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Random Stranger posted:The real question is what happens to Mr. Scruffy. They have a Druid Awaken him, he serves as Belkar's replacement. Housecat Barbarian.
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Random Stranger posted:The real question is what happens to Mr. Scruffy. The same thing that's been happening to him, as well as V's familiar-- the rest of the party doesn't pay any attention to him whatsoever. He'll continue showing up in situations and backgrounds where the reader notices him, but nobody else in the party does. 
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Sep 25, 2013 17:46
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wdarkk posted:They have a Druid Awaken him, he serves as Belkar's replacement. Housecat Barbarian. What is Mr. Scruffy and Belkar get into a terrible Teleport accident, and get merged together into one being?
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Sep 25, 2013 17:47
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Ursine Asylum posted:The same thing that's been happening to him, as well as V's familiar-- the rest of the party doesn't pay any attention to him whatsoever. He'll continue showing up in situations and backgrounds where the reader notices him, but nobody else in the party does. Or V might take care of a both, as a kindness to Belkar for his likely heroic sacrifice. 
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Sep 25, 2013 17:49
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Johnny Aztec posted:What is Mr. Scruffy and Belkar get into a terrible Teleport accident, and get merged together into one being? Mister Belky likes his milk and tuna.
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Sep 25, 2013 18:57
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Belkar getting reincarnated as a Kobold would be hilarious.
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Sep 25, 2013 20:57
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Belkar will probably die doing a heroic and alignment-shattering deed along with the Scruffernator and end up in some CG afterlife with Shojo, Scruffs, a ton of baking implements/fish, and all the time in the world to chill. I'd refuse a res too if that were my eternal reward.
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Sep 25, 2013 23:47
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The Leper Colon V posted:I want this. I want this so that Roy can realize that Belkar was genuinely reforming, that he was wishing for the little guy to die, and to have a crisis about what that means about him. I think you're selling Roy short. During this mini-siege in the desert, Roy has consistently made Belkar's survival his first priority, with the survival of the rest of the group following close behind. Roy isn't the same person he was when he abandoned Elan, and what happened earlier in the pyramid was Roy's grief speaking. Roy doesn't like Belkar, but he isn't a heartless taskmaster.
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Sep 25, 2013 23:57
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Random Stranger posted:Yeah, for Belkar I am completely anticipating it to be played straight. People are looking for a way out and the prophecy is set up that way, but the twist will be that there is no twist. Belkar dies and then the team spends the last book dealing with stuff without him. This is my feeling too. He's done an expert (seriously, it's been masterful) job of making us care about the little bastard, so it will actually hurt when he dies.
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Sep 26, 2013 00:14
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Is there a provision for animal companions of rangers sticking around/keeping their levels and usefulness after death?
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Sep 26, 2013 00:20
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Nope! Class features have no rights.
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Sep 26, 2013 01:09
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Oh yeah, what ever happened to Belkar's riding dog?
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Sep 26, 2013 01:44
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Zogundar posted:Oh yeah, what ever happened to Belkar's riding dog? Élan reminded the group, as they left Azure City, that everyone except Durkon left their mounts behind when Miko chained them up. They then vanished instantly, as is standard.
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Sep 26, 2013 02:30
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Y'all wrong it's obvious mr scruffy is really a shapechanged silver dragon. He will show his true form to belkar at midnight in the woods, they will make sweet love and the next day they will sacrifice themselves in the final battle. It's how these stories always work.
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Sep 26, 2013 02:32
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Mystic Mongol posted:Nope! Class features have no rights. There was on Wizards.com an online article about familiars of dead wizards/sorcerers. They kept their familiar abilities (minus mental link to master, of course) as if they were the familiar of a master two levels lower. Nothing about animal companions/paladin mounts, but I suppose the same rule could be adapted to them too.
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Sep 26, 2013 03:10
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New Strip Seems that Tarquin's buddies don't care much for his metagaming either at this point.
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Sep 26, 2013 05:26
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Oh yeah. Wizard.
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Sep 26, 2013 05:29
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W.T. Fits posted:New Strip They seem a lot less puppety or controlled then I thought. They fully aware that tarquin loves story structures and controlling people. And opted out of things without consequences. Maybe tarquin is not the ruthless controller that he has lead on to be. What if he is the Elan of the party? 
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Sep 26, 2013 05:32
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W.T. Fits posted:New Strip  Also, is this the first time we've gotten some of those names for Tarquin's crew?
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Sep 26, 2013 05:33
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The Leper Colon V posted:Oh yeah. Wizardsindungeonsanddragons.jpeg Fakedit: Apparently Rich saves his strips in .gif files but oh well.
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Sep 26, 2013 05:37
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FMguru posted:The way that Laurin carried a bit of a torch for Malack is pretty Jacinda (Who must be the catgirl) was one of the two we did not have a name for. We knew who both Laurin and Miron were prior to this. Mirion was name dropped hundreds of strips ago and we found out who he was back we Tarquin first explained his plan. We learned Laurin's name several strips ago. The only one we don't know the name of is the fighter like guy. MonsterEnvy fucked around with this message at 05:54 on Sep 26, 2013 |
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Sep 26, 2013 05:46
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Shwqa posted:They seem a lot less puppety or controlled then I thought. They fully aware that tarquin loves story structures and controlling people. And opted out of things without consequences. Maybe tarquin is not the ruthless controller that he has lead on to be. What if he is the Elan of the party? Hmmm. You may be onto something there. Hell, that's kinda implied by the Malack/V dialogue back in the throne room, you know? MonsterEnvy posted:Jacinda (Who must be the catgirl) was the only one we did not have a name for. Have we got a name for spiky warrior guy yet?
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Sep 26, 2013 05:48
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God, and we're (eventually) getting stories about Therkla and the loving Cliffport PD as opposed to these guys? Laurin and Miron have shown more character in the last 5 strips than the Cliffport dudes did in their entire lengthy arc.
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Sep 26, 2013 05:48
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Bear in mind that Tarquin considered Malack not just a teammate and ally but a friend. I don't think he's the boss of this group, if there is one.
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Sep 26, 2013 05:49
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Soup du Jour posted:God, and we're (eventually) getting stories about Therkla and the loving Cliffport PD as opposed to these guys? Laurin and Miron have shown more character in the last 5 strips than the Cliffport dudes did in their entire lengthy arc. I'm actually looking forward to the Cliffport PD story- I dig police procedurals, and I like the idea of "what would this look like in a high fantasy setting?" combined with them. I'm also not sure Laurin and Miron were even characters yet when the Kickstarter happened.
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Sep 26, 2013 05:53
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jng2058 posted:Have we got a name for spiky warrior guy yet? I remembered him right after posting and corrected it. We don't know his name.
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Pope Guilty posted:I'm also not sure Laurin and Miron were even characters yet when the Kickstarter happened. Miron was at least. We just did not know who he was.
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Sep 26, 2013 05:54
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FMguru posted:The way that Laurin carried a bit of a torch for Malack is pretty Indeed. I also like how she cuts off Tarquin in panel five and underscores once again that while he may understand narrative structure, he fails to understand people.
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Sep 26, 2013 05:59
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If this eventually leads to those two turning on and killing Tarquin, I'm cool with it. To be honest I would be cool with him accidentally slipping down stairs and breaking his neck. As long as he dies. On screen or off. Just get rid of him. I have really, really gotten tired of him and his whole story structure schtick
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Sep 26, 2013 06:30
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World Famous Whore posted:I have really, really gotten tired of him and his whole story structure schtick
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Sep 26, 2013 06:42
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W.T. Fits posted:Indeed. I also like how she cuts off Tarquin in panel five and underscores once again that while he may understand narrative structure, he fails to understand people. Or, for that matter, game mechanics, if he thought this was going to be "a tragic execution scene".
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Sep 26, 2013 06:49
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Could it be that all of Tarquin's evil monologues and evil plans are actually an act of compensating for the years spent as the comic relief of his party?
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Sep 26, 2013 06:50
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I know (maybe) two things about D&D. So the little, colored bubbles around Laurin's head makes me think that she's drunk, per traditional comic usage of bubbles-around-the-head to signify an altered state. Not that she's D&D special (or a certain class or something). I like it better this way.
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Green Crayons posted:I know (maybe) two things about D&D. So the little, colored bubbles around Laurin's head makes me think that she's drunk, per traditional comic usage of bubbles-around-the-head to signify an altered state. Not that she's D&D special (or a certain class or something). Now you know three things. Ioun stones are wondrous items that don't use up an item slot, making them fairly popular. They're not necessarily psionic in nature, but since Psions tend to use crystals and telekinesis they're a natural fit for her.
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Rauri posted:Now you know three things. Ioun stones are wondrous items that don't use up an item slot, making them fairly popular. They're not necessarily psionic in nature, but since Psions tend to use crystals and telekinesis they're a natural fit for her. So, Laurin has a spell absorber spinning around her head while there's a wizard on a rampage nearby? There's a gun hanging on the wall and it's about to fire.
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Sep 26, 2013 07:24
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I get the impression of Tarquin being sort of first among equals. The party generally listens to his guidance, but they're also free to tell him to gently caress off if they think he's screwing around.
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Sep 26, 2013 07:32
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my dad posted:So, Laurin has a spell absorber spinning around her head while there's a wizard on a rampage nearby? There's a gun hanging on the wall and it's about to fire. Its pretty unlikely she has a spell absorbtion Ioun stone, they're rare and have severe limitations so most people stick with the other kinds. Plus she's not getting involved unless V and the Order do something tremendously stupid.
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Shwqa posted:They seem a lot less puppety or controlled then I thought. They fully aware that tarquin loves story structures and controlling people. And opted out of things without consequences. Maybe tarquin is not the ruthless controller that he has lead on to be. What if he is the Elan of the party? To be fair, he is a fighter in a high level party. Rauri posted:Now you know three things. Ioun stones are wondrous items that don't use up an item slot, making them fairly popular. They're not necessarily psionic in nature, but since Psions tend to use crystals and telekinesis they're a natural fit for her. I could have sworn that ioun stones either take up your head slot, or you can't have more than one active at a time. It's been years since I've touched 3E, though. e: Nevermind, I was misremembering that they all granted overpriced enhancement bonuses to stats, so that line wasn't too useful.
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Sep 26, 2013 07:34
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inthesto posted:To be fair, he is a fighter in a high level party.
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inthesto posted:I could have sworn that ioun stones either take up your head slot, or you can't have more than one active at a time. It's been years since I've touched 3E, though. In the hort stories from where they come, they're never used alone. IIRC there's even a wizard who is especially impressive because of the huge swarm of IOUN stones orbiting his head. Of course they've kinda changed a bit in the transition from Vance's IOUN stones to Gygax's Ioun stones; but at least in the pen-and-paper RPG there's never been (up to 3.5e, I am fully ignorant of all things 4e and later) a slot limit on how many you can use at a time.
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