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<blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 9442851" data-attributes="member: 7030563">I would argue that command does not rely in the intent of the caster, it relies on the definition and literal wording of the command.In that respect, commanding someone to &quot;take a long fall out of a window&quot; would need to be done unambiguously in one word and it is difficult for me to figure out how to do that.&nbsp; Commanding someone to &quot;fall&quot; in this example would not work at all as he would simply fall to the ground where he is standing, not fall out that window over there.Now it might work if he was climbing several hundered feet up on a rock wall and you told him to &quot;fall&quot;.&nbsp; This does make it a very high powered use of a 1st level spell .... however using Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Sleep or Thunderwave would also make him plummet to his death, as would a simple athletics check using a shove action without spending a spell slot at all.&nbsp; So under that condition I don't think it is out of line with other spells.Similarly command-grovel on a flying creatur will make him drop prone, which RAW makes him fall and would kill many a flying creature at high altitude (as would shoving the same creature or casting ensnaring strike on it or a number of similar things).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ECMO3, post: 9442851, member: 7030563"] I would argue that command does not rely in the intent of the caster, it relies on the definition and literal wording of the command. In that respect, commanding someone to "take a long fall out of a window" would need to be done unambiguously in one word and it is difficult for me to figure out how to do that. Commanding someone to "fall" in this example would not work at all as he would simply fall to the ground where he is standing, not fall out that window over there. Now it might work if he was climbing several hundered feet up on a rock wall and you told him to "fall". This does make it a very high powered use of a 1st level spell .... however using Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Sleep or Thunderwave would also make him plummet to his death, as would a simple athletics check using a shove action without spending a spell slot at all. So under that condition I don't think it is out of line with other spells. Similarly command-grovel on a flying creatur will make him drop prone, which RAW makes him fall and would kill many a flying creature at high altitude (as would shoving the same creature or casting ensnaring strike on it or a number of similar things). [/QUOTE]

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