The Index of the Giant's Comments

[NerdyKris]

I vote not to add that to the index, because it deals with his personal health. Seriously, guys, let's respect his privacy, okay? While he did post that comment on a message board where we can read it, I feel that adding it to the index is creepy.

It's also really, really irrelevant to both the story and how he draws the comic. It's right up there with "What brand mouse does he use?" and "What does his office look like?". That is to say, the fact that he draws zoomed in is not notable and does not provide any insight into the comic. If this was something like "I use templates consisting of X, Y, and Z, then arrange them in manner B, and draw new ones in this way", then we'd have something notable about the process.

But this quote is just a comment on why the crayon drawings for a relatively (compared to the forum audience) few people are taking a while.

[Shale]

I thought it was interesting because people have been remarking on the increased detail in some aspects of the comic, and then he mentions that over the course of the current arc he started working at a much higher resolution.

[Gwynfrid]

I thought it was interesting because people have been remarking on the increased detail in some aspects of the comic, and then he mentions that over the course of the current arc he started working at a much higher resolution.

Sure, but we don't need to document this down to the most excruciating detail, do we? I agree with the folks who find it creepy.

[Sky_Schemer]

Tarquin is only OK with wasting soldiers when it's his decision.

[Sunken Valley]

Durkon can only dominate humanoids. This is important because every time the Order fights a monster, someone will ask "Why didn't Durkon dominate it?"

[ChristianSt]

Durkon can only dominate humanoids. This is important because every time the Order fights a monster, someone will ask "Why didn't Durkon dominate it?"

I don't know if we really need a post with essentially only "Normal D&D Rules applies." A link to SRD states the same.
Making a special notion of following the rules make it sound like that he normally doesn't follow rules (and while I know that he doesn't follow the rules that strict, I think the normal case is still "D&D Rules apply as normal").

[dps]

I don't know if we really need a post with essentially only "Normal D&D Rules applies." A link to SRD states the same.
Making a special notion of following the rules make it sound like that he normally doesn't follow rules (and while I know that he doesn't follow the rules that strict, I think the normal case is still "D&D Rules apply as normal").

This probably would be correct way back when most readers were proabably also gamers, but nowdays a lot of the readership isn't all that familiar with DnD rules.

[The Linker]

Ehh, that may be true, but it still doesn't make Rich's comment worthy of inclusion. Anyone could have made that comment. It's just a recitation of the rules. If the answer could be given equally well by a Monster Manual, there's not much pointing in recording that Rich said it just because he's the author.

The correct response to "Why didn't Durkon dominate that monster?" shouldn't be "Oh, Rich said that's not how vampire gazes work"; it should be "Because that's not how vampire gazes work."

[factotum]

A reader who isn't familiar with D&D rules would presumably assume that Durkon isn't Dominating dinosaurs because he can't do so--it's D&D players who misunderstand the rules (as Sunken Valley did in the comment the Giant was responding to) that would need a clarification like this.

[Peelee]

The correct response to "Why didn't Durkon dominate that monster?" shouldn't be "Oh, Rich said that's not how vampire gazes work"; it should be "Because that's not how vampire gazes work."

This is a perfect rule of thumb, actually. Replace "Durkon" with X, "dominate" and "vampire gaze" with Y, and it's almost worthy of the FAQ.

[Thrillhouse]

Rules-related stuff should only be in there if he's explaining why he BROKE a particular rule or played with it, not answers to fans who had misread the rules.

For example, the Tsukiko comment makes sense because we get an acknowledgement that he did break the rules, didn't intend to, and doesn't care.

The dinosaur comment is not unlike someone misreading which level a certain spell is available at and Rich correcting them. It's neither interesting nor worth documenting.

[Porthos]

I see no reason to include this one for a simple reason: Anyone could have made the statement. That Rich says it only shows that, yes, he still pays attention to the rules more often than not.

If this ever comes up in the future, all that is going to be needed is for someone to link to the SRD. Only in the event of "Well, Rich ignores the rules all the time, why didn't he here?" would this comment be necessary. And even then, since it was mentioned in this thread we can still dig for the comment and then re-post it.

At best it staves off a one-in-a-thousand question, at worst it's triva. And, as said, we can always hunt through this thread to get the link if it ever comes up in discussion again.

[Kish]

Every baby, including all colors of dragon babies, should have the same stat block--including alignment entry.

[ChristianSt]

Every baby, including all colors of dragon babies, should have the same stat block--including alignment entry.

If we include something from this thread (which I'm personally not sure we should), I would use this quote: No baby <anything> should have stats (But the stats posted by the Giant are funny for sure )

[dps]

I see no reason to include this one for a simple reason: Anyone could have made the statement. That Rich says it only shows that, yes, he still pays attention to the rules more often than not.

OK, I'll buy that.

[Raenir Salazar]

It's silly, but when i read The Giant's comments i hear them in my head with a cavernous deep voice.

I'm the same way!

[Gwynfrid]

If we include something from this thread (which I'm personally not sure we should), I would use this quote: No baby <anything> should have stats (But the stats posted by the Giant are funny for sure )

I agree. But this is not worth including, imo. It sheds no light on the comic for sure. It goes with the whole discussion of alignment and alien races, but it doesn't add anything new to it, other than the humor.

[Dr. Gamera]

Durkon Thundershield's surname is not based on a translation of the surname of Peter Tordenskjold.

[Sir_Leorik]

Durkon Thundershield's surname is not based on a translation of the surname of Peter Tordenskjold.

That has to be the most obscure candidate for addition to the Index I've ever seen.

[zimmerwald1915]

At least nobody's posted his comment about Right-Eye's daughter yet.

[Sunken Valley]

At least nobody's posted his comment about Right-Eye's daughter yet.

Is this a joke? I can't find this comment.

[Shale]

You joke, but it could be worth including for the part where he says the "new place" from the bazaar in Sandsedge isn't referring to anything in particular.

Edit: Here.

[martianmister]

Redcloak's niece is a half-orc.

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[pendell]

With respect, I think the 'redcloak's niece is a half orc' is a joke. Redcloak is not an orc but a goblin. So the daughter of a blood relative would be .. well, I suppose it's technically possible if she's a goblin/orc mix, but "half-orc" in D&D terms usually means "human/orc", and that's not possible.

Well, unless Redcloak's sibling was polymorphed into a human or an orc at the time they conceived and gave birth.

But Occam's razor says that's a joke, son !

Respectfully,

Brian P.

[Porthos]

With respect, I think the 'redcloak's niece is a half orc' is a joke. Redcloak is not an orc but a goblin. So the daughter of a blood relative would be .. well, I suppose it's technically possible if she's a goblin/orc mix, but "half-orc" in D&D terms usually means "human/orc", and that's not possible.

Well, unless Redcloak's sibling was polymorphed into a human or an orc at the time they conceived and gave birth.

But Occam's razor says that's a joke, son !

Respectfully,

Brian P.

Did you click the spoiler box in martianmister's post, pendell?

[Gift Jeraff]

Did you click the spoiler box in martianmister's post, pendell?

What you meant to say was
http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/...ight-by-ya.jpg

[theangelJean]

You joke, but it could be worth including for the part where he says the "new place" from the bazaar in Sandsedge isn't referring to anything in particular.

Edit: Here.

I actually find what Rich is really saying there to be more interesting, as an insight to his writing process: that cut-off line might have been referring to something, but he can't remember now what it was (so it's obviously not important). But I think we already have quotes that kind of imply Rich prefers world-building rather than Conservation of Detail - and if not, there's a whole New World Gaming article about that very thing - so it's probably not necessary to include in the index.

[Sunken Valley]

The quote does tell us that Rich hasn't forgotten Redcloak's Niece and she could show up again.

[theangelJean]

The quote does tell us that Rich hasn't forgotten Redcloak's Niece and she could show up again.

Err, no. It tells us that Rich has noticed that the forum hasn't forgotten Redcloak's niece. Sure, in theory she could show up again, however that part of the post is a direct response to (and parody of) forum speculation.

[NerdyKris]

The quote does tell us that Rich hasn't forgotten Redcloak's Niece and she could show up again.

And how would that go in the Index? Under "Rich remembers things he writes about!"?

Also, the "half orc" part is almost certainly referring to people asking if Therkla was his niece, despite being a half orc and not a goblin.