"Asmodia said, under Osirion-supervised truthspell, that the tropes were probably real, that she'd been temporarily turned into a dragon, that a god gave her a permanent +1 Intelligence boost, and that she was in fact asexual - someone who doesn't experience sexual desire - and had ended up as the one who stands back and watches it all."

"Nefreti Clepati said she'd explain things to Ione once they were offscreen."

"And no matter what the in-world rationalization, the fact remains that Golarion contains damage-resistant 'masochists'."

"You'd need some context to get all that.  But I think there's a story."

Keltham is still trying to figure out how to make use of the fact.  Most stories where the characters know they're in a story resist being easily manipulated by the characters, and sometimes the story makes an example out of the first character who tries, or warns them off in a way that discourages anyone from trying again.  You can defy tropes, sure, or use them when they're appearing anyways; deliberately invoking tropes in order to use them is a lot more dangerous, inside a story, especially if you try to invoke them to solve your problems directly and without having otherwise earned the solution.  'Do not mess with tropes' and all that.

"Asmodia said, under Osirion-supervised truthspell, that the tropes were probably real, that she'd been temporarily turned into a dragon, that a god gave her a permanent +1 Intelligence boost, and that she was in fact asexual - someone who doesn't experience sexual desire - and had ended up as the one who stands back and watches it all."

"Nefreti Clepati said she'd explain things to Ione once they were offscreen."

"And no matter what the in-world rationalization, the fact remains that Golarion contains damage-resistant 'masochists'."

"You'd need some context to get all that.  But I think there's a story."

Keltham is still trying to figure out how to make use of the fact.  Most stories where the characters know they're in a story resist being easily manipulated by the characters, and sometimes the story makes an example out of the first character who tries, or warns them off in a way that discourages anyone from trying again.  You can defy tropes, sure, or use them when they're appearing anyways; deliberately invoking tropes in order to use them is a lot more dangerous, inside a story, especially if you try to invoke them to solve your problems directly and without having otherwise earned the solution.  'Do not mess with tropes' and all that.

"Asmodia said, under Osirion-supervised truthspell, that the tropes were probably real, that she'd been temporarily turned into a dragon, that a god gave her a permanent +1 Intelligence boost, and that she was in fact asexual - someone who doesn't experience sexual desire - and had ended up as the one who stands back and watches it all."

"Nefreti Clepati said she'd explain things to Ione once they were offscreen."

"And no matter what the in-world rationalization, the fact remains that Golarion contains damage-resistant 'masochists'."

"You'd need some context to get all that.  But I think there's a story."

Keltham is still trying to figure out how to make use of the fact.  Most stories where the characters know they're in a story resist being easily manipulated by the characters, and sometimes the story makes an example out of the first character who tries, or warns them off in a way that discourages anyone from trying again.  'Do not mess with tropes' and all that.