Renegade Paladin
2012-05-10, 05:14 PM
I'm currently playing through the Council of Thieves adventure path for Pathfinder. We're on part four of six, "The Infernal Syndrome."
We've been asked to sign an infernal contract that will exempt us from attack by the minions of a certain archduke of Hell, etc while attempting to do whatever it is we've been asked to do. The decision is already made; the entire rest of the party signed while my character and his cohort looked at them like they were insane. The DM cackled ominously at my refusal, and apparently the dungeon we're about to enter is going to try to murder me while leaving them alone. It is too late for any information I get to influence the adventure, but I must sate my curiosity on one particular point: Are there, in fact, consequences down the road for signing? Now, I do not want spoilers or any specifics, but I just want to know, in general terms, whether or not I'm netting any benefit whatsoever or just making the adventure harder on myself for no gain. :smalltongue: (If the latter is true then that's fine; my character is a stubborn and hard as nails dwarf, and his cohort is his equally stubborn and even harder than nails cousin, and neither would consider binding themselves to an archdevil's service in any matter under any circumstances, damn the torpedoes. But curiosity gnaws.)
We've been asked to sign an infernal contract that will exempt us from attack by the minions of a certain archduke of Hell, etc while attempting to do whatever it is we've been asked to do. The decision is already made; the entire rest of the party signed while my character and his cohort looked at them like they were insane. The DM cackled ominously at my refusal, and apparently the dungeon we're about to enter is going to try to murder me while leaving them alone. It is too late for any information I get to influence the adventure, but I must sate my curiosity on one particular point: Are there, in fact, consequences down the road for signing? Now, I do not want spoilers or any specifics, but I just want to know, in general terms, whether or not I'm netting any benefit whatsoever or just making the adventure harder on myself for no gain. :smalltongue: (If the latter is true then that's fine; my character is a stubborn and hard as nails dwarf, and his cohort is his equally stubborn and even harder than nails cousin, and neither would consider binding themselves to an archdevil's service in any matter under any circumstances, damn the torpedoes. But curiosity gnaws.)