The Order of the Stick: June

[Shadeogrey]

Deny,
Deny.

I hear a song in the making :
"Dump dump dump
dump the evil cleric"..

hey wait!
Elan is FOR the relationship, aint he?

[Shadeogrey]

Everyone knows that dousing your meatshields in oil and lighting them aflame is only more likely to get you to end up with crispy meatshield... Even if it does look pretty for a few minutes, I guarantee that your fire-shield idea is impractical.

Heh. Well, they CAN distract the enemy... especially when they're hungry and not too bothered about following Atkin's plan...

[mossfoot]

Ooooh, I can just see this building up (wild guess here) that the Gods themselves are going to try and break up the little love birds, because it's "icky".

I can see the movie marketing line now:

Forbidden Dwarven Love, Up Against all the Gods!

[Loethlin]

Forbidden Dwarven Love, Up Against all the Gods!

This sounds oddly familiar. Maybe they should fake suicide to escape their gods' wrath..? ;)

[marketingman]

Cause what happens in darkvision stays in darkvision.

[Matuse]

I like how the heart is the only thing in color.

Kiss, Kiss, Kiss, Kiss the braided-haired dwarf lady!

[Rashna]

At first glance, Loki's cape looked like Divine Flatulence.

Cloud of rebuking! Wouldn't that be a fun ability to have? Could it be considered a breath weapon?

[fredryck]

Funniest words I ever come out of a god's mouth... Dude! Chill...

lol

[GypsyThorn]

love or lust? I dunno. It always creeped me out when a woman told me that she "knows we'll be together" or that she "loves me" on the first date. To me it just sounds a bit desperate. Hilgya just seems to be up to something. But that's me, i'm a glass half empty kinda guy. :)

Remember we've been told things move at the "speed of plot". Same way here - if it's necessary for the lovebirds to realize their eternal devotion to each other in a few panels so's that the plot may proceed apace, that works for me.

On the other hand, if that shameless hussy breaks poor Durkon's heart, I will be very sad.

On the third hand, how could a cleric of Loki possibly maintain a monogamous relationship. Like the scorpion said to the fox, "it's my nature."

[GypsyThorn]

Does Roy's dad not realize what would HAPPEN to the caster-type folks without big fighter-type folks carrying sharp things to throw in front of them? Those meat-shields saved my casters' lives many times.

Reminds me of some advice given in a game I played a long, long time ago.

What should a low-level mage buy with their first 1,000 gp?

A set of plate mail.

[Tarlonniel]

Wow, deity-crossed lovers. It's just too perfect. Plusthis Romeo can resurrect Juliet (and vice versa), so we may have a happy ending! Unless Thor and Loki decide to take their follower's spells away...

[Rodrick_the_Red]

WOotS!! Bring on the hot Dwarf on Dwarf action!! :-*

Maybe we will learn the answer to a question that has troubled gamers since the dawn of DnD:

How does one "preform" in Plate Mail? ???

[glow=red,2,300]Rodrick the Red[/glow]

[fendermallot]

i understand that it moves at "the speed of plot" but that doesnt mean that it's all good. I'm skeptical. sue me :)

[Scorpina]

On the third hand, how could a cleric of Loki possibly maintain a monogamous relationship. Like the scorpion said to the fox, "it's my nature."

Just because she's Chaotic (which I believe she is, firstly due to the fact that she worships Loki, and secondly because her magic is yellow, the chaotic colour of magic) doesn't mean she can't maintain a monogamous relationship, it just means that she'll do it because she wants to, not because its the done thing.

[Grey Watcher]

Remember we've been told things move at the "speed of plot". Same way here - if it's necessary for the lovebirds to realize their eternal devotion to each other in a few panels so's that the plot may proceed apace, that works for me.

On the other hand, if that shameless hussy breaks poor Durkon's heart, I will be very sad.

On the third hand, how could a cleric of Loki possibly maintain a monogamous relationship. Like the scorpion said to the fox, "it's my nature."

So is Hilgya's theme song "I Cain't Say No"?

But, as far as the speed of their courtship, haven't you ever heard of love at first sight, fendermallot? (Granted, seldom happens, and it requires a certain temperament in both parties, but still, it maybe something in the air. Apart from the stench of goblin droppings.)

[Scorpina]

Well, it isn't really love at first sight, since they've known each other for a while.

Plus, Helgya DID go back for Durkon and save his life when everyone else had abandonded him, that does count for something.

[GypsyThorn]

Well, it isn't really love at first sight, since they've known each other for a while......

I wrote an adventure a while back and submitted it for publication to Role-Aids/Mayfair Games. It wasn't really ready for publication. Bill Fawcett, the editor-in-chief at the time, rejected it with some decent comments. (I'm still working on it fifteen years later.)

On the other hand (I think I've used up four of them so far), he had one comment with which I disagreed. Two of the characters had feelings for each other. He said that I hadn't justified those feelings in my background. I simply thought then (and still do now) that if the plot demands these characters fall in love, who am I, being merely the author, to stand in their way.

[Rhia]

Awww, they're kissing ^_^

*sucker for romance*

[Melifaxis]

That was an utter riot! ;D

[JD]

My version of things:

Loki: "Dude, chill for a minute...."
*Thor hits Loki with Mjölner*
*Durkon drops unconciouss, and the moment is ruined*

((Never been much for romance... Whenever the loving couple runs towards each others in the park (slow motion, slow music etc.) I yell: "Now trip her" and people complains that I shouldn't be there if I don't like the genre.... C'mon I came there for the car chases!))

[Rhia]

((Never been much for romance... Whenever the loving couple runs towards each others in the park (slow motion, slow music etc.) I yell: "Now trip her" and people complains that I shouldn't be there if I don't like the genre.... C'mon I came there for the car chases!))

How often do you find movies that combine car chases with couples running towards each other in the park? :-X ;)

[Tzor]

You know it's moments like these that cause me to suddenly burst into song. Sing if with me if you figured out the song.

But when they get behind closed doors
When she takes her helmit off
When they both realize that they are dwarves
Well nobody knows what goes on behind closed doors!

Except Odin and Loki apparently, and it appears that Loki's a she (big relief guys giving birth to world killing wolves just bugs me out) so perhaps a little romance might imspire some divine fires ... or just mutual gross outs.

[Salzorin]

I have bad mental images of Dwarves Gone Wild dancing through my head due to the implications that Hilgya's chaotic alignment would cause her to be more of a "free spirit."

[The Giant]

Except Odin and Loki apparently, and it appears that Loki's a she (big relief guys giving birth to world killing wolves just bugs me out) so perhaps a little romance might imspire some divine fires ... or just mutual gross outs.

Loki is NOT a she. Men have rectangle bodies; women have curvy bodies, elven wizards wear robes. He also has the same hairstyle as Elan. Plus, he's LOKI, a male god. Seriously, I know they're simple drawings but I didn't think it was that hard to figure out.

[Invariel]

Posted by: GypsyThorn
Like the scorpion said to the fox, "it's my nature."

Best fable, ever.

Posted by: JD
((Never been much for romance... Whenever the loving couple runs towards each others in the park (slow motion, slow music etc.) I yell: "Now trip her" and people complains that I shouldn't be there if I don't like the genre.... C'mon I came there for the car chases!))

Check your mail.

(Also) posted by: JD
Loki: "Dude, chill for a minute...."
*Thor hits Loki with Mjölner*
*Durkon drops unconciouss, and the moment is ruined*

Why ... would Durkon fall unconscious when his patron deity is Thor? ???

[Loethlin]

Seriously, I know they're simple drawings but I didn't think it was that hard to figure out.

*offtopic*
It's true, I never had any problems in figuring out who's a guy and who's a girl. And I still can't stop giggling at one of the questions in FAQ "Is V a guy or a girl?". ;D
*end of offtopic*
And coming again to this "Romeo and Juliet" thing... I have never thought about possibilities of resurrection. But I like it. They don't have to fake suicide! :)

[Tarlonniel]

V is... V. ;D

Hey, has anyone anywhere done Shakespeare D&D style? A lot of the Bard's tragedies would be perfect material, either for parody or actual play....

[Grey Watcher]

I had no trouble interpreting Loki's gender. He's a guy. As for V, I had no idea anyone had any confusion over his gener until I visited this forum. I just thought he was a guy.

As for spells that revive the dead, I've never liked giving players the ability to cop out of death. The most I'd permit in a setting of my own creation would be a spell that could resucitate a person within a short time after they reached -10 HP, probably no more than a round or two. Heck, I'd probably call it Resucitation.

[TheArcaneTrickster]

You all miss the underlying reason for Helgya's kindness!!! She is using Durken to get at Thor and defeat the rest of the OoTS so that they all will die in a fiery blaze!!! How can you all be so blind!? It is your impertenence that will get those poor fools killed! If you all will do nothing, then I shall have to save them!

Super-mage, AWAY! *flys off*
Edit: I was in chat mode or something when I wrote this o_O.

[mossfoot]

I had no problem knowing Loki was a guy... BUUUT, I can see the confusion, too... in a Legolas (Orlando Bloom) "bit too purty" kind of way ;)

Oh, Grey Watcher's comment got me thinking. I wonder if we're ever going to see a "house rule" introduced into the comedy (as a punchline or plot device) or if it's going to stay as true to the 3.5 rules as possible.