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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 9729063" data-attributes="member: 3400">Domination's effect is based on the charmed condition. Can domination still work without it? I don't think so since the ability to have the telepathic link and issue commands requires the target to be charmed.But that doesn't mean that breaking domination effects with a 5th level spell isn't a touch problematic - particularly when you consider that domination effect may be put in place by a spell 3 levels higher. "Repair" spells often undo spell effects of slightly higher levels - such as Greater Restoration (5th level) undoing Flesh to Stone (6th level - one level difference). But either Greater Restoration or Dispel Evil/Good as 5th level spells breaking the 8th level Dominate Monster without some contest of the level differential (as with Dispel Magic or 2014 Counterspell) is quite a beneficial trade in spell slots. And when you consider that possession is even more powerful than that 8th level spell effect... whoo boy does that Dispel Evil/Good punch above its weight.</blockquote>