I flip through my manual of elder gods, given to each paladin of beer at their initiation, trying to identify the god. "Sooo... what did you say your name was?" And before it responds I speak again, "Nothing. That's the answer. Because you didn't give us a name. Mighty rude, isn't it? Now please, give me your name or I'll have to write your name on the whiteboard for being rude, and neither of us wants that, now do we?" I pull out a whiteboard and hold out a whiteboard marker threateningly.
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"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
"Oh, nothing much, we just had an encounter with an eldritch god I believe to be Xanmes. And, hmmm... it seems here that Xanmes frequently plays roblox, as well as makes art on deviantart.(I just looked up Xanmes)" I look in the book(heythatrymes) for any of his possible weaknesses, as well as send a telepathic message to JOE, telling him not to trust this creature because he is a purely chaotic evil monster hellbent on the destruction of everything but what the hell, you're probably going to make that deal anyways, aren't you?
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"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
"Sure, why not. what things do i have that you want, and what things do you have that you think I might want?" "sorry for the pause there, I interact differently with reality then you, such that it's possible for me to not realize time has passed for several minutes at a time." I proceed to completely ignore thoughtfully consider, then discard wooby's suggestion. finding out what he has to offer has no downsides, and if I got this result by rolling a natural 20, it's probably a good thing. besides, what's wrong with chaotic evil? there's no good or evil except by your own utility, so even if there is some divine distinction, what do I care about it? it's as likely to agblah blah blah not. and lawful/chaotic? blahblah laws? what blah blah you chaotic? blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah only the first 3 or 4 lines of this post really mattered blah blah blah blah blah blah
"I told you already. We went into the goblin's headmindbrainthing, saw a scene from the goblin's past where he saw some sorceress lady and screamed, then there was Xanmes, and he tried to make a pact with the other guy, and I offered him tea, and he refused, and this is a run on sentence, and then he banished me away."
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"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
regardless, I state that I consider it a bad idea to offer someone undying Anything. all pacts need exit clauses in my opinion, for both sides. clauses which can be activated easily. For example, I am willing to offer him my loyalty (and maybe soul depending on what it does) in exchange for an amount of magical aid that is the average of the amounts each of us truthfully considers fair, with the option to remove the requirement of loyalty at any time, and for him to remove his aid at any time, with either change triggering the other. I am also willing to include a clause where if I exit the pact, I loose access to any powers I gained specifically due to his aid, and to remove or muffle any knowledge of his plans I gain while the deal is active. being loyal to him will in no way preclude me from or force me to deactivate this pact. SUMMARY: the pact he wanted, except he has to give me what he actually considers fair, we can opt out at any time, and anything i accomplish with his powers that i could not accomplish otherwise, he can undo if I opt out( but not if he does), and he can't make me quit the pact because of loyalty.
I flip through my manual of elder gods, given to each paladin of beer at their initiation, trying to identify the god. "Sooo... what did you say your name was?" And before it responds I speak again, "Nothing. That's the answer. Because you didn't give us a name. Mighty rude, isn't it? Now please, give me your name or I'll have to write your name on the whiteboard for being rude, and neither of us wants that, now do we?" I pull out a whiteboard and hold out a whiteboard marker threateningly.
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
"I'm not bargaining with anybody till I know your name, young man!" I glare at the elder god.
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
"Well damn." I continue flipping through my manual.
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
"Oh, nothing much, we just had an encounter with an eldritch god I believe to be Xanmes. And, hmmm... it seems here that Xanmes frequently plays roblox, as well as makes art on deviantart.(I just looked up Xanmes)" I look in the book(heythatrymes) for any of his possible weaknesses, as well as send a telepathic message to JOE, telling him not to trust this creature because he is a purely chaotic evil monster hellbent on the destruction of everything but what the hell, you're probably going to make that deal anyways, aren't you?
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
Then I give you some beer to calm your nerves.
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
"Sure, why not. what things do i have that you want, and what things do you have that you think I might want?"
"sorry for the pause there, I interact differently with reality then you, such that it's possible for me to not realize time has passed for several minutes at a time."
I proceed to
completely ignorethoughtfully consider, then discard wooby's suggestion. finding out what he has to offer has no downsides, and if I got this result by rolling a natural 20, it's probably a good thing. besides, what's wrong with chaotic evil? there's no good or evil except by your own utility, so even if there is some divine distinction, what do I care about it? it's as likely to agblah blah blah not. and lawful/chaotic? blahblah laws? what blah blah you chaotic? blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah only the first 3 or 4 lines of this post really mattered blah blah blah blah blah blah"I told you already. We went into the goblin's headmindbrainthing, saw a scene from the goblin's past where he saw some sorceress lady and screamed, then there was Xanmes, and he tried to make a pact with the other guy, and I offered him tea, and he refused, and this is a run on sentence, and then he banished me away."
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
"If he doesn't come out within 3 posts, I'm coming in."
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
Err.. what does the soul do in this setting?
regardless, I state that I consider it a bad idea to offer someone undying Anything. all pacts need exit clauses in my opinion, for both sides. clauses which can be activated easily.
For example, I am willing to offer him my loyalty (and maybe soul depending on what it does) in exchange for an amount of magical aid that is the average of the amounts each of us truthfully considers fair, with the option to remove the requirement of loyalty at any time, and for him to remove his aid at any time, with either change triggering the other. I am also willing to include a clause where if I exit the pact, I loose access to any powers I gained specifically due to his aid, and to remove or muffle any knowledge of his plans I gain while the deal is active. being loyal to him will in no way preclude me from or force me to deactivate this pact.
SUMMARY: the pact he wanted, except he has to give me what he actually considers fair, we can opt out at any time, and anything i accomplish with his powers that i could not accomplish otherwise, he can undo if I opt out( but not if he does), and he can't make me quit the pact because of loyalty.
"2 posts left!" I ready my holy cheese grater of smiting and my abacus of eternal lasers.
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
DON'T ASK.
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."