Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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Are you trying to persuade someone not to do something (hoping to fail) or deceiving him into doing it?
And no, I'm not high right now.
I'd say Deception; my main rational being: to me "Persuasion" is convincing someone to see something your way or finding a way to word something in a way they'll find agreeable; persuasive if you will. Deception is attempting to 'trick" someone; and reverse psychology IS effectively a "trick"; a manipulation rather than a persuasion.
You said it yourself, I think
He doesn't have much besides the skin on his bones. Me: I'll take the skin on his bones, then.
"You see a gigantic, monstrous praying mantis burst from out of the ground. It sprays a stream of acid from it's mouth at one soldier, dissolving him instantly, then it turns and chomps another soldier in half with it's- "
"When are we gonna take a snack break?"
When you tell a kid not to eat that broccoli shaped ice cream, you are deceiving him.
Once.
"I really want to watch that new movie, but I know you would hate it, so let's not,"
I'd say reverse psychology always involves at least a little bit of a lie. In the above example "So lets not" is definitely not being honest.
In real life if you use reverse psychology on someone who realizes what you are doing, they will experience your words as manipulative.
“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.” — Voltaire
Well you could argue three categories here.
1) If you are using nothing but facts in a way that suggests them lead in a direction inspite of what they think you want could be determined as a persuasion. You are just emphasizing the details that benefit you
2) if you are directly manipulating not caring about telling the truth, That is an easy deception.
3) if you are coming up with a long-winded careful blend of partially planned truths and lies then hell go with Performance and let shit hit the fan.
Just my opinion