kigmatzomat
Legend
Just gonna say that for 25+ years, a common feature of our games is "take the weird thing the NPC had and deconstruct it". This applied to DnD, Cyberpunk, Shadowrun, Mage, Runequest, EarthDawn, etc, etc.How often do players demand to learn Rary's Double Jeopardy Laser Grid in situations not constructed to win this specific argument?
The default answer when the GM didn't want us to have it is usually "sacrifices most vile", and then we see if we can find a way where a voluntary sacrifice makes sense. Mostly the answer was "no" but every so often we did find a way.
Like, we found a Dragon golem that was fed maidens to raid other kingdoms. (GM loved reinterpreted tropes) We re-enchanted it so it would defend a kingdom, but only when a royal sacrificed themselves willingly and knowingly. That royal would be the animating spirit & sentience of the golem until they ran dry.