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YouSpoonyBard posted:Durkon also probably thought that Hold Person against Thog would be a good idea because he probably has a horrible will save. Not only that, it worked perfectly the last time he tried it on Thog.
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So Tarquin's weakness is that he doesn't realize his son is comic relief?
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May 2, 2012 09:31
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Manic_Misanthrope posted:So Tarquin's weakness is that he doesn't realize his son is comic relief? He's probably figuring that out pretty fast now. I wonder if he's going to drop his disguise to bitch Elan out for not actually being the group leader? Not right this second, but I can see the OOTS running a fighting retreat into the depths of the pyramid, and each time they clash Tarquin sees a couple more hints that hey, Elan isn't actually in charge of anything here.
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May 2, 2012 18:35
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Of course the whole dynamic with Nale as the more aspiring son, and Malack wanting to avenge his spawns, will make all of that all too exciting...
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May 2, 2012 18:40
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Nenonen posted:Of course the whole dynamic with Nale as the more aspiring son, and Malack wanting to avenge his spawns, will make all of that all too exciting... Given that Malack is buddy-buddy with Durkon and hates Nale, I think the odds of a heel-face-turn are riding at about 85%.
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May 2, 2012 18:43
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To be totally fair to Elan, though, his tactic worked splendidly.
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I just assumed tarquin had some imaginary feat that made him a much more effective fighter in the event he's alone fighting a party of heroes, which is why he went down to fight them by himself.
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May 3, 2012 06:51
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He could also be higher level than they are. He must have dozens of heroes who consider him their nemesis out there questing and gathering xp all funneling into him for free.
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May 3, 2012 08:57
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OriginalPseudonym posted:He's probably figuring that out pretty fast now. I wonder if he's going to drop his disguise to bitch Elan out for not actually being the group leader? Not right this second, but I can see the OOTS running a fighting retreat into the depths of the pyramid, and each time they clash Tarquin sees a couple more hints that hey, Elan isn't actually in charge of anything here. I think he's a pretty bright guy; Tarquin probably realized Elan was moderately useless while they were hanging out together for a few days. Doesn't mean he didn't expect a Suggestion or something.
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May 3, 2012 15:34
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Verr posted:I think he's a pretty bright guy; Tarquin probably realized Elan was moderately useless while they were hanging out together for a few days. Doesn't mean he didn't expect a Suggestion or something.
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May 3, 2012 16:02
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Colon V posted:I mean, Elan's proven that he's actually competent in combat, since he's gotten that one level of Dashing Swordsman. But the team has only fought together as a team since he got the Dashing Swordsman level a couple of times, first when they were on the wall at Azure City, and then when they took on the Thri-kreen. And in both those cases they all split up pretty quickly. This is the first time they've really fought as a coherent unit, what, since they lost to Miko? And hell, since V's MIA, I guess they still haven't. Since it's been so long, then, it kind of makes sense for Elan to fall back into the role he normally took in the old days, that of musical and magical support, rather than as a front-line fighter.
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May 3, 2012 16:28
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Manic_Misanthrope posted:So Tarquin's weakness is that he doesn't realize his son is comic relief? I think this is spot on. Tarquin is playing the long game, and he expects the heroes to follow certain tropes. Elan is really the only person who stands a chance of throwing him off his game, not because of his genre awareness, but how consistently he manages to subvert them.
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I'm wondering if Elan's plan for defeating his father is to simply make their epic duel as anti-climatic as possible. Tarquin wants to become a legend more than anything else, so the way to defeat him isn't to kick his rear end, it's to make his story boring or lame.
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May 5, 2012 00:49
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Whoa I did not expect getting my magnet so soon. It's pretty keen.
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May 6, 2012 14:42
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Poil posted:He could also be higher level than they are. He must have dozens of heroes who consider him their nemesis out there questing and gathering xp all funneling into him for free. I'm pretty sure Tarquin is a PC, and thus doesn't benefit from the personal nemesis thing.
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Wait, there's a mechanic by which if you have a "personal nemesis" then they also benefit from whatever experience you gain? Okay, I get that plenty of fiction seems to work that way in practice, but...
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May 7, 2012 11:29
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Triple Elation posted:Wait, there's a mechanic by which if you have a "personal nemesis" then they also benefit from whatever experience you gain? The joke being that if you play a campaign you usually get a nemesis who's level is always in a range that will be a challenge for you.
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May 7, 2012 11:55
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There's a strip where Crystal, Haley's rival, is sitting around with the other Thieves' Guild members. *DING* Crystal: "Sweet! Starshine gained another level!" Thief: "Aw, man, I wish I had a nemesis!"
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May 7, 2012 12:55
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Another Kickstarter update from Rich. The coloring books are done! The notebooks are...anti-done. He's drawing as many variants for PC classes as he is monsters! And he's had to leave angry messages over voice mail. He hopes to get an update out today.
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I hope Rich is ok
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I hope he's in a diabetic coma and is found just in time, but can't update for months.
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May 7, 2012 21:09
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Fried Chicken posted:I hope Rich is ok (New strip, yo)
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May 8, 2012 05:07
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Roy is why you don't dump Int.
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May 8, 2012 05:10
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Heh, that's pretty cool. Dude is like Batman, yo.
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May 8, 2012 05:11
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Well that got a big stupid laugh out of me.
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May 8, 2012 05:41
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Pope Guilty posted:Roy is why you don't dump Int. For all the good it did him in that particular instance.
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May 8, 2012 05:59
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Roy is the reason you choose wizard/sorcerer/cleric over anything else herf derf I've min maxed 3.5 to where it isn't fun anymore and every time a member of the OOtS makes a non optimal choice I rage and write sixty paragraphs describing why the choice was bad what a properly min/maxed character would have done and why Burlow should just get back to system humor instead of trying to tell us this improbably epic fantasy.
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May 8, 2012 06:26
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Gonna buy that mask.
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May 8, 2012 06:34
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This is like the last episode of The Prisoner.
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May 8, 2012 07:19
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So either he's a big fan of Batman, or else Santos, the Silver-masked Wrestler. Both of 'em did the 'mask under their mask' trick.
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Speedball posted:So either he's a big fan of Batman, or else Santos, the Silver-masked Wrestler. Both of 'em did the 'mask under their mask' trick.  does the same thing.
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Speedball posted:So either he's a big fan of Batman, or else Santos, the Silver-masked Wrestler. Both of 'em did the 'mask under their mask' trick. Or the Daring Dragoon...
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Speedball posted:So either he's a big fan of Batman, or else Santos, the Silver-masked Wrestler. Both of 'em did the 'mask under their mask' trick. It's a loving joke. Nobody invented "wearing clothes under clothes."
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Cabbit posted:For all the good it did him in that particular instance. Eh, even being able to spot that it's not Thog is generally tactically advantageous. They can stop styling their attacks for him.
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Pope Guilty posted:Roy is why you don't dump Int. I was really psyched when Roy explained why that wasn't Thog. I've always had a soft spot for fighters who have some Int. (I'm still bitter that my friend with the dumb-strong fighter used to get 10% bonus experience.  )
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May 8, 2012 13:10
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Nilbop posted:It's a loving joke. Nobody invented "wearing clothes under clothes." Underwear doesn't have an inventor?!
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terminal mehmet posted:Underwear doesn't have an inventor?! Probably not, it predates written history. People just said "it's cold, I'm putting on more furs". unless you're talking about modern underwear, invented by Rutherford B. Haynes
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prefect posted:(I'm still bitter that my friend with the dumb-strong figher used to get 10% bonus experience.
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2nd edition ADnD you got bonus experience if your class base stat was high. It's as dumb as it sounds.
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