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<blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 4875714" data-attributes="member: 386">Hmm...Let's say that you are trying to convince the King that a horde of orcs is marching on his castle.&nbsp; For whatever reason.&quot;Oh really?&nbsp; My spies haven't turned up any evidence of such things.&quot;&quot;Look into my crystal ball, my liege.&nbsp; You will see the truth!&quot;The DM says, &quot;You don't have a crystal ball.&quot;&quot;Nope, but I do have a big, round, clear gem.&nbsp; It was in the last batch of treasure we found.&quot;&quot;So?&quot;&quot;So my Warlock inflicts a waking nightmare upon the king so that he can no longer tell what is real and what exists only in his mind.&nbsp; Under its influence he will stagger about, trying to avoid the horde of orcs that come charging out of the gem!&quot;&quot;What?&quot;&quot;Basically I want to cast Curse of the Dark Dream on him, make the nightmare he sees an army of orcs coming out of the 'crystal ball' I have.&quot;The DM considers this.&nbsp; &quot;Can you create the nightmare vision yourself?&nbsp; My thinking is that it just shows whatever the target is most afraid of.&quot;&quot;I guess it could go either way...&quot;&quot;I'll make a ruling right now: the target sees whatever he's most afraid of, you don't choose it.&nbsp; Your spell won't work - unless you can make the King terrified of that army of orcs.&quot;&quot;Hmm... I don't think I have a spell that does that.&nbsp; What if I cast Mire the Mind?&nbsp; I assail his mind with unreal images until he can see nothing else.&quot;&quot;Yeah, that sounds like it would work.&nbsp; Make the roll.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LostSoul, post: 4875714, member: 386"] Hmm... Let's say that you are trying to convince the King that a horde of orcs is marching on his castle. For whatever reason. "Oh really? My spies haven't turned up any evidence of such things." "Look into my crystal ball, my liege. You will see the truth!" The DM says, "You don't have a crystal ball." "Nope, but I do have a big, round, clear gem. It was in the last batch of treasure we found." "So?" "So my Warlock inflicts a waking nightmare upon the king so that he can no longer tell what is real and what exists only in his mind. Under its influence he will stagger about, trying to avoid the horde of orcs that come charging out of the gem!" "What?" "Basically I want to cast Curse of the Dark Dream on him, make the nightmare he sees an army of orcs coming out of the 'crystal ball' I have." The DM considers this. "Can you create the nightmare vision yourself? My thinking is that it just shows whatever the target is most afraid of." "I guess it could go either way..." "I'll make a ruling right now: the target sees whatever he's most afraid of, you don't choose it. Your spell won't work - unless you can make the King terrified of that army of orcs." "Hmm... I don't think I have a spell that does that. What if I cast Mire the Mind? I assail his mind with unreal images until he can see nothing else." "Yeah, that sounds like it would work. Make the roll." [/QUOTE]

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