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Ordinaryonigiri said:
Homeboy's master seems dramatically uninformed. Even putting aside the multiple dragons and the two gods (at least)who have an active interest in the city, this is Brockton Bay, one of the most crime-ridden cities in the country, albeit recovering. There will be a shotgun under every store counter, and a glock under every pillow.
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Said master is possibly a certain dracolitch. But maybe not. It might just be the current leader of his group is that arrogant.

Then again, demanding that if Tia can't supply a wing or two of red dragons for the raid that she will be enslaved is... not smart.

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Even if there was a couple wings of red dragons laying around and eager to obey Tia (which there probably aren't), why the hell would she aid in a raid on the place where Tia's champion lives, and where Tia herself has been regularly visiting?
 
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Dark Shadows began as a soap opera. Gold Key published a comic book adaptation until the license expired; their parent company, Dell, never acknowledged the CCA in the first place. Contrary to popular belief, the Comics Code Authority had no regulatory power whatsoever, and many publishers ignored them completely.
 
Whitewings said:
Dark Shadows began as a soap opera. Gold Key published a comic book adaptation until the license expired; their parent company, Dell, never acknowledged the CCA in the first place. Contrary to popular belief, the Comics Code Authority had no regulatory power whatsoever, and many publishers ignored them completely.
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You misunderstand what the Comic Code Authority was, me thinks. It did have regulatory power, because the industry it's self gave the CCA said power (and instituted the severe rules) in order to avoid even more severe government regulations. Those very restrictions then nearly brought the industry to it's knees. "Many publishers" didn't ignore it entirely for decades. It wasn't until the late 80's and early 90's that the CCA started to lose it's grip on the industry.
 
So my muse slapped me with a two by four this morning while listening to this song this is not likely to be canon unless @Kryslin finds it funny enough.


On a bright sunny day Naurelin, Vista and Mizuchi are walking down a street on patrol. When Naurelin hears whispering coming from an alley way just ahead of them.

"There she is, OK this is my chance. On three we go."

"Console, Naurelin." she call in while signaling Vista and Mizuchi to wait. "We appear to have walked into an ambuse." As she says this she hears from the voice finish their count down. Out of the alley steps a great shadow, in the middle of which was a dark form, of man-shape maybe, yet greater with fiery eyes. Following behind the figure comes four child sized men with large furry feet carrying instruments and a banner proclaiming 'Dúlamán and the Four Hobbits.' As the Wards are taking this all in the four hobbits begin playing their instruments and Dúlamán begins singing.

"Come over the hills, my bonnie draconic lass
Come over the hills to your darling
You choose the road, love, and I'll make the vow
And I'll be your true love forever
Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
Fair is the lily of the valley
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
But my love is fairer than any

'Twas down by Killarney's green woods that we strayed
When the moon and the stars they were shining
The moon shone its rays on her locks of golden hair
And she swore she'd be my love forever

Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
Fair is the lily of the valley
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
But my love is fairer than any

It's not for the parting that my sister pains
It's not for the grief of my mother
It's all for the loss of my bonny draconic lass
That my heart is breaking forever

Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
Fair is the lily of the valley
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
But my love is fairer than any

Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
Fair is the lily of the valley
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
But my love is fairer than any"

As Dúlamán finishes singing he pulls from behind his back a bouquet of roses and hands them to Naurelin before running of with the hobbits chasing after him. Looking from the flowers to the retreating forms Naurelin can only think of one thing to say "What?"

That is as far as my muse got. Dúlamán is a balrog bard who is trying to be good not evil like the rest of his kin.
 
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The red was fine, but you needed a darker black backing, such as you could put for text in mIRC. Also, mad cred to the Bardrog, I loved it. I'll spare you the direct link this once as I'm about to go out for my birthday dinner (a day early, but whatever). If you want weirdness, one short for dealing with a fae was the bard getting her to heal his mother completely to where she'd even forget the sickness... in exchange for his firstborn. His only comment? "Let's get started."
 
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gthesob said:
Stuff like that is why I stopped watching TV 20+ years ago.
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I stopped watching because I have a useless degree in TV and Radio Broadcasting. I learned a LOT about the industry, and it turned me right off from it. I still prefer to wait until a broadcast show hits some streaming service, to avoid the &^$%@( commercials.
 
So, the question now becomes, who does the Hob serve? On top of that, the Kuo-toa generally mean either a Kraken, or worse, an Aboleth. Absolute worst case scenario is Illithids.
 
Jordisk said:
The continued return of magic and the dark side of the yearly cycle. Basically "We need/want to expand; this new area is ripe for expansion; lets go there".
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Understandable, but you'd think at least ONE of those groups would do their homework and go "How MANY Dragons?!? Are we SURE we want to move there? Has anyone spoken to the Dragons about this to get their approval? I don't want to put my family on the menu or the firing line."
 
Honorguard Ra said:
Understandable, but you'd think at least ONE of those groups would do their homework and go "How MANY Dragons?!? Are we SURE we want to move there? Has anyone spoken to the Dragons about this to get their approval? I don't want to put my family on the menu or the firing line."
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That require the (evil) groups to not be arrogant and assume they are 100% always The Apex Predators where ever they go. Why do research before going in if you're innately superior to everything you may encounter, and you as a species know it?
 
All evidence is that most of the smart evils are giving the dragons a wide berth.

This just means that they only have to deal with the less smart ones. But goblinoid hordes are not known for their intellectual prowess, and Kuo-Toa will do whatever their boss tells them to, even if it's suicidal.
 
Razzocnor said:
All evidence is that most of the smart evils are giving the dragons a wide berth.

This just means that they only have to deal with the less smart ones. But goblinoid hordes are not known for their intellectual prowess, and Kuo-Toa will do whatever their boss tells them to, even if it's suicidal.
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The smart evils native to Earth Bet, at least are avoiding Brockton Bay.
 
Balrog said:
"There she is, OK this is my chance. On three we go."
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FaerieKnight79 said:
Uh, red text like that? It can be difficult to read.
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Balrog said:
Sorry trying to give it a demonic feel with out breaking out special fonts.
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BlazeStryker said:
The red was fine, but you needed a darker black backing, such as you could put for text in mIRC.
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FaerieKnight79 said:
Red text of that shade is easily read on a light background, such as the "Sunlight" theme. Darker backgrounds like the default "industrial" one on the other hand it's hard to read on.
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As I understand it, there is the option of a glow. Don't remember how to do it. But a light glow paired with a dark color, or a dark glow paired with a light color should solve the issue.

Could someone demonstrate?
 
Honorguard Ra said:
Understandable, but you'd think at least ONE of those groups would do their homework and go "How MANY Dragons?!? Are we SURE we want to move there? Has anyone spoken to the Dragons about this to get their approval? I don't want to put my family on the menu or the firing line."
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I'm sure several did.
We just won't hear about them because they're off attacking some town in the middle east, far away from dragons, where their main rivals are drug cartels and petty warlords.
A city of orcs can move in there and fit in fine.
 
Considering the themes set text color and background color, I can understand why "glow" effects aren't supported. Hell, just using alternate colored text requires experimenting to find a color that is easily visible, which breaks if anyone is using a different theme then you.
 
Ordinaryonigiri said:
This is Brockton Bay, one of the most crime-ridden cities in the country, albeit recovering. There will be a shotgun under every store counter, and a glock under every pillow.
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Sounds like a fun town to live in, as long as you are not facing the pointy end.

Actually it sounds like Texas or one of the other open carry states in the USA. You know how women will ask each other about their clothes and jewelery? In Texas men will ask about the fancy 1911 pistol in the hand tooled leather holster on your belt. 😎

Note: the Texas Rangers (state LE investigators) are required to wear western style dressy attire, cowboy boots and hat. And most of them carry... fancy 1911 pistols in hand tooled leather holsters and belts. But then again, most of the people who become Rangers want to dress like that. 😄
 
What I find weird is that I can run out and buy a gun in Arkansas (where I live now) without any real issue (nothing in my background that would make anyone shout "JFC NO!" *laugh*), but I need to get a permit to carry it CONCEALED. Not carry it, but carry it CONCEALED.
 
Kinsfire said:
What I find weird is that I can run out and buy a gun in Arkansas (where I live now) without any real issue (nothing in my background that would make anyone shout "JFC NO!" *laugh*), but I need to get a permit to carry it CONCEALED. Not carry it, but carry it CONCEALED.
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That's nothing. There are some states with constitutional/no permit concealed carry but does NOT allow open carry.

The idea (I guess) behind concealed/no and open/yes carry is if you conceal you can get the jump on someone to do something illegal, but if you carry open in a holster (and not be illegally brandishing) other (armed) people can see it coming and act as necessary.

Not that open carry is always the best idea. I've seen people open carry with the cheapest most floppy barely secured holster in Arizona, and I've cringed every time I've seen it. They might as well have a neon sign on them saying "Snatch my gun please."
 
GreydonCreed said:
I've seen people open carry with the cheapest most floppy barely secured holster in Arizona, and I've cringed every time I've seen it. They might as well have a neon sign on them saying "Snatch my gun please."
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Openly flashing a deadly weapon can seriously result in harassment charges, as well. As far as holstering is concerned, there are defense courses that make sure to tell people not to carry a gun in a pack or a purse as someone might swipe those and have your gun into the bargain.
 
BlazeStryker said:
Openly flashing a deadly weapon can seriously result in harassment charges, as well. As far as holstering is concerned, there are defense courses that make sure to tell people not to carry a gun in a pack or a purse as someone might swipe those and have your gun into the bargain.
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I missed saying it, but Arizona is a no permit open carry state, so those people were not breaking the law. They just had really bad common sense. 🙄

Brandishing a weapon is usually when the person is holding the weapon and making threatening gestures with it. For example, sporting good stores selling ammo and guns in AZ and elsewhere have signs stating "guns are to stay holstered".

Gun stores with a certain sense of humor have signs that say "If you draw your gun in our store, we will draw and point our guns at you. And our guns are loaded."
 
FaerieKnight79 said:
Said master is possibly a certain dracolitch. But maybe not. It might just be the current leader of his group is that arrogant.
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Actually, this particular slip-up is what convinced me that it was not said dracolich, given that he's acquired multiple souls from the region and gained access to their Intel on the region, especially Coil.

I suspect that it's probably a bog-standard orc warlord or the like, freshly crossed over from whence-ever Fantasy went to hide, who still thinks he's the big man on campus and grossly misunderstands what it means to be in a world where most large cities have higher populations than entire nations do in most fantasy settings.
 
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