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So what are the chances that Durkon doesn't go home to get buried, but to wreck poo poo on his homeland, as prophesied, after turning into an Evil vampire? Cause this sounds like something Rich would pull.
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Oxxidation posted:Snake kills humble dwarf. Have you taken a rank in Dashing Swordsman, then?
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Mar 4, 2013 03:58
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Will Thor be upset about / excommunicate a vampire worshipper? He might be the kind of god that wouldn't care too much as long as there is a lot of fighting and lightning, but he sort of seems like a good god.
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Mar 4, 2013 04:15
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Goffer posted:Will Thor be upset about / excommunicate a vampire worshipper? He might be the kind of god that wouldn't care too much as long as there is a lot of fighting and lightning, but he sort of seems like a good god. Alignment is kind of unyielding in D&D. Durkon is hosed in that regard 
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Mar 4, 2013 04:16
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Captain Oblivious posted:Alignment is kind of unyielding in D&D. Durkon is hosed in that regard If it goes that way re: vampirism I'd expect a shift to worshipping Hel. I don't know if that's legit but if not it seems a decent houserule. Edit: VV @Col.Cool: Or that. Trapezium Dave fucked around with this message at 04:34 on Mar 4, 2013 |
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Mar 4, 2013 04:21
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Durkon died a death worthy of any dwarf; in the grip of an unliving abomination. Hell, he was even in an underground Fortress.
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Goffer posted:Will Thor be upset about / excommunicate a vampire worshipper? He might be the kind of god that wouldn't care too much as long as there is a lot of fighting and lightning, but he sort of seems like a good god. The interesting bit is that the prophecy about Durkon specifically said "he will bring death and destruction for us all". Guess what Nergal's the god of.
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Goffer posted:Will Thor be upset about / excommunicate a vampire worshipper? He might be the kind of god that wouldn't care too much as long as there is a lot of fighting and lightning, but he sort of seems like a good god. At this point, I don't think it will be Thor rejecting Durkon, but the other way around.
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Okay, so Malack's totally not a Yuan-Ti, he's just a very large magical sapient glass (legless) lizard that coincidentally has similar abilities and probable statistics to a copyrighted fantasy creature. Got it.
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Mar 4, 2013 04:40
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Colonel Cool posted:The interesting bit is that the prophecy about Durkon specifically said "he will bring death and destruction for us all". Clearly Durkon's just going to be a really pushy missionary of Nergal in the Dwarven lands! 
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TunaSpleen posted:Okay, so Malack's totally not a Yuan-Ti, he's just a very large magical sapient glass (legless) lizard that coincidentally has similar abilities and probable statistics to a copyrighted fantasy creature. Got it. I mean, sure, maybe he is, but so what? Unless that informs how he's likely to act (which it might, it's been a long time since I read Dwellers of the Forbidden City) how is it important?
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Mar 4, 2013 04:48
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Colonel Cool posted:The interesting bit is that the prophecy about Durkon specifically said "he will bring death and destruction for us all". http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0737.html The wording is quite similar. Also Thor's hammer is the smoosher of evil, which might not work out too well for certain characters.
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Mar 4, 2013 04:53
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sebmojo posted:how is it important? For the 'spergiest of us to figure out stats and abilities to know what sort of tricks he can play in the future, same as any other character we've ever squabbled about aside from V's gender.
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Mar 4, 2013 04:56
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I really liked how Durkon's skin tone gradually turned paler and paler as his blood was drained. Great artwork touch. So, will he lose all his Cleric abilities and spells now? Stabbey_the_Clown fucked around with this message at 05:31 on Mar 4, 2013 |
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Mar 4, 2013 05:27
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Trapezium Dave posted:
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:So, will he lose all his Cleric abilities and spells now? Nergal will happily grant his new disciple all sort of poo poo I'm sure.
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Mar 4, 2013 05:44
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So. About time for Xykon and Co. to show up, isn't it?
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blizzardvizard posted:So what are the chances that Durkon doesn't go home to get buried, but to wreck poo poo on his homeland, as prophesied, after turning into an Evil vampire? And the best part is, from the current High Priest's response letter (the one the MitD ate) it sounds like the former High Priest didn't write the prophesy down anywhere. So they'll be completely unprepared when he does come home...
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Mar 4, 2013 05:56
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So when vampires make other vampires, isn't the rule that they can only have one non-spawn under their sway at a time? To make another one, they have to release their current progeny. Mostly going off of the d20 SRD edit: upon re-reading it says " At any given time a vampire may have enslaved spawn totaling no more than twice its own Hit Dice" and this is in reference to non-spawn vampires as well. I doubt Malack could vamp-enslave them both. I guess we'll see. rocketrobot fucked around with this message at 06:23 on Mar 4, 2013 |
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Mar 4, 2013 06:19
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The only way to bring a vampire back from Evil-alignment after it's taken hold properly is to kill it and then resurrect, right?
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Mar 4, 2013 06:22
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Colon V posted:Even the goddamn cat is male. 
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Mar 4, 2013 06:53
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Zereth posted:What makes you say that? I don't think the cat's sex has ever been mentioned. Because his name is Mr. Scruffy.
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Mar 4, 2013 06:55
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Having done a quick readthrough of most of the recent comics, I'd forgotten all about the "the rift is in Girard's buttcheeks" deal. Wonder how that'll shape up, seeing as we must be getting close to the actual gate at this point in the story.
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Mar 4, 2013 07:04
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According to the SRD: "Vampires appear just as they did in life, although their features are often hardened and feral..." Often, but not always. I wonder if vampire Durkon is going to pretend to be normal Durkon and keep travelling with the party? And would Belkar be aware of the transformation if it happened while he was dominated?
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Mar 4, 2013 07:13
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What's going to happen with Durkon's soul between now and being raised? Maybe there'll be another afterlife strip 
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Mar 4, 2013 07:16
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ZnCu posted:According to the SRD: "Vampires appear just as they did in life, although their features are often hardened and feral..." The most recent kobold seemed aware of what was going on while dominated. More interesting would be "How much would Durkon need to bribe Belkar to keep it under wraps"? The answer, imo, would be "nothing at all"; I think Belkar would be completely fine with having another "evil-RPing-good" person in the party. Roy would feel perfectly fine leaving Durkon with Belkar to "keep Belkar under control", and then they could go off and do whatever chaotic-evil things their hearts desire. The only question would be, how long would Durkon be able to fake clerical abilities as a vampire? Do they all just transfer to a new god and stay basically the same?
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Mar 4, 2013 07:24
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ZnCu posted:And would Belkar be aware of the transformation if it happened while he was dominated? I don't see why he wouldn't be. Domination just means you're under the mental control of another entity; it doesn't say anything about you not having awareness of what happened while you were under their control. Makes me wonder if Belkar's silently freaking the hell out inside his own head at what's happening and being unable to stop it... or if he's just pissed that now Durkon's going to get sweet vampire powers and he isn't.
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Mar 4, 2013 07:27
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Could a dominated person be forced to forget?
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Ursine Asylum posted:The most recent kobold seemed aware of what was going on while dominated. More interesting would be "How much would Durkon need to bribe Belkar to keep it under wraps"? It would depend if Malack is destroyed somehow, or if Durkon was acting on Malack's behalf. I think Belkar would want nothing more than to killing Malack, for biting him in the head and dominating him if nothing else.
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Mar 4, 2013 07:50
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Is Thor actually an aligned deity? I thought Norse gods were all pretty much "Alignment? Whatever go kill and or die in glorious battle or something."
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MikeJF posted:Could a dominated person be forced to forget? I don't think so; the effect specifies the caster "controls the actions" of the target, "within the limits of its abilities". I think something like that would be outside of the spell's purview, especially since there's a separate spell called "Modify Memory" of the same level that only lets you affect five minutes of the target's memories. SirDan3k posted:Is Thor actually an aligned deity? I thought Norse gods were all pretty much "Alignment? Whatever go kill and or die in glorious battle or something." By D&D rules, he's Chaotic Good.
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Carrasco posted:By D&D rules, he's Chaotic Good. Which doesn't make much sense since a cleric's supposed to be no more than one alignment step away from his diety, and Durkon's Lawful Good is two. But I guess this Thor is NG or something? Or Rich doesn't much care about that caveat, I guess. Especially since it's pretty funny to have stick in the mud Dukon worshiping such a random god and all.
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Mar 4, 2013 08:02
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Can someone post it? My work has the sight blocked for some bizarre reason.
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Toussaint Louverture posted:Can someone post it? My work has the sight blocked for some bizarre reason. 
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Mar 4, 2013 08:13
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W.T. Fits posted:Because his name is Mr. Scruffy. 
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Mar 4, 2013 08:14
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Zereth posted:Never seen kids name cats before it was clear what equipment they had and the name stuck or things like that, I take it? They also call him 'him'.
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Mar 4, 2013 08:16
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The person who named it was an octogenarian who probably knows what bits things have. Jesus, that's depressing.
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Zereth posted:Never seen kids name cats before it was clear what equipment they had and the name stuck or things like that, I take it? You're the one who wanted an explanation for why people assumed the cat is male. If you don't want an answer, don't ask the question. 
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Mar 4, 2013 08:19
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I misted up a little. Over a stick-figure dwarf. I'd really like Rich to take a swing at some non-graphic fiction, he's got some chops for it, maybe.
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Man, I don't even know what the hell to expect from this comic any more.
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