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It's prevention, not medicine.
Sleeve doesn't kill. And if she did, it'd be awfully ironic if she later creates the Hippocratic Oath.
...while I think that's a stupid attitude for a god of medicine to have, I'll try a different approach here.
Do you think this is going to stop at one plague? Titans are not our friend. We're setting a precedent here, showing we're pushovers. It's like broadcasting a signal to all the titans everywhere that they can just walk over us, and that this is the perfect planet to crush and destroy. If we don't come down on this titan like a hammer, he's going to go to all his titan friends and tell them he's found a perfect planet to mess with. We very well may not have a planet left at the end of it. Think about what you're doing please.
Did you guys ever consider what actually caused the gods of that other planet to fail? 7 out of 10 odds it was titans. Do you guys want to be like those loser gods? Do you?
It's the attitude she has, she's not going to kill someone unless they pose a direct threat.
If the titan brings forth a hundred plagues, she'll create a hundred cures. She's the god of medicine, and she's going to live up to that name.
If it makes her look like a pushover, let it be so.
I was more referring to prevention not being medicine. If there's one god you'd expect to be opposed to bringing plagues into the world, it'd be the god of medicine. But apparently not. Honestly, not a very good medicine god.
And while you're creating the cures, your people are dying. Do you think you'll have anyone left by the tenth plague let alone the hundreth?
It's not the looking like a pushover itself that's the problem, it's the consequences of looking like a pushover. I.e. titans swarming the planet and doing far more than just creating plagues.
...while I think that's a stupid attitude for a god of medicine to have, I'll try a different approach here.
Do you think this is going to stop at one plague? Titans are not our friend. We're setting a precedent here, showing we're pushovers. It's like broadcasting a signal to all the titans everywhere that they can just walk over us, and that this is the perfect planet to crush and destroy. If we don't come down on this titan like a hammer, he's going to go to all his titan friends and tell them he's found a perfect planet to mess with. We very well may not have a planet left at the end of it. Think about what you're doing please.
Did you guys ever consider what actually caused the gods of that other planet to fail? 7 out of 10 odds it was titans. Do you guys want to be like those loser gods? Do you?
According to the IC description of Titans, all that we know is that :
Titan: These powerful beings have existed as long as the gods, but are very crude in their existence and creation abilities. They often appear as a loosely constructed being made out of one element or another and their ability to interact with the material world is lacking. Plus, they hate the gods. If a titan is coming to the gods, they must really want something.
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-They hate Gods
-They seem established as Creation entities.
-They are powerful, but have very crude abilities.
At least one demigod has described Titans as "dastardly". This titan has told us that our planet disgusts him.
Anything beyond this is speculation, so we don't even know if Titans will actively try to destroy gods, if they are malevolent, true neutral, or follow some grander scheme.
True neutral beings don't threaten to unleash plagues. This titan has firmly established himself as malevolent
There are many answers we could give to the coming Titan, all with potential advantages and disadvantages :
1) Give him a Tribute
> Depending on the Titan mentality, it could establish us as "weak" and/or "cold-headed". The Titan could leave or decides indeed those Gods are fools that can be milked.
This is not acceptable to my god as an option, no matter how he'd take it.
2) Attack him
> Depending on the Titans mentality, it could either work for us by establishing us as "strong", or completely backfires by establishing us as "rebellious and dangerous", bringing upon us more and more angry Titans.
Rebellious? We don't have Titan overlords ruling over us from on high, something like that would have been noted. This would simply establish that we protect our territory, and yes are dangerous, meaning that the titan will probably leave us alone.
3) Speak with him
> He was established as not particularly bright. Is it a bluff or the truth ? We don't know.
So if we speak to him, anything could happen from managing to convince him of letting us alone, making him an ally, or even learning more about Titans themselves.
We are not going to make him our ally.
Titans hate the gods. He hasn't come here to be our friend, or leave us alone. He's come here to threaten us into giving him money. He's shaking us down for protection money. He is not a good guy. Why do you think warnings or anything else will work on someone who wandered over and threatened our 'puny pantheon'?
4) Ignore him
> Will establish us as "Unimportant" or "Frustrating", which could either bring more problems or actually give us some peace. Of course, the plague would be unleashed.
Again titans hate the gods. Frustrating would likely just make him attack us more, and ignoring him won't make him think we're unimportant, it'll make him think he has free rein to ruin our world.
Actually, thinking about it, paying the tribute could be the more cost-efficient way of dealing with the problem. We are seve, if 5 of us pay 2 power we will pay him. it would probably cost more to destroy him.
And again, do you really think that'll be the end of it? Best case scenario, he comes by regularly to shake us down for some protection money. Middle case scenario, he comes around with his titan friends and demands a much larger sum. Worst case scenario, he uses the points we give him to attack us.
the Plague will be released IF it has the power to do so, IF it lacks the power to do so we might actually be paying him for whatever plague he sends, which will most likely be sent either way if it does have the power to do so.
This guy has the right idea.
Don't trust the titans. The titans are not our friends.