Re: Re: False friends

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_...>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 18:44:28 +1300


Andrew Barton:

> > The fact that they are friendly agents of a sworn enemy of
> > Orlanth surely makes them false, no? The wyter's not operating
> > from some objective viewpoint IMO.

>But they're not telling lies about who they are,

But they are still telling lies from the Orlanthi PoV. Only Lhankor Mhy's Sages would be interested in strange concepts such as the factuality of the statement or the intention of the person uttering the lie IMO.

>If it works at all, it must surely be weaker than when used against
>a chaotic disguised as a known friend.

I don't see why the entity has to be chaotic. Dragons are also an enemy in the same question, yet they are not chaotic.

--Peter Metcalfe

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