#(since they looked in the wreckage and couldnt find his body. lol.)

[orcelito]

listen as fun as writing is, im generally in complete control of the situation. i can set up a high-stakes scenario, but it's not tense for ME bc i know where things r gonna end up

which is why shit like dnd is so fun. it's 100% improv. me improv lying by omission thru a zone of truth to these people who can and have Already almost killed me, who would sic their legion of knights on me if they got even a Sniff of the fact that i took part in regicide. it wouldve been very very bad. it was TENSE. and it was so fun lfkjslkdfj

lying by omission and pointing at a dude i hate as the one at fault for it all. perfect scapegoat.

#speculation nation #d&d #it also really highlights that. yea you really can lie without actually lying #zone of truth is useful but not foolproof. i just managed to talk myself out of one. #i feel so ACCOMPLISHED and it makes me feel so good #and fang also talking up his very real discomfort to avoid them reading his mind #bc like. he's deeply uncomfortable with them for what they did b4. AND very pissed at the whole mind-stab thing #but ultimately if this was about anything else. he couldve sucked it up probably. #but he knew if they looked it'd be over. dear paladin managed to fake a memory during the brief bit of time we told her about what happened #i was THERE. i shot a fucking fireball at the prince. there's no way i could fabricate a believable memory to hide it #so i played it up. being pissed off about being mentally stabbed is perfectly reasonable for vehemently refusing to let them touch me #in order to avoid culpability though i couldnt just outright refuse an audience #so we had our convo. and i was very proactive with giving answers lol. but SPECIFICALLY for the narrative i was building #the ship blew up. idk why but we were teleported off (fang still doesnt know lmfao) #i know it was this big lion dude that did it tho. and i think he's the one that's responsible for the prince dying #i didnt see the prince die but i saw the lion man leaving. and lots of explosions. #he was stealing this thing that was making an awful loud noise that made my ears hurt. #'anyone else there?' oh yeah he had 3 people with him. 'anyone Else?' oh yea there was this random dude from the ship. he's dead tho #literally none of these are lies. but it builds the narrative that these dudes killed the prince & stole his body or some shit #(since they looked in the wreckage and couldnt find his body. lol.) #very carefully leaving out the fact that i had friends down there & they very much actively worked to kill the prince. me included. #i know who actually killed the prince. but THEY dont know that. and that's what matters. #man i feel so cool for this actually. it was so tense. but im so fuckin happy it worked #nat20 u are my life saver.................. #ppl really do underestimate Fang a lot. and he lets them bc it's easier that way #but he really can be a crafty little shit if he wants to be. and i really love him for it #if you play up the dumb dog boy impression enough then ppl wont think too deeply on what you have to say for shit like this #that subtle spell message was also a really cool moment to avoid the wizard getting caught in questioning too #im literally the only person on the party that couldve done that. only one with message and only one with subtle spell. #but i did iiiiiit and we have somehow avoided the worst of it all. we'll see if our luck continues to hold out lol