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He, he. That was great, Mort!
I loved the shot of the elves making magic items...elven cloak, elven chain, elven boots, and elven...? Is that a particular kind of bow?
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You have an eye for detail Kirt, I like that. I suppose if one is a 3rd edition player that could be an Oathbow. I don't remember any 1e/2e elf specific bows though I'm sure there are ones. What you didn't pick out was the sword Darny is enchanting at the time. It is Bilbo's short sword Sting from the LotR movies which if I recall is elven made and detects orcs as referenced in the comic.
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Ah, I don't know 3E. If I had to guess, I was going to say a "Bow with ribbons" from Munchkin.
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My resolution for 2009 is to read the WOG comic from n° 1 to 200!
Thanks for the fun, Mortellan.
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1-200 in one sitting, I don't think I've even done that. Too busy working on the next ones I guess ;)
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Enjoyable as always.
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Funny!
Just to be a pain, note that in Frank Mentzer's phonetic spelling, "Y" is pronounced like "eye" (as in "gyd"). So I'm pretty sure "Yooze" was intended to be pronounced "eyeooze." There ought to have been a hyphen, but that's my theory.
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As I am watching the intro sequence (continue to comic?..NO WAIT!!!)
I can't help thinking a little music would be cool. Like maybe a wav file
embedded in the strip?
For example...
http://www.barbneal.com/wav/tvthemes/startrek.wav
starting at about 32 seconds in...
can you do that? _________________ My campaigns are multilayered tapestries upon which I texture themes and subject matter which, quite frankly, would simply be too strong for your hobbyist gamer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mp7Ikko8SI
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Dunno Kirt, I can try. Sound would be a quantum leap for my skills.
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Well, Mortellan, I guess this is the ultimate proof of love a book can get.
Doesn't Delleb agree? Or is He the kind of bibliophilomaniac who has libraries full of books, and opens none (as I am a little bit...)
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Galliskinmaufrius wrote: |
Well, Mortellan, I guess this is the ultimate proof of love a book can get.
Doesn't Delleb agree? Or is He the kind of bibliophilomaniac who has libraries full of books, and opens none (as I am a little bit...) |
Yes, I guess Delleb should give me more credit, but then again he is used to scribes handwriting these books whereas I am of a world where they can be mass produced by magic er machine. Hmm now that I'm thinking about it, he is about the accumulation of knowledge so maybe he'd make a good Wiki-god.
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Ive got a DMG worse than that. Even the remedial duck tape has worn off. |
Ouch! Yeah I have alot of abused rulesbooks too, most are gone now. How are your Greyhawk books though?
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Ive got a DMG worse than that. Even the remedial duck tape has worn off. |
Ouch! Yeah I have alot of abused rulesbooks too, most are gone now. How are your Greyhawk books though? |
It varies. My 83' box is long gone- tossed it oufter the fixin tape wore off, but its contents have survived. Map is starting to tear as the creases, but still holding togher. And the two books have fair wear. Some recent nasty tears one the kids found them. Some of my GH moded cover have pretty much had it. Good think I have multiple copies! _________________ Plar of Poofy Pants
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Hmm now that I'm thinking about it, he is about the accumulation of knowledge so maybe he'd make a good Wiki-god. |
Indeed, I wonder what Delleb would think of Internet. He would be amazed. BTW, as a God, hasn't he some way to keep the knowledge on more "hard" material than paper (or parchment). God's books don't wear off like our mortal's one, don't they ? But I understand that he worries about how mortals use their books...
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There is something about that Quill of Delleb's, maybe it is like a flash drive storing info and 'prints out' any topic he wants on paper.
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There is something about that Quill of Delleb's, maybe it is like a flash drive storing info and 'prints out' any topic he wants on paper. |
Not just paper. I've seen him use it bathroom stall walls- I think it holds jpgs. (Don't ask what I was doing in the bathroom stall with Delleb.) _________________ Plar of Poofy Pants
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LoL. Inspired! _________________ My campaigns are multilayered tapestries upon which I texture themes and subject matter which, quite frankly, would simply be too strong for your hobbyist gamer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mp7Ikko8SI
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Oh, Gruumsh, you rapscallion! (I found that bit disturbing, actually).
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http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip211a.htm
If you found Gruumsh disturbing then you'll find this one much more entertaining!
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I have sympathy for the old devil. The same thing happened to a good friend of mine in Acererak's gaff many years ago.
Twice. The moral; don't go sticking your head through strange holes in the wall.
Top quality as ever, mort.
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Thanks Ragr! Your words kind of make me nostalgic to run it again! Acererak was an inspired choice as I did this comic at the deadline. In dealing with that comic's subject I easily could've went with the popular Vecna, or even Kyuss and Kas who have been in my comic before. But I'm glad I used the demi-lich instead. He was much easier to draw and color because well, he's just a skull. Go procrastination! ;)
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http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip212a.htm
This message will self-destruct in 10 seconds...
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Reminds me the auto-destruct scene in Mel Brooks' movie Spaceballs.
Will you use the famous Gygax' panic button? I'd like to see its effects.
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Damn you, mort. I just spent an hour staring at that episode and I can't remember a bloomin' thing. Did you have to insert that picture from the old PH? I drifted off into the land of nostalgia and can't get anything done, now.
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LoL, apparently Ragr's brain had a self-destruct keyed to that magic mouth pic. Whoops!
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Hi all -
Well, here's my guess for this weeks riddle.
R - Giant, Huge,
A - Anger, Quarrel
X - Strength (the symbol used is an X with a cross in the middle of the two lines)- although, he could have used the X symbol for Poison, Antidote
I - God
V - Win, Victory
O - Demonic, Demon Power
R - Torch
T - Thrall, Prisoner
My first response to this riddle is:
Raxi = Giant God of Strength and Anger (Kord)
Vort = Demonic Prisoner Has Victory by Torching (Iuz - he torches an area of woods near High Folk)
I can see why Raxi Vort might put Iuz's name within his own. Grazz't knows the runes meaning and sees it as a jab at him because his son was captured by Zagyg-muffin. But I'm not certain as to the actual reason.
I also don't understand the Kord reference. It could be Hextor, but I don't think he's associated with giants. If he used the rune for Poison instead of Strength, then it certainly could be a Incabulos. There I'd say God of Huge Poisonings Leading to Massive Quarrels.
However, I'm more inclined to use the below as my answer - but I'm hung up on the rune of Strength vs Poison - because it's clearly a Strength rune.
If it were the Poison rune, and combined I could say that the reference was to Pyremius. Being the Blazing Killer (Torch), Demon of Venom (Demon + Poison) and Hideous Assassin. His holy symbol is also that of "a demonic face with ears like a bat's wings." This might be a connection to Raxivort. With the Win/Victory rune, this could be in relation to his winning of Ranet's portfolio after he assassinated her. He also breeds Anger and Quarrels within his church as clerics have Huge internal feuds.
Well now that I've spent 45min trying to figure this all out...and considering that I'm my own heretic with my moving my Church of the One True Path to Golarion with the Crusading Church of the One True Path of Iomedae, I can't figure it out. I do love the WoG 1.0 playing in WoG 2.0 (but I wish Pholtus were playing Iomedae, although its not a perfect fit).
Be Well. Be Well Answered.
Theocrat Issak
P.S. edit: I'm unsure of how often that site is updated. I'm going to contact the owner via the mailto link. I didn't know GeoCities was still around but I think that is the perfect fit for GreyhawkOnline.com. Anybody know if the person is still active? _________________ Theocrat Issak
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I think it's Raxivort bragging about how his gigantic rage and strength has made him a god. When Graz'zt was imprisoned by Iggwilv, Raxivort was celebrating his victory over Graz'zt's demonic power by the torch of his flaming blue hand.
A more literal interpretation of "giant god of strength and anger" would be Grolantor, the hill giant god. But why would Raxivort care about Grolantor? I like my interpretation better.
Pyremius's symbol is actually the head of a yagnoloth, so definitely no Raxivort connection there.
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Hi all -
Rasgon Knows All.....Even as a Theocrat I must bow to a higher power. Well, here Rasgon knows s frak-ton more than I will ever know. Frak, he's likely forgotten more than I'll even know (even if I didn't switch to WoG 2.0).
It took me 45min of research to come up with something - I like what I came up with, but only if it was Poison and not Strength. It likely took Rasgon 10min to recall, research and type out his impression. Damn all you WoG 1.0 Knowledgeable People (including that damnable Mortellan!).
Be Well. Be Well in Knowledge.
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P.S. Edit: Mort, my laptop died. But I didn't lose stuff, it's just a matter of backing up, new PC, installing new/ replacement software and such. I'll hopefully get you those promised Disks of Wondrous Power in the next week. _________________ Theocrat Issak
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man, do i love those comics....
(PS: now it should be official 2009 GH wc topic;))
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I hope all your Holy Artifacts are up and running soon theocrat. And this new splinter reality church of Iomedae you have sounds interesting. Always good to have you on the side of Law.
As to the runic interpretations, there is no 100% right answer but Rasgon is always a sharp eye when it comes to these things. I was close to using the Glyph for 'Poison' antidote then figured no self respecting evil creature would care about the cure for poison and likewise I could've used the rune for 'Fire' but seeing as it was followed by the Torch rune I decided that might be redundant. All in all it was amusing that I saw Raxivort's name first in the runes. Are there any other proper GH names that can be created out of the limited set?
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FEH! Cultists! |
You said it:
“Rose tint my world, keeps me safe from my trouble and pain …. Hey, are those trans-sylvan elves?”
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If any one wants a leg up on what I'm working on, I've started a blog of random Greyhawkness.
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FYI, the kanteel, spelled "kantele" in the sources I can find (and pronounced "kant-uh-luh" in this Youtube video), was the stringed instrument invented by the Finnish hero Väinämöinen in the Kalevala. Great Myths and Legends from World Book, Inc. describes it as "a five-stringed harplike instrument." Väinämöinen made his from the jawbone of a giant pike he slew and strung it with some hair taken from some young women he had summoned with his magic.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantele
Gary Gygax talking about Finnish mythology: http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/161566-gary-gygax-q-part-x-14.html
Here's an illustration of the pike-jaw kantele from Great Myths and Legends, although it has too many strings, and it looks nothing like any kantele I've seen elsewhere:
An authentic traditional kantele from this site:
This is probably why the first edition Monster Manual had giant pikes in it.
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Shawn with arundo donax reeds?!?! I fletch those and and toss them as darts at vorpal bunnies with my atlatl! Ooga Booga! _________________ Plar of Poofy Pants
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Just for fun, I did a calculation of the potential damage. It came to a whopping 71448 points of damage -- assuming all the damage was d6.
Who let Waldorf back in?
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Wow! I think I saw a Barbarian-Frenzied Berserker in 3.5E do that much damage once. At least with this explosion someone with Evasion could dodge it. That kind of damage is enough to kill your next 700 characters! Yeash.
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Also, bonus kudo points go to anyone who can spot which D&D cover Slerotin is an homage to. |
Looks like the wizard from the second (?) version of the AD&D Player's Handbook to me, although I have no clue what that character's name is...
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Kudo points for kwint!
That illo was by Easley IIRC. And yeah I don't think he has a
name, but that was the most epic mage I could find at the time so now it's
Slerotin!
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Hi all -
Being a long issue and one that revolved around a talking dog, I wasn't interested. That is until I saw Serlotin.
My guess as to who Serlotin is drawn to look like - well, I'm not sure about the whole AD&D 2e PHB, because there is another guy that comes well before that. Lets call him...Ringlerun ( http://www.toyarchive.com/Dungeons&Dragons/Figures/ActionFigures.html ) the Good Wizard.
EDIT:(Here is a picture of Ringlerun as a 2.5" miniature - with a longer beard that is more in keeping with the drawing of Serlotin - http://www.toyarchive.com/Dungeons&Dragons/Minitures/MiniFigures.html )
This was 1982-1984. I remember having a few of these - and for good measure when I had a job and could afford to "re-collect" I bought some of them. I have a few of these that are listed on that page - as well as never hearing of many of the (like Bowmerc).
Thus, I have to say that maybe even Mort was wrong. Damn, and Rasgon isn't around to see me actually post a really good and maybe even a worthy post.
Be Well. Be Well Wizarded.
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Ringlerun! Yup that is him alright, can't deny it. I think Ringlerun Slerotin
was his full name. Or was it Slerotin Ringlerun? ;)
Now looking at those
mini figs. I had Strongheart, Warduke and Kellek. If only I had got the Good
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Wow, despite growing up in the 80's I had never seen these figures.
Melf! Prince Melf Brightflame is an action figure! LOL.
His shield must be from the hippogriff riders who serve the Queen.
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After following that link, I learned something valuable about Prince Brightflame...From now on, whenever Melf makes an appearance in my campaign, he'll be riding a giant giraffe ...Thanks, Kirt...
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Kirt wrote: |
His shield must be from the hippogriff riders who serve the Queen. |
It seems likely that that was Gary Gygax's original intention (or it could be a griffin), but according to The Shady Dragon Inn, it comes from the "hunting hawk symbol of his clan."
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Mort -
After re-reading and going over the whole Serlotin comic, I'm actually dismayed. Serlotin Ringlerun isn't a god. Yes, in the OJ there have been a few heroes, and you have the id10t twins (wouldn't call them anything but wonder_ful to their faces, however) show up all the time, but WoG is about the GODS. The Gods of the WoG 1.0. Rationalization here: The id10t twins are "representatives' of a god (so they count).
So unless you're making another comic strip dedicated to the heroes of WoG1.0, then lets keep WoG about the Gods of WoG 1.0 and 2.0 (for those are some funny scenes, and I've told you I have a story about 1.0 to 2.0 and I'm PMing it to you now).
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I've been pushing the boundaries of my gods only premise for a long time. Even longer than the cultists though they are the best. Anyhow, Slerotin is presently dead so he is now in the afterlife and is thus immortal. Tada!
Oh yes, speaking of WoG2.0....
http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip224a.htm
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Great comic Mort
Graz'zt should have ripped out the lungs of jay leno several seasons back.
As for the content, glad I am not going to play the latest edition. Tell me where the hatred for the GH deities we know and love comes from...anyone....and the name raven queen...ugh. At least Nerull sounds mysterious and threatening . So many holes in the exerpt it boogles the mind. I leave it to another to spend the time to list them because I am too nauseated.
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I'm with ya Crag, except I find it humorous rather than stomach churning. We can only hope that if GH 4E adopts the same approach they at least let us replace Nerull with homegrown Wee Jas.
On a side note I find the whole 'creation' of the Raven Queen boggling. They obviously kept several GH Core gods including Vecna of all things, but then demoted a bunch of the actual playable GH deities, one of which was Wee Jas. WJ had her own write up in Dragon for goodness sake. My only guess as to why they let WJ go is she became too overblown in portfolio and they opted for a (note) simpler female death goddess. That is fine I guess, but in the process they now have a Goddess of Death and...Fate? Ut oh, watch yer back Istus!
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the RQ costume is actually a warhammer fantasy dark elf sorceress.
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Crag wrote: |
As for the content, glad I am not going to play the latest edition. |
Thats too bad really, 4e is a great system for GH campaigns.
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Tell me where the hatred for the GH deities we know and love comes from...anyone....and the name raven queen...ugh. |
She is called the raven queen because the raven is her representative animal. Her name is hidden so that orcus can not use its power to over throw her. she is a conglomeration of Wee Jas and the irish goddess Morrigan
Morrigan, sometimes known as Morrigu, was an Irish goddess of death on the battlefield who helped the Tuatha De Danann at both battles of Magh Tuireadh. She was associated with the other war deities Macha, Badb and Nemain. Morrigan appeared sometimes as a warrior in a battle, siding with her favourites. Most often she soared overhead as a raven or a crow, shrieking and flapping her wings to scare the host, or to signify imminent death.
She settled on the shoulder of the Ulster hero Cuchulainn when he was finally killed in the war against Queen Medb's forces. Cuchulainn had not only refused Morrigan's love, but in anger had even wounded her. For such a deed his fate was sealed.
Hell hath no fury like a war goddess scorned! I think Morrigan is a fascinating figure in Celtic mythology.
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At least Nerull sounds mysterious and threatening . So many holes in the exerpt it boogles the mind. I leave it to another to spend the time to list them because I am too nauseated. |
The raven queen is a much better thought out and implemented diety and has a much greater appeal for use in any campaign. IMO[/img][/b]
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Thanks for the spot check cennedi! Now that you mention it she does make a good warhammer dark elf, except I didn't pick up on any elf ears that might've helped. Huh. I guess that means this'll never be the RQ's canon image, ah well. This worked for a one-shot I guess.
As for the morrigan-wee jas combo, that I like.
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I am baffled is all
A knock on GH is the number of deities; which is justified as oerth became the test for ideas. However the deities chosen for culling seem to be the "iconic" ones to be replaced with "WoW" versions.
We have no animosity toward GH but rather then cull the fringe deities we will kill the core iconic ones. Perhaps it is me but a subconscious sense of pettiness seems to be at work.
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Yeah Crag, I dunno. There does seem to be a sense that the policy with Wizard's current staff is to reimagine -everything- as its easier to do than adapting material that has the weight of decades behind it. It isn't just them though, it's all the rage in TV, Hollywood, comics....any place where fantasy meets a younger generation of writers and consumers. Ah well...
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Crag wrote: |
I am baffled is all
A knock on GH is the number of deities; which is justified as oerth became the test for ideas. However the deities chosen for culling seem to be the "iconic" ones to be replaced with "WoW" versions.
We have no animosity toward GH but rather then cull the fringe deities we will kill the core iconic ones. Perhaps it is me but a subconscious sense of pettiness seems to be at work. |
Crag,
As we don't have a 4e GH we have no idea what is going to be in the deities list and what isn't. To look to Core for answers isn't really realistic. The core gods are just that, core. Bane in 4e FR is not the same as the Core version. Also, the FR god list is way larger than Core but smaller than previous FR lists.
Also, remember the current model for campaign worlds is 3 books: Campaign Setting, Player's Guide, & Module. That model enforces the need to consolidate and distill things to their essence. There is just no way to condense 30 years of published GH material into that small a page count.
So, in essence its not pettiness, but necessity of the form that will drive the reduction in gods. I think this will be a good thing for GH in the end because it will open the campaign up again.
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hi mortellan!
ever thought of doing a robilar one?
i know the focus is the gods, but i think it would be great, with quij flying the carpet and stuff..
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Wolfsire wrote: |
"upcoming uber-awesome Gencon special"- |
Yes and as I wrote I realized it may be bigger than I expected. We'll see how it pans out...
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hi mortellan!
ever thought of doing a robilar one?
i know the focus is the gods, but i think it would be great, with quij flying the carpet and stuff.. |
Just so I'm, sure rossik. Have you seen my Needfest Special from 2007?
http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/needfest3/needf1.htm
It has Robilar, Quij and Riggby to boot, plus it is the only appearance of Iuz in my comic. Now what you probably meant is a regular Robilar storyline like with the cultists? Not a bad request if so.
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wow!
that was very amazing!
thanks for the link!
and yeah, wish for more robilar stories lik eht cultists, if possible :D
congratulations on the awesomess (is this a word?)
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Thanks! No worries about the count, did you catch the visual reference though?
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Thanks! No worries about the count, did you catch the visual reference though? |
No. Not consciously, at least. But I kept staring at it thinking there was something about it. I bet that was the way you drew it, though, rather than some latent insight on my part. _________________ Plar of Poofy Pants
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Great strip! I did 18 points on the quiz, not bad. :-D
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Yep! Caught it!
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Heh heh, Noerbo never quits does he? And poor Mayaheine, so paladinaic and devoted to her work will she ever have time for fun?
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Kudo points for kwint!
That illo was by Easley IIRC. And yeah I don't think he has a
name, but that was the most epic mage I could find at the time so now it's
Slerotin!
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He's also an NPC in one of the TSR collector cards iirc. ...or rather the art was used for it.
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Good find Thanael!
Anyhoo, onto another all-new comic. Arm yourself for an awesome alliterative attack from an authority on all things...
http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip232a.htm
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Hi again,
>He's also an NPC in one of the TSR collector cards iirc. ...or rather the art was used for it.<
I was always sure that Easley wizard was meant to be the Ringlerun action figure - http://www.toyarchive.com/Dungeons&Dragons/Figures/Ringlerun.html
Other than that, great to see you're still keeping up the good work!
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Other than that, great to see you're still keeping up the good work!
~Scott "-enkainen" Casper |
Thanks Scott! I must be the only person who didn't remember Ringlerun. :P
And btw, your Castle Greyhawk fiction has inspired me to do some GH fiction writing. Have you been writing anything else lately?
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Hi all,
>And btw, your Castle Greyhawk fiction has inspired me to do some GH fiction writing. Have you been writing anything else lately?<
As I shared on Greytalk recently, I have been too busy developing my own retro-clone supehero game (Hideouts & Hoodlums), writing for Mythmere Games, and writing superhero fanfiction to do any Greyhawk writing anymore. I am glad I inspired you and hope your Greyhawk fiction turns up on Greytalk someday!
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Wow...I thought for sure you must have been fudging some of those terms as I read it, but it looks like you just really did your homework! Funny too; it reminds me of how my ex-wife must have felt when she was in a room with three Greytalkers discussing Greyhawk...
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