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<blockquote data-quote="OnlineDM" data-source="post: 5809987" data-attributes="member: 90804">Sorry, I think I was unclear.My change to dominate makes the condition LESS severe. The dominated character immediately makes an attack against an ally. However, when that character's regular turn comes around, THEY CHOOSE THEIR OWN ACTION. They're just dazed (save ends). The character still gets to attack an enemy, take second wind, run away, whatever.At the end of that character's turn, they make a saving throw against being dazed. If they fail the saving throw, the dominator immediately has the character make another attack against an ally (or whatever other at-will action the dominator chooses).When the character's next turn comes up, they still get to choose their own action (but just one, because they're dazed). And so on, until they save.My tweak to dominated gives the character an extra action that the dominator gets to choose, but they still get an action of their choice on their own turn.I completely agree with you that DMs should NOT make conditions like dominated a bigger penalty than they already are. They definitely have the potential to be unfun. My tweak is to allow the character to struggle against the domination, possibly by attacking the dominator. If the dominator dies, the domination ends.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OnlineDM, post: 5809987, member: 90804"] Sorry, I think I was unclear. My change to dominate makes the condition LESS severe. The dominated character immediately makes an attack against an ally. However, when that character's regular turn comes around, THEY CHOOSE THEIR OWN ACTION. They're just dazed (save ends). The character still gets to attack an enemy, take second wind, run away, whatever. At the end of that character's turn, they make a saving throw against being dazed. If they fail the saving throw, the dominator immediately has the character make another attack against an ally (or whatever other at-will action the dominator chooses). When the character's next turn comes up, they still get to choose their own action (but just one, because they're dazed). And so on, until they save. My tweak to dominated gives the character an extra action that the dominator gets to choose, but they still get an action of their choice on their own turn. I completely agree with you that DMs should NOT make conditions like dominated a bigger penalty than they already are. They definitely have the potential to be unfun. My tweak is to allow the character to struggle against the domination, possibly by attacking the dominator. If the dominator dies, the domination ends. [/QUOTE]

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