Jan 17, 2023 · As a result, the judge may not even start casting without getting consent, which at any moment would be withdrawable - and thus useless. So under the laws of Waterdeep Zone of Truth is not allowable in court. In fact, it might be understood as an act of against the city to try the truth spell in court, as you try to manipulate the process.

From the description of the Zone of Truth spell (PHB, p. 289): Until the spell ends, a creature that enters the spell's area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must make a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, a creature can't speak a deliberate lie while in the radius.

Jul 28, 2020 · Truth Serum. There is also the truth serum which replicates the zone of truth spell: A creature subjected to this poison must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 hour. The poisoned creature can't knowingly speak a lie, as if under the effect of a zone of truth spell.

May 2, 2021 · Zone of Truth is a 2nd level spell, it isn't meant to be an ultimate solution. There are another low-level magic means like Suggestions or Detect Thoughts, but they all aren't so great. If you want an unwilling creature to answer all of your questions completely and honestly to the best of its ability, you provably need something stronger like ...

Apr 27, 2019 · From Zone of truth's spell entry (emphasis mine): You create a magical zone that guards against deception in a 15-foot-radius sphere centered on a point of your choice within range. Until the spell ends, a creature that enters the spell’s area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must make a Charisma saving throw.

Feb 17, 2020 · The Zone of Truth spell's text is fairly unambiguous on the knowledge gained by the caster (PHB p. 289, bold added): Until the spell ends, a creature that enters the spell’s area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must make a Charisma saving throw. [...] You know whether each creature succeeds or fails on its saving throw.

May 2, 2019 · \$\begingroup\$ "Zone of Truth is quite literally the only spell or non-background magic (other than Wish, which can do anything) in the game in the category of detecting, compelling, or restricting truth or lies." You're implicitly assuming this was supposed to remain the case when these spells and features were created, which is far from a given.

Apr 11, 2021 · The description of the zone of truth spell says: you create a magical zone that guards against deception. But later on, it says: On a failed save, a creature can't speak a deliberate lie while in the radius. Say a character casts zone of truth on a mute person, or perhaps the party trickster simultaneously casts silence in the same area.

Jan 8, 2018 · So I just read the actual text of Zone of Truth for the first time. And it includes this: Until the spell ends, a creature that enters the spell's area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must make a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, a creature can't speak a deliberate lie while in the radius.

Using the description from the DMG about Truth Serum (p. 257): Truth Serum (Ingested). A creature subjected to this poison must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 hour. The poisoned creature can’t knowingly speak a lie, as if under the effect of a zone of truth spell.