Will Save World for Gold

[Lizard Lord]

LSN is the only webcomic author I know of that would spend three whole updates just to troll the readers.

[Anteros]

LSN is the only webcomic author I know of that would spend three whole updates just to troll the readers.

He's been doing that a lot lately. Between this and the whole "wow I bet you wish you could see the action instead of pixel characters standing still" joke that drug on way too long I'm starting to wonder if he's bored with this plot or something.

[wobner]

is it just me, or is the close up on chandea snoring suspicious, especially with nightmare spirit purple text.

hmm, maybe its more pink than purple, but still seems like a weird frame

[Draconi Redfir]

i think it's more of a humor panel, to show that she slept through all the screaming without even noticing what's going on.

she's a heavy sleeper.

[Onyavar]

she's a heavy sleeper.

isn't she also an elf?

about the new strip, i please want to point out that for a people who have ever only know peace and prosperity, it makes little sense to have armed guards, stone castles and a ruling monarch.

[SZbNAhL]

isn't she also an elf?

about the new strip, i please want to point out that for a people who have ever only know peace and prosperity, it makes little sense to have armed guards, stone castles and a ruling monarch.

That's why they can't remember the last war. The king brutally crushes any opposition before it can get that far.

[JumboWheat01]

If I remember correctly from 4e, elves actually sleep, it's eladrin that don't. I'm more amused by a ranger somehow missing all the noise.

[Celestia]

isn't she also an elf?

about the new strip, i please want to point out that for a people who have ever only know peace and prosperity, it makes little sense to have armed guards, stone castles and a ruling monarch.

I'm sure it's relative peace and prosperity and not some fantastic utopia where crime literally does not exist. Though, having said that, myths do tend to go towards the extreme, so a story where such a world exists is not outside the norm. In that case, if it's an in-universe myth, then the accoutrements of the government and military are likely just symbolic.

[Onyavar]

The new strip today is great, especially because I needed to reread the previous one until the truth finally dawned on me.

Those feys.

[Lizard Lord]

It would seem that something about being in Ardon's body has either made Odie more comfortable wearing shirts or less comfortable not wearing shirts.

[SZbNAhL]

The new strip today is great, especially because I needed to reread the previous one until the truth finally dawned on me.

Those feys.

In fairness, the humans had no need for crude oil and it genuinely was damaging their ecosystem. This feels like a win-win to me.

[Celestia]

In fairness, the humans had no need for crude oil and it genuinely was damaging their ecosystem. This feels like a win-win to me.

My thoughts exactly. Sure, she says it was a scam, but it was a mutually beneficial arrangement.

[Onyavar]

afaik, oil tends to not spontaniously erupt*, so I guess that the feys and their sorcerers and engineers were first probing and drilling around, and when they finally struck oil, they held the kingdom ransom for construction materials and diamonds.

(*unless the oil is naturally in a deposit near the surface. In which case the people know that stuff already and use it in small quantities. You'll be surprised how they used Bitumen for thousands of years in Mesopotamia. Sure, Hit was famous because it stunk like hell (sulfur and bitumen) but it was an incredible building material.)

But also, Celestia is still right that a huge unwanted oil spill in an agricultural society is quite bad. I just couldn't help but assume the worst intentions from feys.

[Douglas]

My thoughts exactly. Sure, she says it was a scam, but it was a mutually beneficial arrangement.

Mutually beneficial, yes, but with one side taking an unfairly large portion of the benefit while hiding the existence of that portion from the other. This dryad got the owners of a large area of land to pay her for the "privilege" of having her harvest - and keep for herself - a very large quantity of a valuable resource from their land, while convincing them that she was benevolently and altruistically doing them a favor.

[Lizard Lord]

Anyone else have to squint to notice the guards? I thought there was just black slits alongside the tower before Ell mentioned guards.

[Anteros]

Anyone else have to squint to notice the guards? I thought there was just black slits alongside the tower before Ell mentioned guards.

No, not really. Maybe something off with your monitor color? I can see how the grey is kinda similar to the white, but it's not like it blends together.

[Draconi Redfir]

in reference to this comic, spoiling because it references the punchline

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To be fair El, i would probably spend all my life savings on Everlasting Chocolate even if i WASN'T depressed.

[Anteros]

What's El referencing here? I'm wracking my brain but I can't remember.

[Emperor Time]

What's El referencing here? I'm wracking my brain but I can't remember.

I assume it a reference to Everlasting Gobstopper from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

[Anteros]

I assume it a reference to Everlasting Gobstopper from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Not the chocolate. The line about stabbing someone in the stomach.

[Emperor Time]

Not the chocolate. The line about stabbing someone in the stomach.

Oh and sorry for the misunderstanding.

[Lizard Lord]

Not the chocolate. The line about stabbing someone in the stomach.

You see her start to draw her sword. Likely because she thought Terry may have been an feywild bounty hunter or another type that would ask about her just as a lead to Ardon. If it wasn't someone she recognized or attacked to hastily she would have stabbed him in the stomach.

Also, I am calling it now: the guys in the red robes are the cultists Terry mentioned.

[Draconi Redfir]

group therapy!

[Anteros]

They're wrong though. Sure adventurers are always trying to do too much, but she's very much complicit in allowing this particular tragedy to happen. It's great that they're being nice to her, but they probably shouldn't. She didn't give up because she wasn't able to handle the problem, she gave up because she didn't want to deal with it anymore.

[JumboWheat01]

And this is why we should probably avoid alignment discussions.

[sleepy hedgehog]

They're wrong though. Sure adventurers are always trying to do too much, but she's very much complicit in allowing this particular tragedy to happen. It's great that they're being nice to her, but they probably shouldn't. She didn't give up because she wasn't able to handle the problem, she gave up because she didn't want to deal with it anymore.

I disagree with this.
She gave up because she was unable to handle this problem.

Helping for as long as you possibly can, before you are too mentally exhausted to continue.
Isn't really any different from fighting until your HP are too low to keep going.

[Anteros]

I disagree with this.
She gave up because she was unable to handle this problem.

Helping for as long as you possibly can, before you are too mentally exhausted to continue.
Isn't really any different from fighting until your HP are too low to keep going.

That's not a great analogy. If your health is low you heal up. You don't walk away and go on vacation.

I do get your position, but my opinion is that you don't get a pat on the back for walking away from a problem you helped cause. Or rather apparently you do. You just shouldn't.

[Douglas]

For mental exhaustion, a vacation is healing up.

[Anteros]

For mental exhaustion, a vacation is healing up.

She's not planning on going back though. She's not healing up to deal with it. She's just leaving. That's the difference. We all know the plot will bring her back to it, but she doesn't.

[Draconi Redfir]

She's not planning on going back though. She's not healing up to deal with it. She's just leaving. That's the difference. We all know the plot will bring her back to it, but she doesn't.

what do you do when you're playing a game and the same boss, event, or situation has been repeatedly killing you for the past seven hours? You've tried every possible strategy, every outcome, every guide online, you've even tried a few things nobody else thought of, but no matter what you do, you just keep dying. And dying. and dying. Sometimes it's instant, you walk in, and are immediately dead. Sometimes you get SOO CLOSE to overcoming it, only to then be wiped out. No matter what you do, you can NOT beat this obstacle. you can NOT continue the game. you've tried looking for ways around it, another path or an item that you missed, but there isn't any. it's either beat this encounter, or stop playing.

So what do you do?

You stop playing, at least for a little while. Maybe pick up something else instead to help you cool off. Maybe you'll come back with a clear head, maybe you won't come back at all. either way, you're getting out of a stressful situation because it's actively hurting you.