Bloodfire; the comic [page 5 up]

This is Bloodfire, an OoTS-style, DnD-based comic. The action takes place into the homebrew world of Theneria, a place much like but at the same time very different than the Forgotten Realms.
The standard DnD races and monsters pretty much fill the world but Theneria is a wilder place; large cities are far between, monsters are more numerous, adventurers are rarer and the humanoid races have, for the past millenium, been recovering from a Great War that nearly wiped them out.
In this world, four emerging heroes will run a race against the sands of time to ensure a Big Bad Profecy doesn't come to pass. Bear with me; it's far less chiche than it sounds.

Warning: Humor will usually extend beyond the DnD universe. So no, the blond, pink-wreathed, sword-bearing dude is not a caricature of any DnD character.

Additional Warning: I'm a stats-nut; I even have sheets for my characters. So feel free to engage in level/stat geekery. :smalltongue:



Characters

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Auriel
Race: looks human
Class: warlock?
Status: latest student of Ombrus Archibald Baldric Etrian Singledore
Likes: blowing things up
Dislikes: the undead
Quote: "Curtain one; you run back to your mommy. Curtain two; an instant acid bath courtesy of yours truly. What will it be?"


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Prince Idan
Race: Human
Class: Paladin/Favored Soul
Status: Scion of House Brighthelm
Likes: smiting fiends, wooing ladies, surfing
Dislikes: formal parties, being called a "wuss"
Quote: "By the power of Brighthelm!"

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Eldred the Lime Green
Race: Elf
Class: "Magus"
Status: Idan's friend, advisor of Houre Brighthelm
Likes: magic, being cryptic, magic, booze, magic
Dislikes: fistfights, getting dirty, pointy stuff that might ruin clothes
Quote: "You shall not pass; Wall of Force!"

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Idriaz Greywing
Race: Probably half-dragon. But we could be wrong.
Class: N/A
Status: Auriel's friend
Likes: fistfights, getting dirty, eating bunnies
Dislikes: magic, puzzles, magic, overly-complicated knots, magic, dressing up.
Quote: "I got your 'Bigby's Crushing Hand' right here. Who needs magic anyway?"

1) A totally original beginning

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2) Casters are balanced, right?

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3) Social Encounters: Redhead beats Blond.

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4) Half-life.

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5) Mr Mysterious.

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Shouldn't this be under fancomics?

I'm not really sure... She wouldn't get the thread approved since she doesn't have any comic... This sounds more like a warm up for a comic yet to come.

OK, comic 1 is up.

Now you are in the wrong place :P

You should PM the moderator and ask him to move the thread

Also, please put the comic in a spoiler, it's all streen-stretchy as it is.

OK, reduced the comic size a bit; I want to be keeping the last page unspoilered.

Any comments on art and writing style yet? This is my first attempt at a comic and I want to improve.

OK, I'm requesting this be moved to the fan comics subforum.

It looks nice, but the textis way too small. You can read it, but it's annoying as h'll.

Very good, I'm rather fond of these types of fan comics.

Dunno what's going on with the text. It looks just right in Inkscape but when I export as bitmap and put up at photobucket, it ends up fuzzy and hard to read.
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Contrary to the common misconception, making a stick comic isn't that easy. Case in point, page 4: Four thousand one hundred and eleven objects. :smalleek:

Or maybe I'm just doing something wrong.

What's with the "sort of"s? Is she a warlock or something?

No comment. :smalltongue:

And you should spoiler it.

Cool. The text is still a bit small, but I think it's better(?).


And as said, please spoiler it.

Balial, I like it so far. If you'd like, I can try to help you get the quality up a bit higher, to the level of my strip. (Not that mine are that much better, mind you; if you saw my first-ever comic, you'd feel much better about your own.:wink:)

I think I'm getting the hang of it. Actually making the comic larger vastly improves readability and I'm getting better at the stick-figure thing, too.

So... no new ones in ages.