Episode 108 (S3-23) - "Worker Woes"

[Oneiros]

OR: "Chains of Events"

Today's episode of #RQGaming is brought to you wholesale by the letter 'W' for Wilde, workers, woes, water, wrangling, waiting and Wellington (some relation). The last of which we say Grizzop have obvious beef with. 

It seems like Wilde's aministrative headaches are only just beginning as the news that Hamid & Azu have brought does seem mightily concerning. And is it coincidental that the weather problems, notably water shortages, are exacerbating tensions as the workers descend upon Damascus, orcs vs goblins, like some Blood Bowl unionisation? (Hmm, Blood Bowl side adventure, livestreamed, to determine the winner of this little altercation...  )

Anyone else find Grizzop's attempt to recruit Sasha to the cause of Artemis somewhat sweet? It's actually really interesting to see this aspect of serving a deity being espoused without it being preachy or a plot point.

What new worries will RQG109 bring?

[akelis]

Grizzop doing the subtle "here's our basic dogma, come back if you have questions" is one of my favorite things about this episode. Living in a part of the states where rabid street preaching is a thing, I love when people go out of their way NOT to do that and it makes me more willing to hear them out before I walk away. Sasha has reached a point in her personal growth where she might at least need comfort and a path that isn't dictated by an objectively evil person or escape from that evil person and Grizzop is willing to reach out at this point.

Bonus points to Grizzop with the use of detect evil and not giving in with the white flag. There is likely far more to this than they are willing to give or than even a knowledge check might tell. Hades was never an objectively evil deity (rather he was the only of the prime three that kept to the rules of consent and respect the choices of monogamy for other couples) so the idea that he caused the fall of Rome rather than Mars seems sketchy. Mars would be Aries in the modern Greek Pantheon and Hades would have been Pluto in the Roman; and both views saw him not as evil but as the stoic keeper of a line between living and dead.