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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 6875923" data-attributes="member: 23751">The lie impacts the game world.&nbsp; The big bad will have a different reaction to one answer than he would to the other.&nbsp; That can drive the story in very, VERY different directions.&nbsp; This difference could be the difference between life and death for Eloelle.&nbsp; If she gives the truthful wrong answer, he might kill her in a fury when he tries the answer and fails, where her lie would likely cause him to continue to keep her alive in hopes of getting the answer out of her another way.&nbsp; You can't really say that Eloelle is no better off than she otherwise would have been.&nbsp; And make no mistake, this is about what Eloelle knows, not about what the player knows.&nbsp; Eloelle is the one under the Zone of Truth, not the player.&nbsp; Eloelle has to make or fail the saving thrown, not the player who only rolls to see if that save is failed or not.&nbsp; Eloelle is the one who has to answer with the truth, not the player who is just the one narrating the giving of that truth.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 6875923, member: 23751"] The lie impacts the game world. The big bad will have a different reaction to one answer than he would to the other. That can drive the story in very, VERY different directions. This difference could be the difference between life and death for Eloelle. If she gives the truthful wrong answer, he might kill her in a fury when he tries the answer and fails, where her lie would likely cause him to continue to keep her alive in hopes of getting the answer out of her another way. You can't really say that Eloelle is no better off than she otherwise would have been. And make no mistake, this is about what Eloelle knows, not about what the player knows. Eloelle is the one under the Zone of Truth, not the player. Eloelle has to make or fail the saving thrown, not the player who only rolls to see if that save is failed or not. Eloelle is the one who has to answer with the truth, not the player who is just the one narrating the giving of that truth. [/QUOTE]

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