When he heard the offer, he couldn't believe it. He grinned like a jackal, and his eyes light up like hellpits consuming otherwise useless petitioners.<br/><br/>Also, he nearly dropped the orbs of elements on himself. Nearly.[1]<br/><br/>"Well, you never told me<em>what</em>you were paying in. I would have given you the same answer then, as I did now. At current trade rates, you'd only have to hand over the soul of an above average Avoral [2], I hardly think that's so hard to find."<br/><br/>He began to catch the orbs, and return them to their respective pouches.<br/><br/>"Humiliation of a Deviless. Yes. That sounds like<em>fun</em>. So long as she's not permantly destroyed, we can do anything we want. Correct?"<br/><br/>The look on his scarred face was sinister to say the least. Not supremely frightening, only very frightening [3]. He sighed, and smiled at the others.<br/><br/>"Alright then Belial. How's the testing going to go, and I'm assuming typical precautions will be taken, like amputations for ressurections? I don't fancy being a Barghest's or Annihilation Sphere's permanent meal. I mean. It's not like I haven't had to deal with them before."<br/><br/>Herose from the ground in a single action, pulled off the spiked and plated gauntlet from his left hand, and stuck out his left pinkie finger. From the other gauntlet, at the index finger, a single blade of white energy sprang out from the fingertip. He gripped the tip of his small finger in his dark metal teeth, and carefully placed the white finger-blade just under the first knuckle. The joint had a permanent scar around the joint, testament to thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of amputations done to the joint. The tip of his nose kept the perilious blade from being driven into his face, and he angled his wrist down, and the fingertip came off.<br/><br/>The white energy-blade vanished, dismissed once it's purpose done, and he pulled a wand from his boot to stop the bleeding [4]. The stump closed over, and he took the amputated finger from his teeth, and did the same to the slowly bleeding fingertip [5].<br/><br/>"Right. That's squared away then. I'm going to send this to my father. Unless you, Devil, are willing to<em>Ressurect</em>me if something....<em>untoward</em>happens? I'd be willing to give your tests a second go, if you'll let me."<br/><br/>He looked over at the rest of them.<br/><br/>"I'm guessing you'll all want the same? Or are you able to get Over-dieties to bring you back from the dead no matter what happens to you? Or are you all Liches, and mortal concerns like 'having a body' don't really matter?"<br/><br/>This was neither an accusation, nor interrogation; he asked the question just as easily as a farrier would ask a stable-master which horses needed to be reshod.<br/><br/>======<br/>[1]:Perform Check = 62 (http://dicebot.php?r=10465)<br/>[2]: CR 10 anything, Avorals are normal CR 9<br/>[3]: ]Intimidate Check (http://dicebot.php?r=10466) = 37<br/>[4,5]: UMD Checks: 53 for all (Combat Looting; +43 modifier)<br/><br/>I'm just bored, and making skill checks b/c I can. Seriously.<br/><br/>Also, Spheres of Annihilation, Barghests, and a few other abilities are fairly.... annoying. Unless you're a Lich.