Friendship is Dragons
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Tell a story of a time you, a party member, or an enemy has had cohorts/companions/mercenaries/whatever basically just walk out on you for any number of reasons.
So the captain is now on the floor, bloodied, still twitching as he tries to still get jiggy with it. The pirate crew look at the PCs, look at each other, and then decide to just walk away, leaving the captain to the PCs. :D
During the 3.5 Shadowdale module, a party member and his cohort decided in the middle of a planning session for how to assault a keep that the whole thing was a suicide mission and decided to just leave... ensuring that it would then BECOME a suicide mission if we went through with it.
So next session the GM decided that everything we'd done the previous session hadn't happened.
Incidentally, this is the same player who later, upon being struck by a poisoned needle on the bedroom door of some psycho who kept undead basilisks in his bed, decided to just die and started playing the cohort instead.
I'm still not really impressed by that campaign in general.
So next session the GM decided that everything we'd done the previous session hadn't happened.
Incidentally, this is the same player who later, upon being struck by a poisoned needle on the bedroom door of some psycho who kept undead basilisks in his bed, decided to just die and started playing the cohort instead.
I'm still not really impressed by that campaign in general.
Enemy hitting the "**** this" threshold happens a lot in Shadowrun games 'cause the GM is expected to make them start getting second thoughts once enough buddies hit the deck.
I imagine the loyalty problem has less to do with them being thieves and more to do with Elusive/Blueblood being... well, Blueblood. I mean, would YOU feel all that loyal to a stuck-up jerk who clearly has no qualms about throwing his own people under the bus?
"Hey, come back here and die for my fleeting tactical advantage!"
After getting their tails handed to them in a previous encounter, the players caught the monk by herself as she snuck away from her allies to take a bath in a convenient pond in the forest. Rather than kill or capture her, they asked for her life story.
Turns out she was never into this whole world domination thing, and if she could safely get her breezie friend away from the cleric, they'd go live in the woods and not bother anyone. The players promised to help her, and let her go on her way.
Later, they meet the threesome, the breezie throws a fireball, but the monk eats it, saving the players and horrifying her friend. The cleric suddenly finds herself facing the whole team alone and doesn't like her odds, so she teleports out.
The players healed the monk, gave the breezie some friendship advice, and sent them on their way in peace. Those two eventually became permanent background characters in the players' home town. I was so proud of my players for finding a better way that I forgot to be mad about losing my "unbeatable" nemesis team.
@ albedoequals1, such is the magic of friendship! I was not the only one thinking it!
Fluttershy: "When did you first become evil?"
Garret: "It was when I was young. All I wanted for Christmas was a sled but my father refused to buy me one. Why wouldn't he buy me a sled, Fluttershy?"
Fluttersy: "I don't know, Garret."
Garret: "Do you think it was because we lived in Florida?"
Garret: "It was when I was young. All I wanted for Christmas was a sled but my father refused to buy me one. Why wouldn't he buy me a sled, Fluttershy?"
Fluttersy: "I don't know, Garret."
Garret: "Do you think it was because we lived in Florida?"
Great resolution And Greenhornet, I'm minded of an episode of Class of 3000 where Santa brought Andre ice skates instead of roller skates. In the episode, he realizes his mistake and says "I should have known. It almost never gets icy in Atlanta."
I "borrowed" the gag from a Get Smart episode, Needling Haystacks.
It's the first time this arc I've been overwhelmed by cuteness.
She may have barely been in it, but she got one of the best lines in exchange...
Can't help but notice Angel is pissed he didn't get to dine upon manfle- Ponyflesh this eve.
First fight in EVER and he didn't get to so much as kill a nameless mook.
Devil Bunnies need their protean!
First fight in EVER and he didn't get to so much as kill a nameless mook.
Devil Bunnies need their protean!
In a way, the loyalty lack is not too surprising, if any of the minions know the background set-up Elusive ran on Rarity... After all, if he could do that to her, think what he could do to them next...
They're THIEVES, not hired killers, so it makes sense on multiple levels too.
They probably overheard/know Elusive's plan to make himself king, and don't like it anymore.
After all, what use will the new king have when he can kill off the Thieves' Guild as scapegoats, or on suicide missions?
They probably overheard/know Elusive's plan to make himself king, and don't like it anymore.
After all, what use will the new king have when he can kill off the Thieves' Guild as scapegoats, or on suicide missions?
Excellent use of Fluttershy's Kindness to defeat an enemy. I always like that in the cartoon.
Discord- "What? She thinks I'll give up being crazy evil chaos for friendship? Can I really do that?... [sigh] Well played, Fluttershy! Well played!"
Discord- "What? She thinks I'll give up being crazy evil chaos for friendship? Can I really do that?... [sigh] Well played, Fluttershy! Well played!"
BRAVO!!!
I spy the edge of a big ball of violence off the edge of the last panel.
A shame, Isabele looked really happy to be dancing on that railing...
Honestly, from what I know of Garett from the games, just talking stuff out would probably have worked just fine logically as well. I mean the dude gives a whole talking bit about unneccesary death to a fellow thief he knew. convincing him he has nothing to gain from the battle, or just talking to him like Fluttershy did, or was willing to try even, would be enough I think.
So yeah true to the characters, and great movie reference ^_^
So yeah true to the characters, and great movie reference ^_^
I had actually been wondering, "Does Garett go through a lot of crap in his games? This might actually make sense." Though if he's a thief with morals that works as well.
Garrett was supposed to have a slightly different exit, almost a background gag, but I ended up cropping it out because it appeared a little too early in how the battle flow turned out. Once ChrisTheS noticed this, he came up with an alternate payoff. I like how it worked out.