5th Trials - Phase 3 - Community Vote

[MyNameIsJoey]

Question : You discover a magic incantation that allows anyone using it to possess another's body, and if to survive death through this process if so desired. What do you do after this discovery?

I would destroy it and any possible chance to find it again. A human's rights ends where the other's start. It is just inhuman to decide of anothers life just to try and lenghten yours more.

[bogtro]

Before answering that, I need a clarification on "possess". Do you mean just hanging around in someone elses body, or do you mean effectively killing them and controlling their body?

[Jenkar]

Before answering that, I need a clarification on "possess". Do you mean just hanging around in someone elses body, or do you mean effectively killing them and controlling their body?

Hanging around in the body, with the capacity to take control of it whenever you wish. Taking control not implying killing their soul. (hence not implying permanence.

[bogtro]

I would do the same as ji412jo. Such a spell is too dangerous to have any possibility of being found, even if I had good intentions for using it. There are always people who will misuse something that is otherwise intended for good purposes, and this incantation doesn't seem to be so much intended for good purposes. These things happen over and over again with weapons, drugs, etc. It's not worth it.

[bogtro]

Following an interesting conversation in chat, here's a question to all my competitors:

In Phase 2, one of the bans was Devourer.
a) How do you feel this affected your deckbuilding?
b) If you were choosing the bans, would you have banned Devourer [or: do you agree or disagree with the ban?]
c) How do you feel about in-element bans? Should they be allowed, disallowed, or forced? Should there be a limit?

[MyNameIsJoey]

Following an interesting conversation in chat, here's a question to all my competitors:

In Phase 2, one of the bans was Devourer.
a) How do you feel this affected your deckbuilding?
b) If you were choosing the bans, would you have banned Devourer [or: do you agree or disagree with the ban?]
c) How do you feel about in-element bans? Should they be allowed, disallowed, or forced? Should there be a limit?

I feel like ive heard this conversation somewhere before ...

1) It affected my deckbuilding tons.
2) I would not have banned Devourer. because, as an answer to 3), I am against in-element bans. How well do you know your element if you cannot even fight against your own self?

[Jenkar]

Following an interesting conversation in chat, here's a question to all my competitors:

In Phase 2, one of the bans was Devourer.
a) How do you feel this affected your deckbuilding?
b) If you were choosing the bans, would you have banned Devourer [or: do you agree or disagree with the ban?]
c) How do you feel about in-element bans? Should they be allowed, disallowed, or forced? Should there be a limit?

I feel like ive heard this conversation somewhere before ...

1) It affected my deckbuilding tons.
2) I would not have banned Devourer. because, as an answer to 3), I am against in-element bans. How well do you know your element if you cannot even fight against your own self?

2) Well. Tbh, unless you get silly bans like no offense, you're precisely showing how much you know your element by thinkin' out of the box.

[MyNameIsJoey]

Following an interesting conversation in chat, here's a question to all my competitors:

In Phase 2, one of the bans was Devourer.
a) How do you feel this affected your deckbuilding?
b) If you were choosing the bans, would you have banned Devourer [or: do you agree or disagree with the ban?]
c) How do you feel about in-element bans? Should they be allowed, disallowed, or forced? Should there be a limit?

I feel like ive heard this conversation somewhere before ...

1) It affected my deckbuilding tons.
2) I would not have banned Devourer. because, as an answer to 3), I am against in-element bans. How well do you know your element if you cannot even fight against your own self?

2) Well. Tbh, unless you get silly bans like no offense, you're precisely showing how much you know your element by thinkin' out of the box.

It always depends. In this case, we are speaking of devourer. With devourer banned you, at the total opposite, do not need to think outside the box. Devourers stop the ability to splash cards, which then makes you have to think. If what you are scared of is pestal and pestosis, give 5 bans, idc, but no in-element.

[MrBlonde]

Before answering that, I need a clarification on "possess". Do you mean just hanging around in someone elses body, or do you mean effectively killing them and controlling their body?

Hanging around in the body, with the capacity to take control of it whenever you wish. Taking control not implying killing their soul. (hence not implying permanence.

i actually like this question a lot. Is the person who is being possessed aware they are being possessed? Do they blank out or believe they are actually in control of their body?

[Jenkar]

Before answering that, I need a clarification on "possess". Do you mean just hanging around in someone elses body, or do you mean effectively killing them and controlling their body?

Hanging around in the body, with the capacity to take control of it whenever you wish. Taking control not implying killing their soul. (hence not implying permanence.

i actually like this question a lot. Is the person who is being possessed aware they are being possessed? Do they blank out or believe they are actually in control of their body?

Your choice is the answer to all. You can also vary, ie make them not be aware till you want them to.

[Xenocidius]

Question : You discover a magic incantation that allows anyone using it to possess another's body, and if to survive death through this process if so desired. What do you do after this discovery?

I would memorize this incantation, then destroy the source. Something like this could be incredibly useful one day - for example, avoiding a dangerous situation by possessing the source of the danger (assuming it is a person).

As for achieving immortality through it, I'm not sure. Jumping from body to body, watching (and possibly contributing) as we humans discover the various mysteries of the universe ... that sounds very appealing to me.

Following an interesting conversation in chat, here's a question to all my competitors:

In Phase 2, one of the bans was Devourer.
a) How do you feel this affected your deckbuilding?
b) If you were choosing the bans, would you have banned Devourer [or: do you agree or disagree with the ban?]
c) How do you feel about in-element bans? Should they be allowed, disallowed, or forced? Should there be a limit?

a) I probably would have put Devourer in just about all of my decks, because it is such an incredibly useful card.

b) I would have banned Devourer. The fact that it fits in so many Darkness decks and hinders so many duos (especially mark-powered duos) means it stifles creativity. Forcing challengers to think outside of the box and using knowledge of their element to make effective decks without Devourer nor the hindrance of Devourer threats greatly improves the quality of battles, and makes them more effective in assessing whether a challenger would make a good Master or not.

c) Having too many in-element bans is a bad idea, especially considering we can only use up to 6 cards from other elements. I see nothing wrong with banning the 1-2 most used cards in the element, though, especially in cases like Devourer.

[bogtro]

Noting this here: I am far away from home atm at a hotel, where my only access is on hotel computers. Since hotel computers don't seem to really like EtG, I'm not going to be able to answer any questions that require building decks until I get home [which is after the deadline]. Sorry.