#could it be that people are applying their personal experiences towards irl institutions and religion and demanding wish fulfillment

[utilitycaster]

I should also note - I don't even think this is revenge, and I don't think Orym is betraying some idea of who he wants to be.

Orym didn't have the skills to be a druid, but I don't see anything that would stand in the way of him being an herbalist like Nell, or a midwife like his mother, or, I don't know, a scout, or an artisan. He decided to be a soldier. He chose a life where he would wield a sword, and he did it long before anything particularly bad happened to him. This feels like a continuation.

I also don't think it's revenge. I think his actions are informed by the way the Vanguard has treated him, but I don't think he wants to kill Ludinus or Bor'Dor because of what they did to him specifically. I think he is considering what they will do to the world at large. And frankly, it is really interesting (derogatory) to see, after a campaign in which Liam's character was lambasted for deciding to quietly work within the system and properly depose people rather than going murderhobo vigilante, there being a popular sentiment that his next character should sit back and let an existential threat play out because he's too close to the case.

It's weird to me that people are like ORYM'S GOING DARK like sorry but while mechanically I don't think he's necessarily going to become a paladin this is like... righteous strength of conviction, not murderhobo. It's not like, dark to go after a death cult or someone who tried to assassinate you.

[burr-ell]

#i should once again point out my favorite dnd class is paladin. i do not think it is a failure to prefer smiting. #beating your sword into a plowshare is great but you better hope your neighbor did it too #otherwise you're still going to have to fight you'll just have a tool unsuited for it. #but yeah anyone else clocking that caleb should apparently murder ludinus bc he indirectly killed his parents #and orym should sit back and stop going after ludinus bc he indirectly killed his husband and de-facto parent? #could it be that people are applying their personal experiences towards irl institutions and religion and demanding wish fulfillment?

It's weird to me that people are like ORYM'S GOING DARK like sorry but while mechanically I don't think he's necessarily going to become a paladin this is like... righteous strength of conviction, not murderhobo. It's not like, dark to go after a death cult or someone who tried to assassinate you.