SRD talk:Modify Memory

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VH Version[edit]

The small time period and non combat-only casting that takes so long you can't use it to both modify a memory and modify someone's memory of you having modified their memories make this obviously the High balance version of this spell. Has anyone been so far even as to make a proper VH version, not necessarily for core spellcasters? --Foxwarrior (talk) 10:03, 14 June 2019 (MDT)

I would argue that this is VH for this level; part of VH is the ability to bypass encounters or bypass plot points. It's why far-reaching teleportation is VH rather than H. Changing a person's memory, even just 5 miuntes of it, can be almost equal to domination if the player is creative enough, without needing to be re-cast or future chances to save. It can allow you to burst open the plot, and change it utterly, which is definitely VH territory.
Honestly, the upgrade to this is mindrape from the BoVD. --Ghostwheel (talk) 10:29, 14 June 2019 (MDT)
I don't know whether to argue that it's not actually in the definition of High Balance that you're not allowed to redirect the plot, or just to accept that High Balance was a mistake. --Foxwarrior (talk) 14:26, 14 June 2019 (MDT)