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<blockquote data-quote="Jack Jericho" data-source="post: 5231123" data-attributes="member: 91421">Without a house rule, they have no choice in whether or not they do it in 4E.&nbsp; By RAW and RAI (as clarified by a few WoTC articles,) it is perfectly viable to have a creature attack themselves with powers which allow you to choose the target for the creature's attacks (of which dominate would be one.)&nbsp; I do not think there is still a save for being instructed to do something suicidal like there was in previous editions.&nbsp;What's really weird is when the creature and the PC both have each other dominated at the same time in 4E. It doesn't break the domination.&nbsp; Instead, the two foes control what actions they take against each other.&nbsp; This can happen at low levels with powers like Mirror Sphere and quite often at high levels if a Lord of Fate is fighting Lolth.&nbsp; &nbsp;The hilarious thing about making Lolth attack herself is that she then also dominates herself because she is considered a creature making an attack against Lolth.&nbsp; It also means that while she will be controlling her own actions, she's only able to tell herself to use at-will abilities.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jack Jericho, post: 5231123, member: 91421"] Without a house rule, they have no choice in whether or not they do it in 4E. By RAW and RAI (as clarified by a few WoTC articles,) it is perfectly viable to have a creature attack themselves with powers which allow you to choose the target for the creature's attacks (of which dominate would be one.) I do not think there is still a save for being instructed to do something suicidal like there was in previous editions. What's really weird is when the creature and the PC both have each other dominated at the same time in 4E. It doesn't break the domination. Instead, the two foes control what actions they take against each other. This can happen at low levels with powers like Mirror Sphere and quite often at high levels if a Lord of Fate is fighting Lolth. The hilarious thing about making Lolth attack herself is that she then also dominates herself because she is considered a creature making an attack against Lolth. It also means that while she will be controlling her own actions, she's only able to tell herself to use at-will abilities. [/QUOTE]

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