>>8179>Thez would not have interfered, in fact she'd have stopped the others from interferingHow would - How should - the characters of responded to that? Thez previously told them that demon blood allows arch-demons to control minor minor demons. Thez told them that Tracy could now be controlled, either by Soros or by Thez's evil mother, and that Thez herself could be and has been controlled, evidently by her mother. The most logical conclusion, should Thez have tried to stop them, would have been that Thez was enthralled by her mother, who was trying to prevent Tracy from being captured because she wanted to control Tracy. This would have lead to a sword fight between Trump and the evidently enthralled Thez.
>>8177I'm sorry, but you don't just say that one character is a manchurian candidate able to be controlled at any time by the big bad, without expecting there to be repercussions. That is precisely the sort of information that ought to and will have effects upon the gameplay, not just from the set of events that occur, but also from how the player characters respond. If Tracy had run off into the woods and transformed, and then George Soros came back for a fight, Trump and hopefully the the other characters are not going to let Tracy near them at any point in the battle, or near the city, because she could at any time turncoat and literally stab them in the back.
Trumpaladin has been told, first by Thez that Tracy "smelled different," "like a demon," then by Fae that she was an "infernal," and then Vanderiem that she was an evil of the same sort as Thez. More importantly, Thez - who can generally be trusted to be knowledgable on these matters - explicitly stated Tracy could be mind controlled by arch-demons, and Thez's test revealed that Tracy had the influence of both George Soros AND Thez's demon mother. After that, there was simply no way Trump could have possibly trusted Tracy until the Manchurian Candidate issue had been resolved.
Running away made the situation worse - much worse - because it is out of character for Tracy, and because there didn't seem to any reason for it except for bad intentions. Especially when Tracy kicked Inferius (and also stabbed him, but that's more in charcater). Normal Tracy would have stayed in Trump's presence, or would have gone quietly exploring/trying to kill Fae. Not bolt into the woods. The only conclusion that could have been drawn from was that Tracy had turned evil and betrayed the team.
Trumpaldin needed to kill or cure Tracy. Trying to kill Tracy met with objections from Inferius, who also did not intend to let Tracy escape, and so the only course of action remaining was to attempt to cure Tracy.>go through the change in private, and then return for the boss fight; but others kept getting in my way
>>8146>I suggest that players do a bit more delving/inquiring before,… well,… 'running off with things'I spent 3+ hours and asked many questions in gameplay trying to get to the bottom of a single important question: is Tracy a demon now or not? And it was answered in the affirmative by a source not to be doubted. As for the attempted to cure Tracy by infusion with Trump's essence, well, if we are being honest here, it was a low risk move. There wasn't much to lose from failing