They say Tiamat is the Mother of evil dragons. I say she’s just a Mother.
Apparently Vaarsuvius’s attack on Xykon was more successful than any of us realized.
What he said.
Nice! A good way of reminding us that the Linear Guild is still out there and now directly involved in the conflict over the Gates. Also, interesting that Tiamet seems to be placing the responsibility for the death of the black dragons squarely where it belongs: on the fiends who set up the soul splice, not on Vaarsuvius. (Not to say that she wouldn’t express her displeasure all over V if the chance arises, but she seems to know who is actually responsible.)
New comic is up (#669). When I saw Roy waxing philosophical about the differences between mortals and elementals, I thought the title “Logical Conclusions” would foreshadow a breakup with Celia.
That was a change of pace.
I thought the title “Logical Conclusions” was an allusion to the fact that it is the logical place to conclude this book.
… Which obviously leaves out the expected splashpage, quickcuts to Xykon’s/Linear Guild’s/others’s plans, etc. And manages to fall on a # that isn’t going to be considered “significant” like 666 or 650 or something. I think Rich does this stuff just to mess with his forumites, really.
Roy may have a fighter’s INT, but he’s pretty good in WIS.
I thought Roy had an high INT? That mindflayer went after him in preference of V didn’t it?
High Int and Wis, since Durkon has high Wis and low Int, and V vice-versa, but the flayer didn’t want either of them.
It’s long been my suspicion that when Roy was born, he rolled 16s or 18s for all his stats. He’s got the Str and Con a Fighter needs, presumably decent Dex too, he’s clearly got good Wis and Int (though his primary flaw is that he knows he does and overestimates himself), and he’s also got excellent Charisma, since all the Order likes him and follows him.
Well, all the “We hate Celia” people should be happy.
I actually rolled a character like that once. 3 6 sided dice, in order, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 16. It was one of the most depressing things I have ever done. He was an NPC henchman for a paladin PC. So I gave him a bitter, depressing personality, because his dream in life was to be a paladin, but he just didn’t have the leadership ability they required. 
Drove the player crazy for a few years with that one.
Ah, yes. I also saddled a PC with an absurdly competent, but extremely despondent and snarky manservant. On purpose, because that guy had min/maxed the crap out of his character, and got a manservant specifically to counterbalance his weaknesses. I obliged him.
It still drives him nuts
Hasn’t figured out that he’s Bertie Wooster, then?
You know that Roy’s Player was playing Cecilia while Roy was dead, right? That’s why she has to go.
So Roy was gettin’ sweaty on Roy? That is a demented DM. 
Plus Roy doesn’t have that good of a Dex, he missed all the shit Haley and Miko dodged, and took all of the traps, his dex is 12 at most.
You know, there’s a much simpler and more logical explanation for Celia’s worldview than the mechanics of the afterlife.
It’s also really simple: She’s Chaotic Good, from a plane of Chaotic Good creatures. The average denzien of the plane of Air is weakly Good and Chaotically aligned.
Because the thing is, we’ve seen plenty of Outsiders quite willing to get their murder on. They’re all Evil.
And that’s about the shape of things in OotS-verse. As much as it’s lampshaded and glossed over, Evil creatures do evil things, and Good creatures do good things.
Um, Celia is a paralegal. No matter what the average denizen of the plane of air is, she’s lawful good. That’s why she gets along so poorly with Chaotic Haley and Belkar.
Celia’s a sylph, right? Sylphs are, in game, True Neutral. Celia herself may be lawful good…that’s her individual prerogative, but her “people” aren’t Chaotic Good.
I think Rich might also play the card of Roy telling her if she stays and gets into danger, he’ll get killed again trying to protect her. On her own plane she’s safe … ish. If the universe doesn’t implode.