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2022-09-22, 05:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: How do paladins become paladins in OOTS?
I think you and comic 498 explain it nicely. Everyone has their image of themselves. People who have had an injury a long time have incorporated it into their image. People who got a serious injury in the course of dying haven't done that yet. It's basically the same principle that shows why Roy's grandfather has the sword and not Roy.
"That's a horrible idea! What time?"
T-Shirt given to me by a good friend.. "in fairness, I was unsupervised at the time".
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2022-09-22, 06:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: How do paladins become paladins in OOTS?
Being called to something doesn't mean "only special people get in". A calling is something you want to do, and will devote yourself to. It means being a paladin is a way of life, something fundamental to your worldview, not just a job, like being a rogue or fighter or ranger might be.
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2022-09-22, 06:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-22, 06:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Orth Plays: Currently Baldur's Gate II
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2022-09-22, 08:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-23, 06:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-24, 09:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-24, 09:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-24, 09:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2022-09-25, 10:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: How do paladins become paladins in OOTS?
The breakfast foods world was #3,429,843. It was destroyed by the invasion of brunch foods and their over-reliance on exotic ingredients. In particular, the Vanilla Beanfield Wars resulted in multiple rifts. The last enclave of Eggs and Bacon was defeated when Toast betrayed them to the Quiche Consortium. Lesson: never trust Toast with an accent.
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2022-09-25, 11:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-26, 03:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Back page of War & XPs: (travel guide entry on Azure City):
While simply called Azure City, this nation controls a vast tract of land beyond the city walls, including farms, forts and mines in the nearby mountains.
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Population: 530,000 (90% human, 5% half-orc, 5% half elf. Approximately half the population resides within the walls of Azure City itself. While the city is open to travelers from all lands, the law only grants citizenship to those with human blood. Tip: That human blood must be inside the human for it to count.
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Cities: Azure City is the only true city within Azurite territory, though there are several other towns and dozens of villages spread out across several valleys.Marut-2 Avatar by Serpentine
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2022-09-26, 08:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-29, 06:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-29, 08:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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A middle-aged priest has to evacuate her congregation in the face of an invading army. Out of desperation she dons armor and shield and stands with the defenders as the non-combatants flee. In the morning only she remains alive. Her faith sustained her and the ferocity of her defense inspired a rag-tag handful of defenders to break the van of the invaders' army.
A youthful delinquent is mentored by a pious elder. The youth comes to terms with his past and finds the ability to forgive the wrongs done to him. He dedicated his life to seeking out those who, like him, were born into bad circumstance but would become better people with an example of how.
In the slave pens of the Underdark an enslaved priest secretly works to heal the sick and ease suffering. A young girl rats him out for a crust of bread. For the next seventy-seven days she is visited by evil and good outsiders who tempt and test her. On the morning of the seventy-eighth day she wakes and heals the painful wounds of a lashing victim. Thereafter she takes the priest's place and suffers torment herself to save others from it.
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2022-09-29, 09:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-29, 09:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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“Evil is evil. Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”
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2022-09-29, 10:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: How do paladins become paladins in OOTS?
The vanguards guard the van, obviously!
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2022-09-29, 02:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: How do paladins become paladins in OOTS?
Correct. And as we all know, the van is where the cool kids ride, drinking their strawberry milkshakes and using foul language like "gee-willakers" and "daddy-o".
I assumed 'van' was used more regularly than it apparently is as a short version of vanguard, the leading part of the army, presumably composed of the most experienced and able troops.
What is the leading part of an invading army called in French, and does it translate into English?
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2022-09-29, 03:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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Avant-garde, literally "front-guard". Rearguard meanwhile, is arrière-garde whose literal meaning I'm sure you can guess on your own.
English military terminology is basically just French military terminology, but with an accent. The only exception I can think of is "marine" which does not have a corresponding French word, despite literally being the French word for "related to the sea"/"the navy".Forum Wisdom
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2022-09-29, 04:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: How do paladins become paladins in OOTS?
Yeah, vanguard is just the Anglicanized version avant-garde. The reason for so many French military words is the same as the reason that so many culinary words in English also come from French, of course. French speakers people took over England and brought their words with them. lol
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2022-09-29, 05:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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“Evil is evil. Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”
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2022-09-29, 06:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-29, 06:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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"Fireteam", "smoothbore", "rifle", "fighter" and "tank destroyer" I'll give you (then again, "rifle" and "fighter" are way more generic than just military). But "armoured" comes from "armour" which comes from armure, "paratrooper" comes from "trooper" which comes from "troop" which comes from troupe, "bomber" comes from "bomb" which comes from bombe, "attack" comes from attaque and "aircraft" comes from "air" which comes from well... air.
Edit: While we're on the subject: "military", "victory", "defeat", "battle", "war", "tactic", "strategy", "army", "force", "general", "soldier", "hostile", "ally", "enemy"... It just keeps going, really.
Edit2: "destroyer" comes from "destroy" which comes from de(s)truire.Last edited by Fyraltari; 2022-09-29 at 06:34 PM.
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2022-09-29, 06:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: How do paladins become paladins in OOTS?
Well, the way I put it left it wide open for that parry, but if marine counts, armoured (=/= blindé), paratrooper(=/= parachutiste militaire) and aircraft (looks… kind of not too much like its French counterpart) should likewise do so. Edit: The point being, they might have French-derived components (or more) but they aren't derived from their French equivalent (with a silly accent).
Edit: While we're on the subject: "military", "victory", "defeat", "battle", "war", "tactic", "strategy", "army", "force", "general", "soldier", "hostile", "ally", "enemy"... It just keeps going, really.Last edited by Metastachydium; 2022-09-29 at 06:40 PM.
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2022-09-29, 06:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: How do paladins become paladins in OOTS?
And French is just a silly dialect of Latin. The Romans were in England well before the French.
Whether the individual words were taken from Roman soldiers or from the later Normans is an activity for someone more historically inclined than I.
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2022-09-29, 06:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: How do paladins become paladins in OOTS?
Too true!
Whether the individual words were taken from Roman soldiers or from the later Normans is an activity for someone more historically inclined than I.Last edited by Metastachydium; 2022-09-29 at 06:45 PM.
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2022-09-29, 06:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-29, 07:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Last edited by Peelee; 2022-09-29 at 07:17 PM.
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2022-09-29, 07:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: How do paladins become paladins in OOTS?
I love the fact that 90% of English has been stolen from all the other languages. Cross pollination creates strong flowers.
Besides, if you want to express an idea, you need a word for it. English just uses the word the guy who thought of it used. Saves time, and you don't need a word that is a sentence of it's own like the Germans do.