It's funny how it works.  PAIN dominates, which is bad for player characters.  This gives me coins of despair, which allow me to bend circumstances in ways that hurt...which is bad for player characters.  But in turn, whenever I do so the coin of despair used to shaft you transmutes to a coin of hope, which can be used by player characters to make things suck a bit less...which is good for player characters.<br/><br/>Yes, you have to get shafted twice to get a positive effect.  This is a horror game.  Pyramid Head lurks around in here somewhere.  It'sa gonna suck.