Hi all, I'm new here :)

Q74 :
There is a spell, and me and my friends don't understand exactly how it works.

Charm of misplaced Wrath :
"You bend your foe's mind, filling it with wrath even as you twist its senses"
Hit : [...]
Effect : The target makes a basic attack power against a creature of your choice. [...]


Now, it's not written "basic melee attack" (spells like "Hypnotism" specify "basic melee attack") , so if the target has a basic ranged attack it should be able to target an ennemy.

There are 2 ways to interpret this line imo :

1°) The player asks to the DM "does my target has a ranged basic attack, and if so can it target this foe, and if so please attack it and roll the dices?"

2°) The player asks to the DM "I would want my target to attack this foe" ; And if the target didnt have a "ranged basic attack", or if the range of the ranged attack isnt enough, the "Charm of misplaced wrath" fizzles and nothing happens. ( "Magic : The Gathering" kind of way to see the situation).



What do you think is the most logic way to resolve such a spell? 1°) or 2°) ?