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    Default Re: Erfworld Thread X: A Series of Unfortunate Cliffhangers

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    And the questions about mini Isaac have been answered.
    So it seems like Issac is an independent being, mentally, but one whose existence is currently dependent on the GM hivemind, meaning he'll die at end of turn the same way the Wizard of Oz creatures lost their sentience when Maxwell died. And he's hoping Wanda will have a way for him to cheat that.

    Interesting that they were able to turn Charlie's tower into a self-pulling thread, but couldn't do the same for Issac. Maybe because there's some deep sentience in towers waiting to be awakened or something.
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    So, has Stanley tried to disband any decrypted?

    If an Archon turned from Charlie, could they be disbanded by a future side?

    Removing a Ruler's disband powers would go a long way to reducing slavery in Erfworld, if you could remove the link to the current wielder.

    I wonder what would happen if Wanda was permanently incapicitated.

    Alternatively Marie is using a carnymancy scroll to suspend the disband rule on herself.

    Or possible Fate, but that might make Fate too OP if it can suspend the rules at will, instead of just tweaking probability.
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    So, has Stanley tried to disband any decrypted?

    If an Archon turned from Charlie, could they be disbanded by a future side?

    Removing a Ruler's disband powers would go a long way to reducing slavery in Erfworld, if you could remove the link to the current wielder.

    I wonder what would happen if Wanda was permanently incapicitated.

    Alternatively Marie is using a carnymancy scroll to suspend the disband rule on herself.

    Or possible Fate, but that might make Fate too OP if it can suspend the rules at will, instead of just tweaking probability.
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    Kudos to Erfworld for having Jillian do something very interesting - in character, no less - for a change.

    Being unable to disband Encrypted makes a lot of sense. They don't have upkeep, so it's sensible the ruler wouldn't have the right kind of bond with them to disband. Jillian could still simply kill her, I suppose.

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    Did no see any of that coming at all.
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    And Wnada still has a hold on Marie in some form. Look at he hat. It still has a flower and the hat itself is a skull but you can't see anything below the midpoint on the eye sockets. Great bit of forshadowing there I think.
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    The only good part about this update is that it supports my theoretical fan comic. I.e. Marie outright ordering Wanda around, by telling her it is Fated

    Marie: Wanda! Open this jar of mayo! It is Fated (spooky voice).

    Otherwise, much ado about nothing.

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    If I were in Jillian's shoes I would dust Marie. Right now.
    That the Disbanding didn't work is worrying.
    If Marie was to important Jill would have been incapable of even trying.
    This implies it's now wholly her unit.
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    1) Marie tells Wanda she should change to Jillian's side because they're Fated to be on the same side.

    2) Wanda interprets this entirely differently than Marie intended, intent on decrypting Jillian.

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    I really liked how Jillian tried to disband Marie. That's the first sensible thing she have done in a while. Manipulative and with suspect loyalty, I would have disbanded Marie too.
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    I really liked how Jillian tried to disband Marie. That's the first sensible thing she have done in a while. Manipulative and with suspect loyalty, I would have disbanded Marie too.
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    Yes. I'd have probably let her bring me Wanda before I disbanded her though as a calculated risk. This is the first comic in a long time that I've actually enjoyed. It's just a shame that it didn't work. Erfworld really needs to trim down on their viewpoint characters.


    Can a ruler just straight up attack someone on their own side? Can any unit? Or do they have to turn first?

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    Can a ruler just straight up attack someone on their own side? Can any unit? Or do they have to turn first?
    Charlie's offer to Wanda depended on this being possible. They can, but the Duty mechanic makes it difficult.
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    So Jillian shot herself in the foot when she turned her to her side?

    Honestly I'd like Wanda to break free of Marie.
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    That comic was amusing and I actualy /liked Jilian there for the first time in a long while.
    I assume the reson the disbanding failed would be beause it's still Wanda maic who is animating Marie, as seen by the hat, thus, even turned she's not /fully Jillian's.
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    I assume the reason the disbanding failed would be because it's still Wanda maic who is animating Marie, as seen by the hat, thus, even turned she's not /fully Jillian's.
    So they're like units with the Timeshare special?
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    That comic was amusing and I actualy /liked Jilian there for the first time in a long while.
    I assume the reson the disbanding failed would be beause it's still Wanda maic who is animating Marie, as seen by the hat, thus, even turned she's not /fully Jillian's.
    It's really hard to pin down the exact reason. My own guess is that disbanding uses the same strings as upkeep.

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    It's really hard to pin down the exact reason. My own guess is that disbanding uses the same strings as upkeep.
    What if it was just that she couldn't disband her because it wouldn't be a benefit to her side. Like what happened with Stanley a few times.
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    What if it was just that she couldn't disband her because it wouldn't be a benefit to her side. Like what happened with Stanley a few times.
    When did that happen with Stanley?

    I think that most of the disbandings we've seen were detrimental to the sides concerned, they just resolved issues between the current ruler and some subjects who saw the situation of the side from a different perspective.
    The end of what Son? The story? There is no end. There's just the point where the storytellers stop talking.

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    When did that happen with Stanley?

    I think that most of the disbandings we've seen were detrimental to the sides concerned, they just resolved issues between the current ruler and some subjects who saw the situation of the side from a different perspective.
    Didn't Stanley try to disband Parson?
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    Didn't Stanley try to disband Parson?
    Parson (and Jillian with her father) needed to actively countermand the disbandment with Duty for the side arguments.

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    Didn't Stanley try to disband Parson?
    He threatened to, we don't know how serious he was and he refused to say whether he actually tried it.

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    Didn't Stanley try to disband Parson?
    If I'm remembering correctly, that page was fairly ambiguous on whether he tried or not.

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    He threatened to, we don't know how serious he was and he refused to say whether he actually tried it.
    Well, maybe this might be like that then. Ambiguous.
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    Well, maybe this might be like that then. Ambiguous.
    I mean, it would be ambiguous in a different way. We don't know if Stanley actually tried it. Here, we know Jillian tried.
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    Well, maybe this might be like that then. Ambiguous.
    It would be fully in Jillian's character to have actually tried it. I'd be kind of annoyed with Marie myself in her shoes, and we know how much Jillian likes the hard way, not to mention just how bad her relationship with Wanda has grown.

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    Okay, that was surreal.

    But Charles basically being controlled by his tower temple is as appropriate as it is funny.
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    I'm not sure that what Erfworld needed was yet another completely unlikable character. It's going to be pretty unsatisfying if Charlie gets a disadvantage after all this time because his own tower is too stupid to let him protect his own side properly.

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    I knew that last line was coming as soon as the word 'temple' entered the scene.
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