Recent content by Maxperson

I'm going to side with @ECMO3 on this one. Resistance has meaning in 5e and you cannot use the word resisted in the way you did and expect people to think of immunity instead of resistance. He misunderstood because you used imprecise language that was virtually guaranteed to confuse people...

Oh, you're one of those guys who wants to twist wording to win D&D. They can do the impossible, so long as it SOUNDS achievable. :rolleyes: I'm done here. Enjoy gaming the way you like it. Dude. I literally said, more than once now, that you should have fun playing your way. Nobody...

They're all doing pretty well.

If you can't do it, Suggestion can't make you do it. I mean, it's not rocket science. You have to know how to do it for you to be able to do it to the best of your ability. The best of the monster's ability is failure to accomplish the goal. Excellent. You still have to show it was learned...

You do realize that being able to do that consciously is a learned skill, right? You can't just do it because someone cast Suggestion on you. It takes time and practice to be able to do that voluntarily. And if you read your quote up there, it requires repetition and focused thought, so it...

I don't see autosuggestion or psychology in the rules. If you aren't going to accept RAI, we don't have to accept PhD articles. ;) Auto suggestion fails on it's face by the way, as it's not a conscious decision. And Suggestion makes the subject carry it out to the best of its ability. It can...

You don't make yourself willing. You either are or are not. It's a state of being. You can be forced to do something against your will and agree to do it(blackmail for example), but agreeing to such force isn't making yourself willing. Someone can try to convince you of something, which can...

The long and the short of it that no matter how you try to twist language, you cannot get around the rules as written. 1) Suggestion requires activity. Activity involves verbs. 2) Willing is an adjective. Willingly is an adverb. Willingness is a noun. Willing is not a verb, so the portion of...

It's not an opinion. The core books are the PHB, DMG and MM. That's how it is. The other books are explicitly written as optional and are not core, which means that they are not in play for you to use unless the DM says that you can use them. Perhaps you aren't understanding that if...

You keep misstating that. I will quote and bold the relevant portion. "You suggest a course of activity-described in no more than 25 words..." You do not pursue the suggestion to the best your ability, because if you suggest a non-action, it's ignored. You only have to pursue an activity...

Your interpretation doesn't align with the wording of the rules at all. "Willing. If your urging aligns with the monster's desires, no ability check is necessary; the monster fulfills your request in a way it prefers." Do you see how with a willing creature no ability check is necessary...

Only the PHB, DMG and MM are core books. All else are splat books and since it can't be assumed that the DM owns/knows it, can't be assumed to be in use. You need to ask your DM. I allow all of the books. Other DMs do not.

Irrelevant. If you can't show that it is written that the creature IS willing after failing the save, then the creature is not. Only what is written is RAW, and nothing written in the Charmed condition or Suggestion spell forces willingness. Further, the fact that you still have to make...

No, it's not. Charm Person doesn't let you make the person jump off a cliff, and that's one that does affect a target's emotions. Even charm person doesn't allow you to force suicidal things. Nor does charmed the condition force willingness. Unless the monster actually wanted to fail to...