Viltrax wrote:
So the current suggestion seems to be more about making a successful PC charm as rare as a critical cleave or headbutt knockout? Sounds acceptable to me.
It does sound acceptable. The problem is..a sorceror can easily do 20 drive-by charm attempts with 0 risk to the sorc(and it's not even a crime if it's a trib member you're casting it on. And if it lands on a trib member, it's STILL NOT A CRIME). While a hellion has to be within weapon reach, lag themselves /after/ the command, and doesn't get MI. And a barb obviously has to be up front to headbutt, and that has a chance to completely backfire and knock /you/ out.
Sorcs have much less risk involved in doing anything than any other class, so I think having petrification, and access to backstabbing NPCs/cleaving NPCs/headbutting NPCs/FoD scrolls/etc is enough "I win" for them.
Make sorcs unable to charm PCs.
As someone else said, consenting players could still RP it, tbh. And it doesn't really get RPd without consenting players anyways. Nothing more than a few lines of crappy dialogue, anyways.
And, off to bed I go.