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Can Dominate Person be used to compel the target to divulge information?
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Using Dominate to get the Truth from a Captive
Dominate person offers two modes of operation for a dominated creature:
Simple commands:
You can use this telepathic link to issue commands to the creature while you are conscious (no action required), which it does its best to obey. You can specify a simple and general course of action, such as "Attack that creature," "Run over there," or "Fetch that object."
Precise control:
You can use your action to take total and precise control of the target. Until the end of your next turn, the creature takes only the actions you choose, and doesn't do anything that you don't allow it to do.
Can either of these be used to force a captive to answer questions to the best of their ability?
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Using Dominate to get the Truth from a Captive
Dominate person offers two modes of operation for a dominated creature:
Simple commands:
You can use this telepathic link to issue commands to the creature while you are conscious (no action required), which it does its best to obey. You can specify a simple and general course of action, such as "Attack that creature," "Run over there," or "Fetch that object."
Precise control:
You can use your action to take total and precise control of the target. Until the end of your next turn, the creature takes only the actions you choose, and doesn't do anything that you don't allow it to do.
Can either of these be used to force a captive to answer questions to the best of their ability?
dnd-5e spells mind-control
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This question seems unclear to me. Are you asking the title "Does Dominate Person Give Access to the Target's Knowledge or Memories?" or the body "Can either of these be used to get information from a captive? " ? The answers can at least viably be different. Getting someone to tell you something under compulsion is different from magical mind reading.
– lithas
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@lithas Good point. There is a disconnect there.
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Using Dominate to get the Truth from a Captive
Dominate person offers two modes of operation for a dominated creature:
Simple commands:
You can use this telepathic link to issue commands to the creature while you are conscious (no action required), which it does its best to obey. You can specify a simple and general course of action, such as "Attack that creature," "Run over there," or "Fetch that object."
Precise control:
You can use your action to take total and precise control of the target. Until the end of your next turn, the creature takes only the actions you choose, and doesn't do anything that you don't allow it to do.
Can either of these be used to force a captive to answer questions to the best of their ability?
dnd-5e spells mind-control
edited 21 mins ago
V2Blast
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asked 1 hour ago
Grosscol
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Using Dominate to get the Truth from a Captive
Dominate person offers two modes of operation for a dominated creature:
Simple commands:
You can use this telepathic link to issue commands to the creature while you are conscious (no action required), which it does its best to obey. You can specify a simple and general course of action, such as "Attack that creature," "Run over there," or "Fetch that object."
Precise control:
You can use your action to take total and precise control of the target. Until the end of your next turn, the creature takes only the actions you choose, and doesn't do anything that you don't allow it to do.
Can either of these be used to force a captive to answer questions to the best of their ability?
dnd-5e spells mind-control
dnd-5e spells mind-control
edited 21 mins ago
V2Blast
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asked 1 hour ago
Grosscol
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edited 21 mins ago
V2Blast
15k23597
asked 1 hour ago
Grosscol
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edited 21 mins ago
V2Blast
15k23597
edited 21 mins ago
V2Blast
15k23597
edited 21 mins ago
V2Blast
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15k23597
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Grosscol
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asked 1 hour ago
Grosscol
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asked 1 hour ago
Grosscol
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4,380737
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This question seems unclear to me. Are you asking the title "Does Dominate Person Give Access to the Target's Knowledge or Memories?" or the body "Can either of these be used to get information from a captive? " ? The answers can at least viably be different. Getting someone to tell you something under compulsion is different from magical mind reading.
– lithas
1 hour ago
@lithas Good point. There is a disconnect there.
– Grosscol
1 hour ago
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This question seems unclear to me. Are you asking the title "Does Dominate Person Give Access to the Target's Knowledge or Memories?" or the body "Can either of these be used to get information from a captive? " ? The answers can at least viably be different. Getting someone to tell you something under compulsion is different from magical mind reading.
– lithas
1 hour ago
@lithas Good point. There is a disconnect there.
– Grosscol
1 hour ago
2
2
This question seems unclear to me. Are you asking the title "Does Dominate Person Give Access to the Target's Knowledge or Memories?" or the body "Can either of these be used to get information from a captive? " ? The answers can at least viably be different. Getting someone to tell you something under compulsion is different from magical mind reading.
– lithas
1 hour ago
This question seems unclear to me. Are you asking the title "Does Dominate Person Give Access to the Target's Knowledge or Memories?" or the body "Can either of these be used to get information from a captive? " ? The answers can at least viably be different. Getting someone to tell you something under compulsion is different from magical mind reading.
– lithas
1 hour ago
@lithas Good point. There is a disconnect there.
– Grosscol
1 hour ago
@lithas Good point. There is a disconnect there.
– Grosscol
1 hour ago
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Yes, you can force them to tell you or relay things to you
You can use your "total and precise control" to simply force them to relay to you the information you need.
Until the end of your next turn, the creature takes only the actions
you choose, and doesn't do anything that you don't allow it to do.
If there are concerns about speaking not technically being an action you can tell them for example, to write down the answer to your question on a piece of paper which would be Use an Object likely.
Combined with a simple command of "tell the truth" you could get any information you needed out of them.
You don't get access to their thoughts or memories
The only sentence that could possibly be construed as giving that would be:
You can use your action to take total and precise control of the
target.
However, the spell explains in the next line what this sentence means by "total and precise control":
Until the end of your next turn, the creature takes only the actions
you choose, and doesn't do anything that you don't allow it to do.
Nowhere does it say anything about granting you insight into their thoughts or memories so it does not allow you to do so. Spells only do what they say they do and the only thing this spell does is give you puppet like control of their actions.
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1 Answer
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Yes, you can force them to tell you or relay things to you
You can use your "total and precise control" to simply force them to relay to you the information you need.
Until the end of your next turn, the creature takes only the actions
you choose, and doesn't do anything that you don't allow it to do.
If there are concerns about speaking not technically being an action you can tell them for example, to write down the answer to your question on a piece of paper which would be Use an Object likely.
Combined with a simple command of "tell the truth" you could get any information you needed out of them.
You don't get access to their thoughts or memories
The only sentence that could possibly be construed as giving that would be:
You can use your action to take total and precise control of the
target.
However, the spell explains in the next line what this sentence means by "total and precise control":
Until the end of your next turn, the creature takes only the actions
you choose, and doesn't do anything that you don't allow it to do.
Nowhere does it say anything about granting you insight into their thoughts or memories so it does not allow you to do so. Spells only do what they say they do and the only thing this spell does is give you puppet like control of their actions.
answered 1 hour ago
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Yes, you can force them to tell you or relay things to you
You can use your "total and precise control" to simply force them to relay to you the information you need.
Until the end of your next turn, the creature takes only the actions
you choose, and doesn't do anything that you don't allow it to do.
If there are concerns about speaking not technically being an action you can tell them for example, to write down the answer to your question on a piece of paper which would be Use an Object likely.
Combined with a simple command of "tell the truth" you could get any information you needed out of them.
You don't get access to their thoughts or memories
The only sentence that could possibly be construed as giving that would be:
You can use your action to take total and precise control of the
target.
However, the spell explains in the next line what this sentence means by "total and precise control":
Until the end of your next turn, the creature takes only the actions
you choose, and doesn't do anything that you don't allow it to do.
Nowhere does it say anything about granting you insight into their thoughts or memories so it does not allow you to do so. Spells only do what they say they do and the only thing this spell does is give you puppet like control of their actions.
answered 1 hour ago
Rubiksmoose
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up vote
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Yes, you can force them to tell you or relay things to you
You can use your "total and precise control" to simply force them to relay to you the information you need.
Until the end of your next turn, the creature takes only the actions
you choose, and doesn't do anything that you don't allow it to do.
If there are concerns about speaking not technically being an action you can tell them for example, to write down the answer to your question on a piece of paper which would be Use an Object likely.
Combined with a simple command of "tell the truth" you could get any information you needed out of them.
You don't get access to their thoughts or memories
The only sentence that could possibly be construed as giving that would be:
You can use your action to take total and precise control of the
target.
However, the spell explains in the next line what this sentence means by "total and precise control":
Until the end of your next turn, the creature takes only the actions
you choose, and doesn't do anything that you don't allow it to do.
Nowhere does it say anything about granting you insight into their thoughts or memories so it does not allow you to do so. Spells only do what they say they do and the only thing this spell does is give you puppet like control of their actions.
answered 1 hour ago
Rubiksmoose
38k5189291
Yes, you can force them to tell you or relay things to you
You can use your "total and precise control" to simply force them to relay to you the information you need.
Until the end of your next turn, the creature takes only the actions
you choose, and doesn't do anything that you don't allow it to do.
If there are concerns about speaking not technically being an action you can tell them for example, to write down the answer to your question on a piece of paper which would be Use an Object likely.
Combined with a simple command of "tell the truth" you could get any information you needed out of them.
You don't get access to their thoughts or memories
The only sentence that could possibly be construed as giving that would be:
You can use your action to take total and precise control of the
target.
However, the spell explains in the next line what this sentence means by "total and precise control":
Until the end of your next turn, the creature takes only the actions
you choose, and doesn't do anything that you don't allow it to do.
Nowhere does it say anything about granting you insight into their thoughts or memories so it does not allow you to do so. Spells only do what they say they do and the only thing this spell does is give you puppet like control of their actions.
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This question seems unclear to me. Are you asking the title "Does Dominate Person Give Access to the Target's Knowledge or Memories?" or the body "Can either of these be used to get information from a captive? " ? The answers can at least viably be different. Getting someone to tell you something under compulsion is different from magical mind reading.
– lithas
1 hour ago
@lithas Good point. There is a disconnect there.
– Grosscol
1 hour ago