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    Me neither. Can anyone explain?
    Um, it would be a little awkward

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    Umm... I think I can sort of guess, but I could also be barking up the wrong tree.

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    Yeah! Just like real D&D.

    If you've got enemies with get-away-abilities like teleport, you've really got to follow V's tactic and Dimensional Anchor them before they decide to run away.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Agnostik View Post
    If it was a greataxe, Belkar can't use it unless he has a feat (forgot how it's called). But it could've been a battleaxe, in that case it's possible but not really likely, I agree.
    Monkey grip? Doesn't he merely get a -4 or -2 to hit?

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    Oh I definately get what Tarquin is saying. Oh and did anyone noticed that the Kobold survived the battle?

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    If you don't get the fountain joke.
    Suck it and mime pressing the button.

    Hes say they ended up blazing a bowl.

    lol@all the people thinking it's sex related.

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    I genuinely was not expecting that - both the fact that Tarquin bugged out and the fact that he took Nale with him.

    Belkar stole the show here, but I liked Tarquin as well (though I'm not going to try too hard to figure his innuendo out...)

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    Well that was anticlimactic.
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    Me neither. Can anyone explain?
    When you drink from a drinking fountain, you bend over and purse your lips into an "O" shape.

    Care to guess what other activities involve someone bending over and pursing their lips into an "O" shape?

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    Why does everyone think Tarquin said something dirty? Here's a hint at what they thought he was miming.

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    Okay, so everyone's status:

    Sabine banished to the lower planes.
    Qarr "Pop"ped somewhere. I'm assuming that's a teleport.
    Z, Tarquin, Kilkil, and Nale teleported out.
    Malack is still floating around and extremely likely to explain everything.
    Mummies are dead, other than the one that fell in with V which we don't know about.

    The Order is basically fine:
    Durkon and Belkar have some damage--Belkar's deafness will probably wear off soon.
    V is floating around like Malack. Blackwing is chasing him.
    We haven't seen Elan.
    Roy and Haley are totally fine.

    So the ones unaccounted for are Malack, V/BW, and Elan. Speculation time:

    V and Elan meet: V probably spills everything to Elan, who is likely disturbed that he barely missed getting killed, but that scene will probably still end in forgiveness (remember that V is Elan's GF's best friend, and that they do have quite a bit of respect for each other--the scene where Elan wants to take a level in wizard, the scene with the illusory celestial lion...).

    V and Malack meet: Could go a couple ways, but I don't think the cleric of a god of death would be too bothered by familicide.

    Elan and Malack meet: Comedic misunderstandings ensue. Beyond that, I dunno.
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    How cute, Tarquin happening to have just the right convenient tool to resolve the situation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ezlo View Post
    I'm glad the Order won this skirmish and all, but I was really hoping to see Elan do something in the battle! Hopefully he's off doing something relevant because his complete absence in this scene is kind of disappointing.
    Do what?

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    Drow jokes... still classic!
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    I think Belkar deserved that kill, pity he didn't get it. This arc really puts Nale in his place as a second rater, the Order has messed before itself but always has something else to show you. The Linear Guild only looks good when they set everything up to their advantage.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mantine View Post
    How cute, Tarquin happening to have just the right convenient tool to resolve the situation.

    I'm smiling.
    It makes perfect sense that Tarquin would know a few things about the Drow culture. He had to learn their language to fill out the gift card on the fruit baskets he was sending them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Smolder View Post
    It makes perfect sense that Tarquin would know a few things about the Drow culture. He had to learn their language to fill out the gift card on the fruit baskets he was sending them.
    Just because it's hinted at somewhere within the story doesn't make it plausible and believable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mantine View Post
    Just because it's hinted at somewhere within the story doesn't make it plausible and believable.
    I don't play D&D but isn't it pretty easy to end up learning a bunch of languages? Doesn't seem that implausible considering he works with evil people, he relies heavily on charisma and communication, and . . . naa I sort of agree. I hate all the d-riding on Tarquin. Stupid annoying.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chaotic Queen View Post
    Why does everyone think Tarquin said something dirty? Here's a hint at what they thought he was miming.

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    I respectfully submit the contrary, as General Tarquin's mastery of cunning linguistic techniques, verbal and nonverbal, had been aptly illustrated just a few panels earlier in this strip.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mantine View Post
    Just because it's hinted at somewhere within the story doesn't make it plausible and believable.
    By definition, it makes it more plausible. Believable is in the eye of the beholder.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Xelbiuj View Post
    If you don't get the fountain joke.
    Suck it and mime pressing the button.

    Hes say they ended up blazing a bowl.

    lol@all the people thinking it's sex related.
    Wrong. It's a drinking fountain- i.e. a fountain that provides water for you to lean over and scoop up, or, in what Tarquin's getting at, stick your face in and suck in with your mouth.

    It's an oral sex joke, which goes with Tarquin's obsessed with sex/Casanova/both schtick.

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    This is why I still consider it one of my best decisions as a DM to put a blanket ban on all spells with the teleport subtype.

    Basically, any arcane caster with access to 4th level spells is never truly in danger, considering he's just a somatic-componentless spell away from safety (barring very elaborate setups, traps or enemies wasting turns trying to lock him down). Fights get a lot more tension when neither side has an instantaneous escape route available and retreats become risky endeavors.
    I think outright banning something is the lazy solution. In a world where teleport (telepork?) spells exist there would logically be precautions that were commonly taken to avoid their abuse.

    If you have access to 4th level spells you are a badass. You've earned the right to waltz in to an encampment of goblin bandits, take their golden idol and teleport out before they knew what hit them.

    If you go up against an opponent with as much experience as you however, you should expect them to be prepared for Scry/Teleport shenanigans. In fact, my players eventually figured out that many NPCs were so paranoid of scry-n-die attacks that they would often take elaborate precautions against them, simultaneously leaving large gaps in other areas of their defense.

    Details like this, I felt, made the world feel a lot more "real."
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    I'm hoping V manage to mess up Order's plan. I think the situation is not going to be in FUBR.
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    The drow are notorious for being backstabbing bastards. Of course Tarquin speaks their language.
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    Quote Originally Posted by t209 View Post
    I'm hoping V manage to mess up Order's plan. I think the situation is not going to be in FUBR.
    I'm inclined to think that the Order's plan is over, with the LG teleporting out. I'm not sure they had any plans beyond the initial ambush, so I doubt there's anything left to mess up.
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    Forget Tarquin, why does Zzdtri know drow sign language? Or is drow sign language more than a crutch for deaf people?
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    Quote Originally Posted by RustyVenture View Post
    I wonder if they will finally be able to figure out that it's Tarquin from the axe.
    They can compare the axe to the one Tarquin carries, by having Elan cast Summon Plot Exposition.

    Of course, the real clue is that the Unknown Fighter took Nale with him, showing an untoward loyalty that the Linear guys aren't known for.
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    Aw, they escaped!

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    Interesting. I wonder where they'll pop up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Morgan Wick View Post
    Forget Tarquin, why does Zzdtri know drow sign language? Or is drow sign language more than a crutch for deaf people?
    It's used for the same reason the Military use hand signals; Silent communication. Which, given the paranoid Backstabbing Drow engage in, is very important. I believe it's one of the automatic languages for Drow.

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