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<blockquote data-quote="shilsen" data-source="post: 2379979" data-attributes="member: 198"><p>Thanks. I've got a couple more ideas, and should start working on them as soon as I can shake off this damn flu that I'm down with (fever and cough, to be precise).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I wasn't planning to run him. Cedric would be way too much fun to run just once and the interesting thing where the character is concerned, for me, is the personality, not the effectiveness. I'll stick with the archmage. As for Avi's FB, all you have to do is find a way to make him rage and attack my PC <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Good question. I may answer this in more detail in a future piece of fiction, but here's the short answer: Cedric is very aware of temporality and realizes that his actions will have no effect in the long run. He can never eradicate evil completely, and in all likelihood, the reverses it suffers through his actions will be reversed again. But since his actions are based on whether the action is intrinsically worthwhile, and not upon their eventual success, he continues to act as he should. To quote from the opening story, he says, "Yes, I fight the good fight. And I fight it not because I can win or because I hope to do some lasting good, but simply because it should be fought." It's not about success or failure for him. So while he's a cynic in one sense, he's an idealist in another, and is so simultaneously.</p><p></p><p>To use an illustrative example from myself, I never lie. Ever. I just decided some dozen years ago that it doesn't make sense to do so (I'll omit the long philosophical rambling reasons), so I don't. There are many times when someone asks me a question and I know that telling the truth may not help me in anyw ay. There are also times when my telling the truth will clearly harm me, but I go ahead and do so anyway. Why? Because I think telling the truth is a good thing (and because I'm too lazy to come up with a lie <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />). Success and failure, as with Cedric, is immaterial in my choice. And yes, I am at least somewhat certifiably nuts <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I'm not sure if that helps or not, but I really should go to bed now before I keel over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shilsen, post: 2379979, member: 198"] Thanks. I've got a couple more ideas, and should start working on them as soon as I can shake off this damn flu that I'm down with (fever and cough, to be precise). I wasn't planning to run him. Cedric would be way too much fun to run just once and the interesting thing where the character is concerned, for me, is the personality, not the effectiveness. I'll stick with the archmage. As for Avi's FB, all you have to do is find a way to make him rage and attack my PC ;) Good question. I may answer this in more detail in a future piece of fiction, but here's the short answer: Cedric is very aware of temporality and realizes that his actions will have no effect in the long run. He can never eradicate evil completely, and in all likelihood, the reverses it suffers through his actions will be reversed again. But since his actions are based on whether the action is intrinsically worthwhile, and not upon their eventual success, he continues to act as he should. To quote from the opening story, he says, "Yes, I fight the good fight. And I fight it not because I can win or because I hope to do some lasting good, but simply because it should be fought." It's not about success or failure for him. So while he's a cynic in one sense, he's an idealist in another, and is so simultaneously. To use an illustrative example from myself, I never lie. Ever. I just decided some dozen years ago that it doesn't make sense to do so (I'll omit the long philosophical rambling reasons), so I don't. There are many times when someone asks me a question and I know that telling the truth may not help me in anyw ay. There are also times when my telling the truth will clearly harm me, but I go ahead and do so anyway. Why? Because I think telling the truth is a good thing (and because I'm too lazy to come up with a lie ;)). Success and failure, as with Cedric, is immaterial in my choice. And yes, I am at least somewhat certifiably nuts :) I'm not sure if that helps or not, but I really should go to bed now before I keel over. [/QUOTE]
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