Opt
Opt verb - To come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration.
Usage example: after that near catastrophe, they opted to reinstate the telephone service
Rule
Rule verb - To exercise authority or power over.
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It's also an exception to the "nearly mindless" rule-a cleric (usually an evil one, but not always) can opt to become a "mummy lord" which, as the name might suggest, combine the powers of normal mummies with all of their living intelligence and Functional Magic.
Source: Mummy -
But you're a nice Evil Overlord, so you opt simply to throw your brother, the one person who could cast your authority to rule your entire empire into doubt, into prison (or a monastery) and forget to tell anyone that he's your brother.
Source: Man in the Iron Mask
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