Howdy,
Old Drakthar dominated the party Rogue in our last session. Pharagon's fellow party members eventually reasoned that he was under the same mind-altering-effect that Orak was under. They now want to return top-side and get him "fixed" by asking Jenya to remove the charm.
In the dominate person spell:
"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. "
There is no mention what removes the domination effect permanently.
So my question to you is: what *can* remove the dominatation effect, brought on by a vampire?
In the back of my wicked mind I would like for Jenya to send the players to Ike, "Search out Father Iverson from the Temple of Wee Jas, he has the means to do what you ask, for alas I do not have the resources at hand. If only Sarcem were here..."
Of course, Ike will be earnest and act the part, but ultimately he will *not* break the charm. I've played him as a bit of an *sshole, and Ike has already had a run-in with Pharagon. Heh! Drakthar will be quiet, give no commands until the right (worst possible for the players) moment, re-exerting his control.
Thoughts?
So my question to you is: what *can* remove the dominatation effect, brought on by a vampire?
I made a mistake in my campaign by allowing Jenya to successfully break Drakthar's domination of an NPC with Dispel Magic. That might work for the Dominate Person spell, but a vampire's dominate ability is supernatural in nature and not subject to being dispelled.
I see only two allowable choices to get the PC permanently un-dominated: (1) Kill Drakthar, or (2) wait 12 days for the compulsion to end.
Of course, none of this should stop you from having a little fun with Iverson, if that's what you want to do. I set up an encounter with him in a prologue session to provide a little foreshadowing.
