Erfworld thread IV: In memory of King Saline

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The box says "On Time Updates" and Rob said

So maybe it's not half a grand but he's till getting money from pledges for backer stories.

You're not paying for them, you're paying for them to get there sooner™! And by you I mean backers :P

I'm willing to give Rob a pass, but I'm not too invested in backer stories or Book zero. I hate book zero. It gives worst excuse possible for Gillian lovers everywhere - She was brainwashed™ (despite acting more or less the same, albeit with hint less hesitation).

[Razade]

You're not paying for them, you're paying for them to get there sooner™! And by you I mean backers :P

I'm willing to give Rob a pass, but I'm not too invested in backer stories or Book zero. I hate book zero. It gives worst excuse possible for Gillian lovers everywhere - She was brainwashed™ (despite acting more or less the same, albeit with hint less hesitation).

I don't think you understand. I'm not criticizing Rob. Though as far as I understood it he doesn't get paid unless he updates on time.

[Jasdoif]

How did you do that?

I've tried clicking on the circular arrow icon in Firefox, and that does nothing.

That's all I did; it worked for me.

The Comic Genesis hosted comics are all dead to me because I don't have referers set and switching it on and off isn't easy enough to make that an option, I suspect this is the same though it also might be not allowing cookies that's doing it in this case.

Referers would be my guess, actually; the most sensical way I can think of for a reload-based passthrough like this to work would be that it sends you where you were going if you were referered from the same page (from the reload). If you're not allowing referers, well, it's not going to work.

[Yana]

You're not paying for them, you're paying for them to get there sooner™! And by you I mean backers :P

I'm willing to give Rob a pass, but I'm not too invested in backer stories or Book zero. I hate book zero. It gives worst excuse possible for Gillian lovers everywhere - She was brainwashed™ (despite acting more or less the same, albeit with hint less hesitation).

I think the backer stories are hit or miss. Lord Crush was an amusing insight into how multi-sided alliances work in addition to showing us an actual fool as opposed to a caster playing at one. Digdoug was... slightly over my head. I had to go back a time or two to try and understand just what on Erf was going on there. Still can't say I know what it was all about aside from more caster politics, which I've had up to here with from the main story. Fawksull was just fantastic, I have no quibbles about how it played out as I'm a sucker for a good naval romp. The fish-out-of-water aspect was just icing on the cake. This latest story however? I could do without learning more about rhyming.

[ryuplaneswalker]

I think the backer stories are hit or miss. Lord Crush was an amusing insight into how multi-sided alliances work in addition to showing us an actual fool as opposed to a caster playing at one. Digdoug was... slightly over my head. I had to go back a time or two to try and understand just what on Erf was going on there. Still can't say I know what it was all about aside from more caster politics, which I've had up to here with from the main story. Fawksull was just fantastic, I have no quibbles about how it played out as I'm a sucker for a good naval romp. The fish-out-of-water aspect was just icing on the cake. This latest story however? I could do without learning more about rhyming.

TLDR Version of Digdoug

Carnymancy spells can break or bend the rules of Erfworld, however they may have unintended consequences.

That and Charlie is Lawful Neutral, he will follow a contract to the exact lettering.

[Mobius Twist]

New update is up. We get an explanation of the tower, of sorts.

[The Glyphstone]

It's alliiiiiiiiive! It's alliiiiiiiiiiiiive!

[Ravenlord]

Kinda underwhelming. I absolutely don't get what's so great about it. So far, that tower wouldn't different in combat than any other tower (minus some automation). Sure, as a wild experiment it's pretty rad, but...

[Lizard Lord]

Kinda underwhelming. I absolutely don't get what's so great about it. So far, that tower wouldn't different in combat than any other tower (minus some automation). Sure, as a wild experiment it's pretty rad, but...

"Unknown set of unique elemental powers" would be the best thing about it. Everything else is worth talking about simply because there is nothing else like it in Erfworld.


Well that and it opens up the possibility of self guarded cities.

[Killer Angel]

"Unknown set of unique elemental powers" would be the best thing about it.

That, and the ability to make decisions, make the tower an unpredictable element for every attacker. Nasty, bad surprises.

[Coidzor]

So who else thinks that processing this or talking to Jed will push Sizemore into Master Class?

[hajo]

"Unknown set of unique elemental powers"

That, and the ability to make decisions, make the tower an unpredictable element for every attacker. Nasty, bad surprises.

I wonder if the tower is aware of everything / everyone inside the city,
so it can detect spies / scouts and maybe raise alerts ?
That would be a nice bonus

Also, (assuming Stanley invites his leaders/casters into his head-office)
I would expect some morale-boost from that mood-analyser / advisor / bar

And pool-parties

[Landis963]

Are we out of spoiler territory? Just in case:

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Bunny is persona non grata with the Great Minds. Which immediately makes this an avenue worth pursuing.

[Legato Endless]

Also, (assuming Stanley invites his leaders/casters into his head-office)
I would expect some morale-boost from that mood-analyser / advisor / bar

And pool-parties

If it can cheer Sizemore and Wanda up, that would be pretty impressive.

[theangelJean]

I wonder if the tower is aware of everything / everyone inside the city,
so it can detect spies / scouts and maybe raise alerts ?
That would be a nice bonus

Also, (assuming Stanley invites his leaders/casters into his head-office)
I would expect some morale-boost from that mood-analyser / advisor / bar

And pool-parties

Actually, my first thought on reading that update was: Has anyone else noticed that the tower office has a tongue? And teeth (one of which Stanley broke)? And a pool of water...

Bets on the first person to be swallowed?

[HandofShadows]

And pool-parties

Sounds like and excuse for Fan Service to me.

[The Glyphstone]

Sounds like and excuse for Fan Service to me.

I'm pretty sure anything involving Stanley would be Fan Disservice instead.

[Kornaki]

Actually, my first thought on reading that update was: Has anyone else noticed that the tower office has a tongue? And teeth (one of which Stanley broke)? And a pool of water...

Bets on the first person to be swallowed?

This is a good observation, but I suspect it's more a continued play on the phrase "head office".

[HalfTangible]

New update, guys

[Ravenlord]

I start to think that being the "perfect warlord" simply boils down to "not quite so stupid as the locals". Being good at tactics/strategy is just the icing on the cake.

Stupidworld, ha.

[Legato Endless]

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If that's Don's son, it puts a bit of a different spin on the building coup in Transylvito. And Isaac has cottoned onto to Maggie being compromised. Between this and Charlie's spy, it's looking more likely the Great Minds as a society are one of the things Parson will end up breaking in the war.

[Lethologica]

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If that's Don's son, it puts a bit of a different spin on the building coup in Transylvito. And Isaac has cottoned onto to Maggie being compromised. Between this and Charlie's spy, it's looking more likely the Great Minds as a society are one of the things Parson will end up breaking in the war.

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Isn't that the Don when he was younger? These are images of Bunny's excommunication twenty years ago.

'Compromised' is...one way of putting it.

I'll be surprised if there's a power faction in the status quo that doesn't lose out in the end.

[Landis963]

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If that's Don's son, it puts a bit of a different spin on the building coup in Transylvito. And Isaac has cottoned onto to Maggie being compromised. Between this and Charlie's spy, it's looking more likely the Great Minds as a society are one of the things Parson will end up breaking in the war.

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I think that's a young Don, actually (Stout signamancy, similar facial hair, and the earring are the smoking guns). Which puts an interesting spin on what Caesar thinks of his and Bunny's relationship. And the Great Minds need a good hard whack upside the head. Unfortunately Parson can't do anything that would deplete Isaac's hit points, at the risk of diplomatic incident, so there's that.

[Lentrax]

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Somewhere out there, a Rhyme-o-mancer named Hue. E. Louis. Has composed a ballad with lines such as:

"You ain't turned baby, till you've turned.
Turned by the mancy! The mancy of Love."

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I think that's a young Don, actually (Stout signamancy, similar facial hair, and the earring are the smoking guns). Which puts an interesting spin on what Caesar thinks of his and Bunny's relationship. And the Great Minds need a good hard whack upside the head. Unfortunately Parson can't do anything that would deplete Isaac's hit points, at the risk of diplomatic incident, so there's that.

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What earrings? I suspect it's Don's son or father. More likely its his father. Because if it was the son Don wouldn't trust her.

[Landis963]

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What earrings? I suspect it's Don's son or father. More likely its his father. Because if it was the son Don wouldn't trust her.

Huh. Don doesn't have the earring or the goatee that Bunny's honey has in the picture. Or at least, he didn't during that test of Jillian's affinity for Noble-dom back in the Book 1 epilogue.

[Legato Endless]

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Isn't that the Don when he was younger? These are images of Bunny's excommunication twenty years ago.

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It's definitely possible considering the nature of Signamancy, but since Don became King shortly after popping and only left the capital for a tour once, I assumed he's always looked pretty pudgy. The bigger reason is that, in Bunny's epilogue poem, she frames *Caesar as the man that she loves, and she doesn't exactly comfort him in his moment of grief.

*Unless there's someone else Don could be cursing?

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What earrings? I suspect it's Don's son or father. More likely its his father. Because if it was the son Don wouldn't trust her.

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That presumes that Don knew about the relationship, and that Bunny wasn't instrumental in his son's coup failing. But yes, it could be Don's father considering his reputation.

[Killer Angel]

I start to think that being the "perfect warlord" simply boils down to "not quite so stupid as the locals". Being good at tactics/strategy is just the icing on the cake.

Stupidworld, ha.

Tradition rules their lives. As we saw in the backer stories, new ideas find hard times.

[Yuki Akuma]

I start to think that being the "perfect warlord" simply boils down to "not quite so stupid as the locals". Being good at tactics/strategy is just the icing on the cake.

Stupidworld, ha.

Well, the last time it was cast, it did summon a naive farmgirl from Kansas...

[Ravenlord]

Tradition rules their lives. As we saw in the backer stories, new ideas find hard times.

Yeah, but this time it's literally about "Forgive a minor transgression so we can give Charlie a beating"... and the Great Minds simply can't let go. This isn't even tradition - this is simply being greedy and wanting everything.