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Chapter: Comic, Level 7 — Circus Minimus
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  1. Mary
    July 16, 2014, 12:26 pm | # | Reply

    Rule: The enemy is down, not discomfited, before you start to taunt.

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    • leor613
      July 16, 2014, 5:08 pm | # | Reply

      But Roxy’s a Bard! Taunting the enemy is part of her class’ job!

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      • TB Tabby
        July 17, 2014, 1:21 am | # | Reply

        That doesn’t mean she has to be reckless about it. There’s a time to taunt and a time to be professional.

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        • DanielJH2112
          July 18, 2014, 7:26 am | # | Reply

          For bards, taunting is part of being professional!

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          • evileeyore
            July 11, 2023, 3:50 am | # | Reply

            Bard? Professional? Bards are never professional, that’s why they’re Bards.

    • Godbot
      July 16, 2014, 7:01 pm | # | Reply

      House rule: Trying to make a one-liner provokes an attack of opportunity.

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      • Man in the Mists
        July 16, 2014, 9:59 pm | # | Reply

        However, if they miss you get a +4 circumstance bonus to your one-liner.

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    • Randall
      July 21, 2014, 1:35 pm | # | Reply

      Good advice both for webcomics and for a certain popular book/TV show fantasy series…

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  2. Magnus Arkelheid
    July 16, 2014, 12:53 pm | # | Reply

    “…you are still smart enough to punch me in the face while I’m taunting you at the worst possible moment!”
    So, I finished the sentence for her.
    I like Pug!

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  3. msyendor
    July 16, 2014, 5:22 pm | # | Reply

    Huh. My precious pooch woud’ve deliberately sneezed right back your face …

  4. willpell
    July 16, 2014, 8:32 pm | # | Reply

    Pug is a lot bigger than I got the impression he was earlier.

    • anon
      July 17, 2014, 6:35 pm | # | Reply

      The scale isn’t entirely consistent. Compare panel 1 with panel 5.

      • Anon
        July 17, 2014, 8:59 pm | # | Reply

        Actually it’s more consistent than you think. In panel one, he’s holding Roxy away from his body, so she looks smaller, and him bigger. It’s a perspective trick. In panel 5, Roxy is crouched down, note the bent knee. So again, it’s a perspective.

  5. Silver Griffin
    July 17, 2014, 2:33 am | # | Reply

    Serves him right for grabbing a lady by the head. Serves her right for taunting an enemy before she was ready to act.

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  6. alurker
    July 17, 2014, 3:03 am | # | Reply

    Well you know what they say. The bigger they are, the harder they… hit you.

    • Sensei Le Roof
      July 17, 2014, 10:49 am | # | Reply

      I always remembered it as: The bigger they are… the more bones they break.

      • Elfguy
        July 19, 2014, 2:20 pm | # | Reply

        well the three stooges once did a cartoon called “the bigger they are the harder they hit”

  7. Unseen
    July 17, 2014, 2:07 pm | # | Reply

    To be fair, bards probably put debuffs in their taunts, so it makes sense for them to do so.

    • chaitea
      July 17, 2014, 5:21 pm | # | Reply

      Then Cousin Slobber’s action/reaction has been impressive. He knew first grab had to shut her up, and then second was not let her complete the taunt. (*sigh* had to look up ‘Cousin Slobber’ because I knew his name was ‘The Mountain’)

  8. DanielJH2112
    July 18, 2014, 7:29 am | # | Reply

    Poor Rusty, his eyes are just pugging out in terror.

  9. Isenoxyd
    May 29, 2018, 8:52 am | # | Reply

    I can´t believe it! 4 years and nobody came up with: “Behold Slobber, the awesome pug-ilist…”

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    • Ilmari
      August 4, 2018, 6:09 pm | # | Reply

      Arright, let’s refer this one for quality checking by the Bureau of Humour Regulation:

      “Due to the differing pronounciation of the first syllables of “pug dog” and “pugilist”, this joke only works when not read aloud, and thus is essentially a malaproprism, rather than a true pun. Furthermore, since the dog’s name probably comes from the same origin as “pugilist”, the mispronounced word has only limited comedic effect. Final rating given: Class C (marginal humorous effect).
      Suggested alternative: an ironic comparison of the pug to a pugilist, e.g. “He’s more pugilist than pug, really.”

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      • Isenoxyd
        January 17, 2022, 4:37 pm | # | Reply

        … and here I was: so proud, as a non-native speaker, to come up with the word “pugilist” in the first place! But I do accept the rating and I am grateful for the suggestions- there is a certain level to be maintained!
        See you the next time round? Approximately 2026…

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