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I was wondering exactly how the control thought spell in 4th ed works. It says that you may give commands with a simple action. But casting the spell itself is a complex action. So you can only give the first command on your next initiative pass? And what happens to the victims initiative? Does the victims initiative now follows the caster's own initiative? For example, what happens if the victim has more initiative passes than the caster. I assume the victim can't do anything while the spell is sustained even if he/she has more initiative passes.
And it says Every (Force) Combat Turns, the victim may spend a Complex Action to shake off the mental control. The victim rolls a Willpower (+ Counterspelling) Test; each hit reduces the net hits on the caster’s original Spellcasting Test.
So does that mean the victim gets to spend that complex action to resist once per combat turn or on each of the victim's initiative pass?
As if it is the latter, a low willpower victim with many initiative passes has a better chance at breaking free of the mental control compared to a high willpower victim with less initiative passes. That does not make sense to me, seeing it is a battle of wills.