Word of Command Charm

E/F/M:

When activated, this very powerful dweomer enables the caster to direct a singe word of command at the subject(s) selected within the Distance indicated. For every 10 points of STEEP possessed by the caster in this K/S Area, one subject can be added, so that a practitioner with 51 STEEP, for example, could affect six subjects. Any single word uttered will be obeyed, but only to the extent possible for the subject(s) and for the duration of that portion of the current CT and the next one following it. Thus "Drop!" would elicit a response of dropping down. "Run!" would cause the subjects to go as fast as locomotive means permit in the direction they were facing at the time of the utterance of the Word of Command. "Die!" would cause them to collapse and not breathe for the time period of the Effect (but then they would otherwise be alive and well, of course!). "Look!" would fix attention upon the immediate area of the caster. "Surrender!" would cause a dropping of arms and shields. "Jump!" when called forth to defending troops on a parapet will be highly effective.... These examples should serve to give a complete understanding of the limits to the power of this Casting.