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Constantine is rather of the opinion that magic is a horrible joke, and tends to go out of his way to not accumulate more power. His shtick is more of a "so long as I have at least one friend left, I'M UNSTOPPABLE!" Actually, that does sort of follow. Hellblazer magic tends to follow the rule of power coming with sacrifice. Usually at a hefty loss.
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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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Cthulhuchan posted:His shtick is more of a "so long as I have at least one friend left, I'M UNSTOPPABLE!" Not so much, anymore. The only 'friend' he has right now is Ellie the succubus. He's been traveling solo after killing his guilt in Ravenscar, and doing his part to prevent dragging more people into his life.
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Aug 15, 2008 23:36
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New strip. I'd mirror it but waffleimages isn't working for me at the moment.
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Sefer posted:New strip. I'd mirror it but waffleimages isn't working for me at the moment. Whelp, back to talking instead of plot advancement.
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Aug 17, 2008 19:48
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I can't imagine, no matter how hard I try, that anyone cared how the imp managed to summon the great big demon -- wouldn't we all have been perfectly fine going along with "putting the odds at a million to one guarantees it happening", given the setting? And I also can't see why the gently caress "Varsuvius tries to banish demon, it fails" needed more than two panels. That was just bad in so many ways.
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I don't know, I got a laugh out of "the spell is more powerful if I present something the target opposes, so I present my common sense". I guess it was worth a try!
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CapnAndy posted:And I also can't see why the gently caress "Varsuvius tries to banish demon, it fails" needed more than two panels. That was just bad in so many ways. Because it's a humor comic, not a plot comic, and the writer came up with a joke.
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Aug 18, 2008 20:35
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CapnAndy posted:I can't imagine, no matter how hard I try, that anyone cared how the imp managed to summon the great big demon -- wouldn't we all have been perfectly fine going along with "putting the odds at a million to one guarantees it happening", given the setting? I'm honestly think it could have been a little stronger without this part. I get a little tired sometimes of the villains mostly being 
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It was funny to me because as my party's cleric in a high level Planescape campaign recently, I always had banish memorized and tried to carry around tons of poo poo various targets would oppose.
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Aug 18, 2008 20:59
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ZorbaTHut posted:Because it's a humor comic, not a plot comic, and the writer came up with a joke. No kidding. OotS is about the ride, not where it's going or how fast.
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terminal mehmet posted:or how fast. Man, tell me about it 
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New strip is up. Man, Elan really should have seen that coming. Where's your Bard powers of plot progression, man?
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Aug 21, 2008 14:45
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Gyges posted:
I count at least 8 Ninja. By application of the Inverse Ninja Rule, they shouldn't need Elan's help. The ninja should be about as formidable as elementary school students.
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Aug 21, 2008 14:57
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Anyone else love the sound effect "Nuts!" as much as I do? If only it were onomatopoeia.
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Kramer posted:I count at least 8 Ninja.
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Kramer posted:I count at least 8 Ninja. By application of the Inverse Ninja Rule, they shouldn't need Elan's help. The ninja should be about as formidable as elementary school students. Given that Elan is going to go deal with the ninjas, I now fully expect this exact joke to be made in the next strip. Thanks a lot, you've completely ruined OotS.
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Spazmo posted:Given that Elan is going to go deal with the ninjas, I now fully expect this exact joke to be made in the next strip. Thanks a lot, you've completely ruined OotS. He's already done (or at least referenced) the Inverse Ninja Rule. http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0453.html
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The Werle posted:Anyone else love the sound effect "Nuts!" as much as I do? If only it were onomatopoeia. I thought the same thing.
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So, anyone else think that the 'Priest' of Loki will be the Female Dwarf Durkon shacked up with early in the comic?
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Oh crap, she was a priestess of Loki, wasn't she? Doesn't this practically guarantee she'll show up, then?
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Yeah sure but she was a priestess not a priest and on the same level as Durkon. (14 back then?) She shouldn't be able to cast ressurection. BUT she'll most likely show up and convince the higher level priest of loki to help them out.
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Lilac Kimono posted:So, anyone else think that the 'Priest' of Loki will be the Female Dwarf Durkon shacked up with early in the comic? Could be, but I doubt it. Greysky is an evil city, and it's populated by northeners. That pretty much necessitates an evil Norse god. There really aren't that many choices for evil norse gods. Besides, Pete says the priest is a childhood friend, and the evil priest Durkon slept with talked about running away from the dwarven city she grew up in. I suppose given the lifespan of dwarves, she could have run away from home 60+ years ago and also be Pete's childhood friend, but that seems overly complicated.
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Kramer posted:but that seems overly complicated. So you're saying it's guaranteed? Got it.
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So Rich Burlew is turning into Dan Abnett, then. "Here's a new character with a happy life. They'll miraculously escape certain death a few times so that you think they've got plot armor. But don't worry, they'll die horribly next time I need a cheap emotional hit."
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They aren't dead yet, man. I don't know if you've noticed, but Burlew will kill unnamed characters at the drop of a hat or if it's funny, but named characters' deaths tend to be a really big deal. As a matter of fact, Roy, Shojo, and Miko are the only characters I can think offhand who he's killed, and in each case, he built up to it for a while and infused it with certain amounts of pathos and import.
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Wanderer posted:They aren't dead yet, man. I'm just hoping that they get a serious end, not some goofy Monty Python poo poo like "hooray we're saved, wait hold on it's only the next-to-last panel" (next panel: demon foot stepping on boat)
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Good heavens! A new comic! And what is this? Some sort of rehosting doohickey malarkey?  Click here for the full 699x933 image. Well how bizarre! Edit: Oh, and it's pretty good too! Amused Frog fucked around with this message at 13:09 on Aug 23, 2008 |
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That rates among the best combat banter I've seen.
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I loving laughed out loud at that final panal. "I can just make more in my TUMMY!"
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"I just hope I don't miss all the kicking while" Gets kicked in the face. I couldn't stop laughing at that 
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I will admit this is one of my favorite comics in awhile. Edit: To add content, I guess what I like about it is that he's made an interesting mix of "Experienced Army Soldier" and "Irrational Pregnant Woman". She's quite a delightful monster, though I think for story reasons she's not going to be winning for too long. shadysight fucked around with this message at 20:11 on Aug 23, 2008 |
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I do believe Burlew is getting his stride back. I'm a goddamn baby-making, life-taking MACHINE! is totally going on a T-shirt. I'm calling it right now.
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Donraj posted:I do believe Burlew is getting his stride back. You know, I really don't think you need to spoiler a line from a comic which was posted, in it's entirely, five posts above you!
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I don't think my copy of D&D lists a penalty for fighting while pregnant.
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ZorbaTHut posted:I don't think my copy of D&D lists a penalty for fighting while pregnant. Try the book of erotic fantasy 
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ZorbaTHut posted:I don't think my copy of D&D lists a penalty for fighting while pregnant. I think it counts as encumbered.
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seaborgium posted:I think it counts as encumbered. Stop repressing the unborn!
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Donraj posted:I do believe Burlew is getting his stride back. I'm just curious if he's going to make it to be a women's fit only.
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MikeJF posted:I'm just curious if he's going to make it to be a women's fit only. 
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