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Minor typo in that one I think - it's Cruella de Vil iirc. Maybe someone with a forums account there could let him know? So how does the balance look for Roy at the moment? I reckon his collaboration with Shojo in subverting the laws of Azure City will count against him, since that's more of a chaotic good act than lawful. Plus from a metagaming stance I think he's going to be raised knowing he'll have to redeem himself in some way.
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I'm guesing this is the same thing that kept him from updating earlier. Probably he was able do draw the first few strips of this arc during the hiatus, but has run out now.
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I wonder if Miko made it into LG heaven; maybe there's another reunion coming up?
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Karma Guard posted:They believe that all those gods are really just Epic level PCs. Or something. Isn't this actually literally true in a couple of cases?
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FMguru posted:I love grandpa's pride that Roy has made it as a single-classed fighter, like him. Makes perfect sense that a grizzled old-timer has no time for faggotty prestige classes or minmaxing. Plus the way the rules keep changing has been a running joke since strip #1. I'm guesing Grandpa was originally a 1st-ed fighter who still likes doing things the old-fasioned way.
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Always wanted to do this... New strip is up!! Not sure the rehosting is even necessary anymore, but still: 
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Yeah. I think it's going to be a long time before everybody is back together, if ever. Though I hope he at least reunites some of them soon, as having three separate plotlines running simultaneously could get pretty annoying. Though he hasn't really started on the main story arc yet, so it's kind of hard to predict where he's going to go with this.
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Quarex posted:Hahahaha, what. Quarex posted:Also, I imagine in either the next strip or the one after that we might finally discover why Durkon has not raised Roy. It seems like it will clearly come up.
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Does domination have a time limit nowadays, or is it permanent until dispelled or broken in some way? Also would Roy/Eugene be able to scry on Xykkon/Redcloak, or is that the wrong type of connection for scrying? (I really want to see what they are up to; I have a feeling that they're going to be the focus of the next plot arc).
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Aaaand a new strip is up! Not much to discuss in this one I feel, though hopefully the next strip might (finally) start the main plot arc rolling.
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Jan 26, 2008 20:42
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New strip is up! Rules jokes galore!
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Are some animals able to see ghosts in 3.5? I'm wondering if Mr Scruffles might yet save the day.
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I love doing this. New strip is up, and it looks like the plot arc is finally getting underway! 
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rantmo posted:Well to no small extent, he can't update it without killing off at least one major character; Elan. The Bard class isn't going to be in the first PHB, we likely won't get the Bard until PHB II in 2009, and there's no way that Elan can be anything else, it just doesn't work. I hope he just keeps going on with things as they are, it's more than a 3.5 comic, it's a comic about fantasy gaming really and that can stand fine as it is. If anything there's humor to be mined about it not being 4e. It's a finite story from what I've heard and there is an end planned so I figure he'll just keep going on as is. Though I'll be disappointed if he doesn't work in at least a couple of jokes related to 4ed. I haven't really been following the 4ed developments since I gave up on PnP a while ago, but the comments I've heard seem to say that you have no chance at higher levels unless you're some variety of magic user. It kind of makes me wonder if Roy is going to dual to mage or something similar at some point (sorry for the 2ed terminology, but I'm out of date). I'ts been stated several times that his Int is really high, and given his family history it would make for an interesting character development.
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Sefer posted:New strip: I really like this one for some reason. Maybe because it's a bit more subtle than some of the others - a joke about the players and about the game itself rather than a joke about the rules.
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New strip is up! The guy who called Redcloak threatening to throw people into the rift wins a prize!
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Hate to interrupt you guys mid-flow, but there's a new strip up! My prediction: the message goes through a few cells, and gets distorted. A lot.
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Amused Frog posted:I hate it too, Elan. This better be worth it He'd better get the next strip out sooner than next week, too 
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`gok look forward to first person pronouns' had me laughing way more than it should have. Edit: I'm guessing that hostage is V, and that s/he's the one giving grammar lessons. In fact I'll stick my neck out even further and bet that they were on the island to try and recruit the orc tribes to help fight the hobgoblins (promising them land near the city after it's retaken). DoctorTristan fucked around with this message at 00:08 on Apr 29, 2008 |
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Enderwastaken posted:I like how she turns banjo towards herself while complementing herself. Goes along with the self esteem issues she seems to have. I think that's just because he flipped the viewpoint - in that panel we're behind the altar (notice how the crossbars are sloping the other way).
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May 21, 2008 10:34
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Vicissitude posted:They might be playing fast and loose with the coup de grace rules. Perhaps considering flat-footed to mean helpless. I did that sort of thing all the time. I'd just have decreed that he'd stabbed the guy in the heart and the wound was fatal, sod whatever the rules say. (Plus Burlew doesn't exactly follow the rules strictly anyway).
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ZorbaTHut posted:Mark of Justice reference. "He'll get sicker and sicker until he'll be incapable of hurting anyone." I guess from that description that the curse is a slow progressive penalty to THAC0 and damage. Remind someone who hasn't played since 2E - successive castings of curses don't usually have a cumulative effect, right? So Belkar is now free to do what he likes until the curse really starts kicking in?
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Hey, double strip! Looks like we're not going to see Roy back for a while, unless maybe that was a bone that Belkar shook out of the boot.
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Just as we start complaining that Belkar's random humour is getting too grating, he stops doing it. Sometimes I really do wonder if Burlew reads this thread.
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I wonder if we're about to see V's prophecy come true - saying "the right four words to the right being at the right time for all the wrong reasons"? That devil certainly looks capable of conferring "ultimate arcane power", especially given the different possible meanings of 'ultimate'.
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You're forgetting that V considers everything except for him and his magic to be worthless. Doing something like that would be admitting that he might need Elan's help at some point; not something he's about to do.
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Did any of the background books ever explain why Belkar chose to become a ranger in the first place? Was it just for the two-weapon fighting skills?
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The upside of working late is that I get to do this again New Strip!  Click here for the full 714x933 image. I don't really know 3.5E that well, but doesn't Mr Scruffy wandering off suggest that he isn't Belkar's animal companion, but just an abnormally intelligent housecat? EDIT: /\/\/\/\/\ drat YOU!
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Edit: I'm dumb: of course it's `Ristorante' The Haley and Belkar meatballs were also a nice touch.
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Does anyone else feel that the art style is now getting in the way of the story? Stick figures are fine for light-hearted jokes about the game mechanics and archetypes, but a lot of the  we've been getting lately could have been conveyed much more concisely with a well-drawn facial expression or two.
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Maldraedior posted:V probably will reason that there is no time for that and instead will have to accept the imp's offer, since he can Teleport and V cannot And all because he said "disintegrate" four times to an imp that was annoying him...
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Ashcans posted:But yea, that is a good point. Why is it that dragons seem a little thin on minions, anyway? Lack of interest? As I remember it they don't particularly care for the company of anyone except (sometimes) other dragons. Having an army of minions might make a human feel powerful and important, but dragons already know they're better than everyone else and don't need to be reminded.
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Affi posted:True Resurrection has probably been house ruled out, otherwise we probably wouldn't have this situation. Maybe there just aren't any divine spellcasters of a high-enough level in the game world? Or none who'd be willing to help out a black dragon?
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ConfusedUs posted:Speaking of elves, have we seen any other elves in the strip other than V&company? There was Nale's companion who was absolutely not a knock-off of Drizzt, other than that I can't think of anyone.
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Vanadium posted:Meh, that whole hunger for arcane supremacy stuff seemed like a pretty male thing to me. True, but inverting a gender stereotype like that would be right up Burlew's alley. (Yes, I know this argument is pointless, but arguing about dumb poo poo is fun).
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Is it just me, or has the hosting for giantitp been getting hammered even more lately? It used to only go down directly after an update, now it's inaccessible most of the time.
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Taber posted:Earlier in the thread: I wonder if V will become a lich. There's no way V could complete the rituals in time.
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tazman posted:I thought that V might become a Lich, but it was said that the rituals are too long. What exactly are the rituals? Unless more recent editions have changed things, it's unclear/up to the GM. How long they take isn't actually specified, but it's described as a deliberate and unspeakably evil process. I'd think most GMs would probably rule that the rituals themselves take anywhere from several hours to several days, and the necessary preparations take weeks or months.
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I wonder if this means we're going to get back to the central plot soon-ish. The devils V's dealing with know about the gates, and the price for their assistance is likely to include V getting to a gate asap and handing it over to them.
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Hehe oops, got my planes mixed up there  But I can't think of any other likely reason for V being pre-approved.
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