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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 8396210" data-attributes="member: 58197"><p>They <em>might</em>. They also might not. Even if they do, you've put them on alert that someone around here is throwing spells, and they know their buddy has never shown any sign of being a spellcaster. If the goal is to sow discord among one's foes, <em>suggestion</em> is both subtler and infinitely more versatile.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Equally plausible:</p><p></p><p>#1. Bob casts <em>hold person</em>. The party races in, and the rogue one-shots the paralyzed orc with advantage and an automatic crit. The other two PCs take down a second orc.</p><p></p><p>The last orc attacks the PCs. The PCs have suffered 1 orc attack and have one orc left to kill.</p><p></p><p>#2. Bob casts <em>crown of madness.</em> The party races in. Two PCs take down one orc as before. The rogue doesn't have advantage this time, and misses. The crowned orc attacks his buddy, but an orc needs to be very lucky to one-shot another orc at full health. It doesn't happen.</p><p></p><p>The other orc attacks the PCs. The PCs have suffered 1 orc attack, but have two orcs left to kill--one injured, one not.</p><p></p><p>And more plausible than either:</p><p></p><p>#1. Bob does not waste a 2nd-level spell slot on three measly orcs, and as a result, he has that spell available later in the day when he really needs it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 8396210, member: 58197"] They [I]might[/I]. They also might not. Even if they do, you've put them on alert that someone around here is throwing spells, and they know their buddy has never shown any sign of being a spellcaster. If the goal is to sow discord among one's foes, [I]suggestion[/I] is both subtler and infinitely more versatile. Equally plausible: #1. Bob casts [I]hold person[/I]. The party races in, and the rogue one-shots the paralyzed orc with advantage and an automatic crit. The other two PCs take down a second orc. The last orc attacks the PCs. The PCs have suffered 1 orc attack and have one orc left to kill. #2. Bob casts [I]crown of madness.[/I] The party races in. Two PCs take down one orc as before. The rogue doesn't have advantage this time, and misses. The crowned orc attacks his buddy, but an orc needs to be very lucky to one-shot another orc at full health. It doesn't happen. The other orc attacks the PCs. The PCs have suffered 1 orc attack, but have two orcs left to kill--one injured, one not. And more plausible than either: #1. Bob does not waste a 2nd-level spell slot on three measly orcs, and as a result, he has that spell available later in the day when he really needs it. [/QUOTE]
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