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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 4826443" data-attributes="member: 35909">And that he doesn't seem to mind having his own battle scars healed.  No "remembering this failure forever" for him.And that, in his surprising almost-kindness towards Jirix helps to point out: at least he HAD a bit of warning.  Redcloak got jumped.  And he still tried to beat O'Chul, but there's not much point in sticking around when you've been left half-blind, nearly spell-less, and unarmed with the combat ability of a gimped expert (judging from prior strips, plus any penalty the DM thinks losing an eye is worth).  Was he just supposed to stick around and die...for honor?  No, he went and got himself fixed up to rejoin the fight.  Not his fault an epic level lich can't handle himself for two stinkin' minutes (or however long it was, looks like a few minutes, tops).Contrast with Tsukiko who just...never came back.And yet, it's Xykon that ultimately makes the big decisions.  Like in this strip, telling Redcloak exactly when (within 2 rounds of finding the phylactery) they would be leaving.  If he really didn't want to stay there anymore, he could have said, "We're leaving."I just hope Redcloak has the brains to regenerate that eye and just keep the eye patch on, maybe use some red marker around the eye just in case.  Cause it would be really dumb to leave himself one eye-poke short of total blindness just to satiate that moron's ego.</blockquote>