Who Is Ellen - 47 - HD

Henderson is alive and well.... figuratively speaking.

David Howe

"Now remember, you are here under orders from the Church but are undercover so you can't tell them that; you intend to betray any trust placed in you if it indicates they are in any way not what they seem, but you can't tell them that. And of course you are a Paladin so need to heed your alignment, never lie, and be honest and forthright at all times - I expect you to roleplay your alignment PERFECTLY or there WILL be consequences because the Gods don't like it if you don't. Good luck."

David Howe

Look at the blush on Larry's face! Adorable.

Daryl Sawyer

Yeah, but Rich specifically asked her for his motivation. Not her fault she actually had an answer.

Daryl Sawyer

I remembered the prior strips about both names and genders, but I hadn't put two and two together yet.

Stephen Gilberg

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's a "You're under orders to go undercover with this group of randos. If they're helping the cause of good/the kingdom/our god, we want them to succeed, if they turn to evil, call for backup."

Viktor

This could be danger territory, depdning on how Ellen handles the Paladin'smotivations. My GM philisophy is "never tell a player what their character thinks or feels"...at least that which is natural to them. That's playing their character for them. And their character is not the GM's to play. The effects of magic, curses, and other external forces are fair game for influenced a character's thinking. So if Rich is being forced by higher ups, a geas or anything outside the character it's all good. It's best to work that out in advance but both storytelling pace and getting a one-shot game moving make dropping it on the player a forgivable sin.

John Trauger

Then rocks fall and everyone dies! Fastest TPK speedrun complete, thanks for playing!

wargrunt42

I've actually known girls named Loretta and Georgina, respectively, go by the nicknames Larry and George. So while it's not the most common, it ain't as rare as one would think. :)

Joshua Brumley

"Why did they send you?" "I don't know. One does not question the will of (insert boss type here). Likewise, Warlocks and their patrons. ^_^

Foradain

It was a while ago that Dan addressed using player names instead of character names (found it: https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/wie-038)

It hadn't occurred to me that they were keeping their real names even while playing a gender that doesn't normally use those names.

Stephen Gilberg

Honestly, with Paladins & Clerics "my God/Church/Order sent me" is a good excuse as any.

Thisguy

I love this. Larry is the gold player here because you need SOMEONE to want to create a party. George and Nanase are the 'go with the flow' party members, and keeping Rich's reasons for joining the party unknown leaves him free to create a reason within the framework.

Thisguy