Is Charm Person working?

[xilix69]

Whenever I have used Charm Person, the MOB still attacks me, even though the Heart graphic states they are Charmed.
Anyone else having this issue or am I just really unlucky?

[zero]

is it attacking the one who casted charm? if so, then yeah, its bugged, but it only protects the person who casted the spell, not the whole group

[Brady4444]

Charm Person. A spell that could change encounters with humanoids at the gaming table, if your character also knows relevant languages. At least, if you DM lets you get away with it.

I once let a player (a high school buddy) turn a charmed goblin into a henchman when we were playing 2nd edition back in the day. It allowed us to rp, and we had jokes about that for years.

[xilix69]

Originally posted by zero:

is it attacking the one who casted charm? if so, then yeah, its bugged, but it only protects the person who casted the spell, not the whole group

The charmed MOBs would attack other members of my party. Seems rather pointless to charm an enemy & still have them attack party members

[Brian Sirith]

Originally posted by xilix69:

Originally posted by zero:

is it attacking the one who casted charm? if so, then yeah, its bugged, but it only protects the person who casted the spell, not the whole group

The charmed MOBs would attack other members of my party. Seems rather pointless to charm an enemy & still have them attack party members

Interesting. The only use I see is

- charming someone standing next to your front liner while all the rest of your party is not accessible. Which is practically impossible. Or
- casting charm on a heavy hitter with your mage to avoid an attack on the weakest armoured character. So basically use it as a redirect not a nullify thing.

I usually cast sleep to thin down the numbers anyway but this seems weird.

[xilix69]

Originally posted by Brian Sirith:

Originally posted by xilix69:

The charmed MOBs would attack other members of my party. Seems rather pointless to charm an enemy & still have them attack party members

Interesting. The only use I see is

- charming someone standing next to your front liner while all the rest of your party is not accessible. Which is practically impossible. Or
- casting charm on a heavy hitter with your mage to avoid an attack on the weakest armoured character. So basically use it as a redirect not a nullify thing.

I usually cast sleep to thin down the numbers anyway but this seems weird.

I have yet to get Sleep to work. Seems to work perfectly well when cast at my party though. :/

[Brian Sirith]

Originally posted by xilix69:

Originally posted by Brian Sirith:

Interesting. The only use I see is

- charming someone standing next to your front liner while all the rest of your party is not accessible. Which is practically impossible. Or
- casting charm on a heavy hitter with your mage to avoid an attack on the weakest armoured character. So basically use it as a redirect not a nullify thing.

I usually cast sleep to thin down the numbers anyway but this seems weird.

I have yet to get Sleep to work. Seems to work perfectly well when cast at my party though. :/

It works all the time in my playthrough. Wouldn't have managed to slaughter my way through the goblins without it. I have Gale cast it. It wont work on big guys or undead but otherwise... here's to hoping your luck will change.

As for the other. It works on my party too... lol. It took me some time to realise I can wake them up with assist :P

[Capt.Luke]

Originally posted by xilix69:

Whenever I have used Charm Person, the MOB still attacks me, even though the Heart graphic states they are Charmed.
Anyone else having this issue or am I just really unlucky?

are you even reading the spells description ?

[zero]

Originally posted by xilix69:

Originally posted by zero:

is it attacking the one who casted charm? if so, then yeah, its bugged, but it only protects the person who casted the spell, not the whole group

The charmed MOBs would attack other members of my party. Seems rather pointless to charm an enemy & still have them attack party members

that is how it works, charm only affects YOU the caster, not the whole party.

they still see everyone else as an enemy, they also are only required by the charm affect to not attack you

5e charmed:
A charmed creature can’t Attack the charmer or target the charmer with harmful Abilities or magical Effects.
The charmer has advantage on any ability check to interact socially with the creature.

the second doesn't become important in this example, cause its combat in a video game, but the former is the primary use of the charm effect.

while yes when at a D&D table the spell itself allows for some roleplay, in a video game that is heavily limited cause most generic mobs are gonna be "hey how are ya" and thats about it, they only see YOU as the friendly target, not everyone else

[TeeJaaY]

charm person is definatly bugged. it worked for a while on my gamme casting it would turn the enemy green and they would only attack enemies now it says they are charmed but they stay reed and continue attacking.