The OotS Thread II

[Molyneux]

I must say that I find the two of them together to be more and more adorable, the more of it I see. They just work well as a couple.

[The Yosemite Bear]

I'm just waiting for haley's dad to demand compensation from Elan....

[Crazedwraith]

0766

Heh. Endless source of self-reference. Indeed.

[Lonestar]

Tarquin is squared away.

[Mr Bean]

0766

Heh. Endless source of self-reference. Indeed.

*We do not have surprise inspections. Ever

I love the employee handbook

[LadyTevar]

*giggles maniacally* Tarquin has every angle covered, doesn't he?

[Spekio]

Looks like Tarquin reads the Evil Overlord List.

[The Yosemite Bear]

in this universe he probably wrote it, hell he definatly has a copy of the prince....

[Scottish Ninja]

Of course Elan is too Good to realize that the right answer in an Evil society to "Why are you sneaking around the grounds at night" is "Because I felt like it. If you have a problem with that you can take it up with my father."

[Molyneux]

I'm surprised that the guards weren't more sloppy, if they don't have any surprise inspections.

[Darmalus]

I'm surprised that the guards weren't more sloppy, if they don't have any surprise inspections.

Just because there are no surprise inspections doesn't mean they can't be announced on short notice. It would be hard to cover up weeks of slacking with only 15 minutes warning, depending on the job.

Still, after the palace battle, I'm surprised they didn't just slaughter the guards and move on. I think the OotS characters can pretty much ignore anyone who doesn't have a double digit level at this point.

[Lord of the Abyss]

I'm surprised that the guards weren't more sloppy, if they don't have any surprise inspections.

Just because there are no surprise inspections doesn't mean they can't be announced on short notice. It would be hard to cover up weeks of slacking with only 15 minutes warning, depending on the job.

Or Tarquin just has them spied on for evaluation without any announcement that there's an inspection at all.

[Molyneux]

I'm surprised that the guards weren't more sloppy, if they don't have any surprise inspections.

Just because there are no surprise inspections doesn't mean they can't be announced on short notice. It would be hard to cover up weeks of slacking with only 15 minutes warning, depending on the job.

Or Tarquin just has them spied on for evaluation without any announcement that there's an inspection at all.

Sneaky...of course, that leaves the question of what happens to someone who gets caught spying, but then again any spy who gets caught obviously isn't cut out for Tarquin's spy corps anyway.

[The Yosemite Bear]

suprise inspections were replaced with constant scrying and familiars, etc...

[Soldier of Entropy]

Of course Elan is too Good to realize that the right answer in an Evil society to "Why are you sneaking around the grounds at night" is "Because I felt like it. If you have a problem with that you can take it up with my father."

Wouldn't have done any good; that's another cliche. There's probably something like 'If someone tells you to take it up with me if I have a problem with what they're doing, do so. You will not be reprimanded, as any inconvenience this may cause would be far outweighed by the risks of an infiltrator using it to gain access to a restricted area," in there.

[Solauren]

Of course Elan is too Good to realize that the right answer in an Evil society to "Why are you sneaking around the grounds at night" is "Because I felt like it. If you have a problem with that you can take it up with my father."

Wouldn't have done any good; that's another cliche. There's probably something like 'If someone tells you to take it up with me if I have a problem with what they're doing, do so. You will not be reprimanded, as any inconvenience this may cause would be far outweighed by the risks of an infiltrator using it to gain access to a restricted area," in there.

Better reply: Looking for a place to have kinky sex with my hot red-head girlfriend.

It's not likely to get them in, BUT, it's also not as likely to get them chased.

[The Yosemite Bear]

yeah, can we barrow the dungeon and the torture chamber for the next couple of hours.

[Lord Relvenous]

Tarquin seems to have much in the way of genre alertness. He's hilarious.

[Crazedwraith]

Update

Oddly this most reminds me of a social biased player in an Exalted game, I once took part in. He started off a slave and after a couple of sessions ended up in charge of the entire town, virtually by just walking into the town hall and declaring it was so.

[Serafina]

Update

Oddly this most reminds me of a social biased player in an Exalted game, I once took part in. He started off a slave and after a couple of sessions ended up in charge of the entire town, virtually by just walking into the town hall and declaring it was so.

Well, that's glibness for you - one of THE most broken spells ever.
Well, unless the GM is strict on the rules - and we all know that's not the case for the OotS

[LadyTevar]

And she gets to outright lie to Elan and not feel guilty about it.

[Molyneux]

And she gets to outright lie to Elan and not feel guilty about it.

I don't know about the "not feel guilty" part - the potion just makes her better at lying. She's still lying to him even if he'll never realize it.

[LadyTevar]

Either way, it's Epic Level Social Engineering

[Crazedwraith]

Question for those more familiar with D&D specifics what's with the labelling "philter potion of Glibness" Is it some kind of edition joke? Or is the potion not what Elan thinks it is?

[Solauren]

Edition joke.

All drinkable liquids are now potions in 3E and later.

Originally, the magic item was a 'Philter of Glibness'