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Rolan7

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Re: Order of the Stick
« Reply #2865 on: June 19, 2018, 11:47:02 am »
It's great how he keeps his CHA-based style, too.  I love that lying line.

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Re: Order of the Stick
« Reply #2866 on: June 19, 2018, 11:55:43 am »
That cat would so totally be gobbling that bird up, not looking concerned.
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Re: Order of the Stick
« Reply #2867 on: June 19, 2018, 12:54:59 pm »
I think Mr Scruffy is about to kick some serious ass
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« Reply #2868 on: June 19, 2018, 01:28:06 pm »
Given that an order or action that is extremely conflicting or abhorrent to the character is one way to break the dominate hold, it's possible that Mr Scruffy attacking Belkar could snap him out of it.
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Re: Order of the Stick
« Reply #2869 on: June 19, 2018, 01:37:48 pm »
Vampires have Dominate Person, not Dominate Monster. Familiars are not considered people by rules and thus can not be dominated by it.

Mr Scruffy and the Raven are not dominated. As they are friends of each other, Mr Scruffy is not going to eat the Raven.
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Re: Order of the Stick
« Reply #2870 on: June 19, 2018, 01:43:59 pm »
Quote from: Th4DwArfY1 on June 19, 2018, 11:55:43 am
That cat would so totally be gobbling that bird up, not looking concerned.

His eyebrows show plenty of concern.
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Re: Order of the Stick
« Reply #2871 on: June 19, 2018, 01:46:23 pm »
Mr Scruffy is a normal, non-magical, non-sapient cat. Cats are adorable and occasionally affectionate, but if we're being honest, they're solitary predators and don't form "friendships" in the same way that humans do. If you die, it'll eat your body.
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Re: Order of the Stick
« Reply #2872 on: June 19, 2018, 01:49:40 pm »
Belkar's domination here is a little weird, in that he didn't get any orders from the vampires.  He's still operating on Roy's "Protect V" order.

It's a little weird how that translates to "stab the cleric", except that Belkar does have a history of stabbing targets of opportunity.  Particularly when tasked with caster-defense, heh.  And I guess for all he knows, the cleric is bluffing (I doubt he has spellcraft).

Anyway, I'm really not sure how this will play out...  But maaaybe he cares about the bird too?  I have an amusing but longshot theory that Mr Scruffy urinates on V, and Belkar snaps out of it because he really doesn't want to protect V from such a "prank".  But that involves Mr Scruffy being even more intelligent than usual, probably.

Quote from: Egan_BW on June 19, 2018, 01:46:23 pm
Mr Scruffy is a normal, non-magical, non-sapient cat. Cats are adorable and occasionally affectionate, but if we're being honest, they're solitary predators and don't form "friendships" in the same way that humans do. If you die, it'll eat your body.
That's *technically* true, but Mr Scruffy has all the Extraordinary (not Supernatural) intelligence that a PC often expects from their animal companion :P  He's like Marmaduke:  1-2 INT, but practically understands Common.
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Re: Order of the Stick
« Reply #2873 on: June 19, 2018, 01:54:30 pm »
More likely, the cat will be endangered or actually injured/killed by Belkar, causing said homicidal midget to snap out of it. Plus, his previous experiences with dominate would make his overcoming of this instance particularly cathartic, and allow the spellcaster to be healed.
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Re: Order of the Stick
« Reply #2874 on: June 19, 2018, 01:55:35 pm »
Didn't Scruffy and the raven already bond in combat with a bunch of rats? I don't remember exactly when, I think it was on the airship, but I'm pretty sure that was a thing. Also, familiars break a lot of rules and really aren't the same thing as a regular animal from what I remember.
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Re: Order of the Stick
« Reply #2875 on: June 19, 2018, 01:58:32 pm »
Quote from: Th4DwArfY1 on June 19, 2018, 01:54:30 pm
More likely, the cat will be endangered or actually injured/killed by Belkar, causing said homicidal midget to snap out of it. Plus, his previous experiences with dominate would make his overcoming of this instance particularly cathartic, and allow the spellcaster to be healed.
Yeah, though Mr Scruffy was already hanging out very close to V, so Belkar isn't going to even try to harm him unless he does something.  I guess someone else harming Mr Scruffy could do it.
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Re: Order of the Stick
« Reply #2876 on: June 19, 2018, 01:59:42 pm »
The Raven is a familiar. The cat is just a ranger's animal companion. One is magical, the other is simply... extraordinary, I guess. ;p
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« Reply #2877 on: June 19, 2018, 02:08:17 pm »
A thought, it probably backfired in another way in that as a ranger/tracker, Belkar has pretty good hearing. Or maybe it's a hobbit thing, not sure.
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Re: Order of the Stick
« Reply #2878 on: June 19, 2018, 02:30:24 pm »
Maaaybe?  He has atrocious Wisdom for a ranger, being unable to cast spells (even from a scroll, heh) which I think means 9 or less.  He could have a lot of points in Listen, but the third strip implies otherwise.  Loooong time ago, just thought it was funny.

Huh, hobbits halfings do get a +2 on Listen checks though, you're right.
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Re: Order of the Stick
« Reply #2879 on: June 19, 2018, 05:07:43 pm »
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