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<blockquote data-quote="Nareau" data-source="post: 197957" data-attributes="member: 969">Let's say I'm a high-level evil cleric who manages to Command a wraith.&nbsp; How would you rule this?1)&nbsp; The wraith now really likes me.&nbsp; He happily follows my telepathic orders no matter what they are.&nbsp; This includes suicidal commands, and commands that go against its alignment.2)&nbsp; The wraith despises me.&nbsp; He is constantly struggling against my control, such that I must constantly be commanding him NOT to do bad things (like attacking me, or my friends, or friendly NPC's).&nbsp; In addition, I have to command him every time I want him to attack my foes.3)&nbsp; The wraith despises me, but is magically compelled to act in my immediate best interests (attacking my foes, protecting me and my friends).&nbsp; He is under no compulsion to like me, as is able to pursue less direct means of freeing himself (likely destroying me in the process).The rules are unclear as to exactly how much control I must exert on my Commanded servants.&nbsp; This is more a question of &quot;How do you interpret these rules for a fun and balanced campaign?&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nareau, post: 197957, member: 969"] Let's say I'm a high-level evil cleric who manages to Command a wraith. How would you rule this? 1) The wraith now really likes me. He happily follows my telepathic orders no matter what they are. This includes suicidal commands, and commands that go against its alignment. 2) The wraith despises me. He is constantly struggling against my control, such that I must constantly be commanding him NOT to do bad things (like attacking me, or my friends, or friendly NPC's). In addition, I have to command him every time I want him to attack my foes. 3) The wraith despises me, but is magically compelled to act in my immediate best interests (attacking my foes, protecting me and my friends). He is under no compulsion to like me, as is able to pursue less direct means of freeing himself (likely destroying me in the process). The rules are unclear as to exactly how much control I must exert on my Commanded servants. This is more a question of "How do you interpret these rules for a fun and balanced campaign?" [/QUOTE]

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