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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 1369471" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>This has probably been said before, but I just wanted to point it out again. The Lady of Pain is not omniscient, nor omnipotent.</p><p></p><p>As Hardhead mentioned, the Focrux from <em>Harbinger House</em> could shield anything in its area of effect from detection.</p><p></p><p>Likewise, a god can get into Sigil, though it's damn near impossible. Likewise, there's nothing technically stopping someone from ascending from mortal to god while in Sigil.</p><p></p><p>The Lady of Pain forces gods from Sigil by channeling her power against them in the form of unbearable agony. It is possible to resist that power however, though even for a greater god, it took a supreme amount of effort. </p><p></p><p>There doesn't seem to be a direct way of fighting the Lady of Pain, per se. However, the presence of a god in Sigil destabilizes it - and by extension, the rest of the multiverse. Presumably, if it can be destabilized enough, Sigil will be destroyed, along with the Lady of Pain, and the destroyer could then step up and reshape the multiverse as he or she saw fit, becoming the overgod of that new cosmos. Even for a greater deity though, this requires days in Sigil.</p><p></p><p>It's also worth noting that the Lady's known form (woman with a bladed headdress in a kimono) isn't her true form. <em>Die Vecna Die</em> (which IS canon, though many of the <em>Planescape</em> fans wish it were otherwise) mentions in passing that the Lady could take her "true, resplendent" form to battle Vecna when he tries to destroy Sigil (though she doesn't), but doing so would instantly destroy Sigil and the multiverse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 1369471, member: 8461"] This has probably been said before, but I just wanted to point it out again. The Lady of Pain is not omniscient, nor omnipotent. As Hardhead mentioned, the Focrux from [I]Harbinger House[/I] could shield anything in its area of effect from detection. Likewise, a god can get into Sigil, though it's damn near impossible. Likewise, there's nothing technically stopping someone from ascending from mortal to god while in Sigil. The Lady of Pain forces gods from Sigil by channeling her power against them in the form of unbearable agony. It is possible to resist that power however, though even for a greater god, it took a supreme amount of effort. There doesn't seem to be a direct way of fighting the Lady of Pain, per se. However, the presence of a god in Sigil destabilizes it - and by extension, the rest of the multiverse. Presumably, if it can be destabilized enough, Sigil will be destroyed, along with the Lady of Pain, and the destroyer could then step up and reshape the multiverse as he or she saw fit, becoming the overgod of that new cosmos. Even for a greater deity though, this requires days in Sigil. It's also worth noting that the Lady's known form (woman with a bladed headdress in a kimono) isn't her true form. [I]Die Vecna Die[/I] (which IS canon, though many of the [I]Planescape[/I] fans wish it were otherwise) mentions in passing that the Lady could take her "true, resplendent" form to battle Vecna when he tries to destroy Sigil (though she doesn't), but doing so would instantly destroy Sigil and the multiverse. [/QUOTE]
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