Anti-Heroes: Vol. II

[Logalmier]

Laris Ardenwood here brought up a good point in this comic. Lanna doesn't strike me as an evil person. Not a good person, but maybe a neutral one. Since vampires are (mostly, in this case) automatically evil I think that thats what Laris Ardenwood was saying when he mentioned that she wasn't like most other vampires he had encountered, that she wasn't evil.

Edited, (for two reasons). One I take that back. She's evil. As evil as fruitcake. Two Laris has a name. Sorry.

[Purple Cloak]

Erm, the Dwarf said his name was Laris Ardenwood, hes not unnamed.

[Phase]

Awesome. Hilarious update.

[Wreckingrocc]

Hmm I can think of one way of curing her vampirism.

Slaying her then casting "Raise dead"

But thats hardly the basis for an epic quest now.

.... You can't get rid of vampirism. In fact, there's no way to permanently destroy a vampire without risk of resurrection without first stabbing it with a stake, then chopping it up into many bits, then using a wish spell to ask Pelor (or some other god) to eat them.

Only then can a vampire be permanently gone without risk of resurrection.

However, this is a comic, and probably in a homebrew setting, so Zarah can do whatever he wants, and he can invent new methods to cure it.
HOWEVER, since vampire is an applied template with level adjustment, what happens to the levels when the template is removed? Do the levels evaporate? It says specifically in the PHB that you can't gain multiple levels for winning one encounter, or doing one quest.

[Logalmier]

Erm, the Dwarf said his name was Laris Ardenwood, hes not unnamed.

Oops. Thats what I get for not rereading the comic to check...

[Zarah]

Issue #105 is up.

And as an extra little bonus, I'll post some things I was thinking of earlier this weekend. (Also posted on the website as well)

Some Notes on Vampires:

Vampires become stronger with age. However, this is not due to any supernatural or magical reasons, nor due to changing abilities. No, a vampire is similar to an average person, in that they must learn to use the abilities they are given. Much the same way that a human must learn to walk and speak, a vampire can't simply instantly know exactly how to assume the form of a bat, or summon a pack of wolves.

Similarly, most species must learn to walk before they can run, and vampires are similar. Once an ability is learned, it becomes the gateway to more powerful versions of the same ability. Turning into a bat will eventually lead into turning into a wolf, and possibly even into more powerful creatures given enough mastery of the ability. Such is the reason why elder vampires are the most powerful beings in existence. They have learned to tune themselves into their abilities to the point of them being nearly analogous to a human's ability to breathe.


I have some more notes as well, but I want to flesh them out a bit better. Besides, I can use these notes as an excuse to keep people tuning in.

[memnarch]

Yep, one shouldn't argue with what works.

[FoE]

Nice to see Lana kicking some ass.

[Destro_Yersul]

I thought something like that might occur. Anyone who's been hunting vampires that long ought to expect their vampiric abilities, but what they were before being vampirised is going to be a lot more varied.

[Purple Cloak]

I thought something like that might occur. Anyone who's been hunting vampires that long ought to expect their vampiric abilities, but what they were before being vampirised is going to be a lot more varied.

True, what if they were a fighter or a simalar class? no-one EVER expects a vampire to smack somone in the face with a greatsword.

[Szilard]

Metal Gear RAY.

[darkblade]

Anyone else notice that we got three whole comics while GITP was down?

Nothing slows down the Goat man.

[Zarah]

Nothing slows down the Goat man.

A wedding does. But only for so long.

[Purple Cloak]

A wedding does. But only for so long.

Does this mean our sacred goat is now hitched? or were you mearly attending?

[Destro_Yersul]

Metal Gear RAY.

Bah, I did that one already. Yours is a better picture though.

[Szilard]

Bah, I did that one already. Yours is a better picture though.

Yeah, I remember seeing it, so I got a different one off wikipedia.

[Zarah]

Does this mean our sacred goat is now hitched? or were you mearly attending?

Just attending, it was my cousin's wedding. Spent most of the night behind one of three video cameras my dad had placed around taping the ceremony, so I guess you could say I was an important piece of the event, though.

[kpenguin]

I was just thinking... with Remember having its own TV Tropes page, maybe we should make one for Anti-Heroes?

[FoE]

Excellent idea. I thought about adding Anti-Heroes on the page about fancomics, but TV Tropes is giving me grief lately about editing pages. (The text won't appear for some reason.)

[Wreckingrocc]

I just noticed....
Reveals info up to 104

Spoiler

Show

Aldran's brother isn't wearing any pants.

[Dallas-Dakota]

Who says Aldran does?

[Purple Cloak]

I just noticed....
Reveals info up to 104

Spoiler

Show

Aldran's brother isn't wearing any pants.

Pants or Trousers?

[Cult_of_the_Raven]

Awesome comic! Go Zarah!
The only thing I have to say about it is that Keriss isn't being very evil there. Not that I'm complaining.

[darkblade]

A new take on the ray meme...

With my freeze ray I will stop the world, except for Antiheros updates."

[Zarah]

It's only about a week late, but hey, it's something.

EDIT:

I was just thinking... with Remember having its own TV Tropes page, maybe we should make one for Anti-Heroes?

I support this idea. It's already popped up in Villain Protagonist, so why not try to spread it a little more?

[Dallas-Dakota]

Post tingly.....NEW COMIC YAY!
*reads*

[Zarah]

It's still technically an update day for me, so I'm not late. >_>

[Phase]

Ha! Great update! Just take your time.

[FoE]

And yea, the Face of Evil did read the new Anti-Heroes comic, and it was good.

[Saint Nil]

Wow, this is getting really good!