Charm Person

This spell will affect any single person i.e. brownies, dwarves, elves, gnolls, gnomes, goblins, half-elves, halflings, half-arcs, hobgoblins, humans, kobolds, lizard men, nixies, arcs, pixies, sprites, and troglodytes it is cast upon. The person then will regard the magic-user who cast the spell as a trusted friend and ally to be heeded and protected. The spell does not enable the magic-user to control the charmed creature as if it were an automaton, but any word or action of the magic-user will be viewed in its most favorable way. Thus, a charmed creature would not obey a suicide command, but might believe the magic-user if assured that the only chance to save the magic-user's life is if the person holds back an onrushing red dragon for "just a round or two". Note also that the spell does not empower the magic-user with linguistic capabilities beyond those he or she normally possesses. The duration of the spell is a function of the charmed creature's intelligence, and it is tied to the saving throw. The spell may be broken if a saving throw is made, and this saving throw is checked on a periodic basis according to the charmed person's intelligence:

Intelligence Score Period Between Checks
3 or less 3 months
4 to 6 2 months
7 to 9 1 month
10 to 12 3 weeks
13 to 14 2 weeks
15 to 16 1 week
17 3 days
18 2 days
19 or more 1 day

If the magic-user harms, or attempts to harm, the charmed creature by some overt action, or if a dispel magic (q.v.) is successfully cast upon the charmed creature, the charm will be broken automatically. The term person includes all bipedal human and humanoid creatures of approximately man-size, or less than man-size, including those affected by the hold person spell (q.v.). If the recipient of the charm person spell makes its saving throw versus the spell, its effect is negated.