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<blockquote data-quote="malcolm_n" data-source="post: 6063064" data-attributes="member: 63154">I have to politely disagree here. In most circumstances, an enemy creature is under the control of the DM; his or her &quot;character&quot; of the moment. The creature within the game world is still its own entity. Things like taunt are simply giving rules to what, in most cases, would be an expected reaction to being poked fun at by the rogue. It's not forced in the sense that the creature has absolutely no way to prevent it (hence the fails against Charisma text). If the creature fails against the rogue's charisma, it's perturbed and its response is to move over to the rogue on the following turn (and, in the case of particularly ornery creatures, probably try to take his head off too).As DM, you have the ability to say, &quot;This creature wouldn't do something like that,&quot; and that's okay; just give it a modifier like advantage or rule against the use of the ability. In an extreme case, don't allow taunt, though personally I would advise against disallowing something of this sort on the basis stated above.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="malcolm_n, post: 6063064, member: 63154"] I have to politely disagree here. In most circumstances, an enemy creature is under the control of the DM; his or her "character" of the moment. The creature within the game world is still its own entity. Things like taunt are simply giving rules to what, in most cases, would be an expected reaction to being poked fun at by the rogue. It's not forced in the sense that the creature has absolutely no way to prevent it (hence the fails against Charisma text). If the creature fails against the rogue's charisma, it's perturbed and its response is to move over to the rogue on the following turn (and, in the case of particularly ornery creatures, probably try to take his head off too). As DM, you have the ability to say, "This creature wouldn't do something like that," and that's okay; just give it a modifier like advantage or rule against the use of the ability. In an extreme case, don't allow taunt, though personally I would advise against disallowing something of this sort on the basis stated above. [/QUOTE]

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