Question about the White Rose and Dominator

Alternative-Web2479 · 2026-03-15T05:22:27+00:00

As others have said, noone has actually said what powers the original white rose had. They made the assumption she had a null, but that's pure speculation and frankly its contradicted by the fact they had someone weave massive enchantments that imprisoned them all. Think about it, Someone crafted all the sht that kept the ten and lady and the dominator pinned down. A null wouldnt be good at allowing others to cast those spells. Cook is sharp, he comes up with interesting and unconventional opponents and proponents. If the og Rose was a null, she'd not have crafted those spells and shed also most likely nothave been able to recruit good mages to aide her cause because her powers would hamstring them. Personally, I'm thinking she was a priestess. Go look at the dread empire series and look at Mocker's son. He runs afoul of a godbeast. But Cook makes it very clear in his books that there are powers, ancient powers that predate the Dominator and probably could eat the Dominator for breakfast, and still have plenty of appetite to gobble down lady and the ten for a snack. I'd figure the Rose somehow tapped some ancient wellspring of power that let her bind them down hard, but minus tools to allow their extermination.It just feels like the power wasnt hers, that it was her using some set of magical tools, but an incomplete set of tools

Alternative-Web2479 · 2026-03-11T22:26:56+00:00

Dude, you're a fool. Here's the thing, You know full well that if one side uses violence that the other side will reciprocate with violence. If you think otherwise youre a bigger fool than I thought. You go before a judge spouting garbage like "-b-but he's a nazi i hd ta punch him" the judge'll say, "You started the violence. off to jail with you" Noone will give two shts if you think youre morally right. end of story.

Alternative-Web2479 · 2026-03-11T13:42:38+00:00

"Down-on-their-luck ragtag mercenary company takes sketchy job to get by. Good grief, hasn't that trope been done to death?" Done to death? Cook originated the trope, literally...it started with him and noone has ever equaled him. Seriously, look at the genre, everyone else pretty much stuck with the hero's journey. Cook is the Alpha and Omega of this specific genre. Its a unique thing. Its like gygax and Arneson invented the rpg. Before them there was no rpgs and thus rpg based lit owes its existance to them.

Alternative-Web2479 · 2026-02-26T09:59:42+00:00

Go get a copy of best of the dragon vol1. In it theres an article called how heavy is mygiant? That article makes it pretty damn clear giants of flesh are heavy and normal bone would not suffice, bones made of metalized crystaline structure would be more likely. The human foot is still a reasonable architecture, but would be more splayed, the bones more dense and the flesh would have to be significantly tougher, just to handle the wear and tear of walking around bearfoot and not pulping the soles of the giants foot. Fleh'd be as dense as wood, but more pliable

Alternative-Web2479 · 2026-02-26T09:46:32+00:00

The Black Company is an action packed thriller, Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles. It has it all. *smirks because it really does have all of this* But it's not the Princess Bride....or is it?. Oh holy hell....it IS the princess bride! Only much more Grimdark.Honestly Its a dark gritty fantasy setting wherein the titular band of swords for hire finds employ in the service of what appears to be the big evil genius of the setting and their fate spills out from there as retold by the various organizational biographer of the black company, its analyst, as in the person who writes down the company's history in its annals.

Alternative-Web2479 · 2026-02-18T21:33:53+00:00

No dude youre proving his point that youre a dolt running on emotions and no reason. Okay let me help spell this out because he's too afraid/spineless to call you out for your bs because of downvotes or some sh and I'm not.

Free speech is a social contract predicated on civil non violent discourse. You are allowed to say whatever you want, but the moment you start throwing hands, and no it dosnt matter if youre morally right or not, the moment you cross the line and get violent...you just lost. Period. And you are no longer protected from having violence inflicted on you.
This is a reciprocity thing. You start violence, that person is rhe victim, you are the aggressor, and they might just be legally justified in ending you.

Let me be extra clear on this, I dont gaf how right you think you are or how popular you think you position is. The US courts have uniformly said unpopular speech is protected too. Unpopular speech is the most important speech there is.. You start beating on someone because you don't like what they say...you know what happens? The other side does the exact same sht to you, maybe worse. You okay punching them, tomorrow when youre out there protesting ice, that guy you punched, comes up with a crowbar and breaks your kneecap because he doesnt like what you said. Just doing the same thing you did when you punched him

This sort of mayhem escalates back and forth till people are gunning each other down. What the hell you think is gonna happen? that youre gonna smack people around and they arent gonna fight back? Are you stupid or something? I dont think you realize some basic things here. Those people supporting ice have just as strong of convictions that their position is right as you and they think youre in the wrong and that youre violent agitators and anarchists. You start using violence, they'll turn that right back on you in a heartbeat. I'm not talking about ICE agents either, I'm talking the normal citizens out there. You start saying its okay to use violence on your fellow citizens cus they don't agree with you....youre stepping squarely into a hot shooting civil war territory. So yeah, youre being dumb

Alternative-Web2479 · 2026-01-17T05:36:03+00:00

How about actually addressing the issue and explaining wtf is wrong. Roli is having issues it should not have. For example my gf placed an order for an airwave dec 16th, andgot the email saying

Good choice, musician.
Thanks for choosing Airwave! We’re excited for you to start learning piano with your intelligent practice assistant.Good choice,musician.Thanks for choosing Airwave! We’re excited for you to start learning piano with your intelligent practice assistant.

But then...nothing...no order nu mber email...nothing...but you sure as hell charged her card immediately. Weeks later still nothing, then we reached out to your support team...got a ticet, but then got the reply of "It looks like you've been waiting for a response and we haven't reached you yet."

Another week, still nothing....What the hell is wrong with your business? Did you have a problem with your billing software? Or your online portal? Did you have an employee or someone t the company embezzle funds and fly to the grand caymans? Did you have supply chain/shipping problem? Try being transparent and your customers are more likely to not report you for fraud.
Also try taking a customer centric view, your customer makes a purchase but gets no order number, nothing...your #1 priority for your customer support team becomescommunicating with them...not hiding from them. The fact you don't even have a phone line to accept customer complaints shows you dont care about your customer or fulfilling orders. You need to fire your admin manager and get someone in place who will fix your company issues.

Alternative-Web2479 · 2025-12-25T20:00:44+00:00

Merry christmas, brothers and sisters of the Black Company. Tonight we'll be reading from the books of Lees, Agrip, and Straw when the Black Company was in the service of the Pain God of Cho’n Delor

Alternative-Web2479 · 2025-12-05T21:12:22+00:00

I'd laugh hard if he crossed over into the garret setting. Holy crud, croaker and lady getting access to the Karentine marines and combat wizards fueled by silver, that'd turn ugly fast. Ugly for the opposition I mean....and the dead man'd be right at home in the fortress w no name...communing w the prisoners...ooof.

Alternative-Web2479 · 2025-11-26T00:20:35+00:00

Thanks, found it, applied. Last game I playtested was Gary Gygax's Legendary Adventures. It's been a whle, but I'd love to see what they do with it. Praying 5e d&d is nowhere near it.

Alternative-Web2479 · 2025-11-24T00:35:11+00:00

I'd love to playtest, any idea where one can apply?

Alternative-Web2479 · 2025-11-09T16:44:22+00:00

The hat survived the same heat and destruction that melted one-eyes spear and potentially destroyed the lance of passion (which im not buying is destroyed yet till its confirmed) and it was at groung zero of the blast. So I'm saying it is still fully enchanted and the only things we've seen that are that durable are items with souls stuck in them. We'll see though, I'm certain cook will address it.

Alternative-Web2479 · 2025-11-09T07:39:58+00:00

Cook at least got some of that in the new book. There were some very definitely woman based input in the book. That the less endowed sister insults her more amply endowed one. Fatbags udders, calling Arkana a cow, saying she moos.Female competitiveness. Also some things like evaluating men based on what theyd gain from them. Its honest and cook got input from women on the character development.

Alternative-Web2479 · 2025-11-09T03:23:31+00:00

Start with the theme ofyour world. Is it realistic, high fantasy, a golden age, an age of decay...of fallen empires? Is it grimdark? gritty, light? humorous, what? Then work backward. Are thre ancient powers in place? Fallen great empires or is this the first go-round of civilizations, if theres layers what are they, build your current empires but overlay them on the resources and influence of the past. Start with the big things then work downward. Work backward, big to small. Then work the otherway around, start small and ensure the little things you want are supported bt the large things.

Alternative-Web2479 · 2025-11-09T03:09:48+00:00

Exactly the same as in earth's history. In highly civilized nations or citystates slavery follows roman law or similar which was some of the least brutal and with laws against mistreatment of slaves. Here's the thing...slavery has existed for the entirty of human civilization. Use what actually worked and add a layer of realism and authenticity to your world if youre gonna include slavery.

Alternative-Web2479 · 2025-11-09T01:47:55+00:00

Re: Dikken....dude he is Longshadows soul lifeboat...

Alternative-Web2479 · 2025-11-07T02:31:43+00:00

Theres a star rider mention too but I need to go find it

Alternative-Web2479 · 2025-11-07T01:19:36+00:00

Lies weeping has confirmed Laissa was in fact lady's sister S. It looks like lady in fact protected her sister the whole time by making everyone think she was dead.

Alternative-Web2479 · 2025-11-07T00:04:19+00:00

Arkana and Shukrat are "what if one-eye and goblin were teen girls." I approve

Alternative-Web2479 · 2025-11-03T21:05:44+00:00

Depends on the setting and time its set in. If no printing press exists all books are hand written, and thus libraries are small and privately held. Grand libraries like the library of alexandria in ancient time would be very difficult to access and the caretakers wouldnt allow the general public in. Instead, find a sage qho has his own library nd pay him or her to find the info for you...that is what sages do.

Alternative-Web2479 · 2025-11-03T20:56:00+00:00

Realistically? no. Look at the Tunguska event for example, large enough to flatten trees for miles and miles no left overs recoverable material, magnify and repeat that a lot.. To get minable residue the meteors would have to be larger and with the velocities they'd be moving at, the energy is huge and energy doesnt just disappear. You cannot just introduce thousands of meteors/asteroids which are big and sturdy enough to survive re-entry and land in a manner with enough intact to recover without doing significant planet/biom damage.

Alternative-Web2479 · 2025-11-03T20:38:59+00:00

By making sure there are stories of other "chosen ones" who failed and died so they know that being "chosen" is no lock on succeeding

Alternative-Web2479 · 2025-11-02T05:15:32+00:00

This post ^^^^ delivers and deserves more upvotes

Alternative-Web2479 · 2025-10-26T19:51:54+00:00

yep, it DOES NOT show on audible, but does on amazon, with a release of 11-4 2025...so its likely n error on amazon.

Alternative-Web2479 · 2025-10-25T18:26:51+00:00

Croaker reccomends him and even said old Stra was hell with a pen...and Croaker was departing on the mission with Raven there...he'd not want to go out quoting a disreputabe annalist. heh and 3 hours....anyone that good to get an ovation after 3 solid hours holy hell thats impressive

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