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Start of Darkness literally begins with a group of paladins massacring a goblin tribe, though, including children, and they're fine. It's fascinating how much of a story Rich can squeeze out of this super basic D&D ethics issue. It's like starting with the trolley problem and ending up with Eberron.
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Rich said some of those paladins fell later. Which you could call a retcon but it's not like redcloak would have given a poo poo. And yeah, alignment is a crappy dime store guitar, but he gets some great tunes out of it.
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May 11, 2018 06:57
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Was it for that specific act though, or that being the sort of person who'd commit a massacre those paladins were bound to eventually do something that would cause them to fall. When Miko killed Shojo she was immediately hit by a bolt of lightning from the heavens. I always figured it worked like that for any other disgraced paladin.
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May 11, 2018 07:55
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I think Rich said that Miko's fall got the special effects due to the particulars of it and that that's not the norm.
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May 11, 2018 08:01
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Roland Jones posted:Miko's fall got the special effects due to the gods being in it for the drama
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May 11, 2018 08:05
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Well, that too, of course.
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May 11, 2018 08:11
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Lot of people ITT who haven't backed the kickstarter and can't read How the Paladin Got his Scar until August.
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Zulily Zoetrope posted:Lot of people ITT who haven't backed the kickstarter and can't read How the Paladin Got his Scar until August. i have it in my email, must dig it up
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Yeah I imagine that a Paladin falling because he accidentally broke his Oath of Veganism at a restaurant wouldn't get struck by holy lightning, but someone killing their feudal lord and adoptive father is gonna get godfried
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May 11, 2018 09:52
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Ah, there it is.
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Galvanik posted:Was it for that specific act though, or that being the sort of person who'd commit a massacre those paladins were bound to eventually do something that would cause them to fall. When Miko killed Shojo she was immediately hit by a bolt of lightning from the heavens. I always figured it worked like that for any other disgraced paladin. I think he worded it as "some of those paladins went to lay on hands to fix up their wounds afterwards and found they couldn't" which definitely is saying yeah there's a level of poo poo you can be even to "evil races" that finds its way into Evil Act.
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May 11, 2018 11:14
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 #1121: Protection Racket
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reignonyourparade posted:I think he worded it as "some of those paladins went to lay on hands to fix up their wounds afterwards and found they couldn't" which definitely is saying yeah there's a level of poo poo you can be even to "evil races" that finds its way into Evil Act. I can see some of the gods getting a kick out of doing it that way too. No lighting bolt from the sky, no sudden clothing change, no warning that your gods have turned their backs on you until you try to call on them. 
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May 11, 2018 15:05
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The passive aggressive Durkon memory mindslave battle has been pretty amazing.
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May 11, 2018 16:16
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Holy poo poo Miko gets a badass moment
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May 11, 2018 16:32
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please stop spoiling the thing I'm gonna buy when it comes out in paper.
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Yeah, I was gonna say the same thing. I'd prefer not to have all the good bits spoiled.
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The whole thing's good bits. Rich really outdid himself with that one.
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I have no idea what Durkon is planning with this one last memory, and that only makes it all the more intriguing. And the fact that these latest few comics are coming more quickly than the once-per-week rate suggests that Rich has been thinking about this scene for a very long time.
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I'm thinking it's him confronting his mother over finding out what actually happened to his father.
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Oh, good catch I notice that Nokrud seems to be getting less cacklingly evil as he gets these memories
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MikeJF posted:Hel was part of the god pact that created this world, they're all holding each other to that pact. The elf gods were incorporated later. The Dark One, on the other hand, is trying to unleash the Snarl. it could be argued that something all the gods agreed to, is a fundamental law of nature.
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I get the impression that the gods are just the gods of this particular setting and if you were to go to another world or whatever there'd be a different set of gods that made their own little playground there.
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Parahexavoctal posted:it could be argued that something all the gods agreed to, is a fundamental law of nature. You could, but it’s been explicitly stated that gods are perfectly capable of breaking the rules, and MAD is the main reason they don’t.
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I wonder: if Durkon flashes to a memory of reading Explosive Runes, will Durkula be affected by them?
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TheAceOfLungs posted:I wonder: if Durkon flashes to a memory of reading Explosive Runes, will Durkula be affected by them? No, because it's not the appearance of the runes that makes them explosive. They're written using magic that reacts to being read. A memory of seeing something magical is not, itself, magical.
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Bongo Bill posted:No, because it's not the appearance of the runes that makes them explosive. They're written using magic that reacts to being read. A memory of seeing something magical is not, itself, magical. counterpoint, spells are stored as memory and your ability to remember your arbitrary number of them is tied directly to your recall. This is lore.
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http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1122.html In which both sides foolishly believe they have the upper hand.
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You'd think the clerics would have better will saves. Also jeez how many people can you hypnotize in a dang round?
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A.I. Borgland Corp posted:You'd think the clerics would have better will saves. I have no idea, but since Roy threw the sword twice, I'm guessing two rounds passed? And both Durkula and the green haired vampire seem to be doing the dominating (their eyes are glowing on panels 2, 3 and 6 of the 2nd page)
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May 21, 2018 20:00
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Damnit Hilgya wisdom is your core stat and will is your best save, what the hell!
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May 21, 2018 20:03
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That baby must have a great will save.
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That baby is equipment
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I thought Belkar was wearing a ring that protected him from compulsion effects? I suppose he could be faking it for a chance to get close to Durkula.
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Greater Dispel can suppress magical items.
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