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<blockquote data-quote="plisnithus8" data-source="post: 8436005" data-attributes="member: 6870553">I had never considered using Command to detect traps until someone mentioned it here so am processing it “aloud” here. We are discussing magic which naturally seems absurd IRL.To help clarify things for myself, I looked up Jeremy Crawford’s Tweet regarding Flee:“Command: Flee isn't directly harmful; OA may or may not happen. ‘Jump in the lava’&amp; ‘Stab yourself’—harmful.”From this, I am understanding RAI to regard:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">harm be interpreted by each target,</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">and “directly” means only circumstances that would be automatically damaging to the target such as any movement within Spike Growth.</li>
</ul>Honestly, I am having a hard time with the OA not being harmful --considering the target is interpreting what is harmful, if a Thug knows that moving through Spike Growth causes harm, why would it not consider moving around enemies it is in combat who bear weapons potentially more damaging than spikes as not harmful? Shouldn't it know how OA work just like a PC do? Flee doesn't make them scared, just comes them to move away.And what do you say to the PC that tries to use the Command-Awake on a sleeping creature that they can see within range (non-undead, that speaks their language)? Seems to fall outside of RAI but might be RAW.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="plisnithus8, post: 8436005, member: 6870553"] I had never considered using Command to detect traps until someone mentioned it here so am processing it “aloud” here. We are discussing magic which naturally seems absurd IRL. To help clarify things for myself, I looked up Jeremy Crawford’s Tweet regarding Flee: “Command: Flee isn't directly harmful; OA may or may not happen. ‘Jump in the lava’& ‘Stab yourself’—harmful.” From this, I am understanding RAI to regard: [LIST] [*]harm be interpreted by each target, [*]and “directly” means only circumstances that would be automatically damaging to the target such as any movement within Spike Growth. [/LIST] Honestly, I am having a hard time with the OA not being harmful --considering the target is interpreting what is harmful, if a Thug knows that moving through Spike Growth causes harm, why would it not consider moving around enemies it is in combat who bear weapons potentially more damaging than spikes as not harmful? Shouldn't it know how OA work just like a PC do? Flee doesn't make them scared, just comes them to move away. And what do you say to the PC that tries to use the Command-Awake on a sleeping creature that they can see within range (non-undead, that speaks their language)? Seems to fall outside of RAI but might be RAW. [/QUOTE]

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