[RPG] How much control do you have over a charmed creature from the Great Old One warlock’s Create Thrall feature

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In the Great Old One branch of Warlock, there is a Create Thrall effect, which states that if I touch an incapacitated creature it becomes charmed toward me – but it describes nothing else about the charming.

How much control do you have over the charmed person?

Most charming spells describe your limits on what you can do, such as that you can order them around but you can't order them to do something against their nature. So are there any rules that cover charming in general?

I know the basic stuff listed in the Player's Handbook, such as that charmed creatures cannot attack allies of the charmer – but does charming give any control over the charmed person?

Best Answer

Charmed is a condition, described in the Player's Handbook. The rules for that condition (and only the rules for that condition, if you're going for strict RAW) apply to anyone affected by Create Thrall.

It's also common for the charmed condition to have additional story effects. Often, unless the charmed character has immediate reason to resist, they'll be amenable to reasonable suggestions, though this at least is what you should be able to rely on even in the strictest of situations:

From the D&D Basic Rules (and the Player's Handbook differs very little):

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.

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