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11th Sep 2012, 6:00 AM
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I still say the next arc will be parasprites.
Soon. Very soon. MWAHAHAHAHA!
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I'm looking forward to it just to see them all fail, and fail utterly. So far we've had two near-misses that they turned into wins mostly through the pure power of BS (NMM) and intimidating the DM (Dragonshy).
Parasprites would show them how they can't keep relying on this stuff to get them through...and then the next arc will have them overcome a challenge in a more traditional way. Discord? Appleoosa? Maybe even changelings?
Parasprites would show them how they can't keep relying on this stuff to get them through...and then the next arc will have them overcome a challenge in a more traditional way. Discord? Appleoosa? Maybe even changelings?
Their GM doesn't give XP per monster, but XP per quest.
Waddya mean "where's the XP?"
The challenge has been successfully resolved, this isn't a CRPG that mindlessly links that to 'killed it'.
The challenge has been successfully resolved, this isn't a CRPG that mindlessly links that to 'killed it'.
Maybe I should go to the old folks home to train my own vorpal gaze.
Hey, before you complain, remember that when a skill is at level one, you need to train in a low level area. After I've stopped getting xp from the old folks home, I can quit spawn camping the ladies bathroom, and move on to the heart clinic down the block. From there, I'll move up to farming the elementary school on 3rd street.
Watch out, they employ retired - but still capable - paladins as their orderlies
I can't think of any encounters that spawn in a bathroom that isn't crap for experience. ;)
If I ever have a daughter, Vorpal Charisma will be her first and middle names.
This may clue you into how unlikely it is that I'll ever have kids. At least my nieces don't consider me too much of a pain. Most days.
This may clue you into how unlikely it is that I'll ever have kids. At least my nieces don't consider me too much of a pain. Most days.
And don't worry, I've had my dude tubes tied, too. Nothing to be ashamed of, man.
- Vorpal Minotaur horns
- Vorpal Dinner plates (Actually happened in Pony Team Bravo)
- Vorpal Hat (Oddjob, anyone?)
- Vorpal Teeth (Jaws, Bond and fish variant)
- Vorpal Necklace of Strangulation (for those non-breathing enemies. Just make sure you don't wear it yourself.)
- Vorpal Mohawk (as seen in "Godhand")
Vorpal Spoon. Just place it next to the plate of a dignitary's dinner plate, and walk away.
Also, Vorpal Thighs sounds like a very...interesting way to go.
I'll leave you alone with your imagination now.
Whenever you go first, you also go last.
Vorpal muffins
Vorpal papercut
Vorpal nicotine patch
Vorpal incense
Vorpal paint job
Vorpal scorn
Vorpal stern-talking-to-by-mother
Vorpal guillotine
Vorpal lobotomy
Vorpal group hug.
I know a story about a Vorpal Kitten.
Guy was a wizard with a kitten familiar (it had been enchanted to never age, so it was practically just a ball of fluff) that went berserk and attacked almost everything nearby if it wasn't with it's master.
So he enchanted it with +4 Vorpal Claws. And then would occasionally throw the kitten at his enemies.
Guy was a wizard with a kitten familiar (it had been enchanted to never age, so it was practically just a ball of fluff) that went berserk and attacked almost everything nearby if it wasn't with it's master.
So he enchanted it with +4 Vorpal Claws. And then would occasionally throw the kitten at his enemies.
*impressed whistle* Belkar would be so furious that someone stole his schtick...
Vorpal harsh language.
Vorpal boxing gloves.
Vorpal shampoo.
Vorpal pizza box.
Vorpal pack of babies raised by hornets.
Dang, I gotta think up an idea for a guest comic. Cause... well it was fun last time so why not make a second attempt? ^_^
Maybe a sequel to the CMCs...
Maybe a sequel to the CMCs...
It's times like these I regret my technological throwback status. Then again, coming up with words is, like, hard.
Looking forward to your next creation, Digo.
Looking forward to your next creation, Digo.
Now where's my cookie?
Although I am curious about what sort of comic you would make, Raxon.
DM brings back Luna, and has her brainwash Twilight into helping her quell the citizens of Ponyville. She also targets the rest of the mane six, even going so far as to dominate Rainbow Dash and force her to join the Shadowbolts. Fluttershy's player has begun to understand a bit too much about roleplaying her character, and so spends all of Nightmare Night locked in her cottage, up until Luna comes and crushes the life out of her.
Fluttershy's player runs off in tears, and AJ follows her to make sure she's okay. Pinkie Pie does her best against her friends and Luna, but can't beat them alone. Finally, when everyone has been subdued, Luna returns to the visage of NMM, and kills all the ponyfolk, starting with Pip, whom she gobbles, starting from the backside.
When it's all said and done, the DM says, "Well, it's done. As the skies darken, and you take your last dying breaths, you hear her laughing in triumph. You're all dead now, and Luna uses your corpses to depose her sister Celestia and crown herself as a dark and terrible queen. The skies turn dark, and Equestria slowly withers and wastes away under her wicked reign. Despair grips the land, and now there is nothing left to hope for. Nothing, save for death's release."
Rainbow Dash: Wow, that... Was AWESOME! That was the best Halloween session yet!
Pinkie Pie: I know! I love our special Halloween games. By the way, why did Fluttershy take it so hard? You did tell her this was out of continuity, right?
DM: Umm, you gave her the ride over here. I asked you to tell her.
TS: Uh oh. This might take a while to fix.
Also, I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm always editing my posts. I'm never happy with what I make, and I always have to improve it. Even if I did make a half decent guest comic, I'd keep finding flaws and things that could be better, and I'd never make the deadline. Besides, I already have a deadline I need to meet. I may make a comic sometime in the future, but I cannot right now.
The moral of the story is that you never bring alcohol to Spud's gaming session, because he is not a nice drunk. Yes, I have now decided that Spud is the DM, because there's just no way Sean Connery could be evil.
I'm thinking that at some point, the GM's going to realize the group has epic potential. By pure chance, they've got a group that has the ability to rise above challenges in non-traditional ways.
The next step, obviously, is to start throwing ever more complex challenges at them, just to see how they overcome the *next* major threat.
Of course, they'll stumble along the way, and be faced with the occasional opponent they can't charm their way past, but that can be fun too.
The next step, obviously, is to start throwing ever more complex challenges at them, just to see how they overcome the *next* major threat.
Of course, they'll stumble along the way, and be faced with the occasional opponent they can't charm their way past, but that can be fun too.
This is the first time i actually feel sorry for the DM in these kinds of webcomics. well done
Really? How about the Darths and Droids DM where he expects insight into the nature of magic and Diplomancing of boss encounters and all he gets are combat monsters.
He should have known better by then. It doesn't seem like its his first time with most of those players. besides, powerplaying idiots are easily counteracted. This is taking things to a whole new level, where the dm is being out-roleplayed. that is the dm's home turf where he just got beaten (again).
Don't mind me, I'm just over here scowling at the GM. Something about "genetic" vs. "inherited".
The same thing that happened last time after the aftermath...
"okay, let's talk xp."
-RD
"okay, let's talk xp."
-RD
1. Soot and ash removal from public areas,
2. Sanitization of the cave to remove any draconic parasites that might otherwise be left behind, and
3. Detoxification, counselling, and makeovers for all of the participants.
2. Sanitization of the cave to remove any draconic parasites that might otherwise be left behind, and
3. Detoxification, counselling, and makeovers for all of the participants.
Do the names Pony Stark, Iron Stallion, and War Horse give sufficient hints, or was that too easy?
"Can I ride soaring? NOT LIKE THAT!"
"Stylus in a sexy Nurse outfit (Everypony else saying NO"
"I bet Spike doesn't snark at Twilight."
"Yeah, but Spike is Twilight's assistant and I'm not yours."(Don't remember the exact)
Oh, and of course, "She goes off adventurin' and comes back pregnant!" As said by Inky's Mom. No seriously, Inky's mom came in and said something like that XD
Inky's mom, on the other hand, I was able to hear in all its glory. Literally, her mom comes over during the call and comments on how crazy the campaign has gotten. I had to mute myself and apologize to my roommate, I was laughing so hard.
I'm guessing it would require between 50M-100M seating capacity.
Depending on the server, of course.
One of my old DMs said that dragons ate their horde when they had to change locations (as rare of an occasion as that is). I'm inclined to agree. They probably stored it in their gizzard and regurgitated it later. (or maybe they have a separate area in their stomach that isn't a furnace specifically for that purpose)
*Hoard, hoard hoard hoard hoard hoard. I think I've probably been playing wow too much lately.
Then again, maybe the dragon has a bag of holding. Less travel shenanigans and likelihood of loosing the bag on a greyhound bus.