Ethos, Logos and Pathos

**Ethos, Logos, and Pathos** are character perks in Expeditions: Rome, which give the player character access to different dialogue options when talking to NPCs in certain situations. These **Rhetorical Styles** can offer different outcomes to a discussion than what normally might happen. At the start of the game, the player character can master a rhetorical style of their choosing.

* **Ethos**: The art of using the power of your authority or your abilities to get your way.
* **Logos**: The art of convincing someone with sound logical arguments and reasoning.
* **Pathos**: The art of winning people over using stirring rhetoric or emotional manipulation.

Later in the game, the player has the ability to master a **second rhetorical style**. This is done by talking to Marcus Tullius Cicero at the end of Act 1 at the Senate in Rome before leaving for Africa.

## Dialogue options for each style

### Ethos

* During the Act 1 main quest Divide and Conquer, it can be used to...
* During the Act 1 main quest The Smuggler, it can be used to...
* During the Act 1 side quest Romani Ite Domum, it can be used to...
* During the Act 1 Random travel event Your Money or Your Life, it can be used to...
* During the Act 2 main quest Coming on Strong, it can be used to...
* During the Act 2 main quest Spoils of War, it can be used to...
* During the Act 2 side quest The Aqueduct, it can be used to have the Romans leave without bloodshed by paying them 2000 denarii.
* During the Act 2 side quest Marticide, it can be used to...
* During the Act 3 main quest The End of the Aedui it can be used to ...
* During the Act 3 Random travel event The Tribes are Marching, it can be used to ...
* During Act 3 you can get the schematic for the unique weapon Lance of Olyndicus from the smith in Lugdunensis after completing the quest In This Mess.

### Logos

* During the Act 1 side quest Caesar's Journal, you can convince Agrippa to give the journal back without compensating him.
* During the Act 1 side quest Temple Fire, you can demand payment for your help.
* During the Act 1 side quest The Olympian, with Logos you can answer the first two riddles correctly.
* During the Act 1 side quest Blood of Jupiter, the player can convince the wine merchant Kallis to sell the special wine to the player for 1300 Denarii instead of 2000, due to the demand for that specific wine being low.
* During the Act 1 side quest Hostage Exchange, Mithridates will offer to free some 200 legionarii, with Logos you can change it to 480 legionarii.
* During the Act 1 side quest Vineyards, it can be used to change Cordius's offer from 5000 denarii to 6000 denarii.
* During the Act 2 main quest The Egyptian Queen, it can be used to...
* During the Act 2 main quest Coming on Strong, it can be used to...
* During the Act 2 side quest Afterlife Travel Guide, you can ask for 600 denarii for agreeing to take the drink to travel to the afterlife.
* During the Act 2 side quest The Aqueduct, you can get Meddur's Shield if you ask for something in return for the favor and use Logos.
* During the Act 2 side quest The Number of Death, it can be used to...
* During the Act 2 side quest Family Reunion, you can use it to buy the serva for 2000 denarii instead of 8000 denarii.
* During the Act 2 side quest An Unsettled Score, you can use it to ask Deianeira about why she wants you to lure the man and can again be used to lure the man.
* During the Act 3 main quest Veni, Vedi, Vici, it can be used to...
* During Act 3, After the quest A Menhir for Divitiacus, the player character can obtain information from Tinus how to please the god Esus another way for the quest The End of the Aedui.
* During the Act 3 side quest An Unsettled Score, it can be used to...
* During the Act 3 side quest The Last Stand, it can be used to...
* During the Act 4 main quest Res Publica, it can be used to...

### Pathos

* In Act 1, you can convince Athanasios who will offer to buy your prisoners for 5000 denarii instead of 3000.
* During the Act 1 main quest Divide and Conquer, it can be used to...
* During the Act 1 side quest Caesar's Journal, it can be used to...
* During the Act 1 side quest The Olympian, with Pathos you can answer the third riddle correctly.
* During the Act 1 side quest Hostage Exchange, it can be used to...
* During the Act 2 main quest The Egyptian Queen, it can be used to...
* During the Act 2 main quest Spoils of War, it can be used to...
* During the Act 2 side quest A Carpet Befitting a Queen, it can be used to...
* During the Act 2 side quest The Number of Death, it can be used to...
* During the Act 2 side quest Damsels in Distress, it can be used to...
* During Act 2 Random travel event The Mirage Warriors, it can be used to...
* During Act 2, you can use it to lower Sabinus Ursinus price from 1000 to 250 denarii for the Schematic: Standard of Mars
* During the Act 3 main quest The End of the Aedui it can be used to...
* During the Act 3 main quest Veni, Vedi, Vici, it can be used to...
* During the Act 3 side quest The Last Stand, it can be used to...
* During the Act 3 Random travel event Hunters of Romans, it can be used to...

## Historical Context

The three styles of rhetoric originate from Aristotles' work Rhetorics. A translated book can either be read online or bought at book stores. Read more about this topic here: Rethoric