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Why is he in a robe, anyway? He was in armor and fighting with a Katana when he first showed up back in Azure City.
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Cabbit posted:Why is he in a robe, anyway? He was in armor and fighting with a Katana when he first showed up back in Azure City.
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Next question: why is a Fighter leading diplomatic missions?
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Cabbit posted:Next question: why is a Fighter leading diplomatic missions? He isn't. Elan is. Unfortunately, that means they need a few people to whisper bits of common sense in his ear. Plus, it's a kimono, not a robe. Plus, it's widely speculated that Elan took the Leadership feat and Daigo is one of his followers. P.S. Jane's World? Really? That's just insulting.
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It's the same thing he wore for his wedding. I'm guessing it's formal wear to reflect his changed status to nobility.
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Cabbit posted:Next question: why is a Fighter leading diplomatic missions? He could be a charisma-high paladin.
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goatface posted:He could be a charisma-high paladin. He was never a paladin. He was a city-guard who's been recently promoted to nobility. All signs point to simple fighter, though I don't think they've established his class for certain, so there could be some other details in there. The surviving Azurians seem to be a lot more interesting nowadays. I'm not sure if it's because they're out of the city and developing or just because he culled all the boring ones. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 03:44 on May 26, 2008 |
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I'm getting kind of sick of Elan. You can only be a god drat idiot so long before the joke gets old.
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...He's a D&D character. In a comic strip. He exists for comedy relief. You can't make every character deep, and when you try you get horrible, unfocused comics like Sluggy Freelance.
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The Werle posted:...He's a D&D character. In a comic strip. He exists for comedy relief. It's not a matter of character depth, which I think he already HAS, it is just that dumb people are almost never as funny as smart people.
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Dumb characters work on a different plane of humor. Having characters like Roy, Redcloak, and Varsuvius around lets Burlew make smarter jokes, like wordplay or biting sarcasm. Elan, Thog and Belkar, on the other hand, exist for slapstick and dumb humor like you'd get in a movie like Airplane or something. Obviously Elan and the other core characters have shown some moments of depth, but by and large I think the greater comic is better served in using each comedic tool how its intended. Don't use a screwdriver when you need a hammer.
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True enough, but I think Elan is at his funniest when he's breaking the 4th wall by pointing out genre conventions, plot points, etc. rather than the retard routine. That really his is main strength, more so than any of his class abilities.
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It's like he's telling the same joke 10 times in a row in the past ten strips though.
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I hope the new strip is a joke about The Odyssey.
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Detetsu posted:I hope the new strip is a joke about The Odyssey. Hahaha, it totally is, too. Funniest strip in quite a while, I think.
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Nice to know that Elan is 'Still not Evil'
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I still like the Batman joke most.
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Superheroes, ninjas, pirates, and the loving Odyssey? This might just be the best single strip ever.
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That Oddysey joke was great. I still wish Elan would die.
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I think that Elan suffers a lot from the group being broken up. I like him in general, but he really needs Roy and Haley to play off of. On his own (or with other flatter characters like Durkon) it's just like half of a routine. I think in general only a few of the OotS characters are really engaging enough to be able to stand without the larger dynamics.
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There is no Bard class in 4e. Could this spell danger for our hero?
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terminal mehmet posted:There is no Bard class in 4e. Could this spell danger for our hero? No, because they aren't converting to Fourth Edition. Dun dun dunnn
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May 30, 2008 18:25
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Then I guess the power source crack was just a tease. Nuts.
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terminal mehmet posted:Then I guess the power source crack was just a tease. Nuts. I guess? I think Rich goes into length about this on his frontpage, so you can read about his feelings concerning converting over there.
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You've got to admit, it would be super funny if Elan suddenly turned into a retarded Warlord, though.
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Banjo, GOD OF BLADES, thirsts for your blood!
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Perhaps, or perhaps it would be one of the other members of the pantheon.
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Orcs have come so far since The Hobbit.
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"We live for Giggles, we kill for Giggles, we die for Giggles."
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In an extremely surreal way, it seems as though Elan actually successfully completed their mission, and they might be able to get some supplies now.
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terminal mehmet posted:There is no Bard class in 4e. Could this spell danger for our hero? Actually, there is. Bards, sorcerors, druids and barbarians come out next year in a different handbook because WotC are total cunts.
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xenosauridae posted:Actually, there is. Bards, sorcerors, druids and barbarians come out next year in a different handbook because WotC are total cunts. Yeah, I'm going to be skipping that book. Warlords are everything I wanted Bards to be.
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xenosauridae posted:Actually, there is. Bards, sorcerors, druids and barbarians come out next year in a different handbook because WotC are total cunts. Or because they couldn't get them to work in time for the first PHB so they are waiting until they're good instead of releasing a halfassed version like they did in 3rd edition
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Actually I've heard that Bards are going to be in the Forgotten Realms book with that new Swordmages class. So we only have until what, August? September?
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404GoonNotFound posted:Actually I've heard that Bards are going to be in the Forgotten Realms book with that new Swordmages class. So we only have until what, August? September? You're right. My bad. Monks come out with barbarians, druids and sorcerors.
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xenosauridae posted:You're right. My bad. Monks come out with barbarians, druids and sorcerors. And Psions 
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I have to wait for monks? I only ever play monks when I play. Damnit.
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Foodpie posted:I have to wait for monks? I only ever play monks when I play. Damnit. You'll need to wait for every style of wizard except Evokers, too, because that's pretty much all Wizards are in 4E. Yaay, 4E. 
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