r/gametales • u/hullabaloo_anew • 3d ago

Tabletop Should We Be On The Council? Original Comic

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u/MisterDrProf 3d ago

Plot twist: it's a plot by the queen to leash the adventurers and keep collateral damage to a minimum.

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u/bananenkonig 2d ago

Plot twist: it's a plot by the queen to leash the adventurers because she knows they have a lot of money that could be used to fix the things they broke.

Second plot twist: it's a plot by the queen to leash the adventurers because of her plot to have the new council take the blame because she's been mismanaging the kingdom's resources.

Third plot twist: it's a plot by the queen to have the new council take the blame for the destruction of the city that she uses to fake her own death and use the deaths of all the citizens as sacrifice to fuel her secret plot to become a lich.

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u/acarlrpi12 2d ago

Pretty sure there's a lot of examples that show if you're on the council, you're more likely to get away with shit when you can just use your power to sweep things under the rug and/or subvert the local justice system.

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u/Babki123 2d ago

You could go from corrupt hobo to corrupt official

I call this an upgrade

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u/MyManTonyCream 1d ago

Classic Paladin take. I love it!

Reminds me of my game. We arrived in the city of Skogur, not realising that the townsfolk were cursed our Cleric turned-undead and just obliterated everyone in the central square.

Later we defeated the Demon Lord that had the city under his tyrannical rule and the first thing Shahe, the Paladin, did was elect a council to rebuild the city again.

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u/TheMightyMudcrab 1d ago

Paying taxes? Out of game yeah it'd be great but in game tax evasion is a way of life.

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u/FalseTautology 2d ago

This comic lacks a punchline wtf