secularmerlin

Did you choose your personal tastes? How about your preferences? Because it sounds like what your saying is "my descisions are based on more than cause and effect, it is also based on other things that I have no control over." If indeed those factors are not fixed by cause and effect.

Are you sure that a person can make a decision or are they just following the logical conclusion of their programing?

How have you determined that a brain is anything but a difference detecting machine? What more than cause and effect are you certain is involved in the process?

I follow Snerp dragging the drow behind me. But Snerp we're going backwards!

But that is behind us. Eikka says in surprise. Shouldn't we go forward?

(If I were you I'd argue with her.)

A computer can make a descision but a computer does not appear to have freewill.

(Out of character the most prudent course would be to go the way that is already been cleared. Would Snerp have any in game reason to suggest that?)

(Eikka will not turn from her intended course of action unless you prompt her to. That would be against her character.)

What makes you think anyone can make choices? The descision making process only requires two or more potential courses of action along with cause and effect.

(And I can cast guidance)

(So one person couldn't study the blades and then shout "go" to the others?)

Well for starters the child wouldn't pass kindergarten.

There is a difference between the balloon and the pilot and the difference is will but having will does not necessitate freewill. The pilot could decide to fly to Bordeaux, or even into a mountain, but why would he? Be careful if there is a reason to do so then it isn't necessarily freewill it is a response to the cited reason and if there is no reason then it is a random act and a random act is not the exercise of freewill it is just rolling dice.

(How many targets can you use vicious mockery on simultaneously?)

(How solid is the floor?)

(If you make that suggestion in character but unless someone else proposes it Eikka would never even consider going back. Will of Zud and all that.)

(We don't have any in game reason to think that following them would be any safer. I try not to mettagame.)

(Yeah you don't owe me from when you blew frost breath all over me or anything.)

(Just something Eikka would do, you can consider it flavor text) i check the door to the main stairs. Is it covered in spinning blades too?

Medicine skill on my injured companions 

Snerp and myself used the secret attic stairs. I fire a crossbow bolt through the doorway. It's fast and small if it doesn't make it we sure won't. If it is chopped to bits I fire one thought the wall to sort of gauge its strength.

Can we even move through the house?

Well there goes the resale value.

(Yeah and a windmill.)

(Perfect so at the next inn we'll pay for our rooms in friendship. I'm sure the innkeeper won't have any problems with that.)

(Nobody in town. No lady fair belabouring under an illness. Means we aren't getting paid.)

Attic stairs should be fine.

I'm pretty sure you Snerp and I represent a simple majority.

Buddamoose nominates lux and I second that let's bring it to a vote. I vote aye .

@TheDreadPirateRoberts @kindertina @Buddamoose @earth @drafterman

Can you use the robe with armor? Who do we give it to?

(That is a hell of a thought. We're going to need to do an eighties cleaning/fixing up montage. Does anyone have some mops comical cleaning overalls and possibly a robot?)

(You can remove it from my inventory and put it in Luraxt's then)

(I feel stupid. It's in my inventory. I'll offer it to kindertina before we have another rest.)

(We have a wizard totally trumps our interests imho. Like when we got the cleric scrolls they went in my inventory no questions asked. Any way if we don't have it we better go back and get it.)

If there is a roll involved that guidance can help with I'll cast it as part of each ritual.

(That includes the ring if you tell me you have it)

Get everything we found together, including the artifacts from the chanting room (bone knife, skull dagger, yellow hand etc.) And ritually cast detect magic. Everything that us magic gets ritually identified.

Then I recommend we take the time to examine and identify everything we have collected so far 

Can I cast a spell as a ritual if I don't have any slots? I know it doesn't cost any slots but I didn't want to assume that I wouldn't need one available.

(It's written in the same language I use when I channel divinity, Primordial.)

(You mean whenever you smell me?)

I vote forward. You always go forward.

How long does presdigitation last?

I read from the book of Zud while I rest. I also feed and otherwise see to the kitten.

I slowly lower my crossbow.

Eikka, pointing to myself.

@TheDreadPirateRoberts @kindertina 

Who are you and are you still among the living?

Roberts what is the elf saying? Eikka has not lowered her crossbow nor her guard.

(I thought kindertina said you spoke elvish but the post is addressed to TheDreadPirateRoberts.)

(Yeah but why isn't the drow speaking common? Kindertina specifically said Luraxt was speaking undercommon and then elvish. Maybe there is a language barrier.)