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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 4464025" data-attributes="member: 58197">It doesn't matter how you spin it, charm person is a form of emotional control.&nbsp; It is not domination, but it does mean you are reaching into somebody's mind and changing their perception of you, overriding their own decision-making abilities.If someone did that to me, and I found out later (after the spell wore off) that that person had done it, I'd be furious.&nbsp; So would any halfway reasonable human being.&nbsp; It has nothing to do with how it makes me feel, or whether the person could accomplish the same effect by conjuring up a pretty illusion; I'm losing the ability to make my own decisions.&nbsp; If the wizard conjures a pretty illusion, I can decide for myself whether that's enough to make me think the wizard is a cool person.&nbsp; If the wizard reaches into my head and changes my opinion to &quot;cool person,&quot; I have no choice in the matter.Charm person makes a friend, yes... for exactly as long as the spell lasts.&nbsp; When the spell wears off, the person stops being your friend.&nbsp; That's the nature of spells.&nbsp; And if they realize their odd behavior was due to you using magic on them (and remember that you're in a world where magic of this type is known to exist), they're gonna be mad.&nbsp; That's the nature of people.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 4464025, member: 58197"] It doesn't matter how you spin it, [I]charm person[/I] is a form of emotional control. It is not domination, but it does mean you are reaching into somebody's mind and changing their perception of you, overriding their own decision-making abilities. If someone did that to me, and I found out later (after the spell wore off) that that person had done it, I'd be furious. So would any halfway reasonable human being. It has nothing to do with how it makes me feel, or whether the person could accomplish the same effect by conjuring up a pretty illusion; I'm losing the ability to make my own decisions. If the wizard conjures a pretty illusion, I can decide for myself whether that's enough to make me think the wizard is a cool person. If the wizard reaches into my head and changes my opinion to "cool person," I have no choice in the matter. [I]Charm person[/I] makes a friend, yes... for exactly as long as the spell lasts. When the spell wears off, the person stops being your friend. That's the nature of spells. And if they realize their odd behavior was due to you using magic on them (and remember that you're in a world where magic of this type is known to exist), they're gonna be mad. That's the nature of people. [/QUOTE]

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