Hmm... yeah, could be. Depends on just that the "limits" she had were I suppose; whether they were just on her authority at the time, or if it affected her actual divine power somehow.
He's not just suggesting a business deal. Remember that Sparta's followers are unaware of the tech's true origin. By showing that the tech was not invented by Sparta to the audience, he's somewhat undermining her. Not sure what his endgame here is, though.
Oh my goodness! I didn't think you could still read this. I thought the whole thing was taken down by the creators. Thank you, Mr.Zoat! I thought i'd never see this webcomic again.
I assumed that was a typo…
Somewhere Hinon is screaming into the bleed at Paragons complete and utter idiocy...
Thank you, corrected.
Havelock Vetinari said:
You're welcome.
Narratively speaking, wasn't half of the point of that statement to be a setup for when Vetinari's origonal, morbidly cynical worldview was proven wrong (or at least, in need of revision to account for the relatively less common exceptions)
'something I shouldn't have'
Thank you, corrected.
Yeah... Except Vetinari's still running the city.
No he's not, nobody runs Ankh-Morpork, at best they just keep a tight hold on the reigns and hope it doesn't randomly explode.
It's not that he's not worried, it's that he thinks that the best he can do for them is get rid of Sparta and then negotiate a truce.
He did. He doesn't do it often, but he has shown that he is capable of using it, though mostly instinctually.
And here I was thinking OL finally was brought low to baby cussing!
Oh, dear. Does she seriously believe only she and hers can truly be Gods? Or was it the suggestion of doing business that has her enraged? And how much of this is her putting on an act in front of her followers... Any way you turn it, it looks like that Diplomacy check failed hard.
The joy of being such a provincial being. No conception of the greater world. Sparta and her ilk are sitting at the bottom of a well, and pretending they know all there is.
Ooh, nice attempt to gain a retry, eh? Alas, I doubt her mood will improve any.
Okay, Negotiation looks to be off the table. Hopefully this can still be resolved without violence, though.
OL, enough. Your Diplomacy modifier is so far in the negative right now, it can't even see zero from where it is... It's not going to magically wrap back around to plus-infinity.
Ah, resorting to the age old 'Shut up!', backed by psychic attacks. The clear sign of someone losing the argument.
Careful, though, you might end up dying standing up...
...No, I'm pretty sure she's female, OL.
Or are you just swearing?Ah, go for the sneaky 'yoink!' while she's distracted, eh? No god, certainly, though. Just the heart of a primal force that even your ancestors respected.
Whoopsie. Too bad she put everyone under. At least he got it on tape, though I suspect some of her followers will deny the truth of it...
Yeah, right. You'll say something over the pile of ash?
Unleash the Orange Light! Because if I read that right, he's having a little Ba-BUM moment with the Ophidian...
Best feeling, subverting the enemy's own power against them...
Preferably while leaving Sparta's troops napping. Two against one sounds fair.
Sparta may have the edge in skill, but OL's got power to burn...
Until he runs out of charge.Well, spit. Athyns might have to play Tank while OL runs Crowd Control on Sparta... Or maybe the other way around...
So it's basically a tug-of-war for the power. Great.
If OL can get at least one of the Titans up, maybe they can tilt the balance.
Whoops, debuffs!
Just be sure to be ready to heal any friendly ear damage...
I wonder how many doubted her before seeing that...
...Because I suspect that number has grown considerably now.
Uh-uh, honey. No mind-whammying them into subservience now.
That's one way to resist outside control, I suppose. And how very OL of OL to phrase his Godspeech that way...
I can't imagine that makes any of them happy. It's a good bet many of them were on the fence already, given she seems to have press-ganged and indoctrinated many of her fellow demigods into this crusade...
Ah, the first dissenter. Let's hope she doesn't respond how most children do when having a temper tantrum...
Ah, the voice of rebellion. And with every voice raised against her, her self-proclaimed authority crumbles further.
Now, is Sparta running, or could that be her sponsor coming to step in?
Unless he's putting it rather tersely: 'Sparta raises her right hand, brightly glowing.'
...there are things it is best that you not know!
