Modify Memory

When you build a stronghold full of secrets, you want to limit the number of people who know those secrets. For evil characters, the answer is simple: Dead men tell no tales.

For good or even neutral characters, though, killing off your workers isn’t an option worth considering. By carefully limiting the number of people who have access to your stronghold’s secrets while it’s being built, you can narrow down the number of people you need to be concerned about. Then you can reduce that vital statistic to zero with judicious use of modify memory.

Essentially, you need only take those workers, architects, craftsmen, and so on aside once their jobs are complete. Bring them into a private room one by one, then wipe their memories clean of secrets you want to protect.

Ideally, you should limit the number of people you have to do this to, as well as the time they spend on the project. After all, each casting of modify memory only affects 5 minutes of memory, so it can be quite a chore to use it to destroy even an hour’s worth of secrets in someone’s head.

Casting: 400 gp (Brd10)