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Pope Guilty posted:dracolich. Zombie Dragon. If it was a Dracolich it would have actually been intelligent.
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Aww, I liked that Therkla strip. Clever, and sweet.
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Feb 21, 2015 07:35
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It was a nice comic. Maybe Rich is okay after all... 
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Feb 21, 2015 14:54
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So having started on the latest OOTS book, did they ever give a set reason why Nale hated Malack so much?
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Feb 21, 2015 21:48
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Because vampire.
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Cornwind Evil posted:So having started on the latest OOTS book, did they ever give a set reason why Nale hated Malack so much? If I remember correctly, Nale wanted to break away from his father's regime because he didn't think leading a handful of countries from behind the scenes was ambitious enough. He thought they could do more. There was a fight between Nale's group and his father's group, during which Nale killed some of Malack's vampire spawns. Thence the animosity.
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Feb 21, 2015 22:22
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Nale was all  and Malak was pretty much Tarquin's best friend so the hatred went to him too
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The way I understood it, it's that Nale has been terrified of Malack since being a baby, him being an undead monster and all.
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Feb 21, 2015 22:37
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Yeah, Nale always hated Malack, I don't know if the feeling was mutual before Nale killed a bunch of Malack's "children" but it certainly was until they both died.
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Feb 21, 2015 22:44
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It being 'you scared me as a kid' is probably enough, Nale was as shallow as a drying puddle in every aspect of his life.
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Cornwind Evil posted:It being 'you scared me as a kid' is probably enough, Nale was as shallow as a drying puddle in every aspect of his life. Nale:"The Linear Guild is practically synonymous with taking disproportionate revenge over quasi-imagined slights!"
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We know Malack tutored Nale, which is the extent of what we were told of their past before the death of Malack's spawn. I think it's fair to assume that that is where Nale's hatred originates. Whether Nale was just scared of the creepy old snake monster, or Malack was a really harsh and unpleasant tutor is fine to leave to the imagination.
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Feb 22, 2015 00:44
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There is a new one. 
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I smiled a bit.
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That really captures the absolute shrug most players give to masterwork and special metal weapons until one of the very narrow, exceptional cases where they matter comes up.
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ultrafilter posted:I smiled a bit. I smiled quite a bit at MONEY!
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Feb 25, 2015 00:59
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Honestly this is one of my favorite individual comics yet, it's such a classic gag too. also, Shortsword! Dagger! Money! *shank* D1Sergo fucked around with this message at 01:04 on Feb 25, 2015 |
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Feb 25, 2015 01:00
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In the background of the final panel you can see Haley giving Crystal a raspberry.
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Feb 25, 2015 01:41
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Hah! Loved 'MONEY!'.
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Feb 25, 2015 02:29
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You know it's bad when Haley literally throws away money.
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Feb 25, 2015 03:33
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Now that her dad's free from prison, does she have any more reason to hoard gold?
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ultrafilter posted:Now that her dad's free from prison, does she have any more reason to hoard gold? She likes to.
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ultrafilter posted:Now that her dad's free from prison, does she have any more reason to hoard gold? Shiny.
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I really liked this one.
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ultrafilter posted:Now that her dad's free from prison, does she have any more reason to hoard gold? She was always like Thief that way: 
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D1Sergo posted:Honestly this is one of my favorite individual comics yet, it's such a classic gag too. Yeah, I liked it too. How many strips have their even been since the very early days of the comic that work this well as a standalone?
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Dolash posted:That really captures the absolute shrug most players give to masterwork and special metal weapons until one of the very narrow, exceptional cases where they matter comes up. The special metal stuff isn't even that expensive compared to the utility you get when that circumstance comes up! If you don't have a masterwork version of your primary weapon in Silver, Cold Iron, and Admantine by level 5 you're either a primary spellcaster or DOING IT WRONG. 
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jng2058 posted:The special metal stuff isn't even that expensive compared to the utility you get when that circumstance comes up! If you don't have a masterwork version of your primary weapon in Silver, Cold Iron, and Admantine by level 5 you're either a primary spellcaster or DOING IT WRONG. Primary weapon? Just take all of 'em. Nobody tracks carrying capacity anyway.
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Your primary weapon as defined by the one you're Weapon Focused in. So Dwarven Waraxe, say, for a Dwarf Fighter who should have a Cold Iron Waraxe, a Silver Waraxe, and a Admantine Waraxe, one of which should be magical. If you've got the gold to spend on getting a full metal set for your throwing axes, sure do that, but that's less important than keeping your Belt of Giant Strength, your Armor, Shield, and Cloak of Resistance up to date.
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Feb 25, 2015 06:49
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I see we'll be fighting succubi today. Caddy, hand me my #4 cold iron.
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Colonel Cool posted:I see we'll be fighting succubi today. Caddy, hand me my #4 cold iron. Precisely. 
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Zoe posted:Yeah, I liked it too. How many strips have their even been since the very early days of the comic that work this well as a standalone? Its just a lovely little self contained story as well. We're introduced to two characters we are made to feel sorry for, then the gag is that the protagonists burst into their lives, resolve their problem in two panels, and then run out again. The secondary gag in the final panel also tells us that these guys are going to have a happy ending, which leaves you with a pretty warm feeling in a strip that's gone a long time without a good guy getting a win.
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Colonel Cool posted:I see we'll be fighting succubi today. Caddy, hand me my #4 cold iron. I really want to make a character who does, in fact, have an axe caddy, now. A wealthy traveling axe collector who can chop heads with the best of 'em, on a quest with his collection of rare axes in search of more rare axes. The caddy is just a rudimentary construct shaped like a butler who carries all the axes inside a Golf Bag of Holding.
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MarquiseMindfang posted:I really want to make a character who does, in fact, have an axe caddy, now. A wealthy traveling axe collector who can chop heads with the best of 'em, on a quest with his collection of rare axes in search of more rare axes. The caddy is just a rudimentary construct shaped like a butler who carries all the axes inside a Golf Bag of Holding. Leadership is the feat for you. Plus if you are high enough level (IIRC) you can actually have like, a horde of followers
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MarquiseMindfang posted:I really want to make a character who does, in fact, have an axe caddy, now. A wealthy traveling axe collector who can chop heads with the best of 'em, on a quest with his collection of rare axes in search of more rare axes. The caddy is just a rudimentary construct shaped like a butler who carries all the axes inside a Golf Bag of Holding. Bertie "the axe" Wooster and his (much more intelligent) construct Jeeves. "Blood runs true, eh Jeeves?"
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MarquiseMindfang posted:I really want to make a character who does, in fact, have an axe caddy, now. A wealthy traveling axe collector who can chop heads with the best of 'em, on a quest with his collection of rare axes in search of more rare axes. The caddy is just a rudimentary construct shaped like a butler who carries all the axes inside a Golf Bag of Holding. Actually, there's a game that basically does that. It's called 7 Blades and the main character does in fact have seven various wacky swords, and he has a vassal that follows him around with a giant bag of swords and throws him whatever sword he wants to use.
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If you really want to be prepared, you've got a slashing weapon of every metal, a blunt weapon of every metal, a piercing weapon of every metal, one of each damage type in wood (for Ravenloft Elf Vampires and Rust Monsters), then a Ghost Touch, a Holy, an Unholy, a Lawful, a Chaotic, and one of each Element. And enough feats or levels in Monk to deal with "Resistant to anything that isn't a natural weapon" . Come to think of it, that would be a pretty fun character to play. I'm thinking a Dwarf with a Gnome as his axe/morningstar/spear caddy. The tricky bit would be getting enough INT and ranks in the right knowledges to make the Monster ID rolls to know which weapon to call for...
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Alchenar posted:The secondary gag in the final panel also tells us that these guys are going to have a happy ending, which leaves you with a pretty warm feeling in a strip that's gone a long time without a good guy getting a win. Happy ending until the wave of snarling nothingness washes over them.
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jng2058 posted:If you really want to be prepared, you've got a slashing weapon of every metal, a blunt weapon of every metal, a piercing weapon of every metal, one of each damage type in wood (for Ravenloft Elf Vampires and Rust Monsters), then a Ghost Touch, a Holy, an Unholy, a Lawful, a Chaotic, and one of each Element. And enough feats or levels in Monk to deal with "Resistant to anything that isn't a natural weapon" .
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