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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nahat Anoj" data-source="post: 3557002" data-attributes="member: 25075">I think CN suits these guys.  They appear to have traditions (serving those who show they lie) and stark limitations on behavior (they never lie to another Khayal), but I'm inclined to consider these as idiosyncracies of the race as opposed to severe departures from CN.  In addition, they believe that only the true king can call himself Malik, but nothing about their write-up suggests that their king does a whole lot or rules with an especially heavy hand.  The Malik al-Khayal seems to be largely irrelevant!  Others may disagree with them being CN, but, at least for me, they don't cross the line.  Unfortunately, I can't really articulate when the line would be crossed.As far as how the city would actually function, I think among the Khayal themselves it would be pretty much CN and largely egalitarian.  However, interactions among the Khayal and their non-Khayal subjects would be a little less pleasant!  The Khayal lie frequently, so the populace would have difficulty believing them.  If they ever did, it's likely that bad things would happen.  The Khayal penchant for lying seems like it could be mean-spirited and potentially cause harm, but it doesn't seem to extend to the same level of perversion and sadism that lies spoken by some demon would IMO.  However, at least for me the Khayal are wavering at least a little bit more to evil.  In any case, I think the denizens of the city would try to avoid gaining the attention of their fickle and capricious masters.  However, because confronting the Khayan about their lies leads to such benefits, I think many denizens would be skilled at listening in on conversations and hoarding secrets.  In markets and bazaars these secrets might then be sold as if they were a commodity by "secretmongers."I actually think the Khayal are kind of cool.  I might use them in an Arabian Adventures or Caliphate Nights game sometime in the future.</blockquote>

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