Friendship is Dragons
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Page 453 - Harsh Words
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Newbiespud
12th Jun 2014, 6:00 AM
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I'm gonna follow this little chain with: Squeee!
Great comic, as usual.
Great comic, as usual.
Colors, how do you work!?
Aww, I was hoping AJ's player would continue running Spitfire to finish this scene.
I do love a good line that gets everyone to stop in their tracks. :3
On an unrelated note, I just had my first ever session last night. It feels good to finally have started and theoretically be able to join into future story times!
Best of luck! I/we look forward to reading about your exploits.
Indeed, you'll have to let us know how it goes. Wishing you the best in your endeavors, and good rolls in clutch situations.
Story Time! Talk about a time when a character decided /not/ to take something that they would've wanted, either because it was in-character for them not to, or for whatever other reason (a rogue not taking a dagger of backstabbing because they had daggers of backstabbing 2, or not taking a reward from poor NPCs).
I tend to have a picture in my head of what my character's ultimate form will be. Generally, once I've achieved that I reject other gear swaps that would violate that vision (I start to prefer upgrades in quality rather than kind).
For instance, I ran an Exorcist Space Marine in a Deathwatch campaign, and I never took Terminator Armor even when it was offered. My vision for the character was artificer armor with a jump pack, thunder hammer, and storm shield, and TDA just didn't offer the same kind of tactical opportunities.
I've also rejected power armor outright for most of my "normal" characters in the FFG WH40k games. In almost every case, the look and feel of carapace armor, of one variety or another, fit far better with the image in my head of the character.
Similarly, I sometimes pick a weapon style or theme and reject using other weapon options even when they're superior. For instance, I ran a Guardsman (eventually advancing to Inquisitorial Stormtrooper)who used las weapons exclusively (though he did do some grenades and demo charges). I wound up turning down plasma, melta, bolters, etc., in favor of Hell weapons. My peak weapon for that character was a multilaser with backpack-mounted generator and suspensors, which while a very potent weapon was not the best full-auto heavy weapon available by any means. It simply fit my idea of who the character was better than an autocannon or a heavy bolter or whatever.
For instance, I ran an Exorcist Space Marine in a Deathwatch campaign, and I never took Terminator Armor even when it was offered. My vision for the character was artificer armor with a jump pack, thunder hammer, and storm shield, and TDA just didn't offer the same kind of tactical opportunities.
I've also rejected power armor outright for most of my "normal" characters in the FFG WH40k games. In almost every case, the look and feel of carapace armor, of one variety or another, fit far better with the image in my head of the character.
Similarly, I sometimes pick a weapon style or theme and reject using other weapon options even when they're superior. For instance, I ran a Guardsman (eventually advancing to Inquisitorial Stormtrooper)who used las weapons exclusively (though he did do some grenades and demo charges). I wound up turning down plasma, melta, bolters, etc., in favor of Hell weapons. My peak weapon for that character was a multilaser with backpack-mounted generator and suspensors, which while a very potent weapon was not the best full-auto heavy weapon available by any means. It simply fit my idea of who the character was better than an autocannon or a heavy bolter or whatever.
I wonder why they have either the training or self-distributed version in games?
I think part of it may be that there's just not much happening. This was a great character moment for both Dash and her player, but in-story, the aside doesn't seem to have accomplished anything.
"We're awesome. You're not."
"No, I'm awesome. You're not."
"Please, you know you want us."
"Nope."
"Okay."
And then we're back to where we were about ten pages ago.
Again, it was a great character moment. It just falls a little flat when experienced secondhand.
"We're awesome. You're not."
"No, I'm awesome. You're not."
"Please, you know you want us."
"Nope."
"Okay."
And then we're back to where we were about ten pages ago.
Again, it was a great character moment. It just falls a little flat when experienced secondhand.
I think I see where you're coming from, FanOfMostEverything, but part of the charm of roleplaying comics is the table banter and conversation that often takes up more of the story than the actual campaign. It may get in the way of the story sometimes, but something like Knights of the Dinner Table is pretty close to what it's like to sit around a table and play with friends. It does involve a lot of dead-ends and backtracking.
Enjoying other people's character moments is an artform.
...Granted, it's easier when you're another player rather than merely a spectator: because then you can occasionally turn it into a chqracter moment of your own. And then other players pick up the cue, and everybody gets a moment!
...Granted, it's easier when you're another player rather than merely a spectator: because then you can occasionally turn it into a chqracter moment of your own. And then other players pick up the cue, and everybody gets a moment!
Quote from a person I played with one day, "F*** you dude, I already have a team. (Promptly gets thrown out of gaming store)"
... a little bit of a similarity?
Video: Heroes, by SlyphStorm. (MUSIC!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CoyXfxcg5M
(I like this song, and recommend it to any group of people with similar interests of battle, choice, and spirit of comradeship and cooperation.)
Was that person actually thrown out or was it in-character? Just making sure I read the context right.
I mean, Raxon had a team, but it was a standard party. Raxon was the wizard, Cormin was the rogue, Walda was the ranger, Sue was the fighter, Purra was the brawler, and they had a cleric, but I forget his name. Pretty standard party... Except for Sergey. Sergey was Raxon's best friend. He was a sapient, talking, giant dire tarantula. He was a heavily armored spider who could snap a four inch sapling like a twig. And he was only a juvenile, about the size of a backpack. They could get up to ten feet, from fang to spinberette.
In fact, they were so close, they made a blood pact, allowing Raxon to barter with any spider for favors, which generally meant giving them a meal.
Lots of people freak out having a man turn into spiders, crawl over and around him, and turn back. Crazy effective, but mentally exhausting, directing all those spiders.
I must either be doing something really wrong or really right, as my groups sessions go for five+ hours. I believe the average is about six. Or is this because I run tabletop whereas I believe Spud is doing it via skype?
It actually could go on for much longer if I didn't make it clear that six is my personal tolerance threshold, after which point I get grumpy and/or much less interested, depending on how late it is.
Sadly, I haven't had a chance to play that character in months. -_-
Camaraderie does happen sometimes when I DM, at least. Probably helped that that session's players were already used to cooperating at work.
Although I can understand the viewpoints above complaining of "nothing happening", I always enjoy feelgood pages in my comics. I don't need every page to be exciting and dynamic or change everything about the characters and their relationship. Dash learned some stuff about herself here, and is a better player for it~ ^_^
*reads own comment* And apparently I'm terrible at issuing opinions without sounding pretentious or rude. Bleh. Oh well; I'll settle for pretentious and then return to keeping my mouth shut.