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I think Micah meant in the thread. No need to be snarky when someone just asks a question.

5.5 is not a different edition, nor did it change the rules of 3PP availability. Those are why Pathfinder was made and succeeded.

There's a middle ground: them actually looking for different paths and solutions.

You can run it however you want but you are simply adding details that aren't in the spell description. I will say that if players decided this is how they wanted it to work at the table, I would totally oblige them.

But WotC hasn't stopped publishing 5E material, so there can't be a Pathfinder for it.

And when that happens, what will the 5E holdout community look like? Will there be a Pathfinder like move by someone with the 5E ruleset? With 2 5E contenders in place -- ToV and A5E -- it seems like some portion of the base would continue playing 5E, but how many? How many current D&D players...

This, of course, leads to the problem of perceived railroading. Sometimes players do not have perfect knowledge of a situation, so "no" feels arbitrary and very much like railroading (as in my OP example). I am honestly not sure what the best way to deal with it is because the gM keeps stuff...

I agree, but even without stirring the 2024 pot, the OP largely rests on the idea that 5E being in the CC means that D&D is forever. That only tracks if one assumes 5E is not just the best but the last version of D&D. That's silly, IMO.

Right. IMO that's just the normal part of the conversation that is playing a TTRPG.

The spell does not say anything about changing the creature's personality or awareness or anything else. It plants a singular, specific compulsion in the target's mind. The target then follows that compulsion as if of its own free will. The flee command requires it move away from the target the...

I still don't understand, given the history of the game, how so many people have convinced themselves that 5E is the holy grail, forever edition and best possible version of D&D. I like 5E (If I'm a little bored with it's dusty mid '10s design) but it certainly isn't the final form of D&D.

Sure?

Again, if we talk about railroading as something the GM does, then we can break the implicit link between linearity and railroading. It means railroading is the GM saying "no" when they should otherwise be saying yes to player choices of action. Note that this does not say anything about outcome...

It's probably easier to avoid bad GMs.

That's because it doesn't exist and it is a pretty gross thing to say.

These interpretations are not supported by the text.

It is a pain to run with all the tags and fiddly bits.

This I agree with. If the creatures thinks it can survive, doesn't care if it survives, or isn't aware of or can't recognize the threat -- well, bee line (B line?) it is.