Questions tagged [charmed]
For questions about the category of (often magical) effects or abilities that emotionally manipulate or mind-control someone into being far more friendly than normal.
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Do monks know when they are charmed?
A Monk with the Stillness of Mind feature can use their action to end one effect on themselves which is causing them to be charmed or frightened.
By virtue of having this ability, does the Monk know ...
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Does the beholder's charm ray really take a PC out of the fight like this?
I was reading the Beholder's statblock (MM, page 28):
Eye Rays. The beholder shoots three of the following magical eye rays at random (reroll duplicates), choosing one to three targets it can see ...
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How does Charm Person affect a PC?
It's quite clear how the DM should play any NPCs that get Charmed by a PC -- the NPC should behave as the caster's best friend, and do things that he'd do for his best friend.
But how do you play ...
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What spells and effects are covered by "advantage on saving throws against being charmed" from the Fey Ancestry trait?
Elves and Half-Elves have the Fey Ancestry trait, which states
You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed.
What spells and effects are covered by this? Only Charm Person? Enchantment ...
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Is the casting of the Charm Person spell obvious?
Charm Person has verbal and somatic components. Is there anything in the rules as written that defines how obvious those verbal and somatic components are? Would it be obvious the caster was casting ...
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How does Charm Person work?
In a campaign I've been playing in, we've been having a real tough time deciding how powerful to make the first level Charm Person spell for Magic Users. We are playing Swords & Wizardry, a D&...
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Can Calm Emotions suppress Dominate Person?
We are currently doing the World's Largest Dungeon campaign, which is written in 3.5e, and converted to 5e. This creates rules conflicts that we frequently must resolve.
There was an NPC that cast ...
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Do charmed people realise they were charmed after the end of the spell?
If you cast charm or dominate person on a person in Pathfinder or D&D does the target know (s)he is being charmed? And if (s)he does, does (s)he know this during the effect or only after it?
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What spells can an Instrument of the Bards actually impose disadvantage on?
In light of the revelation that an Instrument of the Bards requires a spell with a material component to be used, what spells can it actually be used on?
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Can a Succubus use its Charm action to make my undead minion attack me?
I animated a corpse (into a zombie) using the animate dead spell. During a fight with a succubus, the succubus tried to charm the zombie using its Charm ability:
One humanoid the fiend can see ...
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Means of pretending to be Dominated, thralled, or Charmed
Is there any means for a character to pretend to be subject to a mind-effecting spell or ability after resisting or being immune, so as not to alert the caster?
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What can I do in combat when charmed?
So, recently our party went up against a Death Tyrant and it hit me with Charm Ray; even with an impressive WIS I failed and was charmed.
The Charmed condition says:
A charmed creature can't attack ...
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Player charmed by Orb of Dragonkind: what can be done?
I have a player that has attuned to an Orb of Dragonkind and failed the check to avoid being charmed by it. This part of the item applies (emphasis mine):
While attuned to an orb, you can use an ...
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What happens when a charmed target becomes unable to be charmed?
So a bard charms monster 1. Monster 2 uses an action ability (such as Infernal Command) where it can make it so monster 1 can't be charmed.
Does Monster 1 lose the original charmed status or does it ...
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Does a succubus' Charm end when it dies?
The Succubus' charm says that:
One humanoid the fiend can see within 30 feet of it must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be magically charmed for 1 day. The charmed target obeys the fiend's ...
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Does trying to charm an uncharmable creature cost a spell slot?
I'm soon going to DM for the first time; we'll be playing 5e.
If my players try to charm a creature with a condition immunity to being charmed, will they still lose a spell slot?
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Does the Magic Missile spell cause multiple saving throws to break an Aboleth's charm?
Jeremy Crawford previously noted that the Magic Missile spell causes a separate concentration roll by a spell caster for each hit. (Of note, this is different than Mike Mearls' answer which viewed a ...
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Does a subsequent charm effect override a previous one?
In a recent session, I was confused about how multiple charm effects would interact with each other:
A vampire used its 'Charm' ability to charm a PC. It reads (paraphrased):
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Can charmed foes be considered "allies"?
I'm researching specifically the Arcana Domain cleric feature, Spell Breaker (SCAG, p. 126):
Starting at 6th level, when you restore hit points to an ally with a spell of 1st level or higher, you ...
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Will Protection from Evil and Good protect vs. Charm Person cast by an undead wizard?
I'm running Curse of Strahd, and have reworked Strahd as an actual wizard and not just a vampire with convenient wizard-powers. One of the spells he has is charm person.
If my PCs cast protection from ...
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What happens when an aboleth enslaves another aboleth who's enslaved a werewolf?
I was doing a monster battle with some of my friends and there were two aboleths, aboleth #1 and aboleth #2. Aboleth 1 had a werewolf under control using their enslave power, and then aboleth 2 took ...
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Does Fey Ancestry give advantage on saves to break an existing charm effect?
My group left the game last week in a tight spot. At the beginning of the encounter, a half-elf PC failed her save against a Vampire's charm - even with advantage, thanks to the half-elf's racial Fey ...
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How do creatures moving on the same initiative handle the effects of Sleep and Hypnotic Pattern?
Imagine a small group of goblins moving on the same initiative that are hit by hypnotic pattern.
When one goblin that was not affected uses its action (or an attack) to wake its ally that failed the ...
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Would a charmed creature be considered Surprised when attacked?
One of my players, an assassin rogue recently took the Fey Touched feat and used it to learn Charm Person.
In our last combat, they used it to successfully charm an enemy in the middle of the fight, ...
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Would a person affected by Hypnotic Gaze scream for help?
The level 2 Wizard Enchantment tradition feature, Hypnotic Gaze, does the following:
Starting at 2nd level when you choose this school, your soft words and enchanting gaze can magically enthrall ...
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Do characters know when they succeed at a saving throw in AD&D 2nd Edition?
When a character must make a saving throw (typically vs spell) because some entity has mentally or magically attacked them, but when there is no sensory aspect to the attack, if the character succeeds ...
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Does someone realize they were charmed after the effect of the Glamour bard's Enthralling Performance wears off?
I have been playing a College of Glamour bard in the Tomb of Annihilation module. They get the Enthralling Performance feature at 3rd level when they choose the subclass (Xanathar's Guide to ...
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Can a vampire charm a blind person?
Can a vampire charm a blind person?
The wording of the vampire's Charm action has me a bit confused on whether a blind person either gets no saving throw from it or can't be charmed at all like this.
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Can I Charm a creature I’ve summoned with Conjure Fey, to keep them in check if my concentration breaks?
If I summon a creature with Conjure Fey first, and then cast Charm Monster on it, would that prevent my CR 6+ Beast/Fey from attacking my group should my concentration later be broken?
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Can a charmed person harm their charmer with Burning Hands?
If a creature is under the condition Charmed, can they cast the spell Burning Hands and orient the cone such that their charmer is within the area of effect?
The argument I've seen for "yes" is that ...
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When I cast the Charm Person spell on a shopkeeper last session, why did the target point a weapon at me after her eyes glowed slightly?
I am fairly new to D&D; however, I have years of roleplay experience. Last night I attempted to charm a shopkeeper, and the DM didn't tell me if I succeeded or failed — he seems to do this with ...
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Can Barbarian's Rage ability break the Charmed condition?
Can a Barbarian enter a Rage on his turn in combat if he's charmed by Charm Person, or similar spells?
Last week during one of my games, our DM had a Cambion use a charm on the Barbarian, which he ...
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When does a target know it's under the effects of a charm/enchantment spell?
In 5th Edition which spells, like Suggestion, are not noticable, and which are noticeable by the target and/or nearby onlookers?
Are there differences if a target fails or succeeds on a save roll?
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Do creatures charmed by Charm Person/Animal Friendship attack your allies?
Does an affected creature still consider your allies as hostile?
Animal friendship states:
the beast must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by you for the spell's duration. If you or one ...
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Can I create a creature with a high Charisma score even if it can't speak?
I am planning to create a monster which should charm the players, but this creature doesn't talk (I am planning to create a gold golem, which should incentivize greed and lust). I wonder if high ...
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Are spells that exclude uncharmable targets considered as charm spells for the purpose of an Instrument of the Bards?
When you use the instrument to cast a spell that causes targets to become charmed on a failed save, the targets have disadvantage on the saving throw. This effect applies whether you are using the ...
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If an enemy monster charms one PC and tells them to attack a second PC, and then the second PC charms the monster, what happens?
Consider the following example:
Character A, Character B, and Character C are in one room. Character A is an eladrin (MToF p. 62) of 3rd level or higher. C is a succubus.
Characters A and B are ...
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How do enchantment spells work with V/S components?
A discussion has started up in my group about how you actually use enchantment spells on people without them noticing. A good example is as follows:
Charm Person, one of the good lower level spells ...
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Does a creature targeted by the Charm Person spell "know it was charmed" if it succeeded on the saving throw?
The Charm Person spell description says:
When the spell ends, the creature knows it was charmed by you.
There is an ambiguity here — does this happen only if the target failed on the saving throw, ...
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Can Charm Monster be used to prevent a non-speaking creature from attacking the rest of the party?
Looking at the Charm Monster spell, given that many monsters do not have a spoken language, the term "friendly to you" can be confusing. For example, my bard once charmed a Roc as it swept ...
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Who counts as a companion for Suggestion?
Suggestion has this line:
If you or any of your companions damage the target, the spell ends.
What counts as a companion?
This might sound silly, but I'm worried if a friendly NPC who tags along ...
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Does a Charmed person have to know who damaged them for the spell to end?
Spells like Suggestion and Charm Person have lines in their description that indicate the spell ends if you or your companions do anything harmful or damaging to the creature. For example, Suggestion ...
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Does a "suicidal command" by a succubus trigger two saving throws?
If a Succubus charms a humanoid with the Charm action, and then commands the humanoid to do something suicidal, the target gets to roll a saving throw. Succeeding means they do not perform the ...
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If a charmed creature receives a suicidal command and fails the repeated saving throw, do they commit suicide?
Both the Cambion and the Succubus/Incubus have abilities that allow them to charm a humanoid, who must then obey their commands until the charm effect is broken. However, both include clauses that ...
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Charm a previously charmed NPC
Let's say a PC casts charm person on the town's sheriff. One hour later, the spell ends and the sheriff realizes he has been charmed, and is now furious and out to arrest the PC. During the ...
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What happens when a Polymorphed creature who was mind-controlled reverts to its original form?
What would happen if a creature who was polymorphed was affected by, for example, a neogi's Enslave ability, when the spell ended? Would the creature no longer be enslaved, since both its mental ...
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Do any charm spells stop working when the caster is in an Antimagic Field?
The question is:
Which charm spells (Charm Person, Suggestion, Geas, Dominate,...) are affected when the caster of the charm is in an Antimagic field,
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Can a creature be too stupid to know whether the companions of the person charming it are companions?
This is D&D 5e. We were attacking a baddie. The wizard cast charm monster and charmed it.
It has an Intelligence score of 4. Is it smart enough to know that the other party members are, in ...
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Can a character choose to do minimal damage when attacking a target under "Fiendish Charm" in order to allow a saving throw to end the charm?
Playing D&D 5e, but this Fiendish Charm was located in the DMsGuild adventure "The House of the Midnight Violet".
My party will soon be fighting a Fiend who has the "Fiendish Charm&...
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What are the limits of an Aboleth's Enslaved action?
The rules for an Aboleth's Enslaved feature relate largely to combat situations. What we are having a problem with are the limits of what a charmed person would do for an Aboleth.
The closest effect ...
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