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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 5818568" data-attributes="member: 87792"><p>CaS straight down the line. Especially in Fellowship the pattern is tense moment-comforting safety-tense moment-comforting safety-tense moment-comforting safety...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Arguable. Plot McGuffin with a massive drawback.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>CaS. Why did the Nazgul attack <em>there</em> unless the water was there for that purpose?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You mean gathering the armies <em>put there for the purpose</em> now counts as CaW? CaS straight down the line. Aragorn fetching the undead I'd argue is something I'd expect to see in a shared narrative game with Aragorn burning half a dozen plot points to place the undead who owed him an oath <em>right there</em>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If playing off the exact text of prophecies isn't S, I don't know what the hell is. It was put there <em>with the loophole to be exploited</em>. That's not rules lawyering. It's prophecy lawyering - something with an ancient tradition and that is very S.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No. Aragorn and Boromir sneaking around dressed as orcs might be CaW. </p><p></p><p>From <a href="http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Hobbits" target="_blank">Tolkeingateway</a></p><p><em>Hobbits were between two to four feet tall, the average height being 3 feet 6 inches, with slightly pointed ears and oversized furry feet with leathery soles, resulting in most never wearing shoes.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p>From <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Orcs" target="_blank">Tolkeingateway</a></p><p><em>In Tolkien's writing, Orcs are described as humanoid, roughly human-sized, ugly and filthy.</em></p><p></p><p>Let me get this straight. Two three foot tall hobbits disguised themselves as five foot tall orcs.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sending two hobbits on a Hail Mary Pass mission supported by the power of the plot to do with the McGuffin what it was intended for? CaS. CaW would be sending infiltrators in and dynamiting Sauron's tower.</p><p></p><p>CaS straight down the line.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 5818568, member: 87792"] CaS straight down the line. Especially in Fellowship the pattern is tense moment-comforting safety-tense moment-comforting safety-tense moment-comforting safety... Arguable. Plot McGuffin with a massive drawback. CaS. Why did the Nazgul attack [I]there[/I] unless the water was there for that purpose? You mean gathering the armies [I]put there for the purpose[/I] now counts as CaW? CaS straight down the line. Aragorn fetching the undead I'd argue is something I'd expect to see in a shared narrative game with Aragorn burning half a dozen plot points to place the undead who owed him an oath [I]right there[/I]. If playing off the exact text of prophecies isn't S, I don't know what the hell is. It was put there [I]with the loophole to be exploited[/I]. That's not rules lawyering. It's prophecy lawyering - something with an ancient tradition and that is very S. No. Aragorn and Boromir sneaking around dressed as orcs might be CaW. From [URL="http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Hobbits"]Tolkeingateway[/URL] [I]Hobbits were between two to four feet tall, the average height being 3 feet 6 inches, with slightly pointed ears and oversized furry feet with leathery soles, resulting in most never wearing shoes. [/I] From [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Orcs"]Tolkeingateway[/URL] [I]In Tolkien's writing, Orcs are described as humanoid, roughly human-sized, ugly and filthy.[/I] Let me get this straight. Two three foot tall hobbits disguised themselves as five foot tall orcs. Sending two hobbits on a Hail Mary Pass mission supported by the power of the plot to do with the McGuffin what it was intended for? CaS. CaW would be sending infiltrators in and dynamiting Sauron's tower. CaS straight down the line. [/QUOTE]
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