The OotS thread

[The Yosemite Bear]

Isn't it likely that they used the scroll of teleport left behind by the machinations of Haley?

Which one of them would use it? Durkon can't; it's not on the cleric spell list. Roy and Belkar are highly unlikely to have the Use Magic Device skill; the only party members likely to be able to employ an arcane scroll are the ones who were captured.

I thought rangers even Chaotic Evil ones, can use Mage scrolls?

[Crom]

By "scroll of teleport" left behind by Haley's machinations, do you mean bounty poster left behind by Haley's machinations? Because if so, I don't think anybody in the party has the ability to cast spells using that.

Yep. That's exactly what I meant.

[lance]

Isn't it likely that they used the scroll of teleport left behind by the machinations of Haley?

Which one of them would use it? Durkon can't; it's not on the cleric spell list. Roy and Belkar are highly unlikely to have the Use Magic Device skill; the only party members likely to be able to employ an arcane scroll are the ones who were captured.

I thought rangers even Chaotic Evil ones, can use Mage scrolls?

Their are rangers that can use wizard spells, but I think they are limited to ones that worship Mystra or Boccob.

[The Yosemite Bear]

I forgot things got changed since 2ed

[Serafina]

Besides, Belkar has neither the Intelligence nor the Wisdom to cast anything.
He's a sexy shoeless god of War, not a sexy shoeless god of Scrolls!

[lance]

Does he have an intelligence penalty? I thought he just had a low wisdom

[Serafina]

Does he have an intelligence penalty? I thought he just had a low wisdom

He is clearly not bright enough to have anything more than 12 intelligence, 14 max. if you are generous. Not enough for a teleport.

[Terralthra]

There was no scroll left behind. The lizardman is holding two pieces of paper. One is the Wanted poster, one is a teleport scroll. Haley ensures the Wanted poster is left behind, then the lizard uses the teleport scroll.

[Serafina]

732 is up!
Seems like we were right about Durkon, not that that was hard to figure out.

[Carinthium]

This strip does create another plot hole though- even under the circumstances, isn't Durkon too idealistic and Lawful not to turn himself in, or at least mentally beat himself up for breaking the law?

[Serafina]

I don't see the plothole there, Durkon isn't lawful stupid after all, and we are talking about an evil government here anyway.

[Ilya Muromets]

So, anyone taking bets for twenty or thirty?

You know this is gonna get referred to again.

[Carinthium]

I don't see the plothole there, Durkon isn't lawful stupid after all, and we are talking about an evil government here anyway.

We have no reason to believe he denies the legitimacy of the government, however. How can a lawful person break the law of a legitimate government when extreme circumstances don't come into it?

[Werrf]

I don't see the plothole there, Durkon isn't lawful stupid after all, and we are talking about an evil government here anyway.

We have no reason to believe he denies the legitimacy of the government, however. How can a lawful person break the law of a legitimate government when extreme circumstances don't come into it?

By being lawful good, not lawful stupid. Because as soon as he knew about the law, he went to get the papers so he could obey the law that he hadn't previously known about, filled in the proper paperwork, then got to work. Chaotic good wouldn't have worried about the paperwork.

[Lord of the Abyss]

How can a lawful person break the law of a legitimate government when extreme circumstances don't come into it?

Besides what Werrf said, "lawful" doesn't necessarily mean "law abiding". It means "I have rules, and I'm going to stick by them." If one of a lawful person's rules is "act for the good of my allies above all", then they'll break the law to do so.

Or at least that's always been my interpretation of the lawful alignments.

[The Yosemite Bear]

After all I once had a most memerable LE mercinary character, who broke quite a few laws in Waterdeep, he just had a very strong code of honour.

still say the best part of that character was making double entandres/flirting with female elves. (well considering he was half elven, and having that greek style helm that gave him troll/drow grade infra-vision, at the expense of his eyes behind the helm always looking like burning coals)

[LadyTevar]

"Make it about thirty strips, these already run long"

[Rogue 9]

733 is up.

[LadyTevar]

And that is a Lawful personality. I'm surprised that Roy argues with him.

[Sinewmire]

He's not so Lawful that he'd spend an unknown time languishing in a jail cell for something he doesn't consider a real crime whilst his friends are in danger. He's also Good.

Durkon's cool with that, because his alignment is Dwarf/Dwarf.

[Ford Prefect]

And that is a Lawful personality. I'm surprised that Roy argues with him.

Miko was Lawful too. There are degrees.

[open_sketchbook]

734 up.

The lawyers are back!

[Rogue 9]

Oh God, the two of them in a gladiatorial arena?

[Isolder74]

Oh God, the two of them in a gladiatorial arena?

They are going to run out of Gladiators, really fast!!!!!

I am a sexy shoeless GOD OF WAR!!!!!!

[Elessar]

I would think that Durkon would bust them out of that ridiculously evil punishment.

Or that they will bumble their way into the main plotline through the arena. Which seems actually far more plausible than it should be...