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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8400142" data-attributes="member: 2629">Let's just state the obvious and keep it in mind: They didn't settle upon the best wording here.&nbsp; They had an intent, they tried to reduce it to words, but their words did not achieve their goals.&nbsp; If they wanted all enchantment spells to be blocked by Mind Blank, it would have been easy to put that in place.&nbsp; They did not.&nbsp; Further, when we read the second sentence, we can consider it in one of two ways.&nbsp; Either the &quot;affect the target's mind&quot; can be seen as broadening the list from the first sentence to all mind influencing magic, or it could be a way to summarize the items from the first sentence that affect minds, despite not having the specificity of that first sentence's list.&nbsp; It could either be saying, &quot;Hey, no enchantments at all!&quot; or it could be saying, &quot;You can't charm, even if you use a wish to do it!&quot;&nbsp; Honestly, neither option is well served by the way the spell is written.In the end, I take the WOPR approach - &quot;A strange game.&nbsp; The only winning move is not to play.&quot;While Mind Blank, as written exists in my campaign, so does a variant that specifies that any spell that influences or controls the actions, behaviors or thoughts of the target is blocked.&nbsp; Guess which one is found more often.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8400142, member: 2629"] Let's just state the obvious and keep it in mind: They didn't settle upon the best wording here. They had an intent, they tried to reduce it to words, but their words did not achieve their goals. If they wanted all enchantment spells to be blocked by Mind Blank, it would have been easy to put that in place. They did not. Further, when we read the second sentence, we can consider it in one of two ways. Either the "affect the target's mind" can be seen as broadening the list from the first sentence to all mind influencing magic, or it could be a way to summarize the items from the first sentence that affect minds, despite not having the specificity of that first sentence's list. It could either be saying, "Hey, no enchantments at all!" or it could be saying, "You can't charm, even if you use a wish to do it!" Honestly, neither option is well served by the way the spell is written. In the end, I take the WOPR approach - "A strange game. The only winning move is not to play." While Mind Blank, as written exists in my campaign, so does a variant that specifies that any spell that influences or controls the actions, behaviors or thoughts of the target is blocked. Guess which one is found more often. [/QUOTE]

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