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{{3.5e Spell
| name=Dominate Person
| school=Enchantment
| subschool=Compulsion 
| desc=Mind-Affecting
| lvl=Bard 4,  Sorcerer/Wizard 5
| comp=V, S
| casttime=1 [[SRD:Round|round]]
| range=Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
| tsea=t 
| subj=One [[SRD:Humanoid Type|humanoid]]
| dur=One day/level
| save=[[SRD:Saving Throw|Will]] negates
| sr=Yes
}}

You can control the actions of any [[SRD:Humanoid Type|humanoid]] creature through a telepathic link that you establish with the subject’s mind.

If you and the subject have a common language, you can generally force the subject to perform as you desire, within the limits of its abilities. If no common language exists, you can communicate only basic commands, such as “Come here,” “Go there,” “Fight,” and “Stand still.” You know what the subject is experiencing, but you do not receive direct sensory input from it, nor can it communicate with you telepathically.

Once you have given a ''dominated ''creature a command, it continues to attempt to carry out that command to the exclusion of all other activities except those necessary for day-to-day survival (such as sleeping, eating, and so forth). Because of this limited range of activity, a [[SRD:Sense Motive Skill|Sense Motive]] check against [[SRD:DC|DC]] 15 (rather than [[SRD:DC|DC]] 25) can determine that the subject’s behavior is being influenced by an enchantment effect (see the [[SRD:Sense Motive Skill|Sense Motive]] skill description).

Changing your instructions or giving a ''dominated ''creature a new command is the equivalent of redirecting a spell, so it is a [[SRD:Move Actions|move action]].

By concentrating fully on the spell (a [[SRD:Standard Actions|standard action]]), you can receive full sensory input as interpreted by the mind of the subject, though it still can’t communicate with you. You can’t actually see through the subject’s eyes, so it’s not as good as being there yourself, but you still get a good idea of what’s going on.

Subjects resist this control, and any subject forced to take actions against its nature receives a new [[SRD:Saving Throw|saving throw]] with a +2 bonus. Obviously self-destructive orders are not carried out. Once control is established, the range at which it can be exercised is unlimited, as long as you and the subject are on the same plane. You need not see the subject to control it.

If you don’t spend at least 1 [[SRD:Round|round]] concentrating on the spell each day, the subject receives a new [[SRD:Saving Throw|saving throw]] to throw off the domination.

''[[SRD:Protection from Evil|Protection from evil]] ''or a similar spell can prevent you from exercising control or using the telepathic link while the subject is so warded, but such an effect neither prevents the establishment of domination nor dispels it.

{{SRD Spell Footer}}
Component	V + and S +
Descriptor	Mind-Affecting +
Level	Bard 4 + and Sorcerer/Wizard 5 +
Range	Other +
School	Enchantment +
Subschool	Compulsion +
Title	Dominate Person +