# Sly Flourish Newsletter: Require Consent for Adverse Character Interactions  Author:: Sly Flourish ## Highlights > Here are some specific examples of character consent: > • You can't charm or dominate your fellow companion if their character doesn't agree. > • You can't roll persuasion or deception checks against another character expecting the character to behave a certain way when it fails unless the other player is good with it. > • You can't fireball your fighter friend no matter how many cultists of Talos they're surrounded by [unless they say "do it"](https://slyflourish.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=76e6964d7883b9f4ddc5c29fa&id=482a85331e&e=49755db2cc) . > • You can't steal another character's stuff unless that character's player is good with it. > • You can't attack another character unless both players are into it. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fx80h64aj16fvzzha17dc6rk)) --- Title: Sly Flourish Newsletter: Require Consent for Adverse Character Interactions Author: Sly Flourish Tags: readwise, articles date: 2024-01-30 --- # Sly Flourish Newsletter: Require Consent for Adverse Character Interactions  Author:: Sly Flourish ## AI-Generated Summary Scan Reddit's D&D forums for any length of time and you see numerous posts describing how games went south when one character stole something from another, polymorphed them into a chicken, or made them the central target of a fireball. ## Highlights > Here are some specific examples of character consent: > • You can't charm or dominate your fellow companion if their character doesn't agree. > • You can't roll persuasion or deception checks against another character expecting the character to behave a certain way when it fails unless the other player is good with it. > • You can't fireball your fighter friend no matter how many cultists of Talos they're surrounded by [unless they say "do it"](https://slyflourish.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=76e6964d7883b9f4ddc5c29fa&id=482a85331e&e=49755db2cc) . > • You can't steal another character's stuff unless that character's player is good with it. > • You can't attack another character unless both players are into it. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fx80h64aj16fvzzha17dc6rk))