OotS 820 is up

[Nyeshet]

I can't believe I'm actually the first to notice it is up.

OotS 820

This could have some interesting results.

 

[RangerWickett]

Papa don't disappoint.

 

[wingsandsword]

Aww heck. If Tarquin knows about the gates too, just maybe the Empire of Blood becomes another faction in the war over the Snarl.

 

[Voadam]

I love the casual readied action toss of the dagger.

 

[SnowleopardVK]

Somehow I think Tarquin won't go for the Snarl. Trying to use a god-killing monster for your own ends just seems like one of those overly-risky villain cliches that Tarquin knows better than to fall into.

 

[Ainamacar]

Remember Nale: Who knows that you know is as important as knowing it in the first place.

Words that now apply to the OotS/Tarquin relationship at least as much as the Nale/Tarquin relationship which elicited them. This development will almost certainly cause grief for the party, and we can be sure Tarquin will maintain the appearance of ignorance for precisely as long as it suits him. Knowing Rich, however, that will be 50 strips longer or 2 strips shorter we think it will.

Edit: If I were to characterize it as a skill, I'd say Tarquin has max ranks in Information Asymmetry.