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If you needed the advantage, yes, the roofie made them do something they wouldn't have done otherwise. According to the spell, it makes them susceptible to your words. That's why the target is another person rather than self, and why it only works on one target.

Most but not all. Again. this is against the target's will. If someone orders a virgin drink and you spike it, particularly to manipulate them to doing something you want, I would hope we all agree that it's a bad guy move. IMO, mind reading is bad, but less bad, like comparing stealing...

Yes, let's blame those stupid monks for wanting to punch and kick stuff rather than playing the game right!

Most of those other schools have some non creepy use. For me, mind "assault", to use a less triggering word, is essentially always scummy. However, to the point, no one is suggesting that people hit with a Firebolt shouldn't be upset. This whole thing popped up because people put forth the...

I mean, it essentially is. It alters their perception of you much like slipping someone drugs and alcohol. Imagine I want you to sign a contract. Is there a difference between drugging you and getting you to sign in an impaired state rather than working to butter you up with a night on the town?

I consider forcibly kidnapping people against their will and trapping them in rehab not a Good act personally. Do you typically roofie patients to coerce them to comply in rehab? I never said all use of Charisma was Good (tm). I said mind control isn't Good. Sure, lets say torture, slavery...

So you have no problem with drugging people against their will to get your way? Sorry man, Enchantment is the creep school of magic. People should be angry if they realize they were charmed.

EK's, paladins, etc get masteries too. There really needs to be martial equivalents of booming blade, GFB etc for parity. Particularly with bladelocks getting 3 attacks at 11th. Off the cuff, something like Skirmishing Strike - Attack a number of targets equal to your proficiency mod, if your...

They should have had at-will weapon maneuvers on par with weapon cantrips, and let all fighters make a maneuver and a basic attack at 5th level. It would give more oomph to the fighter who otherwise is making the same number of attacks as the spellcasters.

Multiclassing is an optional rule, and expressly isn't balanced. It's like rolling for stats. You don't get to throw balance out the window then complain about balance. No need to hold the monk back because a broken mechanic might make it broken. It certainly isn't applying to warlocks.

Enchantment doesn't grant those though, nor should it. It manipulates the thoughts and emotions of others. I think Bless and Heroism are the only self target spells in the school, (and feel like a bit of a stretch).

The problem isn't the check, its roofieing the person beforehand. Like... it's not a good guy move to magically drug people to get them to bend to your will.

When you resort to a "the ends justify the means" line of thought, the ends aren't good.

That would be transmutation, ala Eagle's Splendor (a 2nd level concentration spell). Friends is just in a weird zone, because WOTC is reluctant to implement anything more granular than advantage/disadvantage, which is already (IMO too) easy to get via the Help action. Friends doesn't DO a lot...

That would be divination though (which I'd be fine with). Lets face it. Mind control isn't the domain of good people. Friends usurps someone's will to make them like you, much like getting someone drunk to impair their decision making. It SHOULD tick people off, and enchantment in general...

Do like PF2E. Uncouple feats from stat bumps, so you get both. No cap, but stat bumps under 18 give a +2, and 18+ give a +1.

Inspiration needs to just be a reroll. Really, all of these "before you know the outcome" timing things need to be rerolls after you know the result, and if they need to be adjusted in frequency do it. It's irritating to run/play, and it's how everyone I've discussed it with thinks they should...

I haven't seen anyone else support you on this. This isn't Pathfinder 2E with its adjust grip action. I have seen a number of Eldritch knights and never seen a DM require them to keep a free hand either. This level of fretting over hand waving is hand waived at all tables I've seen.

But at 20th level you get a 4th attack! (some dev, somewhere)

Make short rests 5-10 minutes, limit to benefitting twice per long rest. Limit long rests to 1-2 then require downtime. This really shouldn't be that hard WOTC...