Cory: Oh, yeah. Almost forgot about equipment.
DM: ... What. There's no way you can afford even half of these.
Cory: Between level adjustment, government funding, and a feat I found in a 3rd party book, I should have enough.
Applejack: Cory, there's no such thing as level adjustment in 4e. Even if there was, don'tcha think yer overdoin' it just a bit with 1/2 unicorn 'n 1/2 pegasus?
Cory: Is it really that bad? Well, I did make another character, but I scrapped him cause I thought he was underpowered.
Applejack: Well why didn't ya say so? Lemme see... you're kiddin' me. You call that under powered?! What in tarnations is a Feral Earth Pony and how you affordin' that hitchin' saddle o' strength, anyway?!
Cory: Well, I thought maybe I could work at your farm and get a share of that steady income you've got going on.
DM: *Sigh* Luke, please tell me you're almost done.
Twilight Sparkle: Oh, he's done alright.
For those of you that want to submit guest comics, send your concept or script to spud@spudlink.net. If it doesn't conflict with anything I might have planned, you'll be good to go.
At the end of the day, the only requirement is that the image width is at most 800 pixels. Whether it's your own art or screencaps is up to you.
Brings back memories (shudder). I ran with a group that had some players who had these problems...anyone ever have to have a character audited by the GM? I watched as one of the party magic users(can't remember his exact class)was audited when the GM noticed something wasn't wrong. Turns out that when he leveled up, he did some creative updating of his character. After the third time he got audited, they suspended him from the group for a month. When he came back, he did it again, never learned.
Then there was the guy who wanted over an over the top starting character. We had to explain to him that the items he wanted were for specific groups and he couldn't just say he found them as a level one. he actually argued with the GM over it! That's why I like starting gear lists in games like Rifts...makes it easy to control what a level one has.
He probably pulled so much crap that when no one noticed anything was wrong, they checked up on him anyway encase he was trying to sneak something under the radar.
In exchange it's Rifts, so you need to either seriously restrict what books are useable or vet all the characters _anyway_.
Mind you, I'm quite willing to run Hero: The game where the rulebook itself points out ways it can be abused and flags certain powers to warn GMs that they are trivial to abuse accidentally.
Ideally, the final image should be no wider than 800 pixels for readability. Other than that - screencaps, original art, both seasons, it just needs to be a pony D&D comic.
So this whole arc is just them trying to figure out their characters? And I assume just as soon as that happens the session will be over and they won't ever actually get to play.
Otherwise, it would be pretty difficult to create a comic where Trixie, MDW/Big Mac/Owlouicious, and whatever else they pic (my money's on Iron Will) are all working together in the same time and place.
But then again, that is something I'd like to see.
I have an alternate theory. The boys are trying to get away with grey area characters so often that the main 6 and the DM say screw this, you're getting three fillies who don't even have their cutie mark and have to spend the whole campaign trying to earn them. Either Nat is going to be PO'd that the boys ruined her background novel character and caused her to play a filly with them, or relieved that they are now playing on the same level. It's my working theory because can you name three other characters that show up together and have enough screen time to make a campaign? Course Brony's theory is probably more likely.
Spoiler alert encase you haven't read Grand Line:
Nat's character in the comic is a normal well rounded character surrounded by a bunch of min maxers that are so over powered that the DM has to use his own overpowered villains to even hurt them. Unfortunately that means Nat's character is now underpowered and playing out of her league.
DM: Alright, so you're going to drink it?
Cory: Yeah, they're just fillies. It's not like it's dangerous.
DM: ... Riiight. What's your Will?
Cory: Why?
DM: *evil grin* I hope you don't mind roleplaying a stallion under the effect of a love potion.
Imagine a character with a built-in vorpal natural weapon (considering cutie mark critical sucess effects) that works on almost anything. I'm pretty sure that's what he built Snips into.
I can make a guest comic, I can come up with some, or someone else can suggest something for me to draw. PM me at braindps.deviantart.com if anyone wants to.
Dayum, the comments sure died down lately... I mean, I have the excuse of being up to my neck in a jolly fun cold, but you guys have NO excuse for not spamming these pages full with funny stories!
Nothing to talk about. Comic commentation is down to those who read Grand Line, and can actually speculate on the characters. I've been trying, but really, there's nothing for me to go on right now.
As for the stories, I'm pretty sure we ran dry a while back (I know I did), and if no one can think of another topic...
Heh heh, Oh I've got stories. More stories than I know what to do with, and seeing as the answer is usually, "Post them online" that's sayng something.
But the key is pacing. The story must be told in responce to a somehow related tale. This ensures that the whole thing turns into a game of one-upsmanship, ensuring we all get more entertaining material as our competitive natures drag stories out of us that we swore would never see the light of day again.
As well as let me add things to my 'in game To-Do List".
Yay, got me an account for commentatin'. I get the feeling these three will get stuck with being the CMC, just because of their terrible characters (thank god my group is never this bad).
I do have a bad bard story, so one person in my group loves puns, let me tell you he loves them to a fault and usually makes characters who I have to set limits on to silliness. His character kept trying to swim on land (I guess it was a joke?) until he eventually flopped over the side of a cliff coming within 3 hit points of death on a bad roll. Lets just say he doesn't think bard is an excuse to be totally random anymore.
"All commenters are equal, but some commenters are more equal than others".
BAM! modified Animal Farm quote out of nowhere!
And yeah, I'm the same as some of the above: I've got tons of stories but they have to be relevant to the present comic, otherwise I would just be spamming stories without rhyme or reason.
I seem to recall early on when someone pointed out the "Devoted Commenters" on this comic, and your name was not among them. I think the rest of us here were.
But you keep thinking like that, it might help get you farther in life. Maybe.
This sabbatical will last until the beginning of May, so I still need a few more guest pages so that you guys don't lack for content.
The floor's open to artists and writers. I need five pages at a minimum, and the first one will launch on April 19th. Good luck!