Moist von Lipwig

Right, so! How's my Moist? Please tell me if I can improve on him or anything, I want to do him justice, seeing as he's my first Discworld muse. Concrit, advice, praise, plots, all of those are welcome! Flames will just be chucked into the bin.

AIM: doesnotlikesoaps
Plurk: sugarhoneyderpishly
Personal: ineffabilities

Hit me!

- Effy

So! Moist here is a con man, and as a result, he's picked up the (human) ability to tell if someone's lying, as well as bits of their personality, just by talking with them or shaking hands with them (the latter being part of the reason how he figured out Reacher Gilt's true personality, the former being how he knows that Groat is hiding something from him). Granted, some people (i.e. Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson) can get past that talent of his, but that's not why we're here, right?

...okay, so it's part of the reason why we're here.

Basically, this is a permissions post! I understand that this can be a bit god-modey at times, and I don't want to step on anyone's toes while playing Moist, so, please fill out the form below:

Can Moist tell if your character is lying? Can he tell parts of your character's nature from the way they act? If so, what are they, and what can give them away?

As a note, you are also perfectly free to let your characters play him for a fool for once, since some of them may be able to discern his true nature as well and fool him into thinking that they're harmless, if they're that type of person.

...hit me!