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Quick, in reference to the Craftswoman quote in the author note, what have you or a party member created that had some benefit/toll on your party/enemies?
I once created several vehicles out of LEGO for a major car chase scene. This had the benefit that as vehicles took damage, I removed pieces to show it. And when a vehicle ran out of hit points, I'd crunch them into a pile of parts. >:D
The next adventure required a lot of information gathering and now he just happened to have something to record voices with! This Clockwork Spy also got used as a seeing eye dog (it has Darkvision while the Bard only has Low-Light), a courier (we used it to fly a magical item over a wall), and a warrior (I was going to use it to give me flanking bonuses).
Sorry Draco, but the flanking idea wouldn't have worked: Tiny and smaller creatures can't flank.
Over the course of my Orsimer divine mage's first few battles, the loot rolls kept yielding beautiful shields with surprisingly awesome heraldry, but they were too heavy (and marketable!) to keep them all. So I started making use of my customary single Craft skill - smithing this time, as the child of a militaristic culture - to make little badges as replicas of them. This birthed a tradition of making badges as mementos of impactful battles, kept on a seldom-worn supple leather bandolier in my inventory. Having successfully snuck into a very xenophobic Nord city, a few of us went to rendezvous with our client, dressed in our finest. (Not very fine, considering we'd just endured a hell of a trek through a mountain pass infested with guards and bandits, but we at least patched the holes and dusted off the mud and tree sap.) I put on my little sash'o'shields to lend some classiness, and... surprise, surprise; the client's under surveillance by the town council, and when they find out adventurers are here, they're pissed. But I managed to leave a trail of badges for the rest of the party to follow, and they busted us out of jail before anyone could decide to execute us.
Never did get back some of those - street urchins probably got 'em - but I made new replicas with some of my treasure. I was the only party member who didn't hoard gold pieces, but I always had enough jewelry to compensate. I'm surprised they never gave me grief over that... maybe they figured questioning a hippie orc's masculinity was a bad idea.
Never did get back some of those - street urchins probably got 'em - but I made new replicas with some of my treasure. I was the only party member who didn't hoard gold pieces, but I always had enough jewelry to compensate. I'm surprised they never gave me grief over that... maybe they figured questioning a hippie orc's masculinity was a bad idea.
It's always cool to see hand-drawn stuff here, makes a striking contrast to the usual comics.
Maverick, in Who You Gonna Call, determined that ghosts can be made "visible" by tossing magnets at them. While this is helpful, the supposed volunteer didn't like that...
Musical stirges isn't the worst musical monster idea. Imagine musical vargouilles. Instead of chairs, you use necks.
Funny; every time I almost use stirges, I wind up using vargouilles instead. The bloody things horrify me, but they fit my dungeons better than overgrown mosquitoes.
As far as actually musical monsters go, though, it's hard to beat a Scrag Bard who plays bluegrass music. Don't recall where I saw that, but it still makes me chuckle.
As far as actually musical monsters go, though, it's hard to beat a Scrag Bard who plays bluegrass music. Don't recall where I saw that, but it still makes me chuckle.
Well, there was that one time I made Quincy, the operatic otyugh bard. He had a lovely deal with a dwarven fortress: all-you-can-eat garbage in exchange for not getting killed by adventurers and a free practice space (or, as the dwarves thought of it, the midden.)
Its alternate name is Riddle Roulette.
You put one in a Chamber...
You put one in a Chamber...
Just a theoretical question: Is it at all possible that a party-themed adventuring party would not be completely overpowered?
Absolutely. They could also be underpowered.
Of course, applying their talents in unexpected ways would probably more than make up for that.
Of course, applying their talents in unexpected ways would probably more than make up for that.
Damn gigantic gelatinous cubes are the worst.
I've only faced two though.
One was quite easy, but the second one ended up making a really important NPC blow himself into it.
They both died, but the NPC became a god so w/e.
I've only faced two though.
One was quite easy, but the second one ended up making a really important NPC blow himself into it.
They both died, but the NPC became a god so w/e.
Cubes are absolutely deadly if used the right way:
DM: "The air in the passage in front of you seems to sparkle oddly, almost as if reflecting light. There's also some items floating in it."
*After some pondering and probing, the players discover an antigravity spell and an adventurers loot, including an artifact*
DM repeats the event until the players assume it's a trope and press onward.
DM: "Well, actually, THIS time, it's a jelly cube that filled the whole corridor and you ran blindly in to it. Anyone have acid resist?" *gathers dice*
DM: "The air in the passage in front of you seems to sparkle oddly, almost as if reflecting light. There's also some items floating in it."
*After some pondering and probing, the players discover an antigravity spell and an adventurers loot, including an artifact*
DM repeats the event until the players assume it's a trope and press onward.
DM: "Well, actually, THIS time, it's a jelly cube that filled the whole corridor and you ran blindly in to it. Anyone have acid resist?" *gathers dice*
That is so brilliantly devious... I might need to try that some time.
There's a nasty trick that you can play on overly savvy players:
Have a pit with a gelatin cube at the bottom. That isn't a creature, it's just Jello.
Watch as they try to kill it rather than save their poor point man from drowning.
Have a pit with a gelatin cube at the bottom. That isn't a creature, it's just Jello.
Watch as they try to kill it rather than save their poor point man from drowning.
Assuming the cube isn't acidic, how are Twilight/Fluttershy talking/ not suffocating within it?
You know Blackmage you aren't fooling anyone with this whole "Raxon" persona.
Maybe those two aren't TS and FS but candy statues made by Pinkie and the real ones are looking at the jello out of panel.
@Zarhon
Their Fuzzbucket-style nonplusment itself (a la "I Don't 'Get' Goat Simulator") will keep them alive for a few hours.
Their Fuzzbucket-style nonplusment itself (a la "I Don't 'Get' Goat Simulator") will keep them alive for a few hours.
I had my players fight a bunch of Stirge once in an underground tunnel. They were having fun, killing, trying to avoid attacks, but there was one Stirge that couldn't hit the broad side of a barn for some reason. He was pretty much a black hole of bad rolls. Pretty soon my players just ignored him, he was literally that bad. After starting to take him down (they cut off one wing and part of his snout) someone decided to try and tame him. The battered and mutilated Stirge that couldn't hit anything became the team pet, and they named him Chummy. Something similar happened with a goblin once, but that's another story.
Ann lies.
Signed,
The Other One
Ann lies.
Signed,
The Other One
How would one make a barbed devil cake? Devil's food with red velvet icing and spiny protrusions?
Had to look up phantom fungus. Should be a good match-up for my test subjects - er, party.
Had to look up phantom fungus. Should be a good match-up for my test subjects - er, party.
Use candy corn for the spiny protrusions to be extra evil.
As the person who wrote this damn comic I'm guessing it has something to do with those little pointy chocolate drop decorations (milk/dark on the top for the spines and white in the filling for the teeth) and probably green food dye, seeing the pictures in a Google Image Search.
The scene today with Rarity and the jewelry was tailor made for this comic.
It's about time you posted a guest comic that wasn't a complete pile of crap.
Wait, did Umicross make the filler with black rarity? Because I really liked that one!
Edit: Yeah, okay. Sorry, Newbiespud.
Raxon, that was Jovey4.
Splinter, I don't like your tone. Would you like to step outside?
@Splinter :<
I know you're attempting to compliment me but I'd rather you not do it by insulting everyone else. That feels more insulting than you disliking my comic!
I know you're attempting to compliment me but I'd rather you not do it by insulting everyone else. That feels more insulting than you disliking my comic!
I have achieved exactly the amount of attention and responses I craved. Glorious.
Well, if that is the exact amount of comments, I will add one more to throw it off. Good day to you sir. I wish you well.
That said, while I can appreciate an okay troll once, I won't tolerate it a second time.
*slams door behand Splinter* And I win. Sucker.
And it would have been mildly amusing.
That said, you generally don't seem to mind when I troll, though I suppose that has more to do with the intentions behind it. After all, I only mess with you guys because you're cool.
Except for that asshole with the glasses and moustache. He's just a prick.
Thank you for the comic, DoubleCross. I liked it.
I will also take this opportunity to thank Lyntermas, Spiffy, and DracoStarcloud for their guest strips. Thank you all.
I will also take this opportunity to thank Lyntermas, Spiffy, and DracoStarcloud for their guest strips. Thank you all.
The last time I read this, I didn't know what a stirge was.
Now I do (for anyone else in the dark, they're these gross bat-mosquito things), and how would musical stirges work? Train a stirge to latch onto someone when the music stops, a la hot potato?
Now I do (for anyone else in the dark, they're these gross bat-mosquito things), and how would musical stirges work? Train a stirge to latch onto someone when the music stops, a la hot potato?
Guest Author’s Note: "She even put a candy skull and bone in there for extra realism. She's a craftswoman after my own heart.
"Also yes, that is a bunch of terrible DnD party ideas written by a person who has neither direct relation to DnD, nor real party experience. Just go with it."