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2020-10-21, 11:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1216 - The Discussion Thread
He did take advantage of the aftermath to treat the fire as an opportunity for urban renewal, including putting up a big new palace. The former property owners (AKA various Senators) were not happy with this. Historical accounts of early emperors as "good" or "bad" have a lot to do with how they treated the Senate, as the Senators and their clients were the ones who wrote the histories.
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2020-10-21, 11:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1216 - The Discussion Thread
Better an Elagabalus throwing parties and being weird and maybe queer and having a cool Arabic name but being largely harmless than an Octavian who was ambitious and cunning and all that but also an ass.
Vote for Elagabalus, Rome's more eccentric Renly.Last edited by hroşila; 2020-10-21 at 11:38 AM.
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2020-10-21, 12:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1216 - The Discussion Thread
Avatar by linklele. How Teleport Worksa. Malifice (paraphrased):
Rulings are not 'House Rules.' Rulings are a DM doing what DMs are supposed to do.
b. greenstone (paraphrased):
Agency means that they {players} control their character's actions; you control the world's reactions to the character's actions.
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2020-10-21, 01:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1216 - The Discussion Thread
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2020-11-03, 11:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1216 - The Discussion Thread
When I reread this strip today, Redcloak's comment about misdirection jogged my thinking and something occurred to me:
Serini built the tomb. not Kraagor.
And she's a crafty one. It seems unlikely that she'd rely on brute strength to hide the access to the gate.
Why have any of the doors lead to the gate?
Maybe the route to it is hidden in plain sight. Maybe there's another passageway somewhere that can't be magically detected because of the material Serini used. Directly under Kraagor's statue seems like a spot that would make a lot of sense. And also appeal to her sense of humor.Last edited by Magesmiley; 2020-11-03 at 11:01 AM.
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2020-11-03, 11:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1216 - The Discussion Thread
Why would she publicly mark the gate with a very prominent dwarf statue?
Why would the gate be able to be accesed with a single stone shape or earthquake spell?
Why would she defend one of the rifts of the multiverse by basing it on her sense of humor?
Brute strength isn't to be underestimated; it automatically halts, like, 99% of all PC parties. And the thing about shell games is that the ball is still heavily defended -- for Team Evil's shell game, Xykon had extra defense with a dracolich. For Girard, the Gate was still heavily defended by the Pyramid's traps and illusions. Having the gate be vulnerable for the sake of "trickery" is honestly a very poor tactical decision.
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2020-11-03, 07:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1216 - The Discussion Thread
This has been suggested a lot, and I don't see how an easy spot to find that most people will check before going into the massive pick-a-door dungeon crawl makes a lot of sense.
Plus, the statue has been animated and moved away from its spot, and there seems to be nothing special underneath it.
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2020-11-03, 08:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1216 - The Discussion Thread
Cool elan Illithid Slayer by linkele.
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2020-11-04, 12:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-11-12, 12:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1216 - The Discussion Thread
I think that the important distinction, from the Romans' point of view, is that nobody was inherently "born to rule". You could be chosen by your predecessor, yes, but there was no such thing as having an inherent personal right to the leadership position. If you were the Emperor's son by blood, and he chose somebody else to be his successor, then you had no right to claim priority, because being the Emperor's son meant less than being Chosen, or having enough support to mount a coup.
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2020-11-12, 07:52 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1216 - The Discussion Thread
I find it off-putting to separate the notion of heredity and monarchy. While I know that in political sciences, monarchies don't need to be hereditary, and there are many examples of elective monarchies, but I really don't get why that's the case. The popular understanding of the term strongly associates heredity with the title, with alternative titles like dictator, autocrat, tyrant, and such for other non-hereditary absolute rulers. Even moreso that most monarchies aren't absolute monarchies (and that indeed absolute monarchies like under Louis XIV were fairly rare if you consider the whole history of the system), many of the modern ones being constitutional monarchies, and even medieval ones espousing some form of parliamentarism for at least some bits of time (british Magna Carta and parliamentarism, russian Duma).
Attention LotR fans
Spoiler: LotRThe scouring of the Shire never happened. That's right. After reading books I, II, and III, I stopped reading when the One Ring was thrown into Mount Doom. The story ends there. Nothing worthwhile happened afterwards. Middle-Earth was saved.
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2020-11-12, 08:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-11-12, 12:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1216 - The Discussion Thread
First piece of evidence: King Henry VI of England, who was seven months old when he ascended to the throne. Hereditary power structures have a strong probability of bringing a minor to the big chair, which then means somebody else gets elected to run the country. See also Mary, Queen of Scots.
Second piece of evidence: the later Spanish Habsburgs, who were pretty uniformly insane, unintelligent and just...no. Result? Somebody else gets elected to run the country.
Et cetera.
Monarchy is just Greek for one ruler (monos + archos).
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2020-11-12, 11:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1216 - The Discussion Thread
Que tous les anciens dieux et les nouveaux protègent la France.
Resistance Data in MM, Volo's, MToF. -- -- Petrocorus's 3.5 Paladin Builds List. -- -- French vs. EnglishOriginally Posted by King Louis XIII in The Musketeers
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2020-11-13, 12:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1216 - The Discussion Thread
Basically from the death of Philip II in 1598 until the line finally reached peak genetic corruption and dissolution a century later, triggering the War of the Spanish Devolution. Spoiler alert: the Bourbons won, and still hold the throne.
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2020-11-13, 03:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1216 - The Discussion Thread
I don't know much of Spanish history before the 30 years war.
Do you know where i could learn about this genetic corruption situation?
triggering the War of the Spanish Devolution. Spoiler alert: the Bourbons won, and still hold the throne.
And oddly enough, the cousin of the current king of Spain is the most direct pretender to the Crown of France.Que tous les anciens dieux et les nouveaux protègent la France.
Resistance Data in MM, Volo's, MToF. -- -- Petrocorus's 3.5 Paladin Builds List. -- -- French vs. EnglishOriginally Posted by King Louis XIII in The Musketeers
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2020-11-13, 03:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1216 - The Discussion Thread
Probably any history of Spain will discuss it. Or check the Wikipedia article on Mad Don Carlos (King Charles----I want to say the Fifth). Inbreeding sucks.
And yes, the current House of Borbon is the Legitimist heir apparent. There's also one for the Bonapartists and one for the Orleansists. Heck, there may even be one from the House of Valois.
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2020-11-13, 04:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1216 - The Discussion Thread
I'll check this.
And yes, the current House of Borbon is the Legitimist heir apparent. There's also one for the Bonapartists
and one for the Orleansists.
Heck, there may even be one from the House of Valois.
The dispute is really between the Bourbon-Orléans and the Bourbon of Spain.Last edited by Petrocorus; 2020-11-13 at 04:42 PM.
Que tous les anciens dieux et les nouveaux protègent la France.
Resistance Data in MM, Volo's, MToF. -- -- Petrocorus's 3.5 Paladin Builds List. -- -- French vs. EnglishOriginally Posted by King Louis XIII in The Musketeers
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2020-11-13, 05:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1216 - The Discussion Thread
Last edited by KorvinStarmast; 2020-11-13 at 05:25 PM.
Avatar by linklele. How Teleport Worksa. Malifice (paraphrased):
Rulings are not 'House Rules.' Rulings are a DM doing what DMs are supposed to do.
b. greenstone (paraphrased):
Agency means that they {players} control their character's actions; you control the world's reactions to the character's actions.
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2020-11-13, 06:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1216 - The Discussion Thread
That gets into Risorgimiento politics, which is recent enough we should probably avoid it.