Order of the Stick: How long will they put up with Miko?
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Teflon Billy
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Aloïsius said:
I'm semi-familiar with Thor and the Norse Mythos myself...
I can't imagine "Surrender to someone who holds you in utter contempt, and face your judgement on your knees" hews very close to his mindset.
Durkon=Sellout
wingsandsword said:
The OotS is accused of one thing:
"You are charged with weakening the fabric of the universe by destroying the magical gate located in the Redmountain Hills."
http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript?SK=203
Which, well, they did. No question about it.
http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript?SK=118
wingsandsword
Legend
It doesn't matter, because Lord Shojo has no right to level accusations. The gate was not on his lands, the OotS are not his subjects and not subject to their laws. He was arrogant enough to send someone to render his judgment on people in another land, imposing his will on the soveriegnty of others. Now Miko is hauling the OotS in chains along the road, you'd imagine she'd get arrested for slaving or kidnapping trying that, except the DM is openly railroading at this point.boolean said:
Also, it is being wrongfully accused, not falsely accused. They may have destroyed the gate (Elan did actually, not the entire OotS), and that may have had consequences on magic, but that doesn't mean that anything that the charges are just, only that Shojo has taken offense to this and ordered a minion to kill or capture those who did it.
In the big campaign of the OotS, I don't think the DM understands the concept of "jurisdiction" and how it relates to a highly lawful society. A lord who sends his servants to enforce his will in other countries, arresting their subjects is one who is likely to get a war started. How would Lord Shojo and Miko reply if the actual King of Nowhere or the President of Someplace Else sent knights in to arrest Shojo's subjects and haul them away because things they did offended him? The players understand this however, note Roy's speech about how they aren't part of her society so they don't have to respect her as a Samurai
Rich has a post on his boards about how Miko won.
http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/yab...s;action=display;num=1132340412;start=480#480
About half-way down.
It's plausible - though the dice favored her.
Durkon didn't turn coat so much as had a crisis of conscience.
http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/yab...s;action=display;num=1132340412;start=480#480
About half-way down.
It's plausible - though the dice favored her.
Durkon didn't turn coat so much as had a crisis of conscience.
Teflon Billy
Explorer
Seravin said:
Seriously!
Did Roy ever land more than one attack per round? Miko was landing 4 and 5.
Had it been me playing Roy at the end, I'd have gone for the kill and expected Durkon to back me up or "Grab the Standard" once I was down.
but I've been accused of wrecking DM's stories by not playing along before
Capellan
Explorer
Lazarous said:
Thing is, it's a joke that has ceased to be funny. As players themselves, many readers identify with the Oots "players". So they have an immediate visceral reaction to "DM railroading" that is entirely and unavoidably negative, and spoils the strip.
If Roy had said "Stupid dice." that might have been funny. This ... not.
Capellan said:
Um, no; no, it's still very funny.
The funniest part was the completely misplaced over-confidence of the team; Roy's grumbling about railroading is just icing on the cake, since Rich demonstrated that Miko's victory was neither implausible or impossible.
Lots of funny stuff still to come, methinks.
