#I would have been happy if they'd just included the Cyrinishad in its entirety in Prince of Lies and/or Crucible

[third-thoughts]

Spoilers for Prince of Lies...

I know Cyric gets a lot of flak for the whole Cyrinishad incident, but I sympathise with him because if I'd just written my Awesome Autobiography that makes me look super cool and makes anyone who reads it think I really am that awesome, I also would not be able to resist reading it myself.

Like, I think "As the creator of this artifact, surely I'll be immune to its effects" is not an unreasonable assumption. Thing is, though - even if I knew there was a risk, I would STILL be tempted. Like before the compulsion ever had a chance to take hold.

Like if you've gone to the effort of writing a novel, you're gonna want to read it! He's only been dictating, what, a chapter or two at a time? If that were me, you can bet I'd want the experience of reading it start to finish. No way am I gonna be the only one who's not read my own Magnum Opus.

So yeah, everyone's going "Haha look he read his own magic book" and I'm just like, "Yeah no that would be me".