Modrons... I always suspected...

[JonahFalcon]

... that they were the telephone operators who called me, especially about my delinquent credit card bill.

[magic9mushroom]

Likely not Modrons. Pandemonium is between Limbo and the Abyss.

[JonahFalcon]

Likely not Modrons. Pandemonium is between Limbo and the Abyss.

So is my credit card bill.

[mcv]

I completely didn't get that frame at all. I guess more specialised D&D knowledge is required for that.

[Silverraptor]

I completely didn't get that frame at all. I guess more specialised D&D knowledge is required for that.

Don't feel too bad, I play dnd and I don't even have a clue of what they're talking about.:smallsigh:

[JonahFalcon]

Everything you need to know about Modrons (http://planewalking.dungeons.ru/denizens/modrons/modrons.htm).

Monster Manual stats (http://planewalking.dungeons.ru/denizens/modrons/hierarch_stats.htm).

Some more (http://www.mimir.net/mechanus/index.shtml).

[Dagren]

I recognised it, but only from the last panel of #68 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0068.html), not from the game.

[Silverraptor]

Everything you need to know about Modrons (http://planewalking.dungeons.ru/denizens/modrons/modrons.htm).

Monster Manual stats (http://planewalking.dungeons.ru/denizens/modrons/hierarch_stats.htm).

Some more (http://www.mimir.net/mechanus/art.shtml).

OK, thank you.

[JonahFalcon]

OK, thank you.

Made a mistake in the link:

http://www.mimir.net/mechanus/index.shtml

[factotum]

Likely not Modrons. Pandemonium is between Limbo and the Abyss.

My bank isn't in India, but that doesn't stop me getting an Indian call centre when I 'phone them...

[Zanaril]

I think the joke is that they're LE, but are hired as telephone operators for a CE plane?

[JonahFalcon]

I think the joke is that they're LE, but are hired as telephone operators for a CE plane?

Mechanus is Lawful Neutral. And that Modron had nothing to do with the wizards. It was just a gag.

[FrankNorman]

I think the joke is that they're LE, but are hired as telephone operators for a CE plane?

Modrons would be Lawful Neutral. That must be a modron - look at the gears in the background. The joke is that a Pandemonium ( Chaotic Neutral/Chaotic Evil) call center is located in Mechanus (almost the exact opposite plane).

Likely if someone called the LN hotline the call would be taken by a strange frog-creature spouting gibberish.
(I forget what they're called. In my lexicon, if it looks like a talking frog and is Chaotic Evil, its a dynarri)

[otakufan]

(I forget what they're called. In my lexicon, if it looks like a talking frog and is Chaotic Evil, its a dynarri)

Slaad. They're generally CN, but of course that means they're liable to do just about anything at any time...

[Renegade Paladin]

Likely not Modrons. Pandemonium is between Limbo and the Abyss.
But that is a Modron. That's the point; Pandemonium is outsourcing its customer service. :smallamused:

[otakufan]

But that is a Modron. That's the point; Pandemonium is outsourcing its customer service. :smallamused:

Indeed, though I do have to wonder precisely what kind of customer service Pandemonium has to outsource in the first place...

I can just imagine the "on hold" music they play: nothing but the maddening sound of roaring winds punctuated by bloodcurdling screams. :smalltongue:

And yet, Pandemonium is somehow one of the "better" Lower Planes to get lost in... *shrugs*

[JonahFalcon]

Oh, Lawful Neutral can be just as loony as Chaotic Neutral.

http://www.mimir.net/mechanus/burgs.shtml

Repetition
(by Joshua Jarvis)

Some leatherheads believe that insanity is a chaotic thing and that lawful folks can't be barmy. Those folks are wrong! Repetition is as barmy as lawful can be. This berk is located on a smaller cog, a cog that doesn't turn anymore; a cog that once had many small, sharp, teeth but has long since been worn smooth from friction with the surrounding cogs. Much like the order of this berg goes against the surrounding order.

The people of this town all have an obsessive compulsive disorder. Some of them feel they constantly have to wash dirt off their hands, others feel they must count the windows on a certain building. All the folks here are barmy in their own consistent, lawful way. The obsession with creating order where it already exists has been rumoured to have an odd effect, rumour is that some of the petitioners here have turned into modrons! Of course we know not to trust every rumour we hear don't we berk! Of course, without many worshippers some suspect that the deaths of people like this may be the source of some of Primus's modrons, petitioners have to arrived somehow, monodrone division can't explain them all, or can it?

[charl]

Indeed, though I do have to wonder precisely what kind of customer service Pandemonium has to outsource in the first place...

I can just imagine the "on hold" music they play: nothing but the maddening sound of roaring winds punctuated by bloodcurdling screams.

And yet, Pandemonium is somehow one of the "better" Lower Planes to get lost in... *shrugs*

Well, Pandemonium might make you insane but at least it won't burn you to a cinder, put you in a prison that's allegedly impossible to get out of, turn you into a disgusting larval creature used as an incubator for night hag babies or attack you with thousands upon thousands of animated flying weapons and shards of black ice. Plus Pandemonium isn't inhabited by legions of fiends who want to eat your soul, once they are done torturing you for a couple of months.

Yup, Pandemonium is a cake-walk compared to the other lower planes.

[DBear]

For shame, people. Haven't any of you played Planescape: Torment?

[LurkerInPlayground]

The joke here is simply that CE plane of existence is outsourcing its tech requirements to a LN agent (i.e. Modrons).

[Laughing Dragon]

The joke here is simply that CE plane of existence is outsourcing its tech requirements to a LN agent (i.e. Modrons).

Two jokes actually ... personally, if I had to outsource MY I.T. Nervanna (Modron home plane) would be my first choice. Second ... who would call the plane of Pandemonium? CN types ... what would make them craziest? Modrons!

It's a no-brainer, actually.

[ref]

The joke here is simply that CE plane of existence is outsourcing its tech requirements to a LN agent (i.e. Modrons).

No, it's not. That is a blatant lie told by the sorcerer soul.

[AyuVince]

So, even the battlefields for the Blood War have outsourced their customer service. Do you think a quadron (I think it's a quadron, I don't have the Modron classifications ready) could help with questions about Chaos and Evil?

[Cúchulainn]

Sure, why not. What does a being of pure law do but sort through endless chaos anyway?

[David Argall]

Anything might help, tho the modron by definition has some serious biases. Evil is largely irrelevant, while chaos is something terrible.
Of course many a help line has proved to be of little help.

[Aaron]

Umm... why isn't this being discused in this thread? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109703)

[JonahFalcon]

Because it has nothing to do with Modrons or my credit card bill.

[Ancalagon]

For shame, people. Haven't any of you played Planescape: Torment?

Wrong generation, I fear.

A game like torment is without rival... and sadly, no one will ever make such a game again. It's just too much text for a modern game (I think I read somewhere (back then, so I could be wrong) that Torment had 2 1/2 as much text as Baldur's Gate). On top of that, it actually was simply great.
Torment came at the right time, when games were complex but voice-recording and graphics were not yet too flashy/mandatory... it's still my #1 game.

[Studoku]

I can just imagine the "on hold" music they play: nothing but the maddening sound of roaring winds punctuated by bloodcurdling screams. :smalltongue:

This is their on-hold music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0)

If a call-centre rickrolling you isn't evil, I don't know what is.

[otakufan]

Wrong generation, I fear.

A game like torment is without rival... and sadly, no one will ever make such a game again. It's just too much text for a modern game (I think I read somewhere (back then, so I could be wrong) that Torment had 2 1/2 as much text as Baldur's Gate). On top of that, it actually was simply great.
Torment came at the right time, when games were complex but voice-recording and graphics were not yet too flashy/mandatory... it's still my #1 game.

Wrong generation indeed... I was barely a teenager when BG and PS:T came out. That said, I have played BG a couple of times (part way, haven't finished it) and am currently playing Torment (though once again, I haven't gotten very far just yet - certainly not far enough for the Pandemonium part. -_- )...

Nothing wrong with being wordy, though, in my opinion. I actually wish recent games were more adult-oriented in the way PS was (i.e. less ZOMGBOOBS&GORE! and more treating-the-player-as-an-adult (or more accurately, a free-thinking individual) in terms of what themes and topics are brought up and are open to discussion/commentary).


If a call-centre rickrolling you isn't evil, I don't know what is.

Oh that's just wrong! I love it!

[Nekomata]

I can just imagine the "on hold" music they play: nothing but the maddening sound of roaring winds punctuated by bloodcurdling screams. :smalltongue:
I don't think so. If the call centre was in Pandemonium then sure.
But in this situation it'd probably be simple and repetitive, drilling into your brain until it flows out of your ears, which takes surprisingly little time.

[Foryn Gilnith]

Torment came at the right time, when games were complex but voice-recording and graphics were not yet too flashy/mandatory... it's still my #1 game.

I hope that I'll live long enough that either
A) I'll lose interest in roleplaying and not be terribly peeved by the golden age of CRPGs rapidly dashing into the past
B) I'll live long enough to be in a position to take advantage of the next "right time" in gaming (Graphics are as flashy as non-VR can be as a matter of course, now we can finally work on gameplay).