Erfworld 128 The Battle for Gobwin Knob, Page 116

[ShinyBrowncoat]

I guess the question is whether or not Ansom (or any other leader in the coalition) knows how Croakamancy works, so they will even be aware they have the option of waiting until those uncroaked units just collapse by themselves (assuming Ansom has the patience to do so)

[Greg]

How will stanley react to the archons?

[hajo]

Noooo Webinar and Dora *sniff*

The two guys at the right of panel 8 look just like Dora and Webinar to me

[Burley]

Is it just me or does the Archenhammere in frame 5 and, to a lesser extent, frame 3 look very... digital? Like it was a copy and paste image from another picture?
I don't remember it looking so grainy before. Is this something new, or a fluke?

[hajo]

How will stanley react to the archons?

Also, how will he react to Sizemore, assuming he gained a level or two for his victory in the tunnels?

[Strengfellow]

A most excelent distraction from my latin studies.

I'm thinking that Stan is going to be a mite peeved at Wanda on his return. Being the rash and quick to unleash his ire type of guy this could be bad for her, Parson and GK, thus bringing Parson in on her side as her defender touting her force multipliying talents.

As for the deal with Charlie..... I can't see that going down at all well.

OOOOOO thought, can Stanley force Parson to break the deal?

Back to latin declensions, JOY.

[Gnomish Lab]

Which direction did Gandalf arrive from when he helped turn the tide at the battle of the Hornburg? I think it was from the west

From the east, actually.

[Alces]

Seems that, when sane, every caster in Gobwin Knob but "the turd guy" has well-honed Stanley-management skills.

[Oslecamo]

EXCELLENT comic.

Answered a lot of questions, very good art, and good punch-line joke.

Good news:
-Hamster just dealt a severe moral blow to the Coalition.
-Hamster bought some turns.
-Tool is alive and returning.
-Wanda rocks big time.

Bad news:
-Only six dwagons left. Pity.
-They still need to find a way out of the mess.


My previews:
-The tool will be much more humble from now on and learn to listen more carefully to those around him.
-Ansom has his days counted. He gotta answer for his epic fail.
-The coalition will not attack next turn, but will attack before the uncroacked pass away, because either Hamster will come up with some plan to put them against the wall or something else will happen.


Wich reminds me, can the Tool return to Gobwin Knob if Charlie is blocking the air zone?

[Gez]

From the east, actually.

Of course. The Sun rises in the East and banishes the darkness of the night. The symbolism is so thick you had to have Glamdring to cut through it.

[Alces]

Is it just me or does the Archenhammere in frame 5 and, to a lesser extent, frame 3 look very... digital? Like it was a copy and paste image from another picture?
I don't remember it looking so grainy before. Is this something new, or a fluke?

The Arkentools have always been 3D rendered images, as opposed to the pen&ink rest.

[Eugenitor]

Hey, um... that was the same barbarian we had captured before, right?

I find Stanley's monomaniacal narcissism to be touching and heartwarming.

[Tundar]

Dear me, that's alot of uncroaked soldiers.

I'm dying to find out how Stanley reacts to the situation at Gobwin Knob.

[Half_Moon]

That was an absolutely WICKED strip. So worth the wait!

Though i probably shouldn't have been checking the site continually since I have an exam like tomorrow

But this has given me the sustenance needed to continue studying unabated!

[drachefly]

It looks like Wanda didn't spend additional time on Webinar or Dora. It would have been nice to get them up and running so there were additional warlords, but if Wanda did not have that time to spare, well, that's how it goes.

Six dwagons left. I wonder whether they nailed any warlords.

Also, the 'time and attention' might help explain the part where she's playing with the archon and unipegataurs. She could focus on them being good quality.

[SteveMB]

Is it just me or does the Archenhammere in frame 5 and, to a lesser extent, frame 3 look very... digital? Like it was a copy and paste image from another picture?
I don't remember it looking so grainy before. Is this something new, or a fluke?

I seem to recall a comment that the Arkenhammer was generated in just such a manner to give it an "otherworldly" appearance, but don't remember enough details to find the thread.

It doesn't look particularly "grainy" to me, though the contrast with the rest of the artwork looks a bit more pronounced than usual (because it's against a clear blue sky background and isn't throwing off any sparkly effects at the moment, perhaps).

[Walpurgisborn]

Ok... just one question: How did Stanley get all the good casters. or is it just that everyone else uses poor casters? and yeah some of the dwagons lived.

We know he took some of them from Faq. And I had the impression that Banhammer was willing to devote the resources necessary to securing the best quality casters.

Maggie though was one of Saline's. She seems to be damn good on her own. Misty we never really had a chance to see as anything other than a brick in the wall, and with Sizemore, I get the impression that he's a bit of a disappointment in the casting dept.

[E^G]

Thanks for the post.
I was surprised by the strategem though.
I was expecting them to tunnel underneath Ansom's stack collapse it and capture the Coalition leader to facilitate fracturing the coalition and, of course, getting the arkenplyers (implied by his conversation with Charlie).

Maybe later eh? =) The two strategies aren't exclusive after all.

[DigoDragon]

'Cause this is Thriller! Thrill the Niiiight...
Watching all those croaked units reanimate is fun. This outta be demoralizing for the coalition units.

[spotmarkedx]

Huh... Parson now has a fairly large number of troops that are A> Expendable, and B> Quickly degrading. Somehow I see them being used for the brunt of any sorties against siege or other targets of opportunity. I wonder if Webinar and Dora still count as warlords? If so, Parson can use his "hit a stack, kill the important stuff, and retreat" strategy with those two.

Also, Parson has pretty much told the coalition that they have to take GK in a single turn at this point. Otherwise, they'll see all of both side's losses raised as a low quality uncroaked wave to be sent right back against them...

[hewhosaysfish]

Hmm...
Ansom is was very angry at Parson before he lost a thousand troops in the tunnels.
Ansom is faced with a forification full of undead, standing between him and victory.
Ansom has a powerful, anti-uncroaked artifact.
Stanley is going to be arriving back at GK in a turn or two, on a dwagon.

I see a big, climactic battle on the wall coming up.

[fendrin]

...new info: there is a difference between hexes and cities.

More accurately there is a difference between city zones and hexes; this is significant in that it still allows for the idea that a city is only a single hex.

[SteveD]

Heh, so he was heading back towards Gobwin Knob (albeit accidentally). And now he understands something more of Jillian and Wanda...

I'm supprised no ones tried to interpret the foolmancers words yet. "Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise". Whom is he referring too? Himself, Jillian and the former King of Faq perhaps?

How will stanley react to the archons?

He still has to pass through the archons to reach Gobwin Knob. Will Charlie try and stop him, or steal the Hammer?

[Tom90deg]

Hmm...Here's the real question. What's Stanley going to do? Hopefully, he'll look around and see how well Parson's doing, and say "Good job, we might be able to win!"

However...That's if Stanley has learned anything. It's just as possible that Stanley'll arrive, and say, "What're you doing in my chair? Why are all the Zombies just sitting there? We attack now!"

[teratorn]

At least one of the knights made it. The one in the blue dwagon. Vampire Mario is dead.

[MattR]

From the east, actually.

Pity, spoils the image of it.. but doesnt rule out Stanley showing up as the relief force :)

[tribble]

'Cause this is Thriller! Thrill the Niiiight...
Watching all those croaked units reanimate is fun. This outta be demoralizing for the coalition units.

glad to know i'm not the only one who thought of dance-fighting

[MattR]

Heh, so he was heading back towards Gobwin Knob (albeit accidentally).

I'm supprised no ones tried to interpret the foolmancers words yet. "Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise". Whom is he referring too? Himself, Jillian and the former King of Faq perhaps?



He still has to pass through the archons to reach Gobwin Knob. Will Charlie try and stop him, or steal the Hammer?

He has an active foolamancer. Do archons count as warlords? if not he's safe.

[randomnondescri]

Pity, spoils the image of it.. but doesnt rule out Stanley showing up as the relief force :)

Has it been established that the sun rises in the East in Erfworld?

[MattR]

Has it been established that the sun rises in the East in Erfworld?

Ahh, i hadn't even considered that.

Stanley - ''Hey, um... that was the same barbarian we had captured before, right?''

Since he's directing the question at Jack and expecting an answer it implies that Jack was aware Jillian had been a captive on occasion. Interesting.