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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 7643799" data-attributes="member: 4937"><p>It's a bad enough problem I have to explicitly warn any PC spell-caster before they start playing. I have no idea what it is about the spell that causes players to act in that manner, but the very fact that players do act in that manner strongly suggests how terrible the temptation of the power would be if it were real and conversely how profoundly hated the power would be to those that felt exposed to it. Players invariably seem to look at it as some sort of harmless prank.</p><p></p><p>Magic that controls the mind is considered one leg of the tripartite 'black magic' or 'witchcraft' in my game along with necromancy and "diablerie" (summoning or communing with evil spirits). The penalty for charming or dominating someone is the same as the penalty for rape, which is generally death by being drawn and quartered. "He tried to mind rape me." will definitely get attention from a community, and if the PC isn't held in some esteem may lead to a lynching.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 7643799, member: 4937"] It's a bad enough problem I have to explicitly warn any PC spell-caster before they start playing. I have no idea what it is about the spell that causes players to act in that manner, but the very fact that players do act in that manner strongly suggests how terrible the temptation of the power would be if it were real and conversely how profoundly hated the power would be to those that felt exposed to it. Players invariably seem to look at it as some sort of harmless prank. Magic that controls the mind is considered one leg of the tripartite 'black magic' or 'witchcraft' in my game along with necromancy and "diablerie" (summoning or communing with evil spirits). The penalty for charming or dominating someone is the same as the penalty for rape, which is generally death by being drawn and quartered. "He tried to mind rape me." will definitely get attention from a community, and if the PC isn't held in some esteem may lead to a lynching. [/QUOTE]
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