Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!

[Mono Vertigo]

Now, we know Smitty would make a terrible tabletop roleplayer. Through no fault of his own.
"Okay, I roll an untrained Diplomacy check. *rolls rolls*"
"... the tables tell me the MacGuffin falls off the sky right into your lap. Your questgiver is rejoiced. Then, the BBEG's head also drops from an owl's claws who made an unbelievably good attack roll against him earlier. The world is not going to end, and the elemental planes can be restored."
"Is Diplomacy really supposed to do that?"
"What the hell, I wrote those tables myself, I don't remember such a result. You ruined the whole campaign, Smitty! And we only started 5 minutes ago!"
"But I just wanted to convince the questgiver to personally lead us to the first dungeon..."
"I'm going to add you to my blacklist along with Boxbot, Smitty, sorry."

[eee]

This seems to be going well...

[fwiffo]

Now, we know Smitty would make a terrible tabletop roleplayer. Through no fault of his own.

I would think his tabletop roleplaying would stop at character creation. "Smitty, your ranger is Level 1, right? Why does he have 18 for all of his attributes?"

[John Cribati]

I would think his tabletop roleplaying would stop at character creation. "Smitty, your ranger is Level 1, right? Why does he have 18 for all of his attributes?"

Something like that would disrupt the synergy of the party, though. In all likelihood, all of the players will be playing high-stat character

[Marnath]

Something like that would disrupt the synergy of the party, though. In all likelihood, all of the players will be playing high-stat character

I know if I was rolling up a character at his table I'd consider letting him roll my stats for me too.

[John Cribati]

I know if I was rolling up a character at his table I'd consider letting him roll my stats for me too.

I don't think he'd have to. His very presence at the table should be enough.

[Othniel Edden]

As far as Smitty as concerned there can only be point buy and tables with negative and less negative results.

[eee]

So far Smitty's on top of things. Even matchmaking. And explaining to an octopus what he's doing wrong, floating in air. I wonder what starts the stampede...

I also wonder where that fairy got her accent. Red and Blue don't talk like that.

[mattie_p]

So far Smitty's on top of things. Even matchmaking. And explaining to an octopus what he's doing wrong, floating in air. I wonder what starts the stampede...

I also wonder where that fairy got her accent. Red and Blue don't talk like that.

The stampede is that

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everyone wants something from him, and he and Annie are concerned when they are surrounded by a horde of forest denizens demanding he fix something.

[kpenguin]

While I know it ends up in fleeing, I can't help but marvel at how amazing Smitty is.

[Giggling Ghast]

Groo? Bears do not go "groo."

[Coidzor]

Groo? Bears do not go "groo."

Maybe that's just the only way humans can comprehend Grues and they're called Grues because it's onomatopoeic for the noise they make when not eating adventurers?

Wait a minute... Smitty just helped a GRUE!? Oh noes!

[eee]

Even a cobra takes fright and slithers out of the way at what's coming. Oh, this is gonna be good!

[Marnath]

I'm not sure why I thought we would actually get to see what happened here. I'm not usually that naive about this comic.

[Ravens_cry]

Even a cobra takes fright and slithers out of the way at what's coming. Oh, this is gonna be good!

By the looks of things, it's a relative of the huggy cobras. Hug us!

[Landis963]

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BAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!

[Glass Mouse]

Smitty is the best of the bestest.

[fwiffo]

The stampede is that

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everyone wants something from him, and he and Annie are concerned when they are surrounded by a horde of forest denizens demanding he fix something.

Called it.

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The choice of creatures seems... so Tom. Shark? Air fish? A bluish dinosaur? Walrus? Little person riding on bison and one on leg of giant grasshopper?

[John Cribati]

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@ one specific creature: Laaaaaaa lalala lala la lala lala laaaaaaaaa

[stsasser]

Smitty flees the pair o' ducks!

[mattie_p]

Called it.

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The choice of creatures seems... so Tom. Shark? Air fish? A bluish dinosaur? Walrus? Little person riding on bison and one on leg of giant grasshopper?

So did Tom, apparently.

[Coidzor]

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@ one specific creature: Laaaaaaa lalala lala la lala lala laaaaaaaaa

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Katamari Damacy?

Eduard Khil?

[eee]

Well, <BLEEP>!! *I* would be running, too!

And Smitty said he hadn't seen wild animals before...

(Why's Parley running? She could 'blip' them all back into the Court in a second. I suspect, in her shock, she isn't thinking...)

[eee]

The ominous foreshadowing is palpable.

YAY! Sidecomic of Annie's time in the Forest, SOON!

[eee]

I note, with considerable amusement and awe, that folks on 4Chan's /co - Comics and Cartoons page are going insane and bouncing off the walls with this revelation. They've been aggressively shipping Annie and Kat all along, and now they've got a new lesbian couple to root for.

"IT'S THE WATER BUCKET I KNEW IT" is a MARVELOUS comment.

And of course the haters gotta hate...

[kpenguin]

Oh, goddammit Paz

[Marnath]

Calling it now, she's going to confront Paz about sending the love letter and Paz is going to be all "What letter? I told you I'm not like that! Please Katerina, I am not interested! I don't want a love letter." And then Kat will be sad because she was hoping it was Paz.

[Bomaz]

Calling it now, she's going to confront Paz about sending the love letter and Paz is going to be all "What letter? I told you I'm not like that! Please Katerina, I am not interested! I don't want a love letter." And then Kat will be sad because she was hoping it was Paz.

Indeed, it is fairly clear who sent it.

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The robots

[Qwertystop]

Indeed, it is fairly clear who sent it.

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The robots

You realize this is Gunnerkrigg Court we're talking about, right? What are you talking about "clear" for?

[Othniel Edden]

I actually thinking its the bird she brought to Paz to be cared for. As previously established, Kat has a thing for birds. The robot just helped write it.