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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DreadPirateMurphy" data-source="post: 3581431" data-attributes="member: 20715">This was a good strip.  It had far more depth (both in terms of character and message) than anybody has any right to expect from a Webcomic about stick figures in a role-playing game.  Miko was annoying, but she was also a completely believable character -- people like that exist in real life, unfortunately.  Imagine any self-righteous person in a position of power who is convinced of their own infallibility.Also, you could make an argument that Belkar indirectly caused the deaths of both Roy and Miko.  Belkar helped pushed Miko over the edge, which led her to kill Shojo, which led to her death in the throne room.  She might not have snapped if the halfling wasn't so obviously evil -- and paladins aren't supposed to associate with known evil types.</blockquote>