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Asking for a chaos deity's plan. What could possibly go wrong?
Although, technically, she's already asked the question of what's the cost? already... unless that was OOC? Hard to tell.
They were one of the freakiest parts of the maze for me. Which, well, given everything else that happened is a darn good feat.
Just from seeing them up there, they reminded me of the hands from <i>Labyrinth</i>.
You asked your question. Now for the price.
Don't worry, your soul is still safe; for now.
Don't worry, your soul is still safe; for now.
"Any chance Ah can know what the cost is before Ah sign away mah soul?"
"No. And that was your one question."
"SON OF A *****!!"
"No. And that was your one question."
"SON OF A *****!!"
That was out of character, presumably... of course, it would work in-character to so that would be a valid response. :P
True, a literal genie could have taken that as her question. But if it's following anything close to the show's logic, Discord is planning for the answer itself to be harmful. In which case tricking her into "wasting" her question doesn't help him.
This gives some reason for AJ even trusting them, which in-universe didn't make much sense as she had to suspect it was really Discord. 'Course as seen with Fluttershy, he CAN just zap people... possibly. I have my own headcanon on that but I'm still working on that story.
what's always interested me.
3 of them lacking teeth and eyes
if this isin't a nod to the greek fates ill be eating my hat.
3 of them lacking teeth and eyes
if this isin't a nod to the greek fates ill be eating my hat.
The most powerful rule of storytelling: Show; don't tell. What is his plan? Depower all of them, hit them with a morale penalty so high that it may as well be negtive class levels, and invert their personalities.
The best villain plans are the ones the players willingly walk into, even while they know exactly what's going on.
Make 'em roleplay themselves to death.
Make 'em roleplay themselves to death.
Why is that I suddenly remember the brothers Para and Dox from yu-gi-oh?
Be careful about trying to lawyer up such a question, AJ. Roy in OotS tried that, too, and it bit him on the ass. For that matter, trying to divine from antagonistic force bit just about all of them in the ass.
To be fair, Roy's lawyered-up question in OOtS did end up being helpful... long, long after they suspected at the time it would be.
To be fairer, Roy's mistake was in lawyering it down to an X or Y question without considering the possibility of Z. AJ's left this one open.
I suspect the response becomes "okay, you'll find out through experiencing it."
I suspect the response becomes "okay, you'll find out through experiencing it."
I suspect they told it to her, but it happens to be the empty string, "".
The plan will be revealed, in detail..
...but the cost is her ability to tell the truth. So she cannot convey the plan to her friends.
Actually, might even be worse than that - making her unable to tell the difference between truth and lies.
...but the cost is her ability to tell the truth. So she cannot convey the plan to her friends.
Actually, might even be worse than that - making her unable to tell the difference between truth and lies.
Oh AJ, haven't you learned yet: wishes ONLY exist for the GM to screw the players. Run away from wish spells, avoid miracles, and never EVER use the words "I wish..." at the table. They will only lead to your entire party being screwed over by exactly what you asked for - because that's why GM's hand out wishes and miracles, to lure the players into sabotaging themselves. Never, ever, wish.