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    Ah, a quinton then, with the tail looking like an arm.
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    Heh, I thought the quinton was going to ask them to hit all the modrons holding drawings of chariots to prove they are humans mortals.
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    I love you Garm.

    Also: honestly Redcloak I hate the ones that repeat themselves a lot more. You ever seen the same 15 second ad 4 times in a row? Or more?
    Hate me if you want. But that's your issue to fix, not mine.

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    ... and here we go! Ah dang it, more ads.
    Love it. Thanks Giant.
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    I wonder if "Skip" will come back to haunt Redcloak. And "you don't need to know that" seems like it might cause problems if and when the gate is found.
    Also, poor "Accept" modron.

    Functionally infinite number of forcewalls? Really? That's pretty OP.

    And Greyview playing D&D and not liking it is so disappointing.
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    Genius is genius and I have nothing more to say.
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    Hm, is that a reminder that force walls can't contain anything that can teleport?

    Still, that thing presents a pretty huge obstacle for the OOTS. A pretty dangerous addition to team evil's party for now, and they're not going to be spending many resources as they finish searching. But if they wait too long, the summon might mentally map the place and realize there are conflicting tunnels...or worse, sense the teleportation trick immediately when it happens.

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    But does Kraagor's Tomb have "pull the pins in the right order to get the treasure" puzzles? Didn't think so.
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    This seems sufficiently idiot proof...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shining Wrath View Post
    And Greyview playing D&D and not liking it is so disappointing.
    Oh, it,s not a reference to D&D, it's a reference to phone app games that promise an epic fantasy adventure with modern graphics and incredible gameplay that have extremely generic titles like "Clash of Heroes" or "Rise of Empires" or whatever.

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    At some point the quinton may realize it just teleported - but Redcloak did not ask it to reveal that they'd teleported, or to draw him a 3D map. He asked for the orientation and dimensions of every room they enter, but not the coordinates, because it hasn't occurred to him that he's being teleported around. And when dealing with a creature of pure law, best to define that "room" includes "corridors, passages, halls, staircases, and the like".

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    Oh, it,s not a reference to D&D, it's a reference to phone app games that promise an epic fantasy adventure with modern graphics and incredible gameplay that have extremely generic titles like "Clash of Heroes" or "Rise of Empires" or whatever.
    What? Games that don't live up to their advertising? WELL I NEVER. And here I was going to write "Age of Monsters".
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shining Wrath View Post
    At some point the quinton may realize it just teleported - but Redcloak did not ask it to reveal that they'd teleported, or to draw him a 3D map. He asked for the orientation and dimensions of every room they enter, but not the coordinates, because it hasn't occurred to him that he's being teleported around. And when dealing with a creature of pure law, best to define that "room" includes "corridors, passages, halls, staircases, and the like".
    Or the Quinton is going to go "He didn't specifically ask me to tell him about that stuff but I think that's probably the kind of thing he'd like to know.

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    Makes sense that we need a new member for Team Evil to counterbalance all the hangers on that the Order has been accumulating.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frozenstep View Post
    Hm, is that a reminder that force walls can't contain anything that can teleport?
    Serini teleported out of a kind of force wall not two dozen strips ago.

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    As always, Greyview is right. Why are the ads always so *obviously* different from the game? Like, do they think you won't notice the game you're playing appears to have no connection, game-wise, art-style or visually to what the ad claimed?
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    Depends on those terms that Redcloak just skipped. Whatever they were, the quinton will obey them to the last jot and tittle. Like I said, Redcloak thinking he knows what's in the agreement is likely to bite him. We're getting a lot of "Redcloak isn't as smart as he thinks he is" lessons recently, and I think this will be another.
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    The modrons continue to be hilarious. I like the ad reference.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shining Wrath View Post
    Depends on those terms that Redcloak just skipped. Whatever they were, the quinton will obey them to the last jot and tittle. Like I said, Redcloak thinking he knows what's in the agreement is likely to bite him. We're getting a lot of "Redcloak isn't as smart as he thinks he is" lessons recently, and I think this will be another.
    Presumably the modrons would like to keep getting these kind of jobs in the future. In which case it's in their best interest not to screw the customer over, otherwise people will stop summoning them.
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    will be interesting to see a map of swap-overs.
    also I bet not telling it the purpose of the search will result in a
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fyraltari View Post
    Presumably the modrons would like to keep getting these kind of jobs in the future. In which case it's in their best interest not to screw the customer over, otherwise people will stop summoning them.
    I don't think modrons exist just to get summoned by foolish mortals, or that they care if they do or not. And as they are beings of pure Law they literally CANNOT disobey the rules for any reason whatsoever.

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    Skip? Redcloak, you disappoint me, I thought you were more Lawful than that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fyraltari View Post
    Presumably the modrons would like to keep getting these kind of jobs in the future. In which case it's in their best interest not to screw the customer over, otherwise people will stop summoning them.
    Eh, they're not Handsitters. They don't need these jobs. Also, they're hyper Lawful, not hyper Helpful.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fyraltari View Post
    Presumably the modrons would like to keep getting these kind of jobs in the future. In which case it's in their best interest not to screw the customer over, otherwise people will stop summoning them.
    Nah, if that were an issue then people wouldn't make genie wishes. Or summon demons.

    Getting access to lots of barely-restrained power is always going to be tempting regardless of how badly it has gone in the past. You're always the one who's going to have learned the lesson and will do things right this time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by factotum View Post
    I don't think modrons exist just to get summoned by foolish mortals, or that they care if they do or not. And as they are beings of pure Law they literally CANNOT disobey the rules for any reason whatsoever.
    They're getting paid. And they've set up a whole contract system for it. They're clearly not opposed to this sort of things.
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    Eh, they're not Handsitters. They don't need these jobs.
    And yet, I have a feeling the quinton will agree to Redcloak's terms. The Deathworm wasn't a handsitter either.
    Quote Originally Posted by Peelee View Post
    Also, they're hyper Lawful, not hyper Helpful.
    So? they're Lawful Neutral, not Lawful evil, why would they screw their clients over without a reason?

    Edit: Like Redcloak just said he's summoned modrons before, if he needed to be hyperspecific, he would know.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Resileaf View Post
    Oh, it,s not a reference to D&D, it's a reference to phone app games that promise an epic fantasy adventure with modern graphics and incredible gameplay that have extremely generic titles like "Clash of Heroes" or "Rise of Empires" or whatever.
    I assume this is actually a reference to many companies like Playrix that give you ads to one type of game and it turns out to be a completely different type of game.
    Not just the graphics quality.

    Like the many many advertisers for "pull the pin" type games where the game ended being a match-3 and stuff like that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fyraltari View Post
    So? they're Lawful Neutral, not Lawful evil, why would they screw their clients over without a reason?
    They're True Lawful; they do things By The Book. Whether following the rules set out to the letter helps them [Good] or screws them [Evil] is of literally no concern whatsoever.

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    What spell is Xykon casting in the 4th panel?

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