OotS #707 is up

[Klaus]

Well played, elf, well played!

 

[Henry]

(Rolling my Sense Motive on the Hobgoblin)

Judging from his responses, I get the feeling that the Hob in question probably WAS a spy; and quite frankly one of the first things to go in Mazlow's hierarchy is the benefit of the doubt.

 

[Nifft]

Elves are awesome.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Merkuri]

Yeah, I understand why this was supposed to be funny, but I couldn't make myself laugh at it.

I prefer my humanoid races to be redeemable, even if they tend towards evil, so the idea of executing a captive humanoid who was offering help (even if the offer wasn't genuine) just doesn't come across as funny to me.

 

[Henry]

Yeah, I understand why this was supposed to be funny, but I couldn't make myself laugh at it.

I prefer my humanoid races to be redeemable, even if they tend towards evil, so the idea of executing a captive humanoid who was offering help (even if the offer wasn't genuine) just doesn't come across as funny to me.

Don't forget about the Thing under the Umbrella, though -- I fully expect to see a crisis of conscience over him/her/it in the future.

 

[Nifft]

Yeah, I understand why this was supposed to be funny, but I couldn't make myself laugh at it.

I prefer my humanoid races to be redeemable, even if they tend towards evil, so the idea of executing a captive humanoid who was offering help (even if the offer wasn't genuine) just doesn't come across as funny to me.

The attitudes of NPCs may not reflect the fundamental truths of the setting. We've seen an elf who hates goblinoids, but that doesn't mean he's right.

Of course, the last time the PCs trusted teenage goblins, things didn't really work out well...

Cheers, -- N

 

[Rechan]

I'm with Merkuri on this one. I saw it coming and it made me disappointed.

The attitudes of NPCs may not reflect the fundamental truths of the setting. We've seen an elf who hates goblinoids, but that doesn't mean he's right.

And we've all ready seen the Azure City paladins being utter, utter bastards to goblins in Start of Darkness. It's not a surprise.

But really it surprises me. I'd have expected this animosity towards Orcs, not goblins.

 

[Jeremy Ackerman-Yost]

But really it surprises me. I'd have expected this animosity towards Orcs, not goblins.

Why? One rampaging horde that worships an evil god isn't much different from another from the perspective of someone inside the game world.

 

[Nymrohd]

If they were adventurers I would not approve the attitude but this is an army force at war with occupying goblinoids. I don't condone the racism but I can comprehend it.

 

[Cadfan]

I don't think the reader is supposed to be cheering on the elf. I think you're supposed to be bothered by this in exactly the same way that you were supposed to be bothered by prior strips of paladins and adventurers farming goblins for EXP. Of course, that doesn't mean that you weren't supposed to find a dark humor in the wordplay- its still a comic strip.