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2014-09-06, 01:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Murphy's Law X: I Really Need To Post A Map
...yeah. Yeah, it is.
Everything dissolves into blue.
Avatar of Kotka done by Ceika!
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2014-09-06, 02:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Murphy's Law X: I Really Need To Post A Map
Even more horrifying is the thought of all the good people in there who just do their job and keep their heads low. Victims of a propaganda machine. All too easy to forget them and just say "Kill them all. God will know his own." Not just something that can be solved with fireballs and polymorph self. It will take actual work. Something murder-hobos (i.e. most adventurers) are notoriously bad at. Conan could at least organize a kingdom.
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“Don't exercise your freedom of speech until you have exercised your freedom of thought.”
― Tim Fargo
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2014-09-09, 10:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Murphy's Law X: I Really Need To Post A Map
Well, to be fair, most of you guys tend to shove swords at "monster" race (except Drows in some cases).
Badly drawn helmet avatar drawn by me.
Rest in Peace:SpoilerMiko Miyazaki, Thanh, Durkon- Order of the Stick
Krunch- Looking For Group
Bill- Left 4 Dead
Soap Mactavish- Modern Warfare 3
Sandman- Modern Warfare 3
Ghost and Roach- Modern Warfare 2
Gabe- Dead Space 2
Dom- Gears of War 3
Carmine Brothers- Gears of War series
Uriel Septim VII- Elderscrolls Oblivion
Commander Shepherd- Mass Effect 3
Ned Stark- Song of Ice and Fire
Apple Jack's parents
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2014-09-09, 11:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Murphy's Law X: I Really Need To Post A Map
Yes, but in another context. Most worlds are constructed to be Black-and-White morality, especially in the ages-old games that things like OOTS and Munchkin parodies. And in such a context, if those are the rules and you have to play by them. In such a game, the monsters are designated as "non-human" or "outside the moral circle". It's sheer escapism.
Murphy's Law is clearly written as a world with a Gray-and-Gray morality. For those who like to explore the finer points of morality, of the problems of deciding whether staying true to ones' morals regardless of the circumstances or changing them when they clearly don't work... for those who like to question the meaning of Good and Evil, those games and worlds preferable.
Both are valid choices for a game. I like them both, at different times. It's important to keep them separate.Avatar by CoffeeIncluded
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“Don't exercise your freedom of speech until you have exercised your freedom of thought.”
― Tim Fargo
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2014-09-09, 04:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Murphy's Law X: I Really Need To Post A Map
I don't know but Drows are usually civilized than other monsters and most encounters are either patrols or raiders.
I am actually thinking about making Drow into various civilizations with variable morals and some areas have syncretized human-drow culture and have white hair among human population (Yes, I got that idea from Vikings in British isles and Ireland).Badly drawn helmet avatar drawn by me.
Rest in Peace:SpoilerMiko Miyazaki, Thanh, Durkon- Order of the Stick
Krunch- Looking For Group
Bill- Left 4 Dead
Soap Mactavish- Modern Warfare 3
Sandman- Modern Warfare 3
Ghost and Roach- Modern Warfare 2
Gabe- Dead Space 2
Dom- Gears of War 3
Carmine Brothers- Gears of War series
Uriel Septim VII- Elderscrolls Oblivion
Commander Shepherd- Mass Effect 3
Ned Stark- Song of Ice and Fire
Apple Jack's parents
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2014-09-09, 04:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Um. Did you just provide a source of inspiration for the idea "there's more than one group of people in the area, and the individual groups are not homogenous?"
Something feels very wrong with that (the source-listing, not the idea), but I can't quite put my finger on how to say it.
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2014-09-18, 11:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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...Anyway, my vet school application is in! Now on to the supplementals. I can get back to working on the map of the continent this weekend though!
My webcomic!
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Tales of Aequar: Runite's Rise IC
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Playing Natalia Bolts,Jadeite Nocrius, and Soren Lowell
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2014-09-18, 01:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Will Fir ever appear as a Cat Scare? (aka spring-loaded cat)
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“Don't exercise your freedom of speech until you have exercised your freedom of thought.”
― Tim Fargo
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2014-09-21, 12:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Murphy's Law X: I Really Need To Post A Map
Your signature still leads to the 9th thread.
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2014-09-30, 10:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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Whoops, thanks! I'll take care of that right now.
Well, 1/3 of my applications are completely done. The rest are either due later or haven't had the supplements released yet. So I should be able to get back to this soonish.My webcomic!
Currently DMing:
Tales of Aequar: Runite's Rise IC
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Playing Natalia Bolts,Jadeite Nocrius, and Soren Lowell
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2014-09-30, 12:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Murphy's Law X: I Really Need To Post A Map
And there was much rejoicing.
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“Don't exercise your freedom of speech until you have exercised your freedom of thought.”
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2014-09-30, 04:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-10-01, 01:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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So anybody playing as Robert Baratheon expy (Bastard line of inbred kings and a drunk glutton),
Spoiler: Possible spoiler ideawho would be eventually killed off by the players after their familiarity with the plot of Game of Thrones.Badly drawn helmet avatar drawn by me.
Rest in Peace:SpoilerMiko Miyazaki, Thanh, Durkon- Order of the Stick
Krunch- Looking For Group
Bill- Left 4 Dead
Soap Mactavish- Modern Warfare 3
Sandman- Modern Warfare 3
Ghost and Roach- Modern Warfare 2
Gabe- Dead Space 2
Dom- Gears of War 3
Carmine Brothers- Gears of War series
Uriel Septim VII- Elderscrolls Oblivion
Commander Shepherd- Mass Effect 3
Ned Stark- Song of Ice and Fire
Apple Jack's parents
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2014-10-01, 01:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Murphy's Law X: I Really Need To Post A Map
Assuming you are talking about the players in Coffee's game, no one is playing a royal, heck nobody is playing a noble (though I have suspicions), besides we aren't even close to Laria, at least as far as I know.
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2014-10-01, 02:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Murphy's Law X: I Really Need To Post A Map
Jadeite's the closest thing to a noble in the game; the Nocrius family is one of seven well-known families; they specialize in necromancy. Serrin Peakane has a similar status, though the Peakanes tend to specialize in abjuration.
My webcomic!
Currently DMing:
Tales of Aequar: Runite's Rise IC
OOC Map
Playing Natalia Bolts,Jadeite Nocrius, and Soren Lowell
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2014-10-02, 04:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Badly drawn helmet avatar drawn by me.
Rest in Peace:SpoilerMiko Miyazaki, Thanh, Durkon- Order of the Stick
Krunch- Looking For Group
Bill- Left 4 Dead
Soap Mactavish- Modern Warfare 3
Sandman- Modern Warfare 3
Ghost and Roach- Modern Warfare 2
Gabe- Dead Space 2
Dom- Gears of War 3
Carmine Brothers- Gears of War series
Uriel Septim VII- Elderscrolls Oblivion
Commander Shepherd- Mass Effect 3
Ned Stark- Song of Ice and Fire
Apple Jack's parents
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2014-10-02, 08:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-10-02, 08:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Oh, no.
I'm kicking myself for taking so long to realize the connection between strips 121 and 182, and what exactly that seems to suggest about Rust.
It suggests that the ragtag band of misfits is doomed.
EDIT: The second to last panel of 198 all but proves it.Last edited by IcebowIllusion; 2014-10-02 at 09:01 PM.
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2014-10-02, 10:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-10-02, 10:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Last edited by enderlord99; 2014-10-02 at 10:33 PM.
I use braces (also known as "curly brackets") to indicate sarcasm. If there are none present, I probably believe what I am saying; should it turn out to be inaccurate trivia, please tell me rather than trying to play along with an apparent joke I don't know I'm making.
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2014-10-03, 02:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-10-03, 03:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Murphy's Law X: I Really Need To Post A Map
Devils were called Baatezu in 2nd edition. Remember, there was a widespread opinion that D&D was Satanic and taught kids how to use magic and/or commit suicide. Using "devils" was giving these people free ammunition. Demons were called Tanar'ri, btw.
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Oooh, and that's a bad miss.
“Don't exercise your freedom of speech until you have exercised your freedom of thought.”
― Tim Fargo
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2014-10-03, 04:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Considering this is a D&D-based webcomic I think it is safe to assume that Coffee is taking inspiration from the game stats, not the mythology; besides Rust came to the prime plane via Planar Binding which can't bring Deities.
They are still called that way, the reason they are simply devils and demons in the SRD is that the names are not OGL AFAIK.
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2014-10-03, 05:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-10-03, 11:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-10-03, 11:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-10-04, 11:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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I'm surprised the issue people found in this deeply flawed argument was with the wording rather than the fact that, in Greek mythology, erinyes were always female and probably true neutral, or at least not likely to try to start a huge war that would result in thousands of casualties.
Last edited by IcebowIllusion; 2014-10-04 at 12:06 PM.
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2014-10-04, 12:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Murphy's Law X: I Really Need To Post A Map
And we care about Greek Mythology because? Aequar is a setting based on the rules of D&D 3.5 therefore it shouldn't matter if Erynes were originally all-female and Neutral, in D&D and by extension Aequar they are a type of Tanar'ri devil and that is eveything that should matter unless Coffee says otherwise, via Word of Goddess or in the actual comic.
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2014-10-04, 01:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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I believe they are just discussing greek mythology for the sake of greek mythology, and possibly comparing its differences with the comic. However, if they are trying to gleam possible future plot by using mythology in general as a reference, then yeah, that's not really going to work well. As one of my friends tells me from time to time, according to some of the earlier (and possibly original) sources of mythology for elves, they were impish humanoid creatures with long pointy ears that lived in the forests that would lure human children out of their villages and away from their parents, have the children live with them for entertainment of the elf for a while, before they finally get bored and kill them. I almost want to say they even ate the children also, but I don't recall with absolute certainty. I'll ask my friend for a more official explanation and description later when I can get in contact with him.
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2014-10-04, 01:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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