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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 5401656" data-attributes="member: 7006">This is the case where the DM has to realistically look at the other spell effects available to players at those levels to get a better idea of what you really can and can't do with these spells.If the Command spell (another 1st level spell) can force a player to do something for only one round before they snap out of it and regain control... how can the DM really think that Charm Person could be used in the same exact way but for hundreds of times longer in duration?I would definitely show the DM the Command spell and says that this is what a 1st level spell actually can do... take a PC out of the battle for two rounds max (one round to run away from the battlefield at full speed after being Commanded to flee, and one round to run all the way back once the PC's regained control.)  If he still doesn't go along with that explanation, then I just wouldn't bother showing up to the next game, since there's no point.</blockquote>