Nale: "I'm already leader of this team."
Tarquin: "Oh, right. Well, even more so then."
Priceless.
Also interesting to see that Nale has apparently reversed his stance on the desireability of an Evil Opposites theme. I'm a little confused as to why he says he has "four" spellcasters under his command. Is he counting himself? Or the absent Imp? Or is this a sneaky hint about Kilkil (even though he's not coming with Nale)? Or did the Giant just make a typo?
Anyone know what kinds of fiends have been summoned? I thought the one on the right was a Chuul at first. Ooh, and Durkula has a red "I.M.E.", that's neat to know. I guess this answers the question about whether he retained spellcasting abilities upon death.
ThroughTheWell wrote:So, V should suck it up and show up. To do less is self indulgent to the point of bordering on evil, again.
Yeah, I'm not feeling the "if you're Good, you must suck it up and do your duty to your friends" concept. That might be Lawful, but not Good. Good is about compassion and moral responsibility (as opposed to the kind of responsibility which involves duty). Remorse and sorrow are totally fitting with however much Good Vaarsuvius still contains. Certainly it would be pragmatically useful if he bucked up and helped the Order instead of fixating on his own pain, but valuing pragmatism over sentimentality is really more of an Evil trait anyway, or at least the kind you expect from mobsters and assassins and necromancers and other typically-nongood sorts.