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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 8476423" data-attributes="member: 6915329">I swear, I got no notification you had responded.And I responded to what you said. Bob the merchant will likely believe that Maria the caster is being honest when she says she will return the item. The reason that he will likely believe her is that she will have advantage on her Deception or Persuasion roll made to convince him.And as I also said, that doesn't mean he will give her the item. But...If Bob is an NPC, then friendly means that the DM gets to roll on the Friendly column in the "Conversation Reaction" table under "Resolving Interactions," in the DMG, assuming the DM remembered that this section existed in the first place. This is described as "A friendly creature wants to help the adventurers and wishes for them to succeed. For tasks or actions that require no particular risk, effort, or cost, friendly creatures usually help without question. If an element of personal risk is involved, a successful Charisma check might be required to convince a friendly creature to take that risk."There are then three simple tables (far too simple, IMO), one for Friendly, one for Indifferent, one for Hostile. Maria's Persuasion or Deception check (I'd say that Intimidation counts as doing something harmful, thus ending the charm person spell) is compared to the table, as follows:DC 0: The creature does as asked without taking risks or making sacrifices.DC 10: The creature accepts a minor risk or sacrifice to do as asked.DC 20: The creature accepts a significant risk or sacrifice to do as asked.So, with advantage on the roll and hopefully a decent Charisma and proficiency bonus, then going by the books there's a decent chance that Bob the merchant will be willing to at least consider handing over the item. Especially if the item isn't that expensive or rare. And it should be noted that the above is assuming nonmagical interactions. A completely mundane individual can, by RAW, sweet-talk an NPC into taking a significant risk or making a significant sacrifice. That's without adding magic to the mix.If Bob is a PC, then, of course, all bets are off. But a decent player will at least try to RP the discussion rather than outright refuse and say they just aren't affected.</blockquote>

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