Post by Tami on Aug 5, 2006 18:56:36 GMT -5
PATH OF POWER AND INNER VOICE
Nickname: Unifiers
Hierarchy of Sins
Rating Moral guideline
10………...Denying Responsibility for your actions
9………….Treating your underlings poorly
8………….Failing to respect your superiors
7………….Helping others when it is not to your advantage
6………….Accepting defeat
5………….Failing to kill when it is in your interest.
4………….Submitting to the errors of others
3………….Not using the most effective tools for control
2………….Not punishing failure
1………….Turning down an opportunity for Power
Virtues:This Path espouses conviction and, seemingly odd, instinct. Although unifiers can seem cold and calculating, they know the beast is ultimatly a tool to be guided, not supressed.
Ethics of the Path
• Do not tolerate failure – including one’s 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 sparing with rewards. Drive followers to excel, but never let them assume the reward follows excellence. It takes no blood or eternal life to know this, Machiavella taught the same thing as Kine. Followers who go unrewarded for merit have no motivation, but followers who are rewarded for evey act of merit 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 one’s self and bend it to the will. Control or be controlled. If one does not remain in control at times, he reveals a chink for the beast to slip through.
• Use the most effective tool for any undertaking. Hate, fear, and anger are among these tools, but feign benevolence if necessary This Path is not about the satisfaction of unleashed emotions. Such puerile pleasures are the currency of the Beast. A Master guides her 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 usurp 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. Do not 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.
Nickname: Unifiers
Hierarchy of Sins
Rating Moral guideline
10………...Denying Responsibility for your actions
9………….Treating your underlings poorly
8………….Failing to respect your superiors
7………….Helping others when it is not to your advantage
6………….Accepting defeat
5………….Failing to kill when it is in your interest.
4………….Submitting to the errors of others
3………….Not using the most effective tools for control
2………….Not punishing failure
1………….Turning down an opportunity for Power
Virtues:This Path espouses conviction and, seemingly odd, instinct. Although unifiers can seem cold and calculating, they know the beast is ultimatly a tool to be guided, not supressed.
Ethics of the Path
• Do not tolerate failure – including one’s 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 sparing with rewards. Drive followers to excel, but never let them assume the reward follows excellence. It takes no blood or eternal life to know this, Machiavella taught the same thing as Kine. Followers who go unrewarded for merit have no motivation, but followers who are rewarded for evey act of merit 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 one’s self and bend it to the will. Control or be controlled. If one does not remain in control at times, he reveals a chink for the beast to slip through.
• Use the most effective tool for any undertaking. Hate, fear, and anger are among these tools, but feign benevolence if necessary This Path is not about the satisfaction of unleashed emotions. Such puerile pleasures are the currency of the Beast. A Master guides her 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 usurp 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. Do not 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.