I command you to....

[Archae]

So just a quick question, how long does the higher level geas spell last? Assume the task is one that would last forever. Also assume I am gm on rulings.

Can someone be geas-ed to forever obey or something similar, assume the phrasing is tight so there are no loopholes or escaped?

[Jeraa]

Archae wrote:

So just a quick question, how long does the higher level geas spell last? Assume the task is one that would last forever. Also assume I am gm on rulings.

Can someone be geas-ed to forever obey or something similar, assume the phrasing is tight so there are no loopholes or escaped?

The Geas/Quest spell functions exactly like lesser geas except as noted. With no listed duration of its own, that means it uses the same duration as lesser geas: 1 day per level or until discharged, whichever comes first.

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This spell functions similarly to lesser geas, except that it affects a creature of any HD and allows no saving throw.

[Cyrus Lanthier]

I assume that, since Geas functions "functions similarly to lesser Geas" and does not provide a new duration, it has the same duration as Geas, which means that if you give them a task that would last forever, it lasts a day per level.

I guess you could order them to like... If you wanted them to never drink orange juice, say (or never "do the thing," whatever that is), you could order them to "Defeat Asmodeous in single combat without consuming any orange juice" (or without doing the thing, whatever thing it is you want them to not do)... But it seems pretty contrived to allow something like "Slay Asmodeous while personally guarding my villa against any intruders around the clock and also being my slave here on the Prime." You have to let them do the thing that is the Geas, otherwise I would say that the spell fails - after all, the spell compels them to do slay Asmodeous (or whatever), making that impossible should violate the terms of use.