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<blockquote data-quote="moxcamel" data-source="post: 5466330" data-attributes="member: 67954">Draco, I'm not sure what the wall of text is meant for, I think we've hashed out the mechanics pretty well already.Where the hang-up is, is on the definition of &quot;enemy.&quot;&nbsp; You've decided that it is a &quot;rules term,&quot; which is your definition, not WotC's.&nbsp; As I said, &quot;enemy&quot; is not a concretely defined term, but you have decided to define it in very narrow terms.&nbsp; Taking a look at the Compendium, I don't even see &quot;enemy&quot; listed in the glossary.So yes, if you have decided at your table that &quot;enemy&quot; is very narrowly defined as you have said, then you cannot be dominated into using any power that targets what you have defined concretely as an &quot;enemy.&quot;&nbsp; If, however, you have decided to use Domination in the spirit in which I believe it was intended, you will read &quot;enemy&quot; as a synonym for &quot;target&quot; in this case.You keep saying that there is no room for interpretation here, but I think it's been shown that there is, in fact, room for interpretation simply because we are forced to interpret the key term, &quot;enemy.&quot;&nbsp; Part of the problem is in the wording of the class feature.&nbsp; Since &quot;enemy&quot; has no clearly defined definition within the mechanics of the game, you the DM must decide on what that definition is.&nbsp; You have decided one way, another DM might decide another way, and neither one of you is either home-ruling or wrong.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moxcamel, post: 5466330, member: 67954"] Draco, I'm not sure what the wall of text is meant for, I think we've hashed out the mechanics pretty well already. Where the hang-up is, is on the definition of "enemy." You've decided that it is a "rules term," which is your definition, not WotC's. As I said, "enemy" is not a concretely defined term, but you have decided to define it in very narrow terms. Taking a look at the Compendium, I don't even see "enemy" listed in the glossary. So yes, if you have decided at your table that "enemy" is very narrowly defined as you have said, then you cannot be dominated into using any power that targets what you have defined concretely as an "enemy." If, however, you have decided to use Domination in the spirit in which I believe it was intended, you will read "enemy" as a synonym for "target" in this case. You keep saying that there is no room for interpretation here, but I think it's been shown that there is, in fact, room for interpretation simply because we are forced to interpret the key term, "enemy." Part of the problem is in the wording of the class feature. Since "enemy" has no clearly defined definition within the mechanics of the game, you the DM must decide on what that definition is. You have decided one way, another DM might decide another way, and neither one of you is either home-ruling or wrong. [/QUOTE]

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