OotS 406

[orsal]

The Linear Guild, currently in Azure City prison, were the ones working with Xykon. Sure, she has 3rd-party descriptions of the LiG that also match OotS but she has never brought any of the OotS before their so-called accusers to confirm this, even when the OotS was in chains.

Third party descriptions? As in, plural? IIRC, all but one of the witnesses actually were describing OotS and acts that they really did commit. The only one who had encountered the Linear Guild was the blacksmith, and he knew nothing of Xykon -- in fact, the Guild was not working for Xykon at the time.

 

[frankthedm]

She just murdered a non-evil person in cold blood.

Miko thinks she executed a traitor. Death is the legitimate punishment for traitors all over the multiverse.

She is also failing to respect legitimate authority.

I doubt she feels traitors have “legitimate authority”.

And shouldn't a 12th level Aristocrat have enough HP to survive more than one attack with a bastard sword?

Double power attack output with a two handed weapon against a sitting target can easily be enough to cut through 20-30 HP which old age’s -6 to con can leave a high level aristocrat with.

 

[Goldmoon]

Belkar was dreaming the whole thing. He wakes up and we move on.......

 

[Ed_Laprade]

Ok, here's something else to argue about: If the Gates are destroyed, the Gods will probably be destroyed. So why aren't they doing something about it, like destroying Xykon and his gang? I've always hated that sort of suicidal nonsense.

 

[frankthedm]

What a crazy b*tch...hope Belkar gets to stick it to her!

"The Belkster don't have time for the fuglies"

Question: Will the old man accept the Raise Dead?

 

[Lonely Tylenol]

Miko thinks she executed a traitor. Death is the legitimate punishment for traitors all over the multiverse. I doubt she feels traitors have “legitimate authority”.

That's nice for her. I'd hate to think that some reality might intrude on the sanctity of her delusional world. Unfortunately Miko is not the authority on what is or is not a good act, and her powers hinge on her upholding the principles of goodness, not the principles inherent to her twisted little self-centered universe, so when she commits an act which is actually evil, she loses her powers no matter what she happens to believe about the situation.

If she were so far gone into her mental disorder that she believed that killing babies and bathing in their blood was not only necessary, but honest-to-god exalted, it would still be evil as all hell. The same goes for lesser evils. Her powers are granted to her by an external force that acts as a moral authority, not by her own self-image. She loses those powers if and only if that force determines that she has performed an evil act. That authority presumably has access to more information than she does.

If she really did not believe her acts were evil, she can go procure an Atonement at no cost to the caster of the Atonement spell. If she knows that her acts are evil, it will cost that caster XP. She does not need to know that she's doing evil to fall. She can, in fact, learn too late the error of her ways.

 

[Jakar]

The question I have is what abilities Miko has that let's her put a 14th level aristocrat down in one hit? I mean we're talking about an a person with 14 levels at d8 per level no max dice at first level, probably a -1 con modifier due to age and not having a great constitution to begin with so an average of 59 (average of 14d8-14) hit points and she can smite evil against him so how did she deal 69 damage (enough to put him down to -10) in one hit.

It is a comic. It does not have to follow the rules.

 

[Bad Paper]

Remember the good old days when OotS wasn't so damn wordy? When it was fun to read?

OotS has jumped the shark, but it's on the Erfworld site, so, hey, I'll catch up once in a while.

As far as Miko goes, yeah, there is absolutely no way that she is still a paladin. Regardless of any motivation, the fact stands that she acted without honor. Even putting Shojo up before a rigged court would have been the honorable thing to do, since a rigged court would bring dishonor upon itself, not upon Miko.

Whatever. Hopefully Roy speaks the word to release Belkar, and everyone dies. I like those "everyone dies" endings.

 

[Jim Hague]

It is a comic. It does not have to follow the rules.

Or she just acquired Smite Good.

 

[Jakar]

Or she just acquired Smite Good.

Had not thought of that one.

Bet the next few comics have nothing to do with this.