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<blockquote data-quote="Pbartender" data-source="post: 5401665" data-attributes="member: 7533">You didn't quite get it exactly right, either (I'm presuming you're using the 3rd Edition version, here)...You should have gotten +5 bonus because you were being &quot;threatened or attacked&quot; by the by guy charming you or his allies.Since the charm supposedly makes you act like a &quot;trusted friend&quot;, he probably should have worded the command better.&nbsp; &quot;I have no quarrel with you, so I suggest you withdraw from battle and you can leave unharmed,&quot; or something similar.Regardless, you are not commanded as if you were an &quot;automaton&quot;, but you should perceive his &quot;words and actions in the most favorable way.&quot;If he asks you to do something you wouldn't ordinarily do (like abandoning your friends in the middle of a battle), you get to make an opposed Charisma check to resist it.Okay, now what I've found most useful in these situations, as either player or DM, is to look up the relevant rule or ability or feat or spell or whatever, and read it aloud in its entirety.&nbsp; Nine times out of ten, that solves the problem there and then.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pbartender, post: 5401665, member: 7533"] You didn't quite get it exactly right, either (I'm presuming you're using the 3rd Edition version, here)... You should have gotten +5 bonus because you were being "threatened or attacked" by the by guy charming you or his allies. Since the charm supposedly makes you act like a "trusted friend", he probably should have worded the command better. "I have no quarrel with you, so I suggest you withdraw from battle and you can leave unharmed," or something similar. Regardless, you are not commanded as if you were an "automaton", but you should perceive his "words and actions in the most favorable way." If he asks you to do something you wouldn't ordinarily do (like abandoning your friends in the middle of a battle), you get to make an opposed Charisma check to resist it. Okay, now what I've found most useful in these situations, as either player or DM, is to look up the relevant rule or ability or feat or spell or whatever, and read it aloud in its entirety. Nine times out of ten, that solves the problem there and then. [/QUOTE]

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