Level 8: #26
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Cube’s so nice. He knew deep down the pitcher was self-conscious about his nose, and gave him an improvised rhinoplasty.
What a thoughtful gesture.
I think Cube rearranged a whole lot more of his face than that…
Unfortunately, he’s a troll. It’ll just grow back… given the chance.
Wait, he actually a strategy, one that could actually work?! This just got very interesting.
People assume barbarians are just mindless violence-dispensers, and for a low-level barbarian, that might be true. You don’t live to high levels or old age (or sometimes, adulthood), without learning to be smart about your violence. Screaming, frothing, unstoppable rage is nice, but if you’ve been around the battlefield a few times you’ve noticed that a little time spent setting up lets that rage do so very much more.
In short, if your barbarian can’t strategize his way through a decent fight, you got a defective one and should return it to the tribe for a refund at the earliest opportunity.
Further, even big dumb muscle has to be smart about a fight. Big dumb muscle that ISN’T smart about a fight don’t get to be focus characters. They get to be random encounters that die for a middling amount of experience and next to no loot.
Robespierre may not look like he’s got much going on upstair, but his family DID raise our favorite little bard over there into the cunning lyricist we see today.
I expect we’ll see a few more surprises out of him before this story’s over.
You also have to keep in mind their father clearly being a very smart man from what we know of him. They may be a tribe of barbarians, but they’re refined enough to have significant insight.
Looks like the Barbarian put a few points into INT and WIS on the side. Good strategy, can’t wait to see if it pays out in the long run.
And if the pitcher wasn’t a troll I’d say send in the relief pitcher. But as long as the ball isn’t set on fire or covered in acid, the trolls should be able to regenerate… maybe not fast enough to tag out Cube, he’ll be back.
But the comic relief pitcher is already in! And out, by the look of it!
One must keep up the traditions.
Traditions are important.
Swing and a miss!
No, not for cube. For the Pitcher’s intimidation roll.
And probably his “Locate teeth” roll in a few minutes.
“Cube hits a screamer up the middle!”
“The line drive?”
“No, the pitcher…”
Still an easy out, unless the ball actually leaves the park. Cubes tend to be, erm, “not-fast”.
I think this is a classic sacrifice play.
Cube gets out for this at bat? The pitcher’s out for the rest of his life.
Again, trolls regenerate – that ‘mortal injury’ is simply an excuse to bring in a relief pitcher and let him rest in the dugout for an inning or so.
It DOES temporarily weaken the team, tho.
I’d hate to be the guy that has to tag Cube out.
Hm, cube steak like the pitcher or slice ‘n dice from the sawblaces. Choices, choices.
Do you wanna tag him? Get Cube to bat every inning, with one eaten opponent for every tag-out, and that adds up to serious attrition of the other team.
Le Roof? Look back through the archives and remind yourself of our beloved G.C.’s previous exploits – he can move quite quickly when the opportunity presents itself.
A ballsy move by Robespierre!
You know, I’d actually watch Baseball if it was more like this; kudos to you Princess.
So you don’t want to watch baseball, but gladiatorial games.
If it’s gladiatorial combat you want, you might want to look in to American Football…
It’s a turn-based combat game:
https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/25511828#Comment_25511828
I can’t wait for the rules of this game to be up
Considering a trolls regenerative abilities, I’m not sure leaving the buzz saws out will slow them down much.
It might slow ’em down more if there’s a giant cube of acid running around to begin with.
I love the little shirt that Rusty’s wearing, it makes him look so cute.
Awww, rusty is so sweet! >¤< And G. C.'s epic swing had me laughing out loud. XD I love this comic, I really do. [:P] Nowhere else on the internet can you find such magnificent humor. [:P]
Sweet and woebegone. . . patience, Rusty, patience, they’ll still be there when you’re at bat
Me wonders…”Rosespierre may not know baseball” is a conditional statement rather a statement of fact. It may yet be disproven before the “ding”
I believe he intends to profess a lack of COMPLETE knowledge of the game, rather than complete ignorance of the game.
Since this is essentially a game of “pound something with a club”, Robespierre has at the least some familiarity with the gist of the game 🙂
Y’know, given the ball and the gloves, I’m a bit surprised the bat doesn’t have spikes.
Well, it’s already a blunt trauma weapon. Adding the spikes just makes it harder to hit something the way you want to, because the spikes make it an uneven surface rather than a nice uniform cylinder. In addition, hitting on the points of spikes like that would blunt them very quickly, meaning that the bats would have to be sharpened frequently, which takes time and thus introduces an element of tedium to this otherwise riveting and -impactful- game.
Hmm, Cube has been taking levels in fighter. So throw something at a fighter armed with a deflection weapon, he sends it back, at YOU!
Good thing trolls can regenerate, otherwise the pitcher would be in need of a new face.