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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dross" data-source="post: 5476063" data-attributes="member: 33802">Charm does not change someone's nature as such, so even being seen seen as a trusted friend may not help you. Remember a lot of EVIL beings would happily sacrifice trusted friends if it suited their needs (if someone would sacrifice their mother how safe is a trusted friend?).Charm could allow you to cast Dominate without the requirement of a save if they thought it would be beneficial to them (while there should be cases where they will not let you use Dominate, these should be extremely rare cases).Other examples<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A miser that never lends money out to anyone, even trusted friends is not going to give you their money because of Charm person. With dominate they will, but only if they fail the save.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A guard told not to let anyone through or else isn't going to let you through (Surely my friend you can understand that?), but may provide you with alternatives. Under dominate a "tell me the best way to pass through" probably would not require a save (except if it is to the kings harem/treasure room, then it may not be worth the guard's life to provide such info), but a "let me through" would require a save.</li> </ul>So while Charm can help Dominate, a charmed person's nature may still force a saving throw. You would need some idea of the character of the Dominated person to phrase commands to not go against someone's nature while still getting them to do what you want them to do.</blockquote>

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