The Chair Leg
of Truth (11 points)
Living
Artifact/3 (Originally a Balseraph of Fate)
Corporeal Forces: 1 Strength:
3 Agility:
1
Ethereal Forces: 3 Intelligence:
11 Precision: 1
Celestial Forces: 3 Will:
1 Perception: 11
Relic/6
Skills: Detect Lies/3
Songs: Tongues (Ethereal/1)
Attunements: Balseraph of Fate (Seraphim), Balseraph
of the Game
Role: The Chair Leg of Truth (Small Weapon/6,
Status/1 [Which was a reach, as-was])
Don't go Renegade.
Don't go Renegade from the service of Kronos. Don't go Renegade from the service of Kronos
and get caught by the Game. And don't,
don't, don't go Renegade from the
service of Kronos, get caught by the Game, and arrogantly refuse the
'suggestion' from the Most Dread Prince of the Game himself that you decide that it's time to
start working for him, now.
Not that this sort of thing happens every time that
Asmodeus is personally refused, of course.
Then again, the fact that it has, once,
is quite enough to ensure that such things are rare. Given the amount of trouble Asmodeus had to
go through in "rearranging" the Renegade, it's just as well.
While the above object lesson was the original point
of the exercise, it can be said with some confidence that Asmodeus is not
actively displeased that the Chair Leg of Truth can be used for other
purposes. The ability to determine the
actual Truth of a statement can be sometimes convenient to the Game - although,
really, what is Truth? - but Seraphim are inherently untrustworthy and Balseraphim of Fate are all quite mad. It's much, much simpler to have a large
wooden chair leg that can tell you when someone is lying to you. Admittedly, its supernatural abilities cannot
compel a truthful response... but the Djinn and Calabim who typically get
assigned this artifact find that beating a lying miscreant with the Chair Leg
of Truth works amazingly well, all on its own.
You want to know more about the Renegade who is
currently providing the Most Dread Prince of the Game this involuntary
service? Very
interesting. Tell me, for just
how long have you been interested in the ways of Renegades?
Yes, that is
a chair leg that the Calabite is holding.
Answer the question, please.