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Path of Power and the Inner Voice
Topic Started: Aug 15 2015, 11:52 AM (249 Views)
Featherstone
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Nickname: Unifiers

Virtues: Conviction and Instinct

Ethics of the Path

Don't tolerate failure -- including your own. Punish it visibly and harshly. It is a proven fact that negative reinforcement produces greater efficiency then positive reinforcement. So long as punishment is not fatal, one can learn from the consequences, and then seek to overcome once more. Failure, by contrast, leads to weakness and weakness to corruption and corruption to the Beast. And once the Beast takes hold, the consequences last for an eternity.

Be sporadic in your rewards. Drive your followers to excel, but never let them assume that reward follows excellence. It takes no blood or eternal life to know this. Followers who go unrewarded for merit have no motivation, but followers who are rewarded for every act soon learn to do only enough to earn a reward. Even animals can be guided to greater efficiency in this fashion

Strive for control by any means. Dominate the world around you and bend it to your will. Control or be controlled. If one does not remain in control at all times, he reveals a chink for the Beast to slip through. Use the most effective tool for any undertaking. Hate, fear, and anger are key among these tools, but feign benevolence. This Path is not about the satisfaction of unleashed emotions. Such puerile pleasures are the currency of the Beast. A Master guides their words and deeds according to the needs of efficiency, not gratification. That said, remember who it is against one struggles in the jihad; monsters. Use the weapons of monsters against them, that one might be the greatest monster of all.

Show respect to those in authority, but replace them when they falter. By definition, those in positions of superiority have learned more. They are models by which one can learn to subdue the Beast. This is true exactly as long as they remain superior in deed and thought as well as title. Each case is unique. The first step on this path to mastery is knowing when one has surpassed one’s teachers. When that happens, continuing to follow is the gate way to degradation, not advancement. Eliminate any chance of such a decline by eliminating unworthy models.

Deal from a position of power. Don't show weakness. Or, as some kine say “Act as if”. Even mortals know that the first step to true power is to feign power. If one is weak, emulate Strength. If one is poor, act as though wealthy. If uncertain, deal from a position of surest confidence. Oftentimes, such posturing can carry one through.

Although unifiers can seem cold and calculating, they know the beast is ultimately a tool to be guided, not suppressed.Unifiers are driven, confident, and even megalomaniacal, they have an intense need for control combined with introspectiveness. They accept no excuses, and drive themselves and their subjects mercilessly, and show no pity or compassion for failure. Respect should be given to those in positions of authority, but those who falter must be cast down and replaced. Followers of this Path seek wealth, influence, and support. Rulership should be achieved by any means necessary — when alliances or honor are useful, they are used, but otherwise, the more efficacious tools of fear and hate are appropriate. The Unifier constantly seeks out means of developing her own capabilities and furthering her own agenda.

Path of Power and the Inner Voice
ScoreMoral Guideline
10Denying responsibility for your actions.
9Treating your underlings poorly.
8Failing to respect your superiors.
7Helping others when it's not to your advantage.
6Accepting defeat.
5Failing to kill when it's in your interests.
4Submitting to the error of others.
3Not using the most effective tools for control.
2Not punishing failure.
1Turning down an opportunity for power.

- Featherstone & Roofie
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