Pony POV Series Suggestion and Charm Spell · 5:00pm Jun 26th, 2017
An important note of any mental suggestion magic in the pony pov verse, it has to be phrased in a way that sounds reasonable to the subject. You can't suggest someone to throw their life away in a battle with a red dragon, but you can suggest to them to "hold it off" for "just a few moments" to let their friends get away.
Also, it can't be something that would utterly inconceivable for that person to do. A craven coward would NEVER sacrifice their life for ANYONE. And a pacifist wouldn't help 'cull the population to controllable levels in one night.'
Also, suggestion is different form charm. A charm spell makes a subject see you as they would a dear friend. And so asking a guard to give you his sword wouldn't work with suggestion as the guard has no motive to give a random stranger his sword.
Inversely, if you're already friends with a guard, or is charmed, a suggestion spell or request for them to give you their sword in the middle of a battle not to be as questioned or unreasonable, you wouldn't want your friend to be unarmed in the middle of a fight now would you?
This is why some of Moonlight's mental suggestions to Applejack went off without a hitch, while others she rejected no matter how many times Moonlight tried.
I don't quite remember that scene, who's Moonlight again?
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One of Luna's avatars.
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Got it, thanks.
Reading this makes me thankful that in both your and the canon Equestria they don't have some of the uglier enchantment/charm spells they've made in the Pathfinder game. Like terrible remorse AKA the 'commit suicide' spell or murderous command -- "Kill the person standing next to you immediately!"
Chrysalis would probably love them, though.
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Sounds like Chrysalis' kinda thing.