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[-] Etterra@discuss.online 2 points 10 hours ago

King: I just received word from the pipe - apparently he's banned crossbows.

General: We're still gonna use em though, right?

King: Well I mean not with all these Saxons around.

[-] Fleur_@aussie.zone 1 points 9 hours ago

Yes father but these are Catholic bolts, guided by God

[-] PugJesus@piefed.social 34 points 1 day ago

Luckily, no one cares what the Pope says!

[shoots King Richard the Lionheart]

[-] PugJesus@piefed.social 13 points 1 day ago

Alternatively, when the Pope says something so profitphobic you gotta hit 'im with that mercenary stare

[-] teft@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago

Guess we following Anacletus II now. Antipopes ftw.

[-] pleb_maximus@piefed.zip 7 points 1 day ago

No, no. That's the pope. The other dude is the profitphobic antipope.

[-] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago

Technically it only applies against other Christians, if however you suspect them to be heretics

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 5 points 21 hours ago

Has to be heretics, cause they're about to be damned by this here crossbow! YEEEE-HAW!

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 hours ago

"yes sire he was a devout christian sire, but The Lord did not prevent me from shooting him, did He? Therefore it must be His will that he die by my hand."

[-] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago

Avoiding heaven>>getting into heaven.

[-] SirW00talot@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

But what about the other pope?

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

You mean the Wapope?

[-] becausechemistry@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago

Well, you can still use them when doing the Saracen scenarios but they’ll take up a lot of inventory until then

[-] teft@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Guess we following Anacletus II now. Antipopes ftw.

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