<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=113528.msg4976075#msg4976075">Quote from: Eternal Blade on 25-07-2011, 14:02:43</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Thank you, for answering the question, of whether <strong>you</strong> were going to get bored without a combat scene, but you failed to answer whether <strong>Magnus</strong> had the same issue.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Before becoming a Paladin, Magnus was a commoner's son.  I won't say he's always been the best man to turn to when you're looking for social graces, but he was always personable enough to carry along a conversation.  I think the problem here is that we just got out of "Dungeon Mode", and then got transported to the abyssal (demi) plane.  He's on edge just like the rest of them.  It's just that, for a fighter, "on edge" means "prepared for a fight".<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I dislike you saying I was getting OOC mixed with IC as Terra hasn't had any issues with Magnus, except that he misunderstood her. He's been pretty polite with her, thus far. :)</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>At the time, I mentioned that because it seemed like you were making a connection between<em>Magnus'</em>eagerness to fight and whether<em>I</em>would grow bored without fighting.  Seeing that this is not the case, I apologize.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">This is not the 21st century, threats are taken VERY seriously, it is always assumed that someone will follow through with them, and so people DO NOT travel with people that threaten them. </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>While Magnus would take a threat against himself seriously, he would not draw blades over it unless the threat was against<em>another member of the party</em>.  Yes, that<em>includes</em>Valenar.  One does not become a Paladin by cutting down everyone who throws a threat his way.  He trusts the rest of the group, so I don't believe he'd<em>expect</em>any threats to come from them.  If an<em>NPC</em>were to threaten him, well, that's what his considerable Intimidation score is for.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Magnus was irritated, by your own description. So, please don't contradict what has already been written, in an attempt to alleviate my concerns.  Can you stop contradicting yourself for FIVE seconds?! This makes it hard to have any conversation with you about it. First he's not irritated, now his irritation is justified!? </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Again, I think you're misreading my posts.  I never said that Magnus was not irritated.  I said that, when he<em>explained</em>himself, it was not in an irritated tone.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I wasn't heated, I was worried. I've seen this sort of thing turn badly again and again.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>An understandable concern, and I'm sorry for having raised alarm bells.  It is not, nor will it ever be, my intention to break down a game with inter-party squabbling.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I've already stated, earlier in the post where and how. But you did not answer my question of whether his tone would change, whether his offensive tone would calm as we went on, so I will assume it won't, and make sure to keep my character FAR away from yours!</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>As I said in my second reply, I don't believe he will continue to antagonize Valenar so long as Valenar lets the issue rest.  Magnus is a grown man, and isn't the type to try to get a rise out of people.  Getting transported to an evil demiplane doesn't exactly do wonders for the nerves!  He has absolutely<em>nothing</em>against Terra, so I'm not sure why you'd say this.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">His tone IC is a precursor to things that will tear this group apart! He doesn't have to bait arguments to have a rough exterior, which is what I feel he is doing! :\</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I'm sorry you feel this way, as that was not at all what I was aiming for.  I think the problem stems from the fact that the group had already spent some time traveling together.  When it became apparent that Magnus was giving the wrong impression, I had him explain himself as best I could.  Not just to<em>justify</em>anything, but so that everyone could reasonably assume his interactions with the party thus far.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Woo, this is becoming a long and perilous train!  You'll just have to take it on my word that Magnus isn't going to try to start anything with people he knows are good.  Tensions may flare, but nothing near as drastic as you're worried about.<br/><br/>I'm sorry, Lunarius!  I had no idea how things were bubbling beneath the surface like this.  Since OOC explanations may never be satisfying enough, perhaps we should simply move on IC so I can put such concerns to rest.