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You know, for all his talk about "better her soul be put to rest than live on as this monster," Shuro sure didn't do a lot in that fight. I saw what he did to that Sea Serpent, bisecting her with one blow seems like it's within his abilities. But nope, he's just standing there, even as his entire retinue is pulped one by one in front of him. He even instructs the Oni girl to try and take her down nonlethally... somehow. Even Laios was getting Kensuke out in preparation for putting her down until she actually spoke to him, and even then he got in one good distraction-stab in. Laios apologised for hesitating when he tried to save Kabru! Shuro? Just hanging around ogling them bird tiddies with Marcille. The coldly rational thought of "well this thing's got to die," really only comes up when she's well out of katana-range and it's just a matter of impersonally telling the proper authorities like a dutiful noble adhering to comfortable protocol, and frankly it's a question of if he can even bring himself to do THAT. Dude talks a big stoic samurai game, but in the final assessment he's a big softie who can't talk to people who has a... complicated relationship with his hopefully future brother-in-law.
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Ya gotta eat your three square meals a day, no matter how deep in the dungeon you are.
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https://twitter.com/muyhiram/status/1785394084359627139
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I told you guys that dungeons are full of feral mules because they know how not to get party wiped. Wild equid was a stable of early man’s diet. It’s actually unnatural for a man to leave rear end out of his diet.
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There's been a few discussions here and there about Laios being on the spectrum, and I'd like to take a quick opportunity to recommend one of Ryoko Kui's one-shots, Wolves Tell No Lies, which also touches on the same subject of being neurodivergent and how messy it can get at times. actually just read all of her stuff, its all pretty good
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Yeah, I doubt anyone here is skeptical about the Laois is autistic reading, but if they were Wolves Tell No Lies is like the thing you would point to be like nah its totally what she is going for lol. Also yes everyone should read everything she did or I will beat you up.
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May 2, 2024 01:53
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Answering/asking the important questions here. Would Falin eat rear end? Would Shuro eat rear end? Whose rear end would Kabru eat?
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DrSunshine posted:Answering/asking the important questions here. Yes, and she'd be excited to try it Absolutely not, unless Falin directly asked him to, in which case maybe
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Whirling posted:There's been a few discussions here and there about Laios being on the spectrum, and I'd like to take a quick opportunity to recommend one of Ryoko Kui's one-shots, Wolves Tell No Lies, which also touches on the same subject of being neurodivergent and how messy it can get at times. 
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Can Of Worms posted:This is part of an anthology that's been licensed, so if you enjoyed reading it you should buy it! Now they should license her other ones!!
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I'm too lazy to find it or where it's from but there is another Ryoko Kui short comic that shows a guy trying to have a normal conversation and represents doing everything right like keeping eye contact and not talking too much with like fighting game combos.
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Whitenoise Poster posted:I'm too lazy to find it or where it's from but there is another Ryoko Kui short comic that shows a guy trying to have a normal conversation and represents doing everything right like keeping eye contact and not talking too much with like fighting game combos. It's a rhythm game actually, when he screws up something the whole thing piles up and he ends up missing every beat
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That's one of the ones that hasn't been licensed yet ( ), Terrarium in Drawer. The chapter is this one.
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Terrarium in a Drawer also has Distant Utopia, which is a fantastic bit of worldbuilding for a story that's 8 pages long. I really recommend reading it if you love how she's built out Dungeon Meshi's world.
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May 2, 2024 06:05
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its legit one of my top 10 short comics :3
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Distant Utopia is one of my favorite comics of all time, it's really incredible
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Asterite34 posted:You know, for all his talk about "better her soul be put to rest than live on as this monster," Shuro sure didn't do a lot in that fight. I saw what he did to that Sea Serpent, bisecting her with one blow seems like it's within his abilities. But nope, he's just standing there, even as his entire retinue is pulped one by one in front of him. He even instructs the Oni girl to try and take her down nonlethally... somehow. Even Laios was getting Kensuke out in preparation for putting her down until she actually spoke to him, and even then he got in one good distraction-stab in. Laios apologised for hesitating when he tried to save Kabru! Shuro? Just hanging around ogling them bird tiddies with Marcille. The coldly rational thought of "well this thing's got to die," really only comes up when she's well out of katana-range and it's just a matter of impersonally telling the proper authorities like a dutiful noble adhering to comfortable protocol, and frankly it's a question of if he can even bring himself to do THAT. I mean, would you be able to be rational and fight and/or kill the one you love just like that? When you're still shell-shocked to find out she's been turned into a monstrous chimera? Especially if you can see her still-human face and torso and watch them writhe in pain or stare at you while you cut them down? And this entire thing is coming after the one-two punch combo of a stressful two-week dungeon dive where Shuro ignored eating and sleeping just to get to the lower levels ASAP, only to get there and find out that they used black magic and monster flesh to revive Falin. I'm frankly surprised he was even able to function at that point and give Tade an instruction. Another thing that makes Shuro impossible to blame in that situation is that Marcille was just as stunned as he was. She's in a better frame of mind thanks to eating and resting during the journey, and she also knew more about how Falin got resurrected and taken away, and even she can't bring herself to just fight. Laios mentioned that her role in their old party composition when fighting dragons was to weaken it with her powerful explosion magic, but even she can't bring herself to do that to someone she cares about. The only reason Laios was even able to get in the fight was because of Kabru reminding them that what they're facing is a monster, which allowed Laios's monster-pilled brain to mentally categorize Falin as a monster, right up until she spoke and seemingly still recognized him. And I'm not sure if I'd say it was coldly rational to decide after chasing off monster Falin that she needed to die, either. The first thing Shuro says is that he can't kill monster Falin, which I doubt is due to a matter of strength. We know from the fight that she's not invincible. The ninjas are a highly-trained group who was kicking all sorts of rear end in the dungeon, so they could probably kill chimera Falin now that they're not being ambushed by it and know exactly what they're up against. So I think Shuro's decision was an emotional one, in that he still can't bring himself to kill the woman he loves. Even his idea to ask the elves of the west for help was more to put Falin's soul to rest, which is still borne out of the desire of saving her soul from wandering around in eternal torment in the dungeon. Shuro's got issues expressing himself, but everything we've seen so far shows he's a guy who's driven by his emotions, which I think is Ryoko Kui playing around with the stoic, silent samurai archetype. It's really good writing! The real weirdo in that situation was Senshi for just standing there and not reacting at all. He's not attached to Falin enough to hesitate fighting her, and he's individualistic enough to not need orders from his party leader to get in the action, either. Dude was prioritizing the safety of meal in his hands while everyone else was getting slaughtered. 
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He was just making sure everyone gets a square meal after. He correctly assesed that the fight didnt really need another corpse to join the pile. :v
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In absolute fairness did he ever get a replacement axe for the one he broke on the Red Dragon? Because otherwise he's still limited to the mithril knife and Senshi is many things but an agile ninja is not one of them
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Pureauthor posted:In absolute fairness did he ever get a replacement axe for the one he broke on the Red Dragon? Because otherwise he's still limited to the mithril knife and Senshi is many things but an agile ninja is not one of them He said he borrowed an axe from the orcs when he split the dryad pumpkins open. Even if he left it in his pack, there's nothing stopping him from running off to arm himself. Compare that to Chilchuck, who reacted to the dangerous situation appropriately by dragging Mickbell along to safety by going to their packs and finding the adamantine pot to hide themselves in.
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That reminds me, I was wondering if Mickbell was even a fighter or was a pacifist like Chilchuk.
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Kobold summoner. limit one kobold
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Chilchuck ain't a pacifist. He's a union man who has a contract to pick locks and disarm traps and he's not lifting one finger more after that unless you're ponying up even more cash.
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Or you do something egregiously stupid, in which case he'll cuss you out like there's no tomorrow, sometimes even in a different language!
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Kwyndig posted:That reminds me, I was wondering if Mickbell was even a fighter or was a pacifist like Chilchuk. It's not a matter of them being pacifists so much as it is they're very smol guys and not so good at this "fighting" thing
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Hiveminded posted:It's not a matter of them being pacifists so much as it is they're very smol guys and not so good at this "fighting" thing Yeah it's worth remembering that part of the reason why they deal with traps well is because they are so lightweight that they don't set off a lot of them. That isn't going to be good for fighting. iirc the times we have seen them fight shows them primarily using ranged weapons where the power comes from the bow, not from their own mass.
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CuddleCryptid posted:Yeah it's worth remembering that part of the reason why they deal with traps well is because they are so lightweight that they don't set off a lot of them. That isn't going to be good for fighting. iirc the times we have seen them fight shows them primarily using ranged weapons where the power comes from the bow, not from their own mass. Even with bows, the draw strength of a tallman and a child-sized half-foot is still notable in terms of range and penetration. A good shot in the eye will certainly have an effect, though.
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Combatwise, Half-Foots are only good at throwing knives at monster eyes, we've seen this. 
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Suleman posted:Even with bows, the draw strength of a tallman and a child-sized half-foot is still notable in terms of range and penetration. A good shot in the eye will certainly have an effect, though. That's true, but at the same time it would be easier for them to practice their draw strength than it would be to gain enough muscle mass to go toe to toe with something bigger. I would imagine hit and run would be the name of the game. Although I'm not sure if winch-drawn crossbows are a large part of this world, since that would be perfect for them.
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DrSunshine posted:Combatwise, Half-Foots are only good at throwing knives at monster eyes, we've seen this. Do not downplay this Really he should be shamed for not carrying more projectiles
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Half foots should make up for their range deficiency by using longer weapons like spears. But because a long spear is unwieldy, the half foots should use spears in 3-man teams and aim them like battering rams.
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CuddleCryptid posted:That's true, but at the same time it would be easier for them to practice their draw strength than it would be to gain enough muscle mass to go toe to toe with something bigger. I would imagine hit and run would be the name of the game. Although I'm not sure if winch-drawn crossbows are a large part of this world, since that would be perfect for them. Diminutive fantasy races could make excellent peltasts. Spear-thrower propelled javelins and shepards’ slings would be the name of the game.
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Kwyndig posted:That reminds me, I was wondering if Mickbell was even a fighter or was a pacifist like Chilchuk. 
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DrSunshine posted:Chilchuck needs a gun. It's spelled gonne.
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There are crossbows on this world, but they seem to be rare. Namari the weapons expert uses one on a tentacle but it’s her first time and she’s unfamiliar with it. Spearchucker/atlatls and slings should be a thing, but modern authors aren’t really aware of them. Edit: by the same token, Mr Tansu wears glasses and Falin clearly needs them but they seem to be a rare or expensive item she can’t get. don Jaime fucked around with this message at 14:58 on May 2, 2024 |
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I went to work a couple of minutes late to catch the latest episode. Basically all i can say is 
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I told you a-holes dogs are super useful in dungeons.
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