Thread 96287555

Your character is affected by a spell which specifically dictates that they must attack a fellow party member. It does not specify how you must attack.

Do you:
1) Attack the other PC at "full power" as you would an NPC?
2) Use your weakest attack?

>>96287555 (OP)
I'd choose the second option, I'm not killing my team.

>>96287555 (OP)
I was in a situation like this before. Instead of attacking them directly, I started pulling out the crowd control tricks. It still made the fight a lot harder for the group, but there was no salt to be lost over me blasting their HP away, and it actually prevented the whole thing from being an easy wipe.

>>96287555 (OP)
roll the dice or let the DM choose, i do not care

>>96287555 (OP)
I verbally attack them, which is quite literally my weakest attack, given it does no physical damage.

>>96287555 (OP)
If that's all the spell says, I would use my most ineffective attack, yeah. If it's a mind control spell that specifically changes my character's attitude to one of hostility toward the party, then I would fight as usual.

>>96287555 (OP)
>a chance to teamkill the sixth "non-combat" character in a row
They've had this coming for years, its your turn to make death saves now you rat fucks!

>>96287555 (OP)
Depends on the specific wording of the effect, and how much leeway the GM is giving me on this. If the information in the OP is all I get, I guess I just make a singular attack on myself, presumably slapping myself in the face.

Generally speaking, for game cohesion purposes, I am not going to drop my strongest attack on the most vulnerable party member unless explicitly told to by the GM.

If I were the GM, I would just control the character for that turn and make an appropriate attack, depending on the nature of the spell. I would only give this sort of description of events unless I was implicitly encouraging a very litigious interpretation of the spell.

>>96287555 (OP)
Joke's on you faggot, my character is a pacifist, and does literally everything but attack, worst they'll get is a scrape

>>96287555 (OP)
I attack it psychologically, in order to essentially mind control say PC I attempt to befriend him and pretend to be on his side, attacking his enemy (which I would do in a convincing way)

>>96287555 (OP)
I attack the PC with whatever weapon I have drawn or attack however DM dictates. I don't think it would do a lot of damage because my character is known to do damage to my teammates so everyone is on edge already

>>96287555 (OP)
Aah, but by becoming hostile to the other characters, I no longer consider them to be 'fellow party members', but enemies. As I am the only 'fellow part member' I stand in the corner and slap myself repeatedly until the spell wears off.

>>96287781
I can actually sympathize with this.

I've been trying to help my fellow frontliner build properly for months, but he always pulls out excuses and talks dogshit.

I will gladly knock him out while his "big dps" fails to even hit me. Though I won't murder.

>>96287555 (OP)
Question does the spell force me into a sort of berserk state or is it just a command spell?

The answer is still the same of striking as hard as possible because that's how my characters are. Combat beatsticks more built for actually getting us through the combat sections so other players can make whatever roleplay character they want.

>>96287555 (OP)
>>>/qst/

>>96287555 (OP)
carry an assortment of cothes and attack by throwing them

>>96287555 (OP)
I would probably attack in a way that made sense for the situation
If I'm low on spells I might not blow one on them and so on, then again might if they're in a clump

>>96287555 (OP)
Give me the narrative nature of the spell for context, you fucking mongoloid. Your question is impossible to answer from a roleplaying perspective.

>>96287744
This. Adhere to the spirit of the game.
It's not that fucking hard.

>>96287673
"I was mind controlled!" - You
"You called me a mother-fucking mushroom nigger!" - Drow Wizard

>>96287555 (OP)
I attack them with my strongest attack. To do any less would be an insult.

>>96289664
I mean that's valid if you hallucinate about being surrounded by multiple enemies all of a sudden
I would probably still be careful about AoE spells because I think you'd still vaguely be aware that your buddies are there somewhere

Naturally I go all out.
It's going against the spirit of the spell/effect if I don't. Just because it doesn't get granular and specific doesn't mean I should take advantage of that. This isn't MtG where we're supposed to pedantically pick apart verbiage to our advantage.

Plus it's ego boosting to drop a fellow PC. Bit of a Dick Measuring at the table. I'd specifically go for a player who annoys me too. Either the inattentive types on their phone or someone needing taken down a peg or two.

>>96287555 (OP)
I'm hitting them as hard as I can because I would expect nothing less in return. We respect each other. Respect means aiming to kill and trusting your team mates can handle it.

>>96287555 (OP)
What system faggot. What does the spell text say. What a useless waste of a thread.

>>96287555 (OP)

Real talk tho, as GM, outside of something casual like a horror one-shot, you really shouldn't subject party members to mind control or encourage PVP. It will just lead to bad feelings.

>>96287555 (OP)
Depends on the nature of the spell.

Some will make the character believe that the ally is actually an enemy - full power attack
Some compel the character but the character still identifies his allies as such - weakest attack

Should be obvious to anyone that plays.

>>96287555 (OP)
I attack them with my dick.

>>96287555 (OP)
>Do you:
>1) Attack the other PC at "full power" as you would an NPC?
>2) Use your weakest attack?
Option 3, I choose another player at the table and get them to tell me what I do.

>>96290031
I tell you to attack them with your dick.

>>96290040
In character, right?

>>96287555 (OP)
Never attack with full force

>>96287555 (OP)
I take the most direct route to attack the closest party member either with whatever is already in my hands or I could easily pick up along the way.
If I'm playing a spellcaster, I do not use a spell for this purpose because I do not mentally consider that less of a burden or more direct than just running up on a motherfucker. I won't rummage through my bag for additional items to attack with, I won't recite spells, but I also won't just attack blindly and with total abandon. The shield will be raised, the sword will come down with measured skill, and whatever happens happens.

>>96287555 (OP)
Extra Effort (Mighty Blows) All-Out Attack (Strong) to the groin hit location (-3 to hit).

Somthing an old group I used to play in used to do - As I am no longer in control of my character, I hand the sheet over to the DM to control as he sees fit until the spell ends. This way, the character can do all sorts of shittery to the others without me (the player) having anything to do with it or getting blamed for character deaths. When i get control of my character again (assuming he survives), I get to roleplay remorse for the character's actions.

>>96287555 (OP)
Verbal abuse, clearly.

GMs love the "careful what you wish for" thing so turnaround is fair play.

Best one if these I've seen was someone compelled to "Kill your friends". They looked at the party members, then left without saying a word.

>>96287555 (OP)
Just a single standard attack or ability that doesn't require a resource. I'm not gonna dump a damage buff into it, nor am i going to spend a spell slot. A great sword swing or a cantrip fulfills the requirements as stated well enough without being a subversive little twat. A grapple is also acceptable if i have the strength for it and is something I would nominally do in a typical combat encounter.

>>96292181
>GMs love the "careful what you wish for" thing so turnaround is fair play.
That's a good point!
>Best one if these I've seen was someone compelled to "Kill your friends". They looked at the party members, then left without saying a word.
That is fucking BRILLIANT!

>>96287555 (OP)
I attack with whatever weapons I currently have in hand, as I would normally attack with. I won't change weapons specifically to downgrade my attack. BUT I won't activate anything limited use.

So yes, I'll run up to a fellow PC and swing at them twice with my sword, because thats what I had in hand. But I won't mark them for bonus damage or activate the 1/short rest damage burst on their ass. I'll legit attack them instead of trying to weasel out of it like a whiney little bitch, but I don't have to giga-nuke them, because I don't giga-nuke most enemies. I save that for special occasions.

>>96287555 (OP)
Second option, obviously. Even most CRPGs will have a compromised party member use standard attacks to pull their punches.

>>96287555 (OP)
depends on the party member

>>96293468
Sadly the spell wore off after a few minutes, to this day I have no idea who he was going after.