I Accept, Conditionally...

The idea of being Controlled by anyone other than yourself, is one you have always found loathsome, but, if you played this game right you would still be able to to come out ahead and not be shackled to their ideas of what you should be and do...

"I accept, conditionally." You intone, and then when they arch an eyebrow go on. "If you will provide me with a strike team with which I can retrieve at least one of my brothers, so that I can breed more clutches of eggs, I will thereafter implant any members of your faith that you chose with the ones I currently have remaining to me. We then will review our arrangement and decide if we should continue to associate or go our separate ways: though in honesty I fully intend at the moment to leave with my brothers at that juncture." And now you are VERY confused, this sudden honest streak of yours is starting to bother you, to work best you needed to be underhanded, deceptive, devious... ~The ELF!~ You think in horror realizing that her eyes have not left your own the whole time you have been speaking, and she has been making small gestures with her hands too. ~She's a Mesmer, and one of their powers is 'Compel Honesty'! Why that little bitch!~ You think angrily, but keep your features calm. One of the weaknesses of the Mesmer class is that once people realize you are using a power on them it stops working, unless you are much higher level than they are, and she is not THAT far above you...

~Except she SHOULD be...~ You think privately. ~I am only 5th level and she is 11th, that's 'more than double' which is the threshold for Mesmers to be able to overcome someone that knows they are being 'Mesmerized'... Did I gain a level somewhere in here?~

You pull up your sheet and read it over.

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Name: Araneae
Race: Giant Spider (Unbound, Human Cleric, Gilded.)
Class: 6th level ??? (Spider)

Stats:

HP : 60/60
MP : 36/36

STR : 16
AGG : 10
ACC : 10

P-DEF : 12
M-DEF : 6
S-DEF : 6

ML-ATK : 12
ML-DMG : 1-6 + (STR)
R-ATK : 3
R-DMG : "Special"
MG-ATK : 0
MG-DMG : 0

Strengths :

Chitinous Hide (Gilded): You take reduced damage from 'Blunt', 'Slashing', and 'Fire' attacks.

Weaknesses :

None

Special abilities :

3-D Movement: You can move along walls, ceilings, and other vertical or upside-down surfaces as if they were the floor so long as they are not slick or shier and can support your weight.
Webs: You can spin strands of spider silk from your spinnerets, forming them into a variety of shapes and functions, from great thick cables to thin strands suitable for weaving. These strands can be silky or sticky at your discretion, and you can make them stick only to some types of item or creature if you wish. You can make a Net from your webbing to throw at a target, ensnaring them at range. This uses your Ranged Attack modifier.
Venom (Human Gilded): (Human): You can inject a soporific venom through your fangs. This venom does no damage but makes the person injected fall into a deep slumber for a number of minutes based on your level and the amount injected from which they are hard to wake. As you level up both potency and the amount you have available increase. (Gilded): If you inject a tiny dose of your venom it produces instead a pleasant tingling sensation in the target, which can cause some susceptible individuals to become aroused. This effect can be mildly addictive, use with caution.

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Nothing really new, but you had in fact picked up a level, you wonder briefly when that had happened... ~No Matter.~ you think calmly. "It still means that the Elf can't compel me to honesty any more unless she gains two more levels without me gaining any.~

While you have been reading your sheet Brierindra and Elsie Moran have been conferring via some kind of sign language that you don't understand, and now look at you as if they are ready to give their answer...