SRD:Geas/Quest

A geas places a magical command on a creature to carry out some service or to refrain from some action or course of activity, as desired by you. The creature must be able to understand you. While a geas cannot compel a creature to kill itself or perform acts that would result in certain death, it can cause almost any other course of activity.

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Geas/Quest

Enchantment (Compulsion) [Language-Dependent, Mind-Affecting]
Level:	Brd 6, Charm 6, Clr 6, Nobility 6, Sor/Wiz 6
Components:	V
Casting time:	10 minutes
Range:	Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target:	One living creature
Duration:	One day/level or until discharged (D)
Saving Throw:	None
Spell Resistance:	Yes

The geased creature must follow the given instructions until the geas is completed, no matter how long it takes.

If the instructions involve some open-ended task that the recipient cannot complete through his own actions the spell remains in effect for a maximum of one day per caster level. A clever recipient can subvert some instructions:

If the subject is prevented from obeying the geas for 24 hours, the subject takes 3d6 points of damage each day it does not attempt to follow the geas/quest. Additionally, each day it must make a Fortitude saving throw or become sickened. These effects end 24 hours after the creature attempts to resume the geas/quest.

A remove curse spell ends a geas/quest spell only if its caster level is at least two higher than your caster level. Break enchantment does not end a geas/quest, but limited wish, miracle, and wish do.

Bards, sorcerers, and wizards usually refer to this spell as geas, while clerics call the same spell quest.

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