[quote=TheWindel] That's fine. Just keep in mind that there will be some battles where Adrian will not win, and so he might not want to go around threatening things before planning ahead with his mates. Marianne being the prime example at the moment until we start getting into the manor's more mental pathways.Also, I like your idea for his transformation meta-game. Should be interesting. [/quote] I really have to agree, every one of our characters will fail in some way by the end of this. There is no perfection, even The Collector has some major flaws that I plan to exploit for plot and suspense. No one is safe! -- I do have to commend Drallinix for the dice idea though, it sounds like an interesting way to keep from doing the same thing over and over again. It's a technique I've used on many a plot in my personal writing adventures... though I have yet to find a use for it on this site, still waiting to find a reason for that.