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He should have fallen on his sword. That would have been the sensible thing to do.
Punched his ticket for Elysium right away, no waiting around.
He thought they'd only kill him.
Why did he think that? How stupid was he? Why in the world did he think that?
And now instead of his next great adventure he's flubbed a save against dominate person.
Out of curiosity.
Who did she find to cast the spell? There aren't that many wizards at seventh-circle.
Toff likely knows them, it's a small community.
TOGOMOR.
"My ancestral right as Head of House Ornelos is to be heard by the Queen. Who among you for this purpose would it please to join my retinue?"
It's easy for Kendall to suggest that we join the Worldbreaker.
I know him for a cultist! Yes, a cultist of the Rough Beast!
But it is!
I've known for years, Kendall, and I've kept my peace on this for long enough!
I'll be damned before I see you drag us all down with your apocalyptistic nihilism!
Harmanuel Kendall has 3 class levels in Korvosan (an archetype of Expert), which gives him a +1 bonus to saving throws against discombobulation due to willful and knowing slander. Unfortunately, it's a very high DC.
In five minutes he'll - l'esprit d'escalier, as they say in Galt - determine that what he should have done is angrily threaten to sue, and demand that his legal fees (and truthspell) be paid for by the loser.
It would have been a fantastically Korvosan response.
Instead he's going to get indignant in a way that
They consider confidence and competence the greatest of assets, and they deride or heckle those who display weakness, indecisiveness, or inability.
damages his credibility.
Ouch.
Yeah, the Committee Chair isn't touching that one; she's not about to throw in with the losing team.
Pity, that - she thought the Rovagug idea had merit.
I figure that lie was a boost for my Law and Good and Lawful Good, since Rovagug is Chaotic Evil.
And it worked so well! I've now decided that slandering Harmanuel Kendall was more of a deliberate decision than I thought it was in those first "oh shit" moments after I blurted it out and before I doubled down.
Also? I've gained (or reinforced) my self-conception as a schemer.
Do we believe that Kendall's a Rovagug cultist?
That's true enough.
(Although I have found in my day that player suggestions have a way of becoming canon.)
Which is why there's a shrine to Urgathoa in the Pantheon of Many.
Does it still count as a cult if they openly practice their religion in your city's largest temple?
No, that's the church of Urgathoa.
The cult of Urgathoa is a totally different thing, and we root them out wherever they are found.
Lord Toff Ornelos, Head of House Ornelos, Headmaster of the Acadamae, heir to the Eternal Lord, disintegrates the door to their magnificent meeting room.
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