Erfworld 144 The Battle for Gobwin Knob, Page 131

[Kaed]

New comic is up, it seems!

(not even sure if I'm allowed to do this)

Bogroll almost seems to be doing a 'this sparta spoof' but maybe it's something else.

The archons' banter, of course, remains the punchline as is usual.

[Furin_Mirado]

....and there go the pliers again. Is Wanda positioned to grab them? Also, will Ansom make a big splat while Bogroll splats and just regenerates?

[The Glyphstone]

The fact that it was foreshadowed eleventy billion times makes it not the slightest bit awesome when it actually happens...

Go Bogroll!

[Decius]

If Jaclyn had followed the rules about paying for magical protection, maybe she'd be alive now. Just saying.

[dyslexicfaser]

... Huh.

Do we know that twolls regenerate (wegenewate? no, that sounds dumb) in Erfworld? I was all set to feel sad about Bogroll's ultimate sacrifice (Misty was Stanley's and Maggie's fault, but this would be all Parson's doing), when it might not even be needed.

[Fjolnir]

I do like that the same archon who said earlier that they weren't paying for spell security with jillian when jacklyn told her she was under a suggestion spell appears to be lamenting the fact that the new archon leader isn't doing the same unpaid for service

[TheMutant]

Holy cats. CMOA for Bogroll, anyone?

Do we know that twolls regenerate (wegenewate? no, that sounds dumb) in Erfworld?

Yes, in this klog. No telling how far that goes, though; dunno if you can regenerate from being reduced to a fine paste on the ground.

[Lizard Lord]

If Jaclyn had followed the rules about paying for magical protection, maybe she'd be alive now. Just saying.

I don't see how.

[Kaed]

Do we know that twolls regenerate (wegenewate? no, that sounds dumb) in Erfworld? I was all set to feel sad about Bogroll's ultimate sacrifice (Misty was Stanley's and Maggie's fault, but this would be all Parson's doing), when it might not even be needed.

Yeah, it was indicated pretty early on, but how far the Regeneration special ability goes is unclear.

I doubt it reverses outright croaking, though.

[Axl_Rose]

Damnit, I wanna see Ansom kick some ass here. Whatever happened to competent enemies? It's no fun to watch the villain (or in this case, the hero) turn into someone who almost literally hands his enemy his most prized possession. Doesn't he have goons for that purpose?

As much of a bighead as Ansom is, it breaks the versimilitude a bit, for him to be duped by Parson time and time again and still make such critical assumption errors.

[BRC]

Ansom's plenty competant, he's just too lawful for his own good. He apparently didn't expect parson to pull off an "I Surrender Suckers". But he's not nearly paranoid enough for his own good, so he gets Bogrolled.

[Horatio@Bridge]

That was epic. Except the last two panels. They kind of blew the mood. On the other hand, there's a place for dramatic understatement. BIG EPIC MOMENT...bored reaction. I'm expecting the next few panels to be WAIT, WHAT?!? That is going to be funny. :-D

[TheMutant]

As much of a bighead as Ansom is, it breaks the versimilitude a bit, for him to be duped by Parson time and time again and still make such critical assumption errors.

Perhaps, but I think others are of the opinion that versimilitude is just as broken by Ansom foiling Parson's careful, intelligent plans by apparent dumb luck time and time again. ;) YMMV, of course.

[Fjolnir]

I don't see how.

simple, if jacklyn hadn't told jillian about the suggestion spell, jillian would have left the dwagons alone and probably left ansom in a lurch because of it. She almost certainly wouldn't have been able to convince ansom to go after stanley to faq (if he even left GK) and then jacklyn wouldn't have gotten fried by wanda because that fight is directly the result of her getting jillian to break the suggestion

[thucom]

Ansom should have suspected something when Parson wasn't saying a word. I'm sure if Parson was up there instead it would have been something to the effect of "You didn't win, Charlie won". Or defiant mocking of his overwhelming force barely winning. Something like that.

[Kaed]

But he's not nearly paranoid enough for his own good, so he gets Bogrolled.

Now just watch, the new gotcha meme will be BOGROLL'D, linking to some crudely animated gif of him screaming HAMSTAAHR.

[TheMutant]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lizard Lord
I don't see how.

simple, if jacklyn hadn't told jillian about the suggestion spell, jillian would have left the dwagons alone and probably left ansom in a lurch because of it. She almost certainly wouldn't have been able to convince ansom to go after stanley to faq (if he even left GK) and then jacklyn wouldn't have gotten fried by wanda because that fight is directly the result of her getting jillian to break the suggestion

She's probably actually referring to that if Jaclyn hadn't flown up to warn Jillian of the fact that Wanda was under no spells here, she wouldn't have been in the range of the 'FR-DOOM' antiair spells.

[Ravenred]

Bogroll is awesome times infinity.

You know, speechifying should really wait until you've GENUINELY won.

Is this the end of Ansom? (probably not)

I love the dialogue between the Archons at the end. Shows how frighteningly mercenary Charlescomm actually is.

Well done Rob and Jamie... this sets up a seriously awesome climax (as I don't think we're there just...yet)

[Crod]

Somehow I thought that would be a bit more of a climax. Gives me the feeling it's not over yet with Ansom.

[Highwarlord]

For my Lord Hamster!

To be honest, I would consider this the first 'epic moment' thus far. Hopefully the first of many

[Decius]

I don't see how.

Simple: By helping to break the suggestion on Jillian, she set in motion the chain of events that caused Jillian's stack to get hit by most of GK's air defenses- at the culmination of an argument sparked by her breaking the suggestion spell. That attack is what killed her.

If Jaclyn hadn't broken Charlie's rules, she might still be alive.

Edit: And she died WHILE breaking the rules again. I got ninja'd on that one.

[CaptC]

Charlie saw it coming. Why did he let it happen?

If the RCC wins, Charlie has everything he wants. (Parson and the device.) But now Parson has a chance to win, and in that case Charlie gets paid but doesn't get his ultimate warlord or artifact.

I'm nonplussed. Bad strategy on Charlie's part.

[Xenon]

bogroll ftw!

[ishnar]

Bogroll almost seems to be doing a 'this sparta spoof' but maybe it's something else.

The archons' banter, of course, remains the punchline as is usual.

The warcry and leap of faith was around long before the movie.

Ansom should have suspected something when Parson wasn't saying a word. I'm sure if Parson was up there instead it would have been something to the effect of "You didn't win, Charlie won". Or defiant mocking of his overwhelming force barely winning. Something like that.

I think you missed the Arrogance factor of Ansom's personality. Arrogant people don't grow suspicious when people listen to them.

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Now to see this actually HURT Ansome somehow, instead of him pull some recovery out of his netherregions that makes him even more powerful. Like doing an "Oh, I wasn't really left-handed anyway. Lemme switch to my right hand" but instead it being, "Oh, I wasn't really tuned with my arken pliers anyway, lemme switch to my Arken doom-gun that I am attuned to." And everyone was wondering where the last arken-tool was.

[pendell]

Treachery during a peace conference? Parson may be a protaganist, but he's no hero.

That one scene, by itself, has made me decide not to buy the graphic novel when it comes out. Although I will wait to see if the situation changes.

Respectfully,

Brian P.

[slayerx]

Man i'm not sure if i like that ending or not... on the one hand it's a mood killer, on the other hand, it really is hilarious

and i'm in support of the term "BOGROLL'D"

She's probably actually referring to that if Jaclyn hadn't flown up to warn Jillian of the fact that Wanda was under no spells here, she wouldn't have been in the range of the 'FR-DOOM' antiair spells.

The unipegataurs along with various other flying units that stayed behind also got hit... essentially, ALL of them were within range... it's a complete unknown of whether or not Jacklyn would have gotten fried had she stayed back... hell instead of her, one of the other archons might have taken that blast... you want to say she died because she tried to help Jillian, but in essence if she didn't then someone else would have died if not her

Really, i never understood why people are so damn hard on Jacklyn...

Charlie saw it coming. Why did he let it happen?

If the RCC wins, Charlie has everything he wants. (Parson and the device.) But now Parson has a chance to win, and in that case Charlie gets paid but doesn't get his ultimate warlord or artifact.

I'm nonplussed. Bad strategy on Charlie's part.

Charlie put it best "who could resist a show like that"
As much as he does want Parson and the artifact, he seems to have curiosity enough to want to see someone pull off the impossible... It's like he's conflicted between making sure he gets what he wants out of this battle and seeing what lord hamster can do.

It could also be the case that Charlie thinks there's still no way parson can win... as much as he struggles and for every good attack he makes, the forces he is facing are far too overwhelming and he will loose... Hell, if you recall, Charlie's archon forces alone were gonna be enough to take the garrison; once those uncroacked turn to dust in a few turns, charlie may think that he will be at the advantage to take Parson by force should he manage to win...

[MReav]

Go Bogroll.

[Lizard Lord]

She's probably actually referring to that if Jaclyn hadn't flown up to warn Jillian of the fact that Wanda was under no spells here, she wouldn't have been in the range of the 'FR-DOOM' antiair spells.

That is what I thought she meant, but.....
The pegataurs were in the back and they still got fried.

[Limos]

I hope Ansom at least gets seriously wounded. I'm tired of his smug little ass getting saved at the last second constantly. It's not even funny any more.

I want him to be a small red smear on the courtyard.

[ishnar]

Charlie saw it coming. Why did he let it happen?

If the RCC wins, Charlie has everything he wants. (Parson and the device.) But now Parson has a chance to win, and in that case Charlie gets paid but doesn't get his ultimate warlord or artifact.

I'm nonplussed. Bad strategy on Charlie's part.

I think Charlie gets paid more the longer the war stretches out. He cares nothing about lives lost, only the profit. Bad strategy can be good for his pocketbook.