Goblins X: Orcs fall, everybody dies (horribly)

[Marnath]

Discussion of the Goblins Comic. We do it here.

Previous threads:

Goblins Thread 0
Goblins I
Goblins II
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Goblins IV: Live Free or Die Horribly
Goblins V: It's Hard-Kore!
Goblins VI: How Many Fingers Am I Holding Up?
Goblins VII: I'm TOTALLY Gonna Pee On This Thing!
Goblins VIII: This Thread Contains An Unexpected Variable
Goblins IX: For that, you shall DIE!

Current information on Axe Of Prissan wielders:

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Wielders of the Axe of Prissan
Starting with the most recent

Big Ears - Male Goblin Paladin. One of the protagonists of the story and current wielder of the axe.
Saral Caine* - Evil Male Half Stone Giant/Half Human. Ally of Dellyn Goblinslayer and minor antagonist in the Brassmoon arc.
Dri Featherknife - Female Human Rogue/Paladin. She was killed by Goblinslayer and Saral Caine after uncovering their plot to frame the sherrif of Brassmoon for murder.
Flejj Hillmover - Male Dwarf. He fought Kore twice and survived. His family was not so lucky. He shaved his beard in shame.

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Felsibeth "Soot" Blackbringer - Young Female Human Paladin. Youngest to ever wield the axe.
Kelstride Blackbringer - Male Human Paladin. Soot's Father. Former chimney sweep. Killed by a Kobold stampede.
Drose - Genderless Golem Paladin. Drose passed the Axe to Kelstride Blackbringer to prevent the demon imprisoned within from taking control of his body.
Eled of the East - "Fat, over confident" Paladin. Was given the axe by Myorg.
Mryorg* - Evil Male Ogre. Beat (but did not kill) Vilias Red in combat and took the Axe from her. Used it to cause great suffering before eventually giving it to Elad purely to make the demon contained within suffer after coming so close to freedom.
Vilias Red* - Female Human Rogue. Was friends with Tivoth Fastfoot and took the axe after Tivoth died in battle with the intention of giving it to another Paladin.
Tivoth Fastfoot - Male Paladin. Encountered Vilias Red looting a corpse and assumed she had murdered the man. Once he realized she was innocent, the two became friends and traveled together.

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Kevitch Gritland* - Evil Male... formerly... Human maybe... Fighter/Wizard. Horribly mutated by an evil swamp. Killed Eldrock Cloudcry and claimed the axe as his own.
Eldrock Cloudcry - Known in name only.

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Cal - Male Gnome Paladin. Egotistic gambler. Had a powerful, icy magic effect.
Jelbin Crae - Male Human Paladin. Gave Cal the Axe willingly. Nothing else is known.

*Confirmed non-Paladin

Individual Magic Effects (IME's)

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One of the more frequent sources of confusion is what people are talking about when we're referring to IME's. Here is the comic's explaination of what they are. And now you know.

Shield of Wonder Effects List

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Shield of Wonder page 1

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Shield of Wonder page 2

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Shield of Wonder page 3

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Shield of Wonder page 4

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Shield of Wonder page 5

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Shield of Wonder page 6

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Shield of Wonder page 7

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Shield of Wonder page 8

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Shield of Wonder page 9

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[Feytalist]

That orc should be a motivational speaker.


A thought: maybe we could add the Shield of Wonder tables pages to the first post. Is that something that anyone cares about?

[TrinityGrace]

Agreed, the orc is made of too much win. He would be a great motivational speaker.

And I know i would be interested in the chart being reprinted.

[Starbuck_II]

I have 1st 23 listed:

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Shield of Wonder:
+2 Light steel shield. Cannot be damaged/destroyed except magic means. Weapon attacks (Improvised don’t count) trigger effects. Attacks that successfully hit wielder don’t trigger. Every unsuccessful attack versus attack vs wielder has 70% to activate.
-Wielder decides if he wants the shield to be hit
--If yes, wielder makes an attack with the shield, if he beats the opponents attack by 4 or more, the shield is hit, if not, resolve attack normally.
--If no, reduce wielder's AC by 4
--If don't care, roll d%, on a 70% or less, the shield is struck.
---If the shield is struck, roll d% to determine the result.

1. Daisies sprout forth 20 ft radius on floor surface around shield. After 2 rds, they burst in flames causing in area to make DC 12 Reflex negate or 1d4 fire
2. Striker loses ability to speak (verbal sounds sound like a kitten), Will save DC 25 (-1 per attempt) Negate, check made when it happens and 1/hr. Curse effect.
3. Anyone within 50 ft struck blind for 1d6 rd (DC 17 Will negate)
4. Loud gong sound shatters all non-magical glass within 100 ft.
5. 1d12 spiked tentacles appear within 10 ft of wielder and randomly attack anyone except wielder. Reach 25 ft, 1d8-1 dam, hit +2, AC 14 (+2 Dex), hp 1
6. Large mouth forms on shield yelling out wielders deepest secrets for 1d6 rd
7. Striker healed of all injuries
8. Wielder healed of all injuries
9. Burst 10 ft goo that stinks, but no other effect.
10. Striker vomits uncontrollably 1d6 rd (nauseated, DC 15 fort negate)
11. Tower of explosive fires beneath wielder (50 ft wide, 80 ft high) damage 12d6 non magical fire (DC 22 Reflex for ½ damage, Wielder may instead make a DC 30 no damage, failure take 1/2)
12. Harmless bubbles
13. Large hail falls from sky (or ceiling) for 1d6 rd, hail deals 1d4 blunt.
14. One individual within 50 ft permanently gains ever burning torch wings (no flight, just wings made of light)
15. Striker becomes 1 ft taller
16. Wielder becomes 1 ft taller
17. Last person to speak verbally to wielder turned to stone (no distance) Fort save DC 18 negate.
18. Striker and Wielder swap bodies, no save. Remove curse, dispel magic, etc work automatically to end effect.
19. Flammable oil rains from sky in 80 ft radius for 1d4 rd. Any fire/spark causes massive wave of flames.
20. Striker changes gender Fort save DC 28
21. Wielder changes gender Fort save DC 28
22. Shock wave explodes outward 30 ft burst, dealing 2d8 +4 damage, initiating a DC 20 Str check, (-2 for every size category above small). Failure causes you to be knocked back 10 ft and prone. Anyone hitting against another object or creature takes 1d6 damage.
23. Striker frozen solid, DC 14 Fort save (similar to being turned to stone, you aren’t dead, but can’t act will unfreeze). Thaw in 1 hour. Can be removed with remove curse.

There may be spell or other error when copying.

[HandofShadows]

Ooooh. Shading.

[The Linker]

DRAMATIC WING RIP LENS FLARE

Not that I don't like it, as always.

The sparks off Klik's wounds is a very nice touch.

[Marnath]

Originally Posted by The Linker

DRAMATIC WING RIP LENS FLARE

Not that I don't like it, as always.

The sparks off Klik's wounds is a very nice touch.

That's not a lens flare, it's the white rapids coming off the waterfall behind them.

[The Linker]

There's something in front of some of the specks of blood flying out of Duv. I think it's more likely that it's light than some of the rapids managed to bounce up to Duv's shoulder's height. And, the scene just got way darker. This would happen when a reflection from the water shoots directly into the 'camera' and it auto-adjusts.

Which would, normally, be an odd thing to happen in a drawn comic, but we know Thunt hired a guy specifically to play with light and shadow.

Speaking of which, we can always have Morikahn settle this for us, presuming he follows us to the new thread. Morikahn, help us!

[BannedInSchool]

Originally Posted by The Linker

Speaking of which, we can always have Morikahn settle this for us, presuming he follows us to the new thread. Morikahn, help us!

Naw, it's art. The creator's intent is irrelevant.

[morikahn]

Sun reflecting in water, passing through blood. Scene darkened to make light brighter. Mostly used to highlight the action of the scene. In reality, such a bright shot would have completely blown out any detail in the characters, but I didn't want to lose Duv's facial expressions.

Or, it could be a magical explosion, and cracking the wing bone of Duv has granted Biscuit a magical wish.

You make the call.

[Killer Angel]

I gave the name to the new thread! Cool...

Originally Posted by morikahn

Sun reflecting in water, passing through blood. Scene darkened to make light brighter. Mostly used to highlight the action of the scene. In reality, such a bright shot would have completely blown out any detail in the characters, but I didn't want to lose Duv's facial expressions.

Well, the final result is amazing!

[The Linker]

Originally Posted by morikahn

Or, it could be a magical explosion, and cracking the wing bone of Duv has granted Biscuit a magical wish.

Well, I like being right, but I like this too. Tough call.

[memnarch]

comic's up

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I guess klik can tell that kill's body isn't usable as food.

[Killer Angel]

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Oh, guess who's going to use the orb for replacing a limb?

[HandofShadows]

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Duv still does not understand. It's not about ignoring over overlooking loss or pain. It's about rising above it and going past it.

[Traab]

Originally Posted by Killer Angel

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Oh, guess who's going to use the orb for replacing a limb?

Its not that simple.

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Kills horribly is there, and may or may not be winning against klik. She may be forced to use it against kills horribly to drive him off. Even if she doesnt end up destroying the orb to stop kills it will still take time. Time which leaves an opening for anyone else to get the orb. Also, where is biscut going? Is he all done and now going off into the wilds on his own? Will he meet up with everyone later?

[Marnath]

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So much going on in this update. Duv hasn't learned anything, Klik is still going despite horrific injuries, and Fox is adorable.

[Killer Angel]

Originally Posted by Traab

Its not that simple.

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Kills horribly is there, and may or may not be winning against klik. She may be forced to use it against kills horribly to drive him off. Even if she doesnt end up destroying the orb to stop kills it will still take time. Time which leaves an opening for anyone else to get the orb. Also, where is biscut going? Is he all done and now going off into the wilds on his own? Will he meet up with everyone later?

Well, I concede that the combat scenario is still evolving, but i woud tend to consider Biscuit out of the game (at least for now). To climb the cliff without a leg, it's a long way...

[teratorn]

I expect Grem to arrive next.

[Acanous]

well, now at least we know where THAT magic item went.

Right at a pivotal moment, too

[Spuddles]

Ugh, the dialogue.

"SOB" in a speech bubble, terrible.

[TheSummoner]

She was clearly calling Biscuit a son of a-Oh, look at that, the orb's back.

[Draconi Redfir]

what's that fleshy thing on the final pannel? It's dies' colour and it's shaking like he does, but it's pretty bug and seems to have a missing portion on the left side of it, and i'm pretty sure Dies is neither facing in that direction nor has that much arm left.

[The Linker]

Possible small continuity issues aside, it's obviously supposed to be Dies' arm. Hence the pointed presence of both it and the limb-restoring Orb of Bloodlight in one panel.

[Marnath]

Originally Posted by Draconi Redfir

what's that fleshy thing on the final pannel? It's dies' colour and it's shaking like he does, but it's pretty bug and seems to have a missing portion on the left side of it, and i'm pretty sure Dies is neither facing in that direction nor has that much arm left.

Sure he does. Looks to me like he amputated it at an angle starting just below his elbow. That being said, it does look a little wonky in today's panel. Keep in mind that Tarol had to draw this page with a crap-tastic video card so this is probably the best he can do with what he's got.

[Draconi Redfir]

oh, derp. i thought his ENTIRE arm was gone, like up to the shoulder. Derp.

[teratorn]

Well, new one is up.

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All fights should go like this one: no talk. Kills horribly is rather smart, poor klik.

[Marnath]

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Welp, that was a lot more graphic than I expected. Not unforseen though, with all the blood laying around this was a done deal the moment it started.

[t209]

Originally Posted by Marnath

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Welp, that was a lot more graphic than I expected. Not unforseen though, with all the blood laying around this was a done deal the moment it started.

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Then Dies Horribly will go in kung fu kick on that green thing. I wonder if Dies Horribly meant "If you mess with him, you will die horribly".

[Squark]

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Depends on how quickly Dies gets control of his new arm, actually. Given that there's a high chance it's mere presence will be deadly to Kills Horribly... Klik may not be dead yet...

Originally Posted by t209

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Then Dies Horribly will go in kung fu kick on that green thing. I wonder if Dies Horribly meant "If you mess with him, you will die horribly".

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No, Dies horribly died horribly. Though I suppose it could take on a new meaning now, but prophetically speaking, Dies name was fairly straightforward.