My party is probably going to encounter a dreamweaver witch soon, and she will try to convince them to take her along with them. She's level 6 (they're level 3) but she will pose as being just a novice spellcaster, level 1, basically. Her appeal to the party will be her potion-making abilities, since they lack any good healing source and could always use more buffing, and also the fact that she's a babe and they're all dudes. Here's the thing, though. She's mind controlled by some phrenic scourges (I'm big on psionics) and is actually trying to mess with the party. How do I run spells like charm person, suggestion, and sow thoughts?
I would like her to be around for maybe 2 or 3 sessions until she is either killed or rescued from her compulsion. Two of the party members are elves, so no magic sleep effects, and the other two are a sorcerer and a bard, so they have decent will saves. She will probably focus on the bard, and I want her to use her enchantments on him.
How do you run stuff like this? I definitely don't want the other players to know, but I'm wondering if there's anything better than slipping the bard a note that says "hey, you're charmed," or something like that.Any advice or, or is that the best I can do? We're playing tomorrow, but she might not show up until next session, depending on what the party does.
Nothing? I could really use some ideas here.