Friendship is Dragons
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Page 300 - Blasphemy and Madness
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Fun fact: I just happened to check this the moment it updated (I swear, that was a coincidence..I didn't notice the time until just before I hit the "reload" button").
I just love the squeaks with the dry erase map, that's so true to life. Squeak squeak!
Sorry, wet erase, not dry erase, my bad.
It's fun when I break out big maps and tons of makers for an encounter. The PCs start to sweat.
One of the best encounters of that kind was one inspired by a bag of pretzel bites. A dwarf tower was infested with... something, and the PCs were asked to clear it out. The dwarves were all killed and half eaten so the players were thinking ghouls or similar undead.
They prepped appropriately.
They reach the bottom and... swarm of cannibal kobolds.
I emptied out the bag of pretzel chips (they were about 1" squares in shape) all over the combat mat. It was twelve rounds of one of the most epic siege fights my PCs enjoyed.
I was amazed none of the died, but then again the cleric had the highest remaining HP total at about 11 points...
(They were all around 10th level)
One of the best encounters of that kind was one inspired by a bag of pretzel bites. A dwarf tower was infested with... something, and the PCs were asked to clear it out. The dwarves were all killed and half eaten so the players were thinking ghouls or similar undead.
They prepped appropriately.
They reach the bottom and... swarm of cannibal kobolds.
I emptied out the bag of pretzel chips (they were about 1" squares in shape) all over the combat mat. It was twelve rounds of one of the most epic siege fights my PCs enjoyed.
I was amazed none of the died, but then again the cleric had the highest remaining HP total at about 11 points...
(They were all around 10th level)
"Sorry, wet erase, not dry erase, my bad."
And THAT's true-to-life, too, when someone uses the wrong kind of marker on your map.
*looks at the picture of a boat that he can't get off his map because someone used a permanent marker on it accidentally*
And THAT's true-to-life, too, when someone uses the wrong kind of marker on your map.
*looks at the picture of a boat that he can't get off his map because someone used a permanent marker on it accidentally*
Aww, nothing to worry 'bout in that case. Just scribble over the permanent marker with normal marker and it comes right off.
I want to be tomorrow right now.
I want it so bad.
**Pre-calls in sick tomorrow for work**
**Buys a case of cold ones**
**Backs up entire hard drive and prepares for 300th anniversary special**
Let's do this.
**Buys a case of cold ones**
**Backs up entire hard drive and prepares for 300th anniversary special**
Let's do this.
I have my giant inflatable banana and comically oversized bug net on standby, and taco hut on speed dial. Oh yeah, this is gonna be so good, baby.
Anyone else wanna get in on this?
Not gonna click on that link.
Not gonna click on that link.
Not gonna click on that link.
Not gonna click on that link....
Not gonna click on that link.
Not gonna click on that link.
Not gonna click on that link....
I know her cute cousin. If you guys want, I'll ask her to bring her floppy hat collection!
You are too goood to us, Newbiespud. Far too good to us. Thank you.
"Holy moley, Batman! That's one massive shrew!"
"Holy free holeys, Batman! How are we going to dig ourselves out of this one?"
"Holy--" nah, I'm done. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of looking at one of the Twilight/Spike panels just as I heard some police chief chew out his detectives.
Now I can't look at them without hearing Twilight say, "Dammit, AJ! I've got the commissioner riding my ass about this!"
Worse, it's crossing back over so that when Spike goes riding into the rescue, I'm going to read his thoughts as, "I think of Rarity. The rest is easy."
"Holy free holeys, Batman! How are we going to dig ourselves out of this one?"
"Holy--" nah, I'm done. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of looking at one of the Twilight/Spike panels just as I heard some police chief chew out his detectives.
Now I can't look at them without hearing Twilight say, "Dammit, AJ! I've got the commissioner riding my ass about this!"
Worse, it's crossing back over so that when Spike goes riding into the rescue, I'm going to read his thoughts as, "I think of Rarity. The rest is easy."
I had an odd daydream mashup of ponies and "The Last Starfighter".
Greetings Star Pony.
You have been recruited by the Pony League to defend the frontier against Sombra, and the Changeling Armada.
So yeah, my brain put this together during the haze I dreamed up:
Big Mac as Alex Rogan
Cheerilee as Maggie Gordon
Pinkie Pie as Grig (Grig was fairly comical)
King Sombra as Xur
Crysalis as Lord Kril
Greetings Star Pony.
You have been recruited by the Pony League to defend the frontier against Sombra, and the Changeling Armada.
So yeah, my brain put this together during the haze I dreamed up:
Big Mac as Alex Rogan
Cheerilee as Maggie Gordon
Pinkie Pie as Grig (Grig was fairly comical)
King Sombra as Xur
Crysalis as Lord Kril
I liked the movie well enough when I saw it, but you've given me the first reasons ever to review it now.
Awesome! I'd read that review. It's one of those classic movies I never got tired of watching.
Raxon, I should advise you that I made a point of never clicking any link from you a few months back. It just seemed in the best interests of my fragile sanity.
I knew one of you wouldn't let me down. Well played, Tatsurou.
Dash: "Their friendship will blot out the sun!"
Pinkie: "Then we shall party in the shade."
Pinkie: "Then we shall party in the shade."
Friendship and ponies... you will find plenty of both in here.
What, a 300th something and no "This is Sparta!" riff? I am disappoint.
(I kid! I am proud! 300 comics is a great milestone! *grin*)
(I kid! I am proud! 300 comics is a great milestone! *grin*)
But that's just me. I just don't like UST.
¡It sent shivers down my spine when your Pinkamena Diane Pie quoted the original Pinkamena Diane Pie!
Happy 300, Newbiespud!
Can we have the surprise now?
Can we have the surprise now?
Can we have the surprise now?
Can we have the surprise now?
Can we have the surprise now?
That was awesome and fun!! I want to see more in the future. ^_^
... So, just the one, then, yeah.
A very nice selection of stories, and the visuals were great, too.
Any chance you might, at some point, just making screencap comics of some of the other stories that have been told on here? After all, animating and voicing them seems a great deal of extra effort if you were planning on doing even more, and I'm sure we could all be greatly satisfied with them in comic form.
Any chance you might, at some point, just making screencap comics of some of the other stories that have been told on here? After all, animating and voicing them seems a great deal of extra effort if you were planning on doing even more, and I'm sure we could all be greatly satisfied with them in comic form.
Well, isn't that neat! Glad you liked my little recounting enough to use it, Spud.
I know I barely comment anymore, but I still follow the comic, and I'm still loving it. Keep making great stuff, please!
I know I barely comment anymore, but I still follow the comic, and I'm still loving it. Keep making great stuff, please!
Heck, somehow I didn't even remember the two first stories, and I've been archive-binging.
The one with the little girl sounded a lot like http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Noh, though.
Did someone really re-post Noh in the comments and I didn't notice? Man, I need to read harder...
That was way cool! Excellent narrative voice, with well selected images, nice fade ins of text, just way cool.
I've added it to my favorites.
I've added it to my favorites.
Thanks for some brightness on a rainy day, Newbiespud. I'd forgotten how great Sarah's story was.
If it was in my power to do so, I'd send some of this your way. I'm fine, but the downtown core and surrounding areas have been evacuated.
(Some, not all. Not enough to flood you, but enough to give emergency services a break and let some folks go home soon would be nice.)
(Some, not all. Not enough to flood you, but enough to give emergency services a break and let some folks go home soon would be nice.)
I feel like there should be some 300 joke. Like how 5 ponies faced off against the entire Persian army of a million holes.
Or something.
Or something.
Check back here tomorrow, because I have something special planned in celebration of the 300th page. Let's just say it involves my voice, a selection of RPG stories from the comments, and the phrase "video comic."