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Message: <blockquote data-quote="takasi" data-source="post: 3615038" data-attributes="member: 20194">If you say that the mere act of doing a Suggestion or Fascinate is combat in and of itself, then how could anyone EVER use this ability?  They could not, because once they do then by your definition they are initiating combat, so it would never, ever work.  Right?I think it's perfectly fair to allow a bard to use Fascinate to parlay with a diplomacy check, to make a Suggestion, or just to stall combat.  As a DM I interpret "other dangers" as being movement by an opponent, so if the rest of the party also stands still with weapons sheathed then I think there's nothing mechanically "broken" with allowing a bard to do this.  Do you?  Regardless of your interpretation of RAW, does anyone really see this as an overpowering ability for what is usually considered an underpowered class?</blockquote>