Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
Playing the Game
Story Hour
Aphonion Tales (New posts 6/13, 6/15, 6/19)
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3254261" data-attributes="member: 3448"><p>Dame Brionna looked at the phraint. “Can you form an image of the person who purchased you?”</p><p></p><p>Kit lifted out the image, also carefully formed. It was a very clear image of an older, hawk-faced man. He had no tattoos and wore no mask, but was richly clothed in heavy velvet robes, with a heavy cloak and a bejeweled rapier. The phraint could not actually represent color-- to it terms like “red” simply described shades of gray-- so they were unable to identify any heraldry or house colors.</p><p></p><p>“Do we have any further questions for the interrogation?” asked Alistair. Seeing no response, he looked at the phraint. “Would you like some food?”</p><p></p><p>“You have mash?” asked the phraint, precipitating a conversation about the foodstuffs of the phraints.</p><p></p><p>“Yes, I’m certain our cooks could prepare that for you. We’ll bring some in to you. But you don’t have to eat it-- it’s up to you.”</p><p></p><p>The phraint twitched slightly at that last statement and then stood stock still.</p><p></p><p>“Is it dead?” asked Dame Brionna.</p><p></p><p>“No,” Kit replied, “it’s still thinking. It’s thinking more rapidly than it ever did earlier in our interrogation, but it’s going around in circles. It’s thinking things like, ‘If I do not eat, I will cease to function. But if I do choose to eat, I will have made a choice and that would mean free will. But not eating would also be a choice.’”</p><p></p><p>“Good,” said Alistair. “When it reaches a conclusion, it will have free will, which was what I wanted.”</p><p></p><p>“If I may, your grace, I would like to have it moved to a more secure location,” said Dame Brionna. “We do not really know what will happen when it begins acting again-- it could be completely insane.”</p><p></p><p>“Fine.”</p><p></p><p>Kit added, “Maybe we should get a <em>Sending</em> to the One of Ones in the meantime, in case there’s another assassination attempt. What we really need are devices that allow you to contact the other monarchs and high nobles directly…”</p><p></p><p>While Kit thought about that idea, they sent for Father Waters, and sent the One of Ones a message. << Canberry welcomes Tang; we stopped ambush targeting you; assassins had disguises from Thar Ingmath Masque; believe actually Hanal; sending escort; do you want teleport>></p><p></p><p>Much to their surprise, the One sent back a panicky sending asking for the teleportation. He was traveling with a very light guard and the assassins would probably have been able to wipe out the entire party. Quietly, so as to avoid any public humiliation for Tang, Lady Constance sent one of her apprentices to scry on the One of Ones for a fix, teleport in, and teleport back with the Tang monarch.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cerebral Paladin, post: 3254261, member: 3448"] Dame Brionna looked at the phraint. “Can you form an image of the person who purchased you?” Kit lifted out the image, also carefully formed. It was a very clear image of an older, hawk-faced man. He had no tattoos and wore no mask, but was richly clothed in heavy velvet robes, with a heavy cloak and a bejeweled rapier. The phraint could not actually represent color-- to it terms like “red” simply described shades of gray-- so they were unable to identify any heraldry or house colors. “Do we have any further questions for the interrogation?” asked Alistair. Seeing no response, he looked at the phraint. “Would you like some food?” “You have mash?” asked the phraint, precipitating a conversation about the foodstuffs of the phraints. “Yes, I’m certain our cooks could prepare that for you. We’ll bring some in to you. But you don’t have to eat it-- it’s up to you.” The phraint twitched slightly at that last statement and then stood stock still. “Is it dead?” asked Dame Brionna. “No,” Kit replied, “it’s still thinking. It’s thinking more rapidly than it ever did earlier in our interrogation, but it’s going around in circles. It’s thinking things like, ‘If I do not eat, I will cease to function. But if I do choose to eat, I will have made a choice and that would mean free will. But not eating would also be a choice.’” “Good,” said Alistair. “When it reaches a conclusion, it will have free will, which was what I wanted.” “If I may, your grace, I would like to have it moved to a more secure location,” said Dame Brionna. “We do not really know what will happen when it begins acting again-- it could be completely insane.” “Fine.” Kit added, “Maybe we should get a [i]Sending[/i] to the One of Ones in the meantime, in case there’s another assassination attempt. What we really need are devices that allow you to contact the other monarchs and high nobles directly…” While Kit thought about that idea, they sent for Father Waters, and sent the One of Ones a message. << Canberry welcomes Tang; we stopped ambush targeting you; assassins had disguises from Thar Ingmath Masque; believe actually Hanal; sending escort; do you want teleport>> Much to their surprise, the One sent back a panicky sending asking for the teleportation. He was traveling with a very light guard and the assassins would probably have been able to wipe out the entire party. Quietly, so as to avoid any public humiliation for Tang, Lady Constance sent one of her apprentices to scry on the One of Ones for a fix, teleport in, and teleport back with the Tang monarch. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
Playing the Game
Story Hour
Aphonion Tales (New posts 6/13, 6/15, 6/19)
Top