What happens if you Murderous Command an opponent that is all by his lonesome?
I think I know, but there was disagreement, so checking.
Not much, presumably. That's the downside to the spell over Command. That, or they move towards the nearest friendly settlement or other place with an out-of-combat ally.
It will try to attack an ally to the best of its ability. If its closest ally is five miles away, it runs that way for a round. If it has nothing that would qualify as an ally, the spell does nothing.
Not much, presumably. ...
That is what some at the table said.
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It will try to attack an ally to the best of its ability. If its closest ally is five miles away, it runs that way for a round. If it has nothing that would qualify as an ally, the spell does nothing.
That is how I had always thought it worked.
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{I think someone is fishing for one of those extreme "you are your own ally" interpretations.}
Though, I could be completely mistaken.
Nope. The opponent made its save 3 times in a row, so no effect no matter what. There was just some discussion (that I wasn't expecting) over how it would have been handled.