Siege Tactics Quotes

“Our minds and memories cannot be trusted; spend too long in there trying to pull out a memory that doesn’t exist, and you’ll end up creating it. Imagination is a powerful thing, especially when combined with uncertainty and self-doubt. I’ve seen others build their own hells around them with the fears of what they might have done.”
― Drew Hayes, Siege Tactics

“Was that really me? Why can I remember doing all of these things, but not why I did them, or what I was feeling, or what made it seem so important? Why does the person I was before feel so different from who I am now?”
― Drew Hayes, Siege Tactics

“New plan. It’s exactly the same as the old plan, except we try very hard not to die”
― Drew Hayes, Siege Tactics

“If you only do the right thing when it’s easy, then it’s convenience, not virtue,”
― Drew Hayes, Siege Tactics

“And, for what it’s worth, as someone who’s already had to grapple with the same questions you have, remember that how you got here doesn’t really matter. Parents, magic, divine creation, none of it means a damn once you exist. We’re not defined by where we come from; we’re defined by what we make of the lives we have.”
― Drew Hayes, Siege Tactics

“functionality was better than raw power. Then again, raw power certainly did have its uses.”
― Drew Hayes, Siege Tactics

“Paladins respected the law; they did not serve it.”
― Drew Hayes, Siege Tactics

“Truth be told, the willful idiocy is my favorite part of adventurers.”
― Drew Hayes, Siege Tactics

“A nice idea, but remember, they’re still adventurers. When did an adventurer ever take the reasonable option?”
― Drew Hayes, Siege Tactics

“Except being afraid wasn’t such a bad thing, when he thought about it. Fear was a marker, a distinction, a line in the sand between who he was and who he’d been. Every time Timuscor felt his fear rise up, it was a reminder that he was real and different from his prior incarnation. And in a way, that made it comforting, enough for him to push past his hesitations.”
― Drew Hayes, Siege Tactics