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2019-07-29, 02:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1172 - The Discussion Thread
I'm sure people wheel start discussing the comic again soon.
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2019-07-29, 02:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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"If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
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(Walter Moers "Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher")
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2019-07-29, 03:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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I am guessing that you sing in the choir or in a glee club. Close? My German, what I have left of it, is/was Hoch Deutsch. Fading faster than Cat Stevens' blue jeans, though ...
LIght rail would and will be cheaper, where it is implemented. (I was recently in Vancouver BC who have a decent light rail set up ...) But he's still busy with a big blue worm.
Yep, the EULA ... true evil incarnate. You nailed that pun.Avatar by linklele. How Teleport Worksa. Malifice (paraphrased):
Rulings are not 'House Rules.' Rulings are a DM doing what DMs are supposed to do.
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Agency means that they {players} control their character's actions; you control the world's reactions to the character's actions.
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2019-07-29, 03:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-07-29, 03:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-07-29, 03:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1172 - The Discussion Thread
Apologies to Marx for butchering his joke here, but I would never want to be part of a choir or glee club that would have me as a member. I'm largely quoting The Office (US) here, mostly Dwight. I did make a The Office (UK) reference with the territorial army, to Dwight's British counterpart Gareth.
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2019-07-29, 03:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Ah. With the two pointers being (I had thought) 18th - early 19th century (pre industrial) and religious, my mind went to Oratorios in the classical and baroque periods. I was raised on classical music, and while I sang for a while that talent plateaued sometime in high school and has since degraded thanks to smoking for too many years.
Avatar by linklele. How Teleport Worksa. Malifice (paraphrased):
Rulings are not 'House Rules.' Rulings are a DM doing what DMs are supposed to do.
b. greenstone (paraphrased):
Agency means that they {players} control their character's actions; you control the world's reactions to the character's actions.
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2019-07-29, 03:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-07-29, 03:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-07-29, 03:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1172 - The Discussion Thread
There's no particular reason for the Godsmoot "no take back" rule to apply in a Dwarven council of clans meeting. For a more normal vote that didn't immediately lead to the destruction of the world, I would think every member would want to have his/her vote recorded. If they are going to allow votes called out before the discussion is closed, it only makes sense for the chair to ask for confirmation after all votes are in, in case somebody is convinced to change his/her mind. I suppose there would need to be some kind of time limit so that a member can't block the vote.
(This isn't forbidden politics, is it? My experience in such procedure comes from various clubs, not from government.)
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2019-07-29, 03:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1172 - The Discussion Thread
"If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
Ronkong Coma "the way of the bookhunter" III Catacombium
(Walter Moers "Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher")
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2019-07-29, 03:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1172 - The Discussion Thread
dare we hope that Durkon also has some ranks in Knowledge (Engineering)
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2019-07-29, 03:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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1. Durkon is not known for his rule-lawyering ability. Given the time-sensitive nature of the event(don't have time to heal someone else), he doesn't have enough time to think about it and doesn't want to risk being late to the party.
2. The exact wording the Exarch said is "...explicitly forbid attacking or using any spell or supernatural on any creature...". The key word is "using", not "casting". That is, doesn't matter who/what/where you cast the spell on, if any creature inside the chamber is affected by said spell, you will be punished. I'd say that you can cast Magic Circle on yourself, walk in (just like the Dominated folk). But the moment your Circle start touching someone else, you are out. Probably you guy are not the first one who think about "I bring an explosive rune/symbol of x inside the chamber" kind of spell.
Even if that weren't the case, Durkon wouldn't want to test the theory. He only got one chance to make this work, and no DM to ask whether his interpretation of the rule is right (or the DM doesn't want him to metagaming, consider that this is in-universe rule).
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2019-07-29, 03:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1172 - The Discussion Thread
And she only got to that point because not a single dwarf cleric or paladin thought "Screw it, we'll set up a payment plan after I cure disease".
Or more likely, a texter. I watched a cop jump the curb today because he was too busy with his Personal Distraction Device.
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2019-07-29, 03:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-07-29, 04:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1172 - The Discussion Thread
Now I wonder, if all of the clan chiefs violate the law and are turned to stone, is the meeting automatically adjourned for lack of a quorum?
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2019-07-29, 04:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1172 - The Discussion Thread
My guess is that the hammer returns, and the roof collapses. People have time to dodge, and survive, but the room floods with sunlight. No vampires, no domination, and the ones who haven't voted yet vote to save the world.
End of council, and Durkon turns back to flesh.
[Not really. While I believe that this is the most "likely" result, the most likely result rarely happens in this strip. Rich has surprised me before, and I suspect that he is going to surprise me again, with a result that looks very reasonable after the fact, but which we didn't see coming.]
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2019-07-29, 04:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-07-29, 04:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1172 - The Discussion Thread
I'm guessing this has already been brought up... but in a story full of rules-lawyering already, including by Lawful types like Thor and Durkon, couldn't Dvalin just say "Uh, I can plainly see that all of the people voting 'Yes' are dominated by vampires, which means that they are not voting, the vampires are voting, who do not have standing here to cast a vote"?
It'd make for a less entertaining story, I guess, but its been this giant issue with the subject for a while now. It's like signing a contract with a gun to your head: The contract is null and void, because it was done under duress, and this is like a hundred miles past duress...
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2019-07-29, 04:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1172 - The Discussion Thread
Durkon: Says here, “If any party is found not t’ be in ‘is right mind, th’ entire contract is automatically nullified.”
Vampire: I don’t know about that.
Durkon: Tha’ is in ev’ry contract. It’s known as a Sanity Clause.
Vampire: You can’t fool me, there ain’t no Sanity Clause.The Giant says: Yes, I am aware TV Tropes exists as a website. ... No, I have never decided to do something in the comic because it was listed on TV Tropes. I don't use it as a checklist for ideas ... and I have never intentionally referenced it in any way.
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2019-07-29, 04:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1172 - The Discussion Thread
He’s a dwarf. Could’ve been a rock opera.
Besides, are you tellin’ me that “Durkon Thundershield” isn’t a Groucho Marx name?Last edited by Fish; 2019-07-29 at 05:00 PM.
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2019-07-29, 05:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1172 - The Discussion Thread
I was kind of hoping that Durkon will try to change the main proposal to something like: "Should vampirism be illegal by dwarven law?" instead. Oh well
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An explanation of why MitD being any larger than Huge is implausible.
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2019-07-29, 05:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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How book ends:
Durkon is smashed by his own hammer.
Sigdi flies into a barbarian rage and kills all the vampires. Sigdi doesn’t turn to stone because vampires aren't living creatures.
Minrah joins the order.
Book ends with funeral for durkon’s dust.
The end.
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2019-07-29, 05:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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