The Weekly Life In Simon's Basement - An OotS Style Comic

[Salty]

To summarize the premise of my comic briefly, it is the humorous misadventures of a group of teenagers trying to play a campaign of D&D.

This comic can be found on my Deviantart page, and its own site (sort of), but I will also post links to the direct images. I would advise reading through it via the site, mainly because it would be easier to navigate through the comics. I leave the decision up to you, however.

The Weekly Life In Simon's Basement

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41: Stumpy Sure Does Suck

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1: It Builds Character
2: Roleplaying Challenged
3: PCAD: PC Attention Deficit
4: Pronunciation Troubles
5: Random Encounter
6: BarQuest
7: Simon, Assaulted
8: Wesley's Intervention
9: Bluff Check
10: A Dramatic Entrance
11: We Have a 4th Wall?
12: Separating Church and State
13: New Character
14: Resource Management
15: Vision Test
16: Jack's Attack
17: Reanimation
18: Politics
19: Cruel and Unusual Punishment
20: Back to Normal
21: An Explanation
22: Inspire Loathing
23: Suspicion
24: Dishonorable Archer
25: A New Day
26: Recap
27: Writer's Block
28: Searching...
29: Must Be a Bad Part of Town
30: The Gods Must Hate Bards
31: CSI: Idiocy
32: Looks Like He Was Right, After All
33: In Which I Make Fun Of Myself
34: Interruptions
35: At Least It Wasn't A One
36: Nightfall
37: 6 Seconds Per Hour
38: Triumphant Return
39: He Must Have the Improved Interrogation Feat
40: Communication Delay
41: Stumpy Sure Does Suck

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10a: Just to F--- With You
14: Wez-Yo's Intervention (Unblurred)
Hey, Listen!

A few things you should know about the comic.

1. The name is a parody of a comic a friend of mine once wrote. I won't go into too much detail, he no longer writes it, but I figured you should know. Also, this comic is based on my games of D&D, and they took place in the basement of my friend's house when I decided on a comic name. His name is Simon. This shouldn't cause you any further questions.

2. Yeah, their heads are ovals, not circles. If you feel strongly about this, let me know. It was originally caused by a bad monitor, but I've fixed that problem. Updating all the characters would take a bit of time and effort, though, and none of the readers at the time really felt that it would be necessary.

3. Yes, I know some parts seem to be ripped off of OotS. For example, Dave, Jack, Stumpy, some of my jokes, etc. I have already been working on branching away, but keep in mind that the characters aren't as shallow as they appear, and the difference between my comic and the Giant's should become more noticeable as time progresses.

Feedback would be excellent!

[Bayar]

Preety good...umm, original art style ? You could use some more background and stuff though.

[Salty]

Preety good...umm, original art style ? You could use some more background and stuff though.

Did I say that it was an original style? Also, I'll be adding background as soon as the character introductions finish. So in about 2 comics.

[Salty]

New comic!

9: PCAD: PC Attention Deficit

[Cizak]

I like it. Very much, actually.

Two nitpicks though:
If Jack's char is a girl, then why doesn't she have any boobs?
And Dave's jumps are to stiff. It's basiclyy a standing-position that you turned.

[Salty]

I like it. Very much, actually.

Two nitpicks though:
If Jack's char is a girl, then why doesn't she have any boobs?
And Dave's jumps are to stiff. It's basiclyy a standing-position that you turned.

Thanks! Jack's character doesn't have a specified gender yet. I realize the gag is overdone, and I will probably reveal it after I milk it a bit, but I guess you could imagine that he is incredibly flat chested, or his thick shirt covers up any indication. As for Dave, thanks for the advice. I really wasn't that sure about it, and I'll try to improve it the next time I have him jump.

[Green-Shirt Q]

I like it. Very much, actually.

Two nitpicks though:
If Jack's char is a girl, then why doesn't she have any boobs?

Yes, because ALL women everywhere have humongous, earth-shattering breasts.

Also, I am reading this comic as well. I have to say, I am slightly bored due to the lack of plot, but that will fix itself shortly, I suppose.

Good luck, Salty!

[Salty]

Yes, because ALL women everywhere have humongous, earth-shattering breasts.

Also, I am reading this comic as well. I have to say, I am slightly bored due to the lack of plot, but that will fix itself shortly, I suppose.

Good luck, Salty!

Thank you! And yeah, a simple one page introduction probably would have worked better, but I've finally reached the point where I can have the characters do something.

[Szilard]

Okay, these are kind of funny.

[Salty]

Okay, these are kind of funny.

Thank you!

[Davedude]

I like it. Very much, actually.
...And Dave's jumps are to stiff. It's basiclyy a standing-position that you turned.

See, I'm not the only one who thinks that of my character.

[Salty]

See, I'm not the only one who thinks that of my character.

You didn't say that! At least, you didn't say it at any point that I would be able to address the issue. Oh, and that's Dave, everyone.

[Fay Graydon]

*waves little WLiSB flag*
Yay! I'm a supporter ^_^

THIS COMIC IS OFFICIALLY SUPPORTED BY THE GOD OF DESTINY!

[Salty]

*waves little WLiSB flag*
Yay! I'm a supporter ^_^

THIS COMIC IS OFFICIALLY SUPPORTED BY THE GOD OF DESTINY!

Well, it's great to be supported by destiny.

Oh, and it's funny that you mentioned a flag, because I just made a banner for the comic.



Enjoy!

[Fay Graydon]

I like the way its actually a D&D campaign. Meaning that the characters break rules like no talking when unconscious as well ^^
You should do a gag about the Players talking OOC and DM counts it as the Characters are randomly chatting which gives their position away or something =3

[Salty]

I like the way its actually a D&D campaign. Meaning that the characters break rules like no talking when unconscious as well ^^
You should do a gag about the Players talking OOC and DM counts it as the Characters are randomly chatting which gives their position away or something =3

That is a pretty good idea. I may use it when the time comes.

[Salty]

New Comic!

10: Pronunciation Troubles

I had to add the dashes mainly because there is no better way that I could think of to show how Dave was pronouncing it. Except maybe italics. Crap. Oh well, the comic's staying like it is.

[Fay Graydon]

New Comic!

10: Pronunciation Troubles

I had to add the dashes mainly because there is no better way that I could think of to show how Dave was pronouncing it. Except maybe italics. Crap. Oh well, the comic's staying like it is.

Hehehee ahhh all the problems go away when you kill the shop owner, take his moneis.
And steal his Stab-lings

[Tiffanie Lirle]

Pretty neat little comic, the characters do feel a tad generic though. But reading comics 2-6 I guess that was the point. The art could use a little cleaning up, but nothing that won't improve itself over time. I do however, find the wide oval heads to be a bit weird.

[Fay Graydon]

I like the heads... i find it a nice change to standard circles.

[Green-Shirt Q]

Very funny. Stab-ling.

I know these guys are based on characters you personally have played with, but this guy still seems like a Belkar clone. No offense.

[Salty]

Very funny. Stab-ling.

I know these guys are based on characters you personally have played with, but this guy still seems like a Belkar clone. No offense.

Yeah, I agree with you, for now, anyways. I have plans to have him deviate from Belkar's nature soon enough, but for now, he appears to be nothing more than a rip-off.

Oh, and the about the oval heads mentioned above; that was unintentional. I didn't even realize that their heads were ovals until someone pointed it out and I checked it on my iPod. Until I get a new monitor, however, there isn't much I can do. Afterwords, I'll probably fix it, unless a lot of people suddenly agree with Fayte. It could happen.

[Cizak]

Heehee

What the ass!? This guy is copying my style! I'm gonna track him and his comic's author down and slit their throat!!


Salty and Dave, you better hide.

[Elder Wraith]

I agree with Fayte - I find different heads interesting.

Also, maybe you should try to clarrify what level they're at - It'd be refreshing for a 1st-level webcomic instead of (excuse my 4th edition language, it's all I know) Paragon- or Epic-tier.

[Salty]

I agree with Fayte - I find different heads interesting.

Also, maybe you should try to clarrify what level they're at - It'd be refreshing for a 1st-level webcomic instead of (excuse my 4th edition language, it's all I know) Paragon- or Epic-tier.

Yes, they are at 1st level. I was hoping that this seemed clear since they rolled up characters in the first comic. Maybe I'll make a reference to their level later.

[Fay Graydon]

I agree with Fayte

Someone agrees with me?!

[Davedude]

Hey, my character may be a belkar clone for these comics, but I didn't have any input about it. Mostly

[Salty]

New comic!

10a: Just to f--- With You

You brought this upon yourselves.

Also, I've been receiving feedback about this, so I have a question to ask. I recently got a new monitor, which is slightly better than my old one, and I am now able to work with plain circular heads. But the question is, should I? Some of you say that you are attached to the oval heads. Keep in mind when responding that if I change the heads, it will take a while to change all of my pre-made images, so the updates will be less frequent. Thoughts?

[Davedude]

Keep them.

[Sir Dar]

I like this comic so far ,got a few laughts out of it.Going have to keep my eye on this interesting comic. ps keep up the good work.

The name for 10a is funny,becurse its true.

Keep the oval heads.If it works don't fix it.