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2019-09-03, 11:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-09-03, 11:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-09-03, 11:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Reasons to love this strip:
1. Jenna in the spotlight. Nice.
2. The last panel. That got a big old grin out of me.
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2019-09-03, 11:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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Great comic
To quote an episode of Doctor Who, "Dear God there's three of them, all my worst nightmares at once"
Looking forward to seeing this arc wrap up.
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2019-09-03, 11:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-09-03, 11:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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What I want to know is who is issuing those certificates? A Certificate of Bardic Genius seems too advanced to have picked up at Bard Camp.
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2019-09-03, 11:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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wait, did the bards leave the hammer of thunderbolts at the council when they brought durkon back to the temple?
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2019-09-03, 11:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-09-03, 11:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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Ever wondered how many games are mentioned in the comic? I have listed them all in a geeklist: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/2...es-order-stick
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2019-09-03, 11:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-09-03, 11:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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A Durkon-related case in point from fifteen(!) years ago.
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2019-09-03, 11:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-09-03, 12:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-09-03, 12:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Plus we've had the "party's much stronger/more competent now than when we started out" declaration recently.
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2019-09-03, 12:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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See now, that sounds like it was meant to clear the confusion but it did not.
On computer you can click on the link button just under the text color one and past the url there. On moblile, you have to type [url="url here"]"text here"[/url] yourself.
There were gloves inside the case with the hammer and it is constantly cracking with elictricity.
But then again maybe V prepared Bugsby's Artifact-Retrieving Hand this morning.Forum Wisdom
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2019-09-03, 12:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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The dwarven bards must have used Song of Freedom, making them at least 12th level. That level is supposed to be rare. Sidgi must have called in a lot of favours to get those kind of reinforcements.
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2019-09-03, 12:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Elan being called a genius......
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2019-09-03, 12:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-09-03, 12:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Sincerely,
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2019-09-03, 12:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Durkon can just call the hammer to himself. Recall the fight with the worm?
Also it could double as a nod to a few cinematic movies where a titular character’s hammer flies to him from a long distance (sometimes with a punchline involved)Last edited by Rezby; 2019-09-03 at 12:42 PM.
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2019-09-03, 12:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Put me down a half-dozen or fewer strips left. The book is supposed to arrive at Ookoodook 12/2, and printing is not a terribly quick process, so I'd imagine it needs to be completely by some point next month (and probably not the end) at the latest. If we end up with one strip a week, that really doesn't allow many more strips before the book needs to be done. Of course Rich could pile up a cache of strips, but even in that case he presumably wants to finish online before the book is released. 20 strips would take us into next year, unless the posting pace is much higher than we're used to (I wouldn't complain, but that seems like an unfair expectation.
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2019-09-03, 12:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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In most respects it appears to function like the Hammer of Thunderbolts minor artifact, which doesn't require any special handling. The gloves (Gauntlets of Ogre Power) and belt (Belt of Giant Strength) are needed to use all of its powers, but there isn't anything to suggest they're required just to move it around.
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2019-09-03, 12:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Each one of us, alone, is but a drop in the sea
Our powers pale compared with the great heroes
Our battles don’t hit theheadlines or shake the earth
But they are few, can’t be everywhere, and we, many
So, when the world or universe needs saving, they come
But when people needs saving, we are the ones to appear
We're underdogs, but we rise up to the challenge to be heroes.
(Wishing Joe, a low-powered superhero)
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2019-09-03, 12:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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An easier way may be to use the buttons in the toolbars above the text box. The globe with the lemniscate is the hyperlink button, so you can highlight text, hit the button, paste the link, and it'll do it for you.
Also, keep in mind if you do it manually, the quotation marks are important in the URL field but not in the text field. Like this:
[URL="testurl"]test text[/URL]
*sigh*
Christopher Guest is a filmmaker and actor (and an absolutely genius one, IMO). He specializes in mockumentaries, and This is Spinal Tap is one of his most famous movies; it is about the US tour of a fictional heavy metal band in the '80s, at the height of popularity of the genre. It is especially notable for numerous professional musicians commenting on how accurate certain parts were, despite being played facetiously, as well as several catastrophes happening during the concerts on film actually happening to real life bands (such as U2 and Ozzy Osbourne) later on.
ETA: Oh, also for the three main band members actually writing the songs and playing the instruments to all the band's songs in the movie. Really talented guys.
It's exceptionally good, I highly recommend it. Doubly so if you can manage to get the DVD, as the main castmembers do the audio commentary in character, so it's effectively like having a whole second movie.
That doesn't mean it needs the gloves to be held, though. In fact, since it seems to be largely based on the Hammer of Thunderbolts, it very likely does not need the gloves, the gloves merely (well, "merely") provide other benefits.
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2019-09-03, 01:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Elan's humility is refreshing.
With every new page I am torn between my love of the dwarves and my anxiety to see the rest of the story. I could spend another rl year or two in Firmament and be content, but I am dying to see what comes next.
Which Marvel Universe has two more years of Durkon's family? I want to go there!
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2019-09-03, 01:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Nope. I never had a problem with it. I recommend asking in the "Board/Site Issue" subforum.
Ah yes, that explains why I've never heard of him.
Look, if you want to handle electrical stuff without protective gear, I'll be ready to call the fire department but I won't help you. Nobody there would know for sure it's safe to touch is what I'm saying.Last edited by Fyraltari; 2019-09-03 at 01:57 PM.
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2019-09-03, 01:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Imean, to be fair, a huge number of Americans haven't heard of him (at least outside of Spinal Tap, and for a lot of people even then). I think he's kind of similar to Albert Brooks; absolute comedic geniuses who have made several brilliant, hilarious movies, but are still criminally underrated and the movies never gained as much popularity as I think they should have.
Holding an item that can deliver an effect to others hit with it aren't necessarily affected by that effect themselves. In fact, that's almost antithetical to most magic items; if Elan had grabbed the Rod of Enervation from Nale, I doubt he'd be level drained from just holding it, Haley doesn't fly or constantly heal from holding her wands, Lawful Roy would likely suffer no ill effects if he grabbed Elan's Chaos Saber, etc. etc.
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2019-09-03, 01:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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That was adorable, Giant.
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2019-09-03, 01:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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I mean we usually see Elan through the lens of the rest of the Order who, apart from Haley, don't really respect his talent. But remember, Elan is at least level 15, and he may even be 16 since other members of the Order are. That's REALLY high level. In DStP, they spent months looking for a level 13 cleric who could cast Resurrection to no avail.
There is a very good possibility that Elan is the highest levelclericbard in the world. Even if he isn't, he is definitely in the running. It is no surprise that he is considered a genius in his craft.
I think there is also a way to specifically link to strips of the comic, but I don't know what it isLast edited by littlebum2002; 2019-09-03 at 01:36 PM.
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2019-09-03, 01:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Elan getting to interact with fellow bards is definitely one of those things I never knew I needed until I actually saw it.