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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seasong" data-source="post: 866601" data-attributes="member: 5137">Different kinds of illusions last different amounts of time, and it also depends upon force of will (in the form of "character level"). Some illusions are simple enough or subtle enough that they can be maintained as long as the illusionist focuses on them.I have, and Wyre Book 2 as well. But Belial is not attempting to tempt anyone - merely inform and persuade. That he offers power and good looks is merely a statement of the strength of his position.Well, it's Greek, for one thing <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />. When the Greek gods overthrew the titans, the world went from a Golden Age to a Silver Age. One of the titans, in fact, was referred to as "the friend of humanity"... and was chained to a cliff for Zeus' eagle to peck at for eternity.Most Greek heroes got to be that way because they defied the gods, with a few kiss-up exceptions like Perseus.In Theralis, it's a little different because some of the old gods are really, really alien (like Hsethmah, god of spiders) and the current gods are very, very real (making stories about defying them a bit rarer)... but it's not THAT much different. Heroes just have to be more careful, and usually get further by being deific kiss-ups. Heck, if you check out the <a href="http://seasong.home.texas.net/sh/rules_alignment.html" target="_blank">alignment section</a> of the Theralis site, you'll find loyalty to Theralis at the top of the list... and if that means kissing up to the gods, so be it, but if that means telling the gods where to stick it and going with Belial, so be it also.That's at least one of the reasons Allas put out so much propoganda against necromancy - if necromancy is thought to be bad for Theralis, and Allas is the best suited to fighting it, Theralis will push Allas' agenda harder than She could by Herself.Heh. That was probably too much info. Sorry.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> Not many NPCs get a good entrance AND a good death scene, and even fewer get them in reverse order <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />.</blockquote>

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