While I love Dorilys’ predilection for indirect approaches, I do wish it resulted in less bystander pain. Oof. I wince for that poor guy getting hit with the pith helmet and the lady getting cracked in the knee with the sledge.
There is no pith helmet there – pith helmets are made of plant-based material covered in cloth, and while rigid, they are pretty light and rarely feature spikes atop. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pith_helmet
What we’ve got there falling from the third guy from the left is clearly a helmet made of metal, looking mostly like a Phrygian / Thracian helmet with the nasal, without the usual cheekpieces, but with the spikes occasionally found atop Germanic and Celtic helms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_helmet
In a fantasy setting, I’d tend to associate this kind of spiked helm with dwarves or maybe orcs.
I’m blaming a spell checker with a wild sense of humor.
Confirmed: Dorilys has some sort of Misfortune-Fu as a class feature. Even a maxed-out Halfling Luckstealer couldn’t have caused this much of a chain-reaction on command. It’s clear that she knew exactly how her move with the feather would turn out; I can only assume she’s some sort of Destiny-cleric, with an OP feat known as “Determinism”.
Is the sledgehammer guy in the middle of panel 3 a Goliath? He really looks like one to me. (Legally, of course, the answer is “no”…but for actual human beings, c’mon, it’s pretty obvious.)
Anyone but me rather curious what “civilized beings don’t” was going to end up being?
“Anyone but me rather curious what “civilized beings don’t” was going to end up being?”
Oh, oh! I love this game.
Civilized beings don’t… drink cheese!
I believe this is the same lady who was complaining about our resident barbarian earlier (which helped inspire his rage), and that his exit has given her ‘justification’ for her prejudice: “Civilized beings don’t make holes in walls”, or something to that effect.
Probably not that much Con, actually… Pallys and Blackguards had so many stats they needed high, that Con usually ranked 3rd or 4th, with only Dex and Int guaranteed to be lower (and man that guy doesn’t seem to have good Dex and Int).
He has excellent Intelligence. He’s just a bit selective about what he applies it to. He did manage to escape Cube and Rusty by the simple expedient of bribing them with knowledge.
I know exactly where my AD&D books are, but I’m too lazy to excavate them. Or were you referring to the boxed set Basic D&D that preceded AD&D? I remember my very first character was a fighter with 1 hp, back then your character died at 0. Yet somehow he lived long enough to retire at max level for an elf…
Ok, so I was joking last strip about “unfortunate accidents” being her favoured weapon… apparently that wasn’t actually a joke. Perhaps she’s under some kind of unusual oath, the way old-school clerics couldn’t use bladed weapons… or the way Maddy favours gardening implements…
Cleric, hell. That level of probability manipulation is damn near avatar-level (or plot convenience, almost the same difference). Watching the haughty elf spill her drink was pretty satisfying, though.
The dagger seems to have struck right at the elbow junction between the two pieces of armor on his arm. Which is exactly the kind of weak spot you’d seek to trump armor.
This, again, demonstrates a level of probability manipulation that’s through the roof.
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Wow. O_O
ditto 0_0
Today’s butterfly effect brought to you by Adam West’s Batman starting a bar brawl conveniently behind this line of trauma!
Rube Goldberg’s Feather of Fumbling.
Bah! Was about to make a Rube Goldberg joke myself, but got edged out.
::stalks off in a snit::
You know that you really shouldn’t do that for it has been proven that Snits will have their revenge.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a snit.
While I love Dorilys’ predilection for indirect approaches, I do wish it resulted in less bystander pain. Oof. I wince for that poor guy getting hit with the pith helmet and the lady getting cracked in the knee with the sledge.
At least the lady looks less like her knee was “cracked” and more like the maul hit her just right to make her knee buck with no damage.
But yeah, pith helmet guy? Ouch!
Dwarven Monk. Dude had it coming…
Eh, it’s just a couple of hit points damage. It’ll heal overnight. 😉
More like a Pickelhaube than a pith helmet.
Ist pikelhaube mit nasenschutz
This is my new favorite armor piece to say.
Thank you.
This is a pith helmet for anyone not sure: http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/161369372652-0-1/s-l1000.jpg
That helmet looks more like a WW1 German helmet.
Uhm.. since Pedantry is my avocation…
There is no pith helmet there – pith helmets are made of plant-based material covered in cloth, and while rigid, they are pretty light and rarely feature spikes atop.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pith_helmet
What we’ve got there falling from the third guy from the left is clearly a helmet made of metal, looking mostly like a Phrygian / Thracian helmet with the nasal, without the usual cheekpieces, but with the spikes occasionally found atop Germanic and Celtic helms.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_helmet
In a fantasy setting, I’d tend to associate this kind of spiked helm with dwarves or maybe orcs.
I’m blaming a spell checker with a wild sense of humor.
Gosh, is he ever lucky there’s actual medical assistance! I just hope she’s in network or, you know, the bill … metastasized and all.
Confirmed: Dorilys has some sort of Misfortune-Fu as a class feature. Even a maxed-out Halfling Luckstealer couldn’t have caused this much of a chain-reaction on command. It’s clear that she knew exactly how her move with the feather would turn out; I can only assume she’s some sort of Destiny-cleric, with an OP feat known as “Determinism”.
Is the sledgehammer guy in the middle of panel 3 a Goliath? He really looks like one to me. (Legally, of course, the answer is “no”…but for actual human beings, c’mon, it’s pretty obvious.)
Anyone but me rather curious what “civilized beings don’t” was going to end up being?
“Anyone but me rather curious what “civilized beings don’t” was going to end up being?”
Oh, oh! I love this game.
Civilized beings don’t… drink cheese!
Fondue forks at dawn, sir-or-madam. Fondue forks at *dawn.*
I believe this is the same lady who was complaining about our resident barbarian earlier (which helped inspire his rage), and that his exit has given her ‘justification’ for her prejudice: “Civilized beings don’t make holes in walls”, or something to that effect.
OTOH, she is, I think, the same one that was rude to Roxy for associating with humans.
Wait, why is he worried? He’s a blackguard, his Fortitude is going to be through the roof!
(in third or 3.5 edition, at least)
Check out the drug Luhix in 3.5. If he somehow managed to get two doses of it from that stab, he’s gonna die in 3…2…1…
Probably not that much Con, actually… Pallys and Blackguards had so many stats they needed high, that Con usually ranked 3rd or 4th, with only Dex and Int guaranteed to be lower (and man that guy doesn’t seem to have good Dex and Int).
He has excellent Intelligence. He’s just a bit selective about what he applies it to. He did manage to escape Cube and Rusty by the simple expedient of bribing them with knowledge.
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Good one!
http://imgur.com/XS5LK
Lucky for Malevolus that wasn’t the koopa shell trick.
I’m so old I remember when clerics couldn’t be Chaotic!
…I think. Honestly, I’m so old I don’t remember.
Aww hang in there, I know some guys who refuse to play D&D unless it’s 2nd Ed and the’re only in their twenties…they still play pathfinder though.
You mean where Elf, and latter on Dwarf, was a class?
I still have the canonical First! Edition! ready to hand.
Heck, my 1st Ed. PM and DMG have the “taboo” front covers that had all the evangelicals in a tizzy “back in the day”!
I know exactly where my AD&D books are, but I’m too lazy to excavate them. Or were you referring to the boxed set Basic D&D that preceded AD&D? I remember my very first character was a fighter with 1 hp, back then your character died at 0. Yet somehow he lived long enough to retire at max level for an elf…
…But what about the sprang and the stick?
I need to know for my meal-making skills, are those necessities or just extra flavor?
Ok, so I was joking last strip about “unfortunate accidents” being her favoured weapon… apparently that wasn’t actually a joke. Perhaps she’s under some kind of unusual oath, the way old-school clerics couldn’t use bladed weapons… or the way Maddy favours gardening implements…
“No direct harm”, the oath of the creative.
Apparently creating more business for yourself like this isn’t as shady as in the not-surrounded-by-black-lines world.
A-be-a-be-a-be-a-be-a that’s all folks!
Darn, all caught up and now I have to wait for the next paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaage……………………
I can blame the comment section of “Between Failures” for pointing me here. [adds bookmark]
Cleric, hell. That level of probability manipulation is damn near avatar-level (or plot convenience, almost the same difference). Watching the haughty elf spill her drink was pretty satisfying, though.
By the way, the lady with the smacked knee looks somewhat like Miss Baumhund. Does that mean anything (common ancestor?) http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120413
He stabbed his own arm? What kind of armor is he wearing? Cardboard?
The dagger seems to have struck right at the elbow junction between the two pieces of armor on his arm. Which is exactly the kind of weak spot you’d seek to trump armor.
This, again, demonstrates a level of probability manipulation that’s through the roof.
In the last panel it’s almost like he isn’t glad to see her. :]
Would you be glad to see anyone who looked at you like that?
If she was THAT cute – yes.
(…I’ve noticed a somewhat suicidal tendency in myself, where a pretty face was involved…)
She probably could’ve done it with less collateral damage, but where would be the fun in that?
Okay… I did not see this coming and I’m laughing like crazy because it is awesome!
Is it just me, or is *SPANG* the best onomatopoeia?
I’m a big fan of “ka-pants!” from GrrlPower, myself. 🙂
Hard to beat TREEVENGE!! http://nn4b.com/?webcomic1=531
So… who said that paladins dumped DEX and INT?
Whelp. It’s official.
Green lady is a…
HARMACIST!