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Message: <blockquote data-quote="5ekyu" data-source="post: 7818634" data-attributes="member: 6919838">Regarding offering himself up...While we do not know the full details, we know there was negotiayption, a strong result and that got the in game fiction to the offer made.Given that, taking that as known to character, knowing g itvtook work and success to get to this, as a character I would bbe hesitant to risk making it worse by continuing to push. As a player, knowing the rules allow for low failures to go worse and that a high roll only got me this, risking another roll with " both die" on the table seems the opposite of good.Besides, as observed the paladin was already involved in a mission to save the world. That one seems to have preceeded this caery to safety. So, if one is compelled by duty and obligation, choosing to honor the bigger and prior obligation would make sense. But, all that combines with the full scene and stuff as it was perceived by the player - they saw it as accept or both die after their attempt at escape and successful negotiation only got them that far. Had the dragons offer been " one of you dies tonight to feed me, you chose" - it only changes it a little for me - given the prior quest and the fact that the guy was injured and being carried to start. Only one choice has the possibility of saving both (unless this NPC is rich.)But this keeps skipping the point. We can sit here and wax on about other possible coulda woulda should options the player did not see. Like any Monday Night QB, whatever play "wasnt called" might been the right choice in our imagination. But I imagine if the pally had chosen to keep pressing, had failed and drsgon decided to just cook and eat both... you could be found here waxing about how much the sin of pride and not taking the deal was the fallen paladin isdue and should vcoulda woulda taken the option that could bring that guy back to life later. Oh well.</blockquote>

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