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Originally Posted by Yssa
In regards to the "If we free you. . ." question, there is a lot of room for tricky answering, if the NPC has an appropriately high IQ. "If you free me, I'll walk away." Might satisfy the interrogators, but says nothing about how far they'll walk before they start to loose arrows. There's also nothing to stop them from changing their mind between answering and being freed: At this moment in the interrogation they might plan to leave peaceably, but once they are compelled to reveal the combination to their safe, they might feel otherwise. . .
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Yeah, this makes sense. It might also change as their perception of the circumstances shift. For example, when first charmed, they might think the PCs are more powerful than they really are. When the charm expires later, they might perceive a vulnerability, at which point any "truths" they expressed earlier fly out the window.
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If a temple is guarded by an acolyte and a mercenary, it will likely be against the acolyte's principles to reveal the secret entrance, but the mercenary would be happy to. Unless, of course, the acolyte is only there to escape his wicked uncle, while the mercenary has grown to be a True Believer over the course of her employment. . .
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Love this.
I haven't used a bard against the party yet, but I think that would be fun. I can even imagine a fun scene where two bards go toe-to-toe. Nothing would prevent them, as far as I can tell, from simultaneously successfully charming each other. Of course, the first one could order the other one to stop singing (or playing).
I also wonder if the commands are subtle enough, would the target know that they were being magically compelled? Would it be possible, for example, for a bard at court to subtly affect policy decisions by playing music in the background without the monarch being aware that they were being influenced?