Twice Blessed (Total Ripoff of OOTS?)

[Occasional Sage]

Yeah, I actually had another big webcomics producer point that out to me and say "dude, we get. Don't be so heavy-handed." So I will go back and edit that out when I have a little spare time.

Your friend is a wise man.

Note that I'm still checking every update. Make what you will.

[pasko77]

I like this comic.
I feel the author of this topic has been disrespectful to the author of the comic.

Maybe the title should be changed

[gadren]

I like this comic.

Thank you!

I feel the author of this topic has been disrespectful to the author of the comic.

Maybe the title should be changed

Meh, don't sweat it. The inflammatory thread title probably gets my webcomic more attention anyway.

[Nerd-o-rama]

I can pretty much tell you that it's the only reason I looked at this thread.

[leakingpen]

Well, i read the thread a while back and didn't check out the comic, and then just checked it out today from an ad elsewhere. I dig it, and it is not a rip off of oots at all. I have to say, I like the writing, the character motivations have me intrigued (cade being the LEAST interesting character so far, just a foil for everyone else) and I LOVE the art. Makes me think of the old Dragon's Lair games! You are now on my RSS good sir!

[gadren]

Well, i read the thread a while back and didn't check out the comic, and then just checked it out today from an ad elsewhere. I dig it, and it is not a rip off of oots at all. I have to say, I like the writing, the character motivations have me intrigued (cade being the LEAST interesting character so far, just a foil for everyone else) and I LOVE the art. Makes me think of the old Dragon's Lair games! You are now on my RSS good sir!

Great to hear it! What ad caught your attention, if I may inquire?

[Surfing HalfOrc]

I like this comic.
I feel the author of this topic has been disrespectful to the author of the comic.

Maybe the title should be changed

I can pretty much tell you that it's the only reason I looked at this thread.

Considering The Tenser has only posted once on the GiantITP message boards, I'm thinking this was a clever marketing move by someone. Not sure who wrote the first post, but "This Sucks, Don't Read It" will often have the exact opposite effect.

As opposed to some self published books where the author clearly made up "reviewers" to talk up his book.

Anyways, great story so far, and I like the "cleaned up" version of the dwarf's speech patterns. I could read it, but it took some effort. Good decision.

[factotum]

Something's a bit off on Pella's numbers there--if she genuinely weighed 10lb when she's six inches tall, I estimate she'd weigh approximately three and a half tons at 4' 6"!

[Surfing HalfOrc]

Something's a bit off on Pella's numbers there--if she genuinely weighed 10lb when she's six inches tall, I estimate she'd weigh approximately three and a half tons at 4' 6"!

Mig's wanted ad is pretty close to Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez' Wanted Poster in "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly." I'm pretty sure that was what they were going for...

[gadren]

Something's a bit off on Pella's numbers there--if she genuinely weighed 10lb when she's six inches tall, I estimate she'd weigh approximately three and a half tons at 4' 6"!

Magic does not always obey physics.
That being said, if you want to do the math for me to make the weights more reasonable for those heights, that's fine ;)

[factotum]

Well, if the 95lb at 4' 6" is accurate, and she scales the same in all dimensions (which seems likely, she doesn't look fatter or thinner as she shrinks) then she'd weigh about an ounce and a half at 6" tall. Of course, she'd also freeze to death in pretty short order, but as you said, magic...

[Occasional Sage]

"Worm-tech"?

[gadren]

"Worm-tech"?

Yes. "Worm-tech." I'm going to let it be a surprise what that means, though I'd love to see people's guesses (though none will be right, I'm sure.)

[Occasional Sage]

Yes. "Worm-tech." I'm going to let it be a surprise what that means, though I'd love to see people's guesses (though none will be right, I'm sure.)

Has anybody told you recently that you're a tease?

[FatJose]

Yes. "Worm-tech." I'm going to let it be a surprise what that means, though I'd love to see people's guesses (though none will be right, I'm sure.)

I would say you mispelled Wyrm and the weapons of wyrm-tech can produce effects similar to dragon breath attacks...but...

Epileptic Tree Time

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Worm-Tech is actually a term used for artillery powered by eldritch worms that produce small eggs or cocoons. When fired the cocoons/eggs explode on impact releasing destructive energy. He just used a low-powered round on the guy.

[gadren]

I would say you mispelled Wyrm and the weapons of wyrm-tech can produce effects similar to dragon breath attacks...but...

No, I actually mean worm as in the phylum Annelida.

Epileptic Tree Time

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Worm-Tech is actually a term used for artillery powered by eldritch worms that produce small eggs or cocoons. When fired the cocoons/eggs explode on impact releasing destructive energy. He just used a low-powered round on the guy.

Nope! ;)

[FatJose]

Maaaannnn.
I was hoping for worm-fornication powered weaponry too. Not enough of it in fiction, really.

[Nerd-o-rama]

Maaaannnn.
I was hoping for worm-fornication powered weaponry too. Not enough of it in fiction, really.

There was enough in Fate/Stay Night for all time. There does not need to be more. Ever.

[gadren]

Maaaannnn.
I was hoping for worm-fornication powered weaponry too. Not enough of it in fiction, really.

There was enough in Fate/Stay Night for all time. There does not need to be more. Ever.

Jebus Christo, this is a thing?

[Occasional Sage]

Jebus Christo, this is a thing?

NO.

NO IT'S NOT.

Maybe it is, I don't know, but for the love of what's left of my sanity it isn't.

[Nerd-o-rama]

Jebus Christo, this is a thing?

There were worms involved, and they powered things. I'm just going to leave it at that for the sake of abiding by the board rules.

[gadren]

NO.

NO IT'S NOT.

Maybe it is, I don't know, but for the love of what's left of my sanity it isn't.

There were worms involved, and they powered things. I'm just going to leave it at that for the sake of abiding by the board rules.

This is sounding like one of those 2G1C things in which I'll be happier leaving my curiosity unsatisfied.

ANYWAYS, chapter 3 has officially started. Go check it out.

[gadren]

Feel free to get any ghostbusters quotes out of your system regarding today's strip.

[Acanous]

I once played a luck-feat Cleric, but she was entirely different than Cade, closer to a luckomancer from Erfworld.
Fun comic though. I'll watch and wait for more :p

[gadren]

Fun comic though. I'll watch and wait for more :p

Glad you like it!

[gadren]

So, I'm curious if you guys get why its called Twice Blessed yet.

[blackjack217]

So, I'm curious if you guys get why its called Twice Blessed yet.

Because Cade and our resident assassin's blessed qualities are going to react in an unusual way. Probably binding their fates together somehow. Thus making them "twice blessed" by the Gods.

[factotum]

I was assuming it's because Cade either is, or will become, Blessed of two gods simultaneously.

On an unrelated note...is there a reason we haven't seen the purported protagonist since November (apart from momentarily in Pella's dream)? I realise you have to introduce all the characters and what-have-you, but we're getting into Girl Genius levels of sidetracked right now!

[Occasional Sage]

I was assuming it's because Cade either is, or will become, Blessed of two gods simultaneously.

I thought this was obvious quite a while ago.

[gadren]

I was assuming it's because Cade either is, or will become, Blessed of two gods simultaneously.

On an unrelated note...is there a reason we haven't seen the purported protagonist since November (apart from momentarily in Pella's dream)? I realise you have to introduce all the characters and what-have-you, but we're getting into Girl Genius levels of sidetracked right now!

It is actually impossible for any one person to become the blessed of two deities simultaneously, due to the Anti-Mary-Sue Pact made by the gods in 327 CE.

Also, Cade is due to appear very soon. It is worth noting that Cade is about as much the protagonist of Twice Blessed as Roy is the protagonist of OotS. Pella, Rua, Delbin, Vadim, and Melchior are big players in the story as well.