DeviousQuail
Hero
I agree, the Influence action is a nice addition and I know a lot of people wanted a better framework for stuff like that. Using the word 'hostile' is the only problem. I can see that being what you call a creature that wants to attack you on sight or what you call a creature that opposes you but isn't necessarily attacking you. People will have to get used to it or maybe WotC finds a thesaurus and picks something else.