but can't think straight. He knows he needs to though, so he decides to Spirit Store into his golem. Does his body remain under the effects of the Euphoria, or does he still feel its effects while in his walking coffin...er...golem?

Fifth Example:

Same as example 4, except he decides to have himself transformed into a Greater Undead (Huntsman) instead of spirit store into a golem because his golem got destroyed 12 minutes after casting it and the town is utterly desperate!
 
Greater Command effects target the body, not the spirit. Thus, if a character Spirit Stores and switches bodies, they will lose existing Greater Command effects (and other effects on their original body). Similarly, if they are in a Master Construct which is hit by an Arcane Enslavement, the Enslavement will go away when they leave the Construct's body for their own. However, if a character Spirit Stores into a Master Construct with the Body Store ability, keep in mind that they are technically in *both* bodies, and thus a Greater Command will still stick with them because they're not leaving their original body behind.

Note that Transform rituals transform an original body, they do not remove existing effects and rituals upon it.

This explanation should answer all of your questions.

-Bryan Gregory
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