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    AssassinGuy

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    No, Tarquin saw Nale crumple in the face of the ambush and he doesn't trust him to lead anymore. Nale is downtrodden enough to let him lead.

    Yes, any target of the arrow would have worked. She was sure to hit someone in the narrow corridor.

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    Quote Originally Posted by oppyu View Post
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    Will Tarquin continue following Nale's orders following the ambush? Yes or No?
    No. It seems like he has only been playing lip service to following Nale, but with this latest debacle Tarquin will be hard pressed to maintain even that facade. Much more likely he will lead outright.

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    Bonus Question: Would the Order's ambush a few strips ago have been effective if Tarquin did not catch the arrow? Yes or No?
    Overall effective? -- yes. I agree with Smolder's assessment above, I think that the smokestick would have worked no matter where it hit -- I don't think they would have used a trigger that only works by the arrow being grabbed while in flight. Conversely, would it have worked as well as it did? -- no. By centering the smoke release on the most effective member (thus far from the Orders point of view, and probably in truth) of the Linear Guild, they were guaranteed that he would be within range of the released smoke and thereby hindered and less effective overall. This was less certain had it hit further along. I believe that there was a backup plan had the current arrow failed to be effective (maybe backup arrows? another form of distraction?). So I am not convinced they were 100% counting on him catching the arrow, but they were likely playing the odds with the option in mind. (Using his own hubris against him and actually having it work was a bonus!) One cannot forget that even the Order was shocked that it worked so well that they actually won (rendering Elan's contribution moot), so perhaps what happened was more along the lines of "best case scenario", but I think even if the ambush had been less effective, I think that the strategy was sound enough to be effective overall.
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    78% of all DM's start their first campaign in a tavern. If you're among the 22% who didn't, copy and paste this into your signature and tell us where you DID begin.The players were attacked individually on the road on the way to town by werewolves. To survive, they had to team up then and there without knowing anything about eachother (literally -- all character sheets were completed without other players' knowledge).

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    #863 - Looking for Regroup
    Will Tarquin continue following Nale's orders following the ambush?
    Yes: 4
    No: 9

    Bonus Question: Would the Order's ambush a few strips ago have been effective if Tarquin did not catch the arrow?
    Yes: 9
    No: 2

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    Do you prefer Vaarsuvius as a male or female?

    Bonus: Guess Tarquin's class(es) and level.
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    Oof. That's a tough one. I think I have to make my own third option - which is that I prefer V remain androgynous. ^.^

    As for the bonus, I'm guessing that Tarquin is a level 18 fighter.
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    I just want to say that if this isn't the weirdest line of argument I've seen this thread take yet, it's not for lack of trying.

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    Female.

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    Edit: Level 19.
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    Male.

    For Tarquin, I'm guessing he's a 19th-level Fighter.

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    V is a hard one. I though female for the first couple hundred strips, but I have also read some good evidence for male and can see it falling that way as well. I would like an Undecided option, since I can see evidence either way. Since by word of the giant we will never be told, I think that the 3rd option is acceptable.

    As far as Tarquin is concerned, I agree with the other before me: I'm guessing he's a Fighter, but the level is a hard call. I am going to error on the side of caution and say 18th level. There is solid evidence for 17+, but I am not sure I would go with full on epic therefore below 20... So 17, 18, or 19 averages to 18th, let's run with that.
    78% of all DM's start their first campaign in a tavern. If you're among the 22% who didn't, copy and paste this into your signature and tell us where you DID begin.The players were attacked individually on the road on the way to town by werewolves. To survive, they had to team up then and there without knowing anything about eachother (literally -- all character sheets were completed without other players' knowledge).

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    Female ,
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    Androgynous. If that's not an option, then female.

    Level 18 single-classed fighter.

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    V has always been female to me.

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    Male.

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    Great questions oppyu!

    1) I would prefer that V stay androgynous. Is that an option? How about gender-neutral? third option? V's gender has a strong impact on how you interpret the Belkar-New-Years-Eve-kiss. Either Belkar has some secret gay thing going on, or has a thing for elf chicks, either way it's disturbing, so I choose not to pick.

    2) Lvl 20 Fighter. (Tarquin is all about the 1E gags, so he probably wouldn't have an unusual class, feat or prestige class that wasn't available back then. Hasn't display any magical or other abilities that would necessitate a multiclass)

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    Female. (For V.)

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    Female, ever sense I first read the comic. Hasn't changed.
    18th Level Fighter

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    Male.
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    I've always thought of V as male, but I think I'd prefer him/her to be female so Haley isn't the only girl.

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    Will there be another interum poll or will this thread wait until the next posting? Just wondering...
    78% of all DM's start their first campaign in a tavern. If you're among the 22% who didn't, copy and paste this into your signature and tell us where you DID begin.The players were attacked individually on the road on the way to town by werewolves. To survive, they had to team up then and there without knowing anything about eachother (literally -- all character sheets were completed without other players' knowledge).

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    Male. Female elves don't have their gender confused.

    I have no idea, since I don't play tabletop RPGs. 20+ Fighter?
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    I like the Evil Overlord option. So do you think he read the list?
    Tarquin? He probably wrote it.
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    Female. It honestly took me a long time to figure out that we weren't supposed to know V's gender.

    Level 18 Fighter. Getting very close to Epic, but not there yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FAD! View Post
    Male. Female elves don't have their gender confused.
    I have no idea why you're assuming that male elves would, but that's a moot point, because V isn't confused about V's gender in the first place.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ti'esar View Post
    I have no idea why you're assuming that male elves would, but that's a moot point, because V isn't confused about V's gender in the first place.
    Jokes about male elves?
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    I like the Evil Overlord option. So do you think he read the list?
    Tarquin? He probably wrote it.
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