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<blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 3345017" data-attributes="member: 6562">Basically, you said that color without stats is impotent. I'm pointing out some obvious counter-examples (perhaps too obvious).The point as it ties in here is: if you go to the Far Realms, unprepared (not an Alienist or whatnot), you will go insane. You will become horribly twisted in body and mind, and you will be my evil insane NPC puppet for an eternity. The Far Realms are a hard-core DM Fiat Zone(tm). Not by stats, but by color. But you (as a PC) can take actions which will prevent that dire fate. You can take a PrC, or you can be creative and come up with a way to keep your mind.Just because there are no stats, doesn't imply there are no solutions. It just means the judge of the solution will be the DM's good sense (such as it is) rather than a rule in a book and the roll of a die.Flavor text could do other things, too: if a dragon's personality write-up indicates that he's very vain and hates some other entity, than news that the entity in question were mocking him could lead to a disproportionate response on his part. If the PCs know this, they can deliver such news (which may require a Diplomacy or Bluff check to gain his credulity, but not to initiate the action as such).Does that make sense?Cheers, -- N</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nifft, post: 3345017, member: 6562"] Basically, you said that color without stats is impotent. I'm pointing out some obvious counter-examples (perhaps too obvious). The point as it ties in here is: if you go to the Far Realms, unprepared (not an Alienist or whatnot), you [u]will[/u] go insane. You will become horribly twisted in body and mind, and you will be my evil insane NPC puppet for an eternity. The Far Realms are a hard-core DM Fiat Zone(tm). Not by stats, but by color. But you (as a PC) [u]can[/u] take actions which will prevent that dire fate. You can take a PrC, or you can be creative and come up with a way to keep your mind. Just because there are no stats, doesn't imply there are no [u]solutions[/u]. It just means the judge of the solution will be the DM's good sense (such as it is) rather than a rule in a book and the roll of a die. Flavor text could do other things, too: if a dragon's personality write-up indicates that he's very vain and hates some other entity, than news that the entity in question were mocking him could lead to a disproportionate response on his part. If the PCs know this, they can deliver such news (which may require a Diplomacy or Bluff check to gain his credulity, but not to initiate the action as such). Does that make sense? Cheers, -- N [/QUOTE]

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