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<blockquote data-quote="Wild Gazebo" data-source="post: 2184627" data-attributes="member: 24413">&quot;Honestly, I think that they do and are concerned with things that mortal minds can't comprehend. If you show me some planar beings and I can understand thier motivation, then I feel that you've overly anthromorphized them.&quot;This reminded me of one of my first encounters with a Yugoloth...played by a wonderfully creative DM...who didn't have the respective rules at the time and made it up as she went along.I was playing a 6th or 7th level mage and was hanging back behind the party.&nbsp; The fighter and the thief were trying to broker a deal with a cambion and a yugoloth pertaining to some weapons and magic items (I don't really remember).&nbsp; I thought, well, I might as well try to be useful.&nbsp; So, I pulled up my socks and desided to try to read the mind of the yugoloth...who was letting the cambion talk but was obviously in charge.&nbsp; The spell went off without a hitch...I thought, until the yugoloth (unbeknownst to the rest of the party) turned its head slightly and quietly whispered into my brain &quot;OH?&nbsp; YOU WOULD LIKE A LITTLE TOUR OF MY MIND?&nbsp; HERE YOU GO MY LITTLE FRIEND.&quot;&nbsp; My brain reeled and whirled and striking pain wracked my body.&nbsp; I was awash with great agony and despair as I learned the true nature of hate and evil and the desperate nature that is the personification of a fiend.&nbsp; The rest of the group didn't notice tiill the deal was finished and went to leave.&nbsp; My poor little mage hit the ground with my new wisdom and intelligence scores of 3 and 3. It was a bit heavy handed of her...but it was told so wonderfully that I really felt no remorse.&nbsp; I've always enjoyed the idea that no mortal can fully grasp the depths of a immortals mind...regardless of power.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wild Gazebo, post: 2184627, member: 24413"] "Honestly, I think that they do and are concerned with things that mortal minds can't comprehend. If you show me some planar beings and I can understand thier motivation, then I feel that you've overly anthromorphized them." This reminded me of one of my first encounters with a Yugoloth...played by a wonderfully creative DM...who didn't have the respective rules at the time and made it up as she went along. I was playing a 6th or 7th level mage and was hanging back behind the party. The fighter and the thief were trying to broker a deal with a cambion and a yugoloth pertaining to some weapons and magic items (I don't really remember). I thought, well, I might as well try to be useful. So, I pulled up my socks and desided to try to read the mind of the yugoloth...who was letting the cambion talk but was obviously in charge. The spell went off without a hitch...I thought, until the yugoloth (unbeknownst to the rest of the party) turned its head slightly and quietly whispered into my brain "OH? YOU WOULD LIKE A LITTLE TOUR OF MY MIND? HERE YOU GO MY LITTLE FRIEND." My brain reeled and whirled and striking pain wracked my body. I was awash with great agony and despair as I learned the true nature of hate and evil and the desperate nature that is the personification of a fiend. The rest of the group didn't notice tiill the deal was finished and went to leave. My poor little mage hit the ground with my new wisdom and intelligence scores of 3 and 3. It was a bit heavy handed of her...but it was told so wonderfully that I really felt no remorse. I've always enjoyed the idea that no mortal can fully grasp the depths of a immortals mind...regardless of power. [/QUOTE]

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