OOTS 594 is up

ppaladin123 · Sep 21, 2008

StreamOfTheSky said:
And how many innocent people has Nale slaughtered since then? I didn't realize being good meant letting mass murderers live to kill again.

Batman seems to have the same problem...

roguerouge · Sep 21, 2008

StreamOfTheSky said:
And how many innocent people has Nale slaughtered since then? I didn't realize being good meant letting mass murderers live to kill again.

It's totally worth the joke in the last panel. For bards, it's always worth the joke or the plot entanglement.

Nifft · Sep 21, 2008

questing gm said:
Is Elan lawful?

No, but he's too Good to use the Belkar defense.

Now I think Elan will sympathize a bit more with Roy's frustrations.

Cheers, -- N

DreadPirateMurphy · Sep 21, 2008

Is Elan lawful? Would it have been evil to kill somebody who a) just tried to assassinate his liege, b) tried to kill a pregnant woman and her husband, c) poisoned his underling who was too loyal to turn him in, and d) indirectly caused a huge demon to be summoned that killed numerous NPCs?

Now that I think about it, how the heck did Kubota ever survive living in the same city with Miko "Die, Evildoer!" Miyazaki?

frankthedm · Sep 21, 2008

Elan will let Kabuto drown. Rich drew attention to kabuto's +5 armor for this reason.

DreadPirateMurphy said:
Now that I think about it, how the heck did Kubota ever survive living in the same city with Miko "Die, Evildoer!" Miyazaki?

1. Miko was often sent on far flung quests IIRC.
2. Not sure if the Azure city allowed paladins Detect evil on whoever they felt like.
3. There are everal Cheap way to defeat the Detect Evil spell.

Remus Lupin · Sep 21, 2008

I agree with those who say "Let him swim for it."

FalcWP · Sep 22, 2008

StreamOfTheSky said:
And how many innocent people has Nale slaughtered since then? I didn't realize being good meant letting mass murderers live to kill again.

Not to defend Kubota, but mass murderer? Nale was a mass murderer. Kubota has personally murdered one person that I can think of, and has attempted to arranged the assassination of a few more... and Therkla was when he was in serious physical jeopardy.

Elan has twice arranged for Nale to be imprisoned, not killed, despite the fact that he could escape and cause more havoc. In fact, the second time was *after* he escaped and murdered a number of people... and framed Elan for it.

Maybe being Good doesn't mean letting mass murderers live to kill again. But so far, being Elan means you don't execute people.

Remus Lupin · Sep 22, 2008

And I think that is key -- the question is not what does the good alignment abstractly require, but what kind of a person is Elan?

Orius · Sep 22, 2008

StreamOfTheSky said:
And how many innocent people has Nale slaughtered since then? I didn't realize being good meant letting mass murderers live to kill again.

"Evil will triumph because good is dumb!"