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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8473530" data-attributes="member: 6779196">True!Right, so since it’s unclear whether it’s rules text or not, we have to make an assumption. And for my money “text in the rule book is rules text unless otherwise stated” is a more sound assumption than “text in the rule book is sometimes rules text and sometimes not, and the intent is for the reader to simply guess which is which.” Either way we’re making an assumption, I’m just in favor of the assumption that leaves less room for ambiguity.Yes. You can do whatever you want. The charmed condition does prevent the charmed creature from attacking the caster, but short of that, nothing prescribes how the charmed creature may act towards the caster. If a creature is wont to verbally assault its friendly acquaintances, nothing prevents it from doing so to the caster.Would you be kind enough to cite that listed effect for me? I’m away from book at the moment.By my reading, the rules in the PHB and DMG regarding the effects of a successful social action describe what happens when a PC interacts with an NPC, not vice versa.I disagree with your assessment that the rules don’t support either interpretation over the other.Yeah, true. “this is one of the drawbacks of the Roll With It method” would have been more accurate, but I think it would also have been less clear.Oh, absolutely. I don’t disagree with you about any of that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 8473530, member: 6779196"] True! Right, so since it’s unclear whether it’s rules text or not, we have to make an assumption. And for my money “text in the rule book is rules text unless otherwise stated” is a more sound assumption than “text in the rule book is sometimes rules text and sometimes not, and the intent is for the reader to simply guess which is which.” Either way we’re making an assumption, I’m just in favor of the assumption that leaves less room for ambiguity. Yes. You can do whatever you want. The charmed condition does prevent the charmed creature from attacking the caster, but short of that, nothing prescribes how the charmed creature may act towards the caster. If a creature is wont to verbally assault its friendly acquaintances, nothing prevents it from doing so to the caster. Would you be kind enough to cite that listed effect for me? I’m away from book at the moment. By my reading, the rules in the PHB and DMG regarding the effects of a successful social action describe what happens when a PC interacts with an NPC, not vice versa. I disagree with your assessment that the rules don’t support either interpretation over the other. Yeah, true. “this is one of the drawbacks of the Roll With It method” would have been more accurate, but I think it would also have been less clear. Oh, absolutely. I don’t disagree with you about any of that. [/QUOTE]

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