Because Trying to cheat the system is exactly what he expects.
What makes you say that? As far as I can tell, we really have no idea what he wants or expects, why he's doing this, why he did that, what he
can do, etc.
Yeah, you have to consider that this is his dungeon. Even if it is randomly generated, every item added to it isn't a foreign element. It's just another thing he's probably made himself. Even if he didn't originally own the dungeon, he still controls what comes in and what comes out. If there's a way to cheat the system, it's pretty definite that he wouldn't allow us to have it or at least would try to gimp it.
We really don't know that either. But even if we did, Magnet Heel was forged, not found. Unless you think he's keeping tabs on everything we have at all times, there's no particular reason for him to know about it.
Okay, next time something like this happens, I'm going to GWG it, okay?
I never want to do that unless in the most dire circumstances possible.
I don't want to be a party pooper here, but I will if the needs arise.
...you're going to get into a touchy semantics-laden rant about "realism" for ten pages?
oh man it is
warrens is almost 2 years old
wow
Wow indeed.
And we still don't know
anything.Also, FFS shouldn't your sig say "now with less allies" now?
+1
Oh god +1
Do not negotiate with the terrorist.
+1
Al: Quickly gather Kit Kat flecks before they float away.
We might be able to recombine them into an essence!
+1, take a moment to appreciate the gravity of the situation, then
RAGE
+1
Make it clear that Oric can either retreat or have a fight to the death...
Also, bear in mind that this might all be an elaborate trick to build the party's faith in Riltia...
+1.
I'm throwing my support behind this line of thought. +1
Let's not play by Oric's game here.
Man, I... kind of feel like we have to do this. We've already put our foot down, it feels like if we let up we'll lose KitKat and teach Oric he can bully us around for no benefit. He clearly doesn't
want to kill us, else he'd do it himself and get it over with.
On the other hand, it's not like I think he's bluffing about Goombess, and I'm not even a hundred percent certain he's bluffing about Cherish, Al, or for that matter us personally (amusing note: Ciro is the one I'm least concerned about, being an essential part of the cycles and all).
So I kind of feel like just standing here and letting him bleed us out, letting him know he can't control us that way and we're defying him for real this time Dad, is our best course of option. But the problem with that is that it requires letting him take away all the stuff he feels like taking away to confirm that, possibly followed by enacting Plan B which we won't like either.
Also of note, Riltia seems to be egging us on to that option. Either she hasn't considered cheesing the system (she
is an idiot, though also possibly more knowledgeable about Oric/this level than us), or this is a more significant choice than we might realize.
This is not an easy or light decision.