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2012-03-11, 01:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #844 - The Discussion Thread
... and what is Yukyuk doing off-stage now that V is lying unconscious at the bottom of a pit trap? Still Dominated?
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2012-03-11, 02:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #844 - The Discussion Thread
"Luckily for me, I've never trusted authority figures, be they kings, presidents, or party leaders. Give a man enough power, and he's bound to abuse it, no matter how noble he thinks he is." That sentiment certainly applies to the OOTSiverse's gods.
Also, the gods allegedly created the Snarl out of petty recklessness (thus making them responsible for Kraagor's death), and one of the few gods who wasn't responsible is trying to harness it. That alone is enough for any of the Scribblers to distrust the gods in general, especially a paranoid authority-hater.
EDIT: It'd be great if the OOTS realizes the Draketooths would probably accept a resurrection from a Chaotic Good cleric of a god who didn't create the Snarl...like, say, Banjo.Last edited by Gift Jeraff; 2012-03-11 at 02:04 AM.
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2012-03-11, 02:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-11, 02:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-11, 02:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-11, 02:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #844 - The Discussion Thread
Yes. Dominate Person has a duration measured in days, not hours, so it has to keep working while the caster is asleep (or trancing). You only actually need to "reinforce" the spell for 1 round per day to keep it going. (Even if you don't do this it just means the subject gets another saving throw, so they're not guaranteed to throw the spell off even then).
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2012-03-11, 07:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #844 - The Discussion Thread
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2012-03-11, 09:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #844 - The Discussion Thread
So, V is alive with neg hitpoints? Xykon wins again.
What alignment do we speculate that the Draketooth clan has? Going with CN.
Serini had quite a crush on Gerard, if they somehow made a little half-halfling baby together V could have xx her eyes too. That would leave the last gate without it's defender. Although given the nature of her defense design, it might not matter so much.
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2012-03-11, 10:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #844 - The Discussion Thread
Some people seem to believe that, because Haley won the bet, her reasoning must be accurate. I don't think we have any evidence of that, in part because we have more information than she does.
So let's forget Haley's crazy talk and focus on what we know is actually true.
If the person that Durkon tried to raise was old enough to be a father (and his hair was beginning to turn gray), then he, his child, and the wife he was forced to abandon all died at the same moment.
I think this fact provides enough reason for him to want to stay where he is.
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2012-03-11, 10:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-11, 10:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #844 - The Discussion Thread
...You do realize Belkar is evil, right?...Right?
On the one hand, Girard traveled with Soon and Soon did not Fall. So he can't be evil.
On the other hand, everything we know about the Draketooths ranges from bad to horrible. (And occasionally the "morally meaningless," such as, "Doesn't want to be destroyed along with the rest of the world.")
So he must be Chaotic Neutral.Orth Plays: Currently Baldur's Gate II
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2012-03-11, 10:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #844 - The Discussion Thread
You think Belkar is evil because of the sum of his actions, which is a fair measure, but to understand his motivation, you have to see it from his point of view. He kills out of boredom. He kills for XP, regardless of the alignment of the target, a neutral attitude. CN is the alignment of conscience-free psychopaths and nihilists who act without motive. CE is for real villains who are trying to take over the world or unmake existance. If Belkar was CE, he wouldn't even be in the Order. He would have betrayed them and sided with Xykon at the first opportunity. I suppose NE might fit, though.
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2012-03-11, 11:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #844 - The Discussion Thread
Someone else can debate the specific case of Belkar. Wait, I changed my mind, I'll link to where someone already did.
Where on earth are you getting these preposterous alignment descriptions?
It's certainly not from any D&D book.Orth Plays: Currently Baldur's Gate II
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2012-03-11, 11:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #844 - The Discussion Thread
no that would be if he was chaotic evil genius hes chatoic dumb thug hes too dumb to realise how much hed get on Xykons side so ruined the first opportunity he got to switch sides (which he said he was going to accept) by throwing a cat at tsukiko becuase he though that would be fun
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2012-03-11, 11:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #844 - The Discussion Thread
Smolder's...odd...concepts of alignment aside, I don't think agreeing to work for Xykon would exactly show intelligence. Look how Tsukiko wound up.
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2012-03-11, 11:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-11, 11:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-11, 11:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #844 - The Discussion Thread
I am sorry, but he is Chaotic Evil. There is support for this in so many strips. Why else would he have shielded himself against Miko's Detect Evil with both a lead sheet and a lawyer? Why else would he kill the trader gnome when they finally left Azure City? Or the guards when he escaped from prison with a smile on his face.
Besides, the reason why he has not left the group is because he did not realize he could. There are at least two strips where he regrets not siding with Evil.
Oh, and if you still don't believe, here is hard evidence.
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2012-03-11, 11:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-11, 11:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #844 - The Discussion Thread
actually if we remember Roys escapades in the afterlife, the draketooths problably think theyve only been dead for a very short time, from there point of view they died then a short time after someones trying to raise them so its natural for some of them at least to connect the two as in "the group who jsut slaughtered out family is trying to ressurect ressurect " which is technically completely true
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2012-03-11, 12:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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No dice...Haley is a worshiper of Thor as well.
I'll be very impressed if that was an intentional setup.
Fair enough. But Girard can't distrust everyone who worships any god. That would make him paranoid to the point of being completely crippled by it.
Oh wait. Dammit.
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2012-03-11, 12:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-11, 12:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #844 - The Discussion Thread
no what ruins your sense of time is theres no way to judge it, you never get tired never get hungry never have to sleep the sun never moves your heart doesnt beat
everything we use to measure time jsut doesnt exist up there Roy wasnt having mind blowingly fun climbing the mountain but had no idea it took him so long
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2012-03-11, 12:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-11, 12:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-11, 01:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-11, 01:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #844 - The Discussion Thread
It's likely enough that the CN afterlife just grabs whoever is left after all the other alignments are done with theirs.
CG people would be welcomed by friends, family, and friendly strangers.
CE people would have to fight there way into someplace where only CE people would want to go--and even then might not make it to the top...Last edited by Callista; 2012-03-11 at 01:57 PM.
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2012-03-11, 01:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-11, 04:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #844 - The Discussion Thread
I'd make a slight correction: he can't have been evil while travelling with Soon. It's possible that he was CN or even CG at the time of the adventures of the Order of the Scribble and became Evil later due to his paranoia and "ends justify the means" approach visible through the scheme used to propagate the Draketooth clan.
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2012-03-11, 04:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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