Hero Oh Hero (path to greater good reboot)

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Last few strips are dragging a bit, though. Noah, just get in the hole with Felix already

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There have been interesting tidbits, but so far I'm assuming Felix goes down the hole. Whether through sheer incompetence, or Noah using his powers, I'm not sure.

[Welf]

So no one was supposed to go into the hole, but Felix still was thrown there? I guess that is some kind of achievement.

[Kantaki]

So no one was supposed to go into the hole, but Felix still was thrown there? I guess that is some kind of achievement.

Well Felix did almost kill himself. I guess accomplishing that deserves a reward. A nice comfortable hole all for himself.
Besides, with a name like that he had to be the lucky one and win the price.

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Well Felix did almost kill himself. I guess accomplishing that deserves a reward. A nice comfortable hole all for himself.
Besides, with a name like that he had to be the lucky one and win the price.

I don't know. That fall looks deadly...

I am surprised Garth wasn't limping. That page where Felix surges the ball, shows Kick?! And a lot of blood.

[lord_khaine]

Well Felix did almost kill himself. I guess accomplishing that deserves a reward. A nice comfortable hole all for himself.
Besides, with a name like that he had to be the lucky one and win the price.

Whose fault was that though? the incompetent trainer that made him use a power that had not been explained first.
Honestly the one that should have been in the hole is said trainer.
And he should newer have been allowed anywhere near kids without a person to hold his leash.

Honestly, its 2 close deaths in a single training session? Of the Kingdoms most valuable resource? How on earth did he end up being allowed near them.

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Whose fault was that though? the incompetent trainer that made him use a power that had not been explained first.
Honestly the one that should have been in the hole is said trainer.
And he should newer have been allowed anywhere near kids without a person to hold his leash.

You assume it is a normal school, and not a ****ed up military school from Starship Troopers.

Also keep in mind, the concept of Magic School is new to this world. No one tried this before. I assume they are all winging it ;)

[lord_khaine]

But the Starship trooper school could afford to waste recruits because they had more of them comming constantly.

These recruits on the other hand are a precious commodity that are not easily replaced.

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But the Starship trooper school could afford to waste recruits because they had more of them comming constantly.

Here are my thoughts on it:
A) they expect some to die, better now, before they waste all the money training them.
B) Garth is still testing people for latent pandemonium magic
C) Children with magic aren't as rare. They are definitely more numerous than personal guards


My money is on C) As it stands. Magic people in Justopia have the option of dying or being made into magic soldiers, or possibly running to another state. So it's not we have reserves, but people are expendable.

[Neoriceisgood]

Hey guys! Been a while since I posted here, mostly due to my old PC dying and as a result a certain Neorice no longer keeping good track of his bookmarks.


Hope you are all enjoying the current story arc and updates.

Here are my thoughts on it:
A) they expect some to die, better now, before they waste all the money training them.
B) Garth is still testing people for latent pandemonium magic
C) Children with magic aren't as rare. They are definitely more numerous than personal guards


My money is on C) As it stands. Magic people in Justopia have the option of dying or being made into magic soldiers, or possibly running to another state. So it's not we have reserves, but people are expendable.

Don't forget option (D): general incompetence cause the Empire doesn't know what they're doing.

[lord_khaine]

Fair enough, when it comes to wicked empires i normally dont attribute things to incompetence when malice will do.

[Welf]

is the Empire evil? I thought it was just kinda-stupid.

[Kantaki]

is the Empire evil? I thought it was just kinda-stupid.

The death sentence for having magic is a pretty good hint I think.
I'm just not sure for which option.

But I think stupidy and malevolence go hand in hand when it comes to the Empire.

Also, who is that guy in the newest update and what did he do with Burk?
Those observation skills are scary.

[Welf]

The death sentence for having magic is a pretty good hint I think.
I'm just not sure for which option.

But I think stupidy and malevolence go hand in hand when it comes to the Empire.

Also, who is that guy in the newest update and what did he do with Burk?
Those observation skills are scary.

Was it having magic or using magic?

And everything that makes Burke act serious is scary.

[Neoriceisgood]

Fair enough, when it comes to wicked empires i normally dont attribute things to incompetence when malice will do.

is the Empire evil? I thought it was just kinda-stupid.

Was it having magic or using magic?

And everything that makes Burke act serious is scary.

"Using Magic", though that was mostly due to the fact that without using spirit magic yourself; it's not really possible to detect magic users anyway.

The Veda project kinda changes this prospect as foreign magic users like Garth can easily use spirit to pinpoint which kids have magic.

[lord_khaine]

Does like that there are times when even Burk might need a little help from his friends. Makes it easier to get invested in him as a character.

Was enough to make me reread Burks story as well. It does have a lot of hidden gems. Like page 592 "from one exhibitionist to another.. i Respect your your zeal in chosing to streak a heavily guarded castle Sir"

edit.

Oh yikes.. wonder if its intentionally that the skeleton is bigger outside than inside?

further edit.

Minor spelling error for comic on november 24, 2014, Caccoon.

[Neoriceisgood]

Does like that there are times when even Burk might need a little help from his friends. Makes it easier to get invested in him as a character.

Was enough to make me reread Burks story as well. It does have a lot of hidden gems. Like page 592 "from one exhibitionist to another.. i Respect your your zeal in chosing to streak a heavily guarded castle Sir"

edit.

Oh yikes.. wonder if its intentionally that the skeleton is bigger outside than inside?

further edit.

Minor spelling error for comic on november 24, 2014, Caccoon.

Yes it was intentional.

Will try to fix that error in a bit.

Hope you guys are enjoying daily-update-Summer so far!

[Cluedrew]

So not only does Hero Oh Hero have a thread on Giant in the Playground, but Path to Greater Good started here and Neoriceisgood did work on The Battle for Wesnoth? Cool.

I should really catch up on Hero Oh Hero, I think they were still flying across the moat to the mage-baron's castle last time I was caught up. I tried re-reading it but fell off during the dungeon run. That part seems to suffer the most with repeated readings. On the other hand "Burk is 100% Burk" never gets old.

[lord_khaine]

And you can always just focus purely on Burks story. Its has gotten though some rather interesting points recently.

[Neoriceisgood]

So not only does Hero Oh Hero have a thread on Giant in the Playground, but Path to Greater Good started here and Neoriceisgood did work on The Battle for Wesnoth? Cool.

This is entirely accurate.

[lord_khaine]

It was a good point in todays comic. Aristocrat is surpisingly strong, and he does know how to use spirit magic. But he is still a lot weaker than the hero we have meet so far.
And i guess he is arrogant to train much more like he needs to.