Order of the Stick Updated

[Bayushi Seikuro]

Him? V? Know something we don't?

Well, there is an already established tradition regarding beings of near-infinite power and the presupposition of neutral gender being referred to as a 'he' or 'him' instead of an 'It'.

Of course, I merely made a typological booboo.

Of course, I could be sexist and speak from experience: What spells has V tended to unleash? Destructive. Not all 'let me unleash the power of the Divination school' -- no, pure oldskool invoc/evoke Remember: all generalizations are false.

 

[Stalker0]

Nah. Leadership takes more than charisma. It also takes intelligence and common sense. Elan has neither. He'd be a disaster as a leader.

Actually all it takes is a level 6 character

 

[Beowolf]

i think i spot an error in v's otherwise nigh anal English teacher use of common(rather wordy common at that), wouldn't the correct term for the other npc's on the boat be refugees, not fugitives. they aren't running from the law and are fleeing a war zone. unless I'm missing something about the people on the boat or i didn't know fugitive also applies to anyone fleeing something.

heh i want to see more of the boat captain, heheh ,,, hand axe.

ps whats the reach of colossal octopuses? cause this one is reaching past at least ten hobgobs and the end of the dock. methinks rich got the same urge to run a big tentacled beastie attacking a ship as i did after pirates 2.

 

[Asmor]

i think i spot an error in v's otherwise nigh anal English teacher use of common(rather wordy common at that), wouldn't the correct term for the other npc's on the boat be refugees, not fugitives. they aren't running from the law and are fleeing a war zone. unless I'm missing something about the people on the boat or i didn't know fugitive also applies to anyone fleeing something.

A couple select definitions from Dictionary.com:

–noun
1. a person who is fleeing, from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway: a fugitive from justice; a fugitive from a dictatorial regime.
–adjective
2. having taken flight, or run away: a fugitive slave.

I agree that it's probably not the ideal word, but nor is it incorrect.

 

[boolean]

Remember: all generalizations are false.

Even this one?

 

[frankthedm]

And if V pulled out a wand or staff that we didn't see him/her specifically purchase or find earlier in the strip, everyone would scream, "Deus Ex Machina!" all over the place, like they do anytime any character does anything unexpected.

I prefer to attribute it to PCs being too use to "cast, rest and refresh". Casters avoid getting staves because they view it as burning up their treasure because the items can run out and because they suspect they will always be able to regain their spells between significant fights.

A real shame since a staff of fire can lay down significant pain on an advancing army. Depending if the army marches one being per 5' square or more tightly packed formations [and those hobbos looked like they were more dense than 1 per square], each fireball, with at least 720' range, will roast 44 troops. Within 180' walls of fire can wreck havoc on a lot of troops and direct their movements. And of course Haley could have been UMDing a staff of fire as well, rather than taking pot shots with her bow.

In general, when the characters aren’t engaged in round-by-round combat, they should be able to move anywhere and in any manner that you can imagine real people could. A 5-foot square, for instance, can hold several characters; they just can’t all fight effectively in that small space. The rules for movement are important for combat, but outside combat they can impose unnecessary hindrances on character activities.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

Actually all it takes is a level 6 character

That's just inspiring loyalty, I think. A potent but small bit of leadership. The feat doesn't give any bonuses to leading your allies in things like skills checks or combat, for instance.

 

[Tiberius]

That's just inspiring loyalty, I think.

I think Stalker0 was pointing out that the Leadership feat's sole requirement is "Character level 6."

 

[Tiberius]

i think i spot an error in v's otherwise nigh anal English teacher use of common(rather wordy common at that), wouldn't the correct term for the other npc's on the boat be refugees, not fugitives.

Some (many?) of them are running from the law. They abandoned their lawfully-assigned positions on the wall and fled.

 

[wingsandsword]

Fugitive is a valid way of describing their status. Fugitive in modern American English does have the connotation of fleeing justice (I don't know about other countries), but that's not the only meaning.

"Fugitive" has been used in the modern era to describe the status of people fleeing the destruction of their homes by war. Good Geek example of this: The closing narration of every episode of the 1979 Battlestar Galactica series described the fleeing colonials as a "rag tag fugitive fleet". They weren't fleeing from Cylon law enforcers, they were fleeing from the destruction of their homeworlds.