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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 5743431" data-attributes="member: 6669384">As far as spell casting is concerned...Consider giving a Dominated wizard orders to go to the city of Timberlain and kill the head of the Thieve's Guild.You might not know what spells he has memorized, or what's in his spell book, but he does.  He'll prepare his spells according to his own best judgment, and use them accordingly.I tend to think of it as giving someone an obsession, something the simply have to get done.  The spell description says that they'll care for themselves normally, in terms of eating and sleeping and such.  That says they aren't hollow puppets.As for how obsessed they are or appear to be, that's a matter of DM opinion.  I tend to make it more or less obvious depending on the nature of the command given.  If you establish the control but give no particular orders, I think they're free to behave as they would normally until told to otherwise.  That's not very easy to notice.  We had a bit of a debate here over a Vampire's domination of a PC/NPC Cleric who had detected him as being highly Evil.The Vampire simply ordered him, "Ignore what you just saw and go on about your business."How obsessed can one get with an instant command to ignore something?  It's sort of "These aren't the Droid's you're looking for.  Move along."Will he be obviously obsessed with appearing not to be obsessed with anything?  Odd thought that, eh?I said the domination would be inobvious and hard to detect.  Others thought he'd be jumpy and nervous over anything that fell out of his normal routine.So how heavy is that hand on the guy's shoulder?  The spell implies that the person in charge can give the spell more or less attention, taking greater control when needed, or backing off and not giving his victim more than a moment or two of thought a day.  To me that says just how tight (and obvious) the tie is, if it's puppet strings or just a long leash.YMMV, of course.</blockquote>

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