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Re: General Exalted Discussion Thread IX: Errata is Combo-Ok!
Except that the book is quite clear that EVERYTHING that Samsara has ever predicted has been true and that the Maidens would be shocked and horrified if it was ever wrong.
4. The existence of the ring does not explicitly say that the Scarlet Empress is in Malfeas. You can do what ever you please with her. If the players continue to expect that Her Redness is going to be in Hell, that's the fault of stupid players, not the writers.
First, the Dawn Solution never solved much of anything. Second, the Dawn Solution added additional problem Charms to the line. Third, I don't feel like making my players' Dawns pay an extra 50 XP to be competent at being Dawns. All of the good ideas that are actually contained in the Dawn Solution should have just been errata'd into the hands of every Dawn ever.
Except it doesn't... RotSE isn't canon. The problem is that's not clear until someone goes and talks about it.
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It also says that Samsara sometimes just gives a non-answer, basically saying that it doesn't know.
Considering that, aparently, SE has been in Hell since 1ed....
Yeah, those second edition writers, sticking to pre-established canon, damn them.
Also, once again, your objection seems to be "they dare right setting materials without consulting me or my games!"
Well, first off, they didn't have the ability to make errata consistently at that time.
Secondly, I'm not so sure about the claim of not fixing anything. It seems to have made Dawns much better, and while it does require some xp, it massively reduced the XP costs.
Also, it's interesting that you say that it didn't solve anything, and yet it also seems to be necessary(in your opinion, at least). Can you explain that?
Objectively false. Sorry, you're wrong here, because there is no meta-plot. The RotSE is a possible way for canon to unfold, but no more. It's no more canon than the various chapter comics, which are also non-canon.He fears his fate too much, and his reward is small, who will not put it to the touch, to win or lose it all.
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You're right, I apologize for the baby-raping comment. But, well, some of your comments haven't really made your case that well. I remember at least one comment to the effect of Solars being bigger threats than Abyssals and Infernals, and how you'd rather associate with just about anything instead of a Solar.
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No, it means the Maidens can't interpret it. The Maidens can't see all of it. Sachervel, who can see all of it, is never wrong.
Considering that, aparently, SE has been in Hell since 1ed....
Yeah, those second edition writers, sticking to pre-established canon, damn them.
Also, once again, your objection seems to be "they dare right setting materials without consulting me or my games!"
However, if you write a new type of Exalt into the setting, there are massive ramifications for the setting. There is history that needs rewritten, setting assumptions to question, cross-Exalt interactions to deal with. If there isn't, we have the Lunar problems all over again.
Alchemicals dodged this bullet by not actually being in the setting. They exist in their little side pocket where they don't have to interact with the setting ever unless you want them to. A Liminal Exalt in Nexus does not give me the same option.
Well, first off, they didn't have the ability to make errata consistently at that time.
Secondly, I'm not so sure about the claim of not fixing anything. It seems to have made Dawns much better, and while it does require some xp, it massively reduced the XP costs.
Also, it's interesting that you say that it didn't solve anything, and yet it also seems to be necessary(in your opinion, at least). Can you explain that?
Objectively false. Sorry, you're wrong here, because there is no meta-plot. The RotSE is a possible way for canon to unfold, but no more. It's no more canon than the various chapter comics, which are also non-canon.
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Who's not reading what now? My quote was from RoGD2, not Glories: Maidens. The latter says that Jupiter fears what is stated as true in the former.
The Loom is the external viewer who collapses the wave function of human decision. While Essence expenditure can shrug it off, breaking free is nigh-impossible for mortals. Samsara expands its power to encompass all things, even those which it should not be able to a la UFvIO. Except the players, because that would be railroading.
I've said it before: Sol can't bring himself to intervene until it's too late. And he has no control over the bureaucracy for the same reason that Sids don't - the corruption just goes too deep. Sol is a King but not a Tyrant - he will not do what needs to be done.
Note that we're comparing breaking an oath with risking letting his favorite species accidentally drive itself extinct. Twice. Unless he operates off of Kantian principles, that would be one of the few times even he could conceive of going back on his word. I mean, he did the same with Laashe.
That there is a struggle is a key aspect, yes, but I would rather have Sol's legend be one of defeating all odds through perseverance rather than a cascade of failure.
Tavar, I'm afraid I'm going to have to agree with Drascin that you've been trending toward ad hominem arguments. And my evidence is right there: that he would rather fail his duties to his own father and to his fellow gods than break a single oath with humanity. He already broke faith with that rascal Laashe, and I don't see how man as a whole is that much better.
Superman doubts. Superman fails. But then he rises up again and again until he succeeds, bleeding and covered in dirt. And I don't even like reading Superman. Sol just kind of failed once and gave up, like the straight-A student who got one B and decided to stop studying altogether.
Which is really pretty pathetic. I mean, he could have had a hand in the implementation of the Immaculate Faith or something. By allowing his own worship to become heresy, he was being obnoxiously self-aggrandizing and allowed the quest for Virtue and greatness to become overshadowed by a philosophy of doing just enough to get by and sucking up to overpowered tyrants.
Yeah, but half a circle of "good guys" have:
Kill Sol.
Free Isidoros and destroy the Loom of Fate.
Kill Sol.
as their Motivations, then the setting isn't lending itself toward fixing things, so much as breaking them again.
Well, yes, but the books are also the definitive source about their respective Incarna. And are not especially helpful in that vein, except for Glories: Maidens, because that's nearly all the information we even have.
If it has stats, it can be killed. Trivially. Players can look it up and plan beforehand.
I can't speak for 1E, as I didn't play back then, but Winters' introduction in Core did kind of imply the same sort of plotness as the Yozis. This sort of thing continued in Abyssals. I would enjoy that level of detail for all of the main NPCs.
I read it as they were changing around the time Kejak decided to kill everyone he didn't like and they ragequit after that.
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The Scarlet Empress being in Malfeas is not canon. You are interpreting that. I don't know why you keep clinging to that as if it were set in stone. The ring doesn't even have to exist in the games you run. It is not like White Wolf employs a team of Canon-Ninjas that will steal into your house and murder you in your sleep if you have Her Redness doing something else completely different than being in Malfeas like Infernals drops hints at. It is merely there to provide a plot hook for you to use or ignore at your leisure. Being morally offended by its existence makes no sense.
As for Samsara, yes, beings would be very surprised if it were wrong, since it never has. I am quite sure that that's how the Primordials felt after the first one of them was GETed.The name is "tonberrian", even when it begins a sentence. It's magic, I ain't gotta 'splain why.
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You seem to be focusing on the idea that my players don't have to care what Samsara says. I'm focusing on the setting implications of superfate.
As far as the setting goes, it has gone from non-deterministic to deterministic. It has gone from a place where any heroic mortal can tell fate "screw you" to a place where the whole universe is following a script. Samsara deprotagonizes the entire setting.
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Sacherevell has never been canonically associated with samsara, even if that's the intention. He most likely never will be linked in canon, to leave options open.
Not to mention, Sachy can't actually see the future. He can only see the present, and nobody can get at that information because, y'know, he's asleep. He locks the universe into predestination if he wakes up, but that's up there with "Neverborn win" for Bad Ends.
They could have chosen to leave it undefined. It is a new edition, after all.
Find me a canon statement that says the Scarlet Empress is in Hell in 2nd Edition, not just an implication. Hint: You can't do it.
However, if you write a new type of Exalt into the setting, there are massive ramifications for the setting. There is history that needs rewritten, setting assumptions to question, cross-Exalt interactions to deal with. If there isn't, we have the Lunar problems all over again.
So the blog where I read the Dawn Solution didn't exist?
There is a meta-plot. It just doesn't move forward. It is frozen at the point of "The Scarlet Empress has been gone for five years". It has relics littered throughout the game line, if you are looking for them. They are generally easy to ignore, but they exist.
Metaplot would be going "the Scarlet Empress coming back and being an Infernal agent is canon, deal with it, sucker". Dreams of the First Age inventing a new civilization for the West in that period of time is an expansion of the backstory.
You seem to be focusing on the idea that my players don't have to care what Samsara says. I'm focusing on the setting implications of superfate.
As far as the setting goes, it has gone from non-deterministic to deterministic. It has gone from a place where any heroic mortal can tell fate "screw you" to a place where the whole universe is following a script. Samsara deprotagonizes the entire setting.Last edited by Mr.Bookworm; 2012-02-13 at 10:19 PM.
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Might want to check again. The only "flaw" canonically given to Samsara is that the Maidens occasionally can't find future events in it. It is never stated to be wrong.
Before Samsara existed, you could fight your fate. Now that Samsara exists, you can't fight your fate because your attempts to fight fate were already fated.
The Loom of Fate's pull was originally written to be very weak. I, as a heroic mortal, could one day go "Screw this, I'm not gonna be a baker, I want to be king", organize an army of bandits and dissedents, and take over the kingdom. If Fate said that I was supposed to be a baker, well, circumstances will arrange themselves against me, but if I try hard enough, I can make the pattern spiders finally give up and say "Fine! You can be king, we're tired of this mess".
Samsara, on the other hand? No one can make it scream uncle. Not a mortal, not a raksha, not a Primordial, and not a Solar. If Samsara predicts that they will do something, then it will come to pass, because that's how Samsara is written in the setting. There is no error rate. The writers even left guidelines on how to make Samsara infallible even when dealing with PCs.
With Samsara in existance, all Exalted characters aren't telling their own story. They are acting out someone else's story. They are no longer protagonists.
YES, I fully realize that this does not change how a game of Exalted is played in any way, shape, or form. HOWEVER, it changes the tone of the setting. It strips away the key element of "My choices matter."Last edited by Kyeudo; 2012-02-14 at 02:55 AM.
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Your opinion. And, while I respect this opinion, I do not agree with it. I will not state why as I ,just like you, am entitled to form my own opinion. Should you take issue with my opinion, you are free to scream until you pass out. I, however, am sick of the self-entitled attitude people seem to take when it comes to what they choose to include in the setting. Every time you run a new game, you change the possible canon.
Now, who wants to help come up with ideas for my pirate lunar in Tavar's game?
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Fluff or crunch?
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Question!
What type of Exalted would you guys see Ganondorf as? I know the Twilight Princess version best...
Seems to me that most of his tricks are more Solar (or, possibly, Infernal) cheese, but then there's that big boar...
I'm leaning towards Infernal, but I'm not sure what Caste. So, what do you guys think?
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Answer!
It varies on which game/timeline/whatever you want to go with, seeing how crazy the canon is.
The boar form could be Birth of Sanity's Sorrow, a Void Circle spell, except that it can only be cast once, ever. It could also be a Sorcery spell of some sort, or Devil-Tyrant Avatar Shintai.
I personally would make him a Malfean akuma with Devil-Tyrant Avatar Shintai and some very potent sorcery.
Or, y'know, we could just wait for meschlum.Last edited by TheCountAlucard; 2012-02-14 at 05:39 AM.
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YES, I fully realize that this does not change how a game of Exalted is played in any way, shape, or form. HOWEVER, it changes the tone of the setting. It strips away the key element of "My choices matter."
And Samsara is just a stupid author saving throw for explaining why if everything important is outside the fate Maidens are able to plan anything.
You really can ignore it. But if you can't.. well you need to read the sidebar once more:
If destiny and fate are the grand architecture that the Maidens and their servants construct, samsara is the ultimate blueprint which defines the “as things should” in each Maiden‟s Motivation.
So nothing is set in stone and you are plain wrong in your interpretation.
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On the other hand: I just get time to read MoJ. It is awesome.
But there is a thing I can't wrap my head around.. 'Guild is decentralized and hard to target", but when someone target it Guild start working in such organized manner.. it is a bit of contradiction.Last edited by Madwand; 2012-02-14 at 05:53 AM.
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I'm interested in running an Exalted game, and I was wondering if I could get some advice on how to go about it. It would be a play-by-post game on these forums, with only Solar PCs. So, if you were looking for a game like that, what would have to be in the recruitment post to convince you to sign up? Would just "Solar game, in the East" be enough, or would you expect more detail up front? Likewise, how much preparation would you expect the ST to have done beforehand? Obviously Exalted PCs need lots of scope for individual initiative, so you can't set up DnD-style encounters. But how much preplanning should go into the antagonists that the PCs will encounter?
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(In regards to 'people are arguing')
Yes, yes it is. Sometimes we share ideas. Sometimes we look at what Meschlum has done, and are dumbfounded in wonder (Or come up with reasons why it only almost works, and try to make it work fully, when the cheese goes too far.)
This is JUST PLAIN WRONG.
Samsara does not answer every question the Maidens pose.
That is the simplest, most powerful problem with this argument: Samsara, if nothing else, does not determine everything.
It is not just possible, but given the cosmology likely that Samsara cannot touch any action which an Exalt would not be willing to permit.
There are not one, but TWO flaws already found in Samsara. The first is that the Maidens can only get answers (unknown) times out of ten. Maybe they can ask Samsara, and they've only gotten answers for one in fifty questions. Maybe it's because the other 49 involved Celestial Exalted, or particularly willful Terrestrials. Maybe they assume Samsara would cover Autochthonians only because it's answered questions about other things outside fate, but actually, Fate 2.0 is above even Samsara, and they simply haven't gotten answers about Atuochthonia yet.
The second flaw is simpler: We lack a lot of information about it. We know about enough to say 'this is a plot device for the Maidens; some amount of the time, they can know the answer to a question about their purview and apply greater than normal power to applying that knowledge, in exchange for being personally unable to oppose it. So far their powers in such cases have been right.'
Look at the Unconquered Sun; he provokes charm roll-off with 30 successes for his so-called perfection. That's difficult, sure, but frankly, it's a defined number. Stack enough custom charms and even a Terrestrial might be able to scrape together the dice to beat him occasionally. That is the standard of an Incarna's power: So great as to appear insurmountable, but when you can look at the mechanics as we players can and don't fall into the traps those with imperfect knowledge, within the setting, tell us... Suddenly, we can see that no, it's just very hard, not impossible.
If a heroic mortal wants to be a king instead of a baker, who says that Samsara could give an answer that would gainsay him? All the 'power' of Samsara could rail impotently, unable to grasp so much as a sliver of his mortal willpower, simply because he might decide differently. Only the most certainly-fated things - even if they extend outside Creation - are certain, then. Demons who have something built into them can be predicted, outside fate but not Samsara's predictive power. Mortals who can't be answered with certainty are still inside fate, but they lie outside Samsara; if you ever have to say 'maybe' then it remains maybe. The power of the Maidens would then lie, if that is a true interpretation (It might not be!) in the ability to tell when the answer to a question is certain, rather than a maybe.
As for Metaplot vs. Canon: Canon is what HAS happened. It is the past. The metaplot, such as RotSE, is what COULD happen, the future - If you change the past, you change the setting. The future, however, is by nature undefined. Those parts of RotSE dealing with the past make it rather clear that these are likely answers to questions about what's already happened. The Ebon Dragon only probably has the Scarlet Empress in Hell already.
I lack the personal experience to answer this question in full, but I can provide some information. I think that you might want to have a little more information on intended theme than 'Solars in the East' - but be prepared for your players to reinterpret that slightly. Don't lock yourself in until you know what you're locking it in for.
As for antagonists, Exalted probably demands a lot more in terms of keeping track of what resources each 'side' has and cares for. You actually can pre-plan certain sorts of encounter, because they aren't within the PC's immediate, likely control; if the PCs have a city and are halfway across the world, they are unlikely to have the awareness charms to detect an army marching on it until the mortals do, and then they have to find a way to return in time to defend it... Or abandon their people to pursue their current mission.
I'm afraid I can't give you more than that without going too far outside my sphere of experience and understanding.
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I'm just going to chime in and call shenanigans on that, not because it's patently untrue--there is a very vocal support for the freelancers--but because here and throughout the thread, you've inflated it to egregious strawman levels.
Of course, I can understand and sympathize with your concerns; there's a general problem with the mindset of the Exalted fanbase at present who assume that every Creation is rooted in some nebulous idea of canon.
But here's the thing: I don't think the Freelancers are your enemy on that count.
Also, I'm just going to leave this right here.
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I'm not going to get into an argument about whether foreknowledge denies free will, because I was involved in way too many of those in university and they can never, ever end well. Just go and look up pretty much any medieval philosopher and you'll get the quick points on the subject.
I will, however, touch on the "Why didn't Sol break his oath during the Balorian Crusade" thing. You're suggesting that the Lord of the Cosmos, the being around whom much of the world turns, should have shut down the thing that makes him invincible, removing all of his defenses, in order to ride to war against the most powerful threats to the world in thousands of years?
I'm not really seeing a way that that will end well for him, or for Creation.If you like my thoughts, you'll love my writing. Visit me at www.mishahandman.com.
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This here is very much an issue. Your players have to be completely aware that this sort of thing is happening. Make up some reason for them to know. If they go off gallivanting in Autochthonia at the same time a string of arsons and murders begins in the Scavenger Lands, the final climactic encounter with the villain won't have any meaning at all. On that note, if your Circle is a complete social abomination, keep them away from Autochthonia entirely. There's something wrong when the Dusk and the "eat everything" Full Moon are trying to keep everyone else in line. Know your players and know when subtle hints that they aren't giving things enough thought aren't going through. And while you're at it, keep some blank, mostly filled villain character sheets lying around.
It's not quite so bad as Kyuedo makes it sound (so long as Sacheverell is sleeping), but that's never a bad Motivation. Remember that Isidoros is your best friend in this endeavor.
Re: Samsara is needed so that the Maidens/Sids aren't useless.
Not really. I'll agree that Fate as a thing for Exalted use fails in its current implementation, but there are other solutions that don't involve this predetermination debate. The way I'd like to see it done (and will probably implement in some form whenever I get around to running another game) is that Fate is a sort of personal spiritual vector. At any given time, a person's Destiny points in the direction they will head if left unchecked; the length of the Strand of Fate can be read indefinitely backwards but becomes fuzzy and unwoven in the future, as different bits and pieces head in various directions, only becoming wound into a more definite direction as time advances. Of course, any sort of major Essence expenditure runs against the Strands like a fierce wind, driving them in some unknown direction. The Loom itself is not some Primordial super-artifact that arranges mortal Destinies in a way that makes them easy to control - at least not since the War, if ever. Rather, it serves as a sort of holographic projection that shows how the individual Strands of all living things weave together into the collective Destiny of Creation.
Sidereals do not work the Loom with some dumb Craft (Fate) skill that is never really defined - if I keep that, then I'll limit it to Shaping specific, detailed instances of Fate, such as Resplendent Destinies. As for the average Sidereal, though, they manipulate Fate in a way that is much more intuitive. They merely reach out to the Strands they wish to manipulate, touching them at key points like the stars in a constellation in order to subtly shift their natural current. The Strands come to them, bending in a way that is completely natural as a natural effect of their astrological existence, much like excellence is a natural effect of Solars' glorious existence. Each Sidereal has a personal gravity toward Fate. Friends and enemies alike unknowingly cluster around them as their Essence grows and their gravitational field expands, Threads they wish to manipulate literally leap to their fingertips.
They are the Viziers, unseen, unremembered, but all things gravitate around them. Through their very presence, the Fates of heroes and nations slip out of their natural course in the name of the greater good. And this is merely the result of their natural talent; of course ones so good with delicately nudging Strands with their fingertips would have the greatest affinity for subtle, mystical forms of unarmed fighting - and perhaps archery - invisibly guiding two Fated lovers together (because today).
Yes. Because that's his job and his duty. If he's willing to get in a naked fistfight with a supercharged Laashe, then surely it's not such a big deal to ride against Balor defenseless, especially when the raksha camp is divided anyway and the fate of Creation itself is at stake. It's thought that Balor was considering sounding the retreat at the time of the Realm Defense Grid's activation, but the record is of the raksha and thus as much fiction as fact. Come to think of it, I'd rather enjoy hearing about the Yozis' reaction to the Crusade. I don't think it's been mentioned. Similarly, I wonder whether Gaia was too far out to send any subsouls to help or if she really doesn't care what happens to Creation as much as she used to - she mainly comes back for Luna, after all.
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Re: General Exalted Discussion Thread IX: Errata is Combo-Ok!
Really? I don't recall that - I remember a discussion about a couple of the power players planning to assassinate Balor. However, I have to thank you, because now you've helped me to decide what not just the Sun, but the other Incarnae were doing for the whole Crusade. It is now just a picture in my head of the Sun very slowly staggering towards the door of the Jade Pleasure Dome, with Luna and the Maidens draped all over him desperately trying to hold him back long enough to keep him from dropping into the middle of the invasion and dying, because Saturn knows that if the Sun goes down there, he'll seriously die, and they can slow him down now because he broke his oath by trying to leave. The Empress triggers her attack just as he beats the other Incarnae by reaching the front door.
Come to think of it, I'd rather enjoy hearing about the Yozis' reaction to the Crusade. I don't think it's been mentioned. Similarly, I wonder whether Gaia was too far out to send any subsouls to help or if she really doesn't care what happens to Creation as much as she used to - she mainly comes back for Luna, after all.
Similarly, it wouldn't surprise me if Gaia did launch an attack, but since she was away it was from the opposite side of the infinite hordes, and no one in Creation really had a chance to see it in detail. It was just one more element of the forces trying to defend the world.
(Or, hey, maybe Gaia bred the hann'ya to attack the Balorian Crusade. ;) )
*EDIT* Ah, what the hell, here's a little ficlet. Spoilered for being innuendo-filled.
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"Venus! Grab his leg!"
"I am grabbing his leg!"
"That is not his leg, Venus."
"Shut up, Jupiter!"
"Whatever! I've got his upper left arm! Mercury, grab his spear!"
"No thanks. I'm not Venus."
"His actual spear, Mercury."
"Oh. Right. Got it."
"LET GO OF ME! I MUST PROTECT CREATION!"
"You are going to die. Really, honestly, die."
"Luna, hide the spear!"
"Done. Oh, he's grabbed it again. Okay, it's better hidden this time."
"Mercury, give us a push or something!"
"I'm trying!"
"You could help, Saturn!"
"T-touch him? No, no I couldn't. You're doing fine."Last edited by Friv; 2012-02-14 at 10:55 AM.
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Re: General Exalted Discussion Thread IX: Errata is Combo-Ok!
A thought occurs. Philosophically, there is not necessarily any difference between a world with free will and a world without. As long as mortals and exalts make decisions, they make decisions, even if the decision is predetermined. Because if you have the choice between eat dinner and go hungry, it doesn't take samsara to know what'll happen. If you spent thirty years hunting down Ligier, and have your daiklaive at his throat, Samsara may well say you'll kill him. And it will be right-and that in no way diminishes your decision.
Now, my interpretation of Samsara would be that if you were TOLD Samsara said you'd kill him, this new information could and might make you change your mind.
...if it did, it's likely that Samsara said 'If he is told, he will change his mind.'
That in no way stops you having changed your mind.
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It is inevitable, of course, that persons of epicurean refinement will in the course of eternity engage in dealings with those of... unsavory character. Record well any transactions made, and repay all favors promptly.. (Thanks to Gnomish Wanderer for the Toreador avatar! )
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