Grrl Power #1221 – Nought all, AKA Succubus Soccer
When one of Parfait’s spells backfires, it really backfires.
Imagine plunging the depths of a dungeon, fighting monsters after monster, each one worse than the last (which in my opinion is a poor way to protect your treasure. I mean, put the hardest monsters on the top floor so the heroes can’t level up as they progress. Like, duh.) Anyway, you slog your way through to the final treasure chest and carefully open it to reveal a gold-enameled grimoire. But the list of spells is like, Progressive Mummification (which sounds impressive and like a horrible way to kill your enemies, but upon further study you realize it just ties people up and gags them. Which is useful, certainly, but not the cataclysmic spell you were hoping for.) Other spells are like Impotence: 20 yard AoE, Tasha’s Uncontrollable Dirty Talk, Sphere of ASMR, Cone of Tickling, Cantrip: 101 Sure-Fire Pick-Up Lines, Curse: 101 Pick-Up Lines Guaranteed to Get a Drink Thrown in Your Face (which might not be a curse if you cast it on a penniless dwarf, who can then wring the drinks out of their beard and into their trusty stein), Power Word: Orgasm, Induce Heat in Animals, Induce Heat in Humanoids, Induce Heat in Dragons (warning: do not cast this spell if you are alone with the dragon – I mean unless you’re into that. No judgement. Just saying, be prepared.)
And you’re like, “Shit! It’s a succubus’s spellbook!”
Actually most of those spells would be fairly useful in certain situations… quite a few situations, really, but you find a fancy grimoire and you probably hoping for stuff like Wish, Time Ravage, or Meteor Swarm or something.
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Wild magic backlashes are a thing then? Heh.
great art as usual, fun storyline, just a note; where the one is saying yeah they are, it should probably be yeah it is.
Succ-offs is plural in that context. The grammar is correct.
But his statement is referring to “the point”. The succ-offs are just a descriptor to define the point.
“Yes, [the point (of succ-offs)] IS [the thing we just witnessed].”
Methinks the “they” in this context means the wriggling succubi.
I think he’s referring to ‘succ-offs’ in general. Which would be ‘they’ since it’s a plural use of the word succ-off.
His previous sentence was “Yeah we are!” (winning) that is why I assume “Yeah. They are.” (the point of succ-off)
Yes but his sentence in the last panel was in response to Sydney’s sentence, not his own previous sentence.
The object of the sentence is ‘point’. That ‘is’ largely the point (of succ-offs)? ==the contraction in the comic hides the ‘is’.
“Yes, it is.” —Since points is not plural, it should be is, not are.
If she had said, “Succ-offs are meant to be like this?” “Yeah, they are,” would be correct.
===RED (edits for a living)
Please read it again. She says succ-offs. Not suc-off.
I am not convinced the demons are responding to Sydney’s remarks at all- their discussions are in parallel.
“Well /we’re/ definitely winning.” (the spectators) “yeah, we are!”
“Yeah /they/ are.” “yuuuup!”
(point is singular, so it would be yeah it is)
Yes, but ‘succ-offs’ are plural
Doesn’t matter. Sydney’s question uses ‘is’. Reply should be the same.
Or, you know, demon is just dumb, and he’s responding to the question not the way it was asked. “Succ-offs are supposed to be like this?”
Now, it IS supposed to be straitjackets, not straightjackets.
just curious, is the plural for succubus succubi, or can it be succupan?
The collective noun for a group of Succubi isn’t a party as you’d think, but a Favour. A Favour of Succubi.
1. who determined this.
2. where can this info be found.
3. that seems oddly inappropriate.(this word is looped back on itself at least once)
I would think ‘orgy’, but I’ll accept anything corroborated with reasonable source material.
An ‘orgy’ is most groups of succubi, but not all of them all the time.
I rule this as a win for Parfait. She managed to take them both out with most entertainment for audience I guess.
Seconded.
Having the Impotence AoE spell handy might save your arse, if you cast Induce Heat In Dragon by mistake… though you might end up with an atomized pelvis anyway, I guess. (Some dragons are going to be power bottoms anyway, right?)
Yup, it is a draw.
OMG the ear hair tickles… OUCH!!!!!
And ‘now’ Archon shows up?
You want the level seven spell, Edging. It’s a brutal one on one take out.
You want the level seven spell Edging. It’s a brutal one on one take out.
These succubi, despite being tied up, are at least getting a snack out of this.
That said, I wonder what THEIR Edging grades were in finishing school? Yeah, tickling isn’t direct sexual stimulation (although it might work for you), but controlling the urge to lose it when being tickled is VERY similar to holding off your O, might be some transferable skills there.
Also, if Archon DOES show up at this point, Syd runs a full-featured comic shop, she’ll probably have popcorn for them.
One more thing – I’d say Parfait definitely won this battle. Note that both of her spells are working right now (even if one’s on the wrong target) and both are producing sexy results. All LuLu did was redirect a spell, which isn’t very sexy.
Parfait entered the battle with a full Mana charge but is now powering two spells?
Expending power twice as fast as LuLu?
Unless she pulls a winning move soon Parfait loses.
I doubt those are spells she has to maintain. Being tickle tortured would ruin her concentration rather quickly.
Not needing concentration doesn’t mean not consuming mana. The lust aura is also passive to the point she has to concentrate to turn it off, but still consumes mana:
“Parfait will eventually run out of mana while she’s projecting her lust aura out so far” (A/N from #1193)
We don’t know how spells work
Are they a continual mana drain or do they just have the initial cost?
They aren’t the same thing as a lust aura which is a natural ability so they may work differently
She would be getting mana from the situation* and also should have mana input from Tom, so maybe she has enough of an income to sustain both spells, or at least the passive restraining part.
She’ll definitely have some time to figure out a solution before she runs out of mana.
*Succubi probably can’t feed from each other, but she at least has the enjoyment of the spectators Brelx and Aster to feed off.
Progressive mummification can be very useful to get your obnoxious rogue through tight spots.
Wrap him/her up tight, slide through narrow opening with a thing like “animate rope” and then unwrap on the other side. Extra tight for those narrow spaces.
Or when you have a bleeding teammate but no healing spells at the ready, instant tourniquet and when made rigid, a stretcher too. It should be a cleric/medic to go spell to deal with patients who are uncooperative.
Also works on the bard to keep him from the dragon that is in heat.
It’s probably a very usefull thing to have “mute the bard”/”mute the wizard”/”restrain the rogue” kind of spell.
Instant gag + fingerless mittens, just to prevent them from doing something that might turn out to be less than beneficial to the whole party.
Or, if it’s a disposable bard, have him (or her) strapped to the dragon in heat and come back later when the dragon is ready to make a polite request to have the bard removed.
It works best when the mummification has a certain degree of invulnerability (and that opens up a whole other can of options and possibilities for potential abuse).
I’m going to say it isn’t, because MILFs are a thing.
There’s a relevant Sunstone joke – “the only straight thing about me is my jacket” (and of course Lisa immediately corrected the spelling of “straitjacket” because why wouldn’t she)
Why are there four of them on the ground?
There aren’t. It’s a comic trick to simulate rapid movement, so the reader can know that they are squirming around, not just laying there. Admittedly, often all but one of the images would be semi-transparent, but that’s the intent of the duplicates.
“Sphere of ASMR” would be a spell slot I’d reserve for the end of a hard day, ngl.
I love this webcomic, and dual spell casting ending in a tie is awesome. Unrelated it is sometimes so easy to forget the route an artist takes in their life until you suddenly think “that scene reminds me of a picture I saw fifteen plus years ago… oh wait, same artist”
Okay, but I can see “Power Word: Orgasm” being devastating in combat. Or at least better than you’d think.
Like a one-round Hold Person followed by several rounds of hampered movement due to sensitivity and wet pants.
All “Power Word” spells are devastating and high-level. I’d call PW: Orgasm a variant of traditional “Power Word: Stun” with more or less same effect but different flavor. And yes, it was developed by either a Succubus or a perverted mage…
Shadowrun has a spell that’s simply titled “Orgasm”, which does exactly what it says on the tin. There’s an AoE version called “Orgy”. I have used the latter to create a traffic jam in the way of an adversary fleeing with a stolen artifact. (We were chasing him in a flying autorick–long story–so the traffic didn’t slow us down.)
PW:O has variable effect depending on the target’s Charisma (as an approximation of how often the creature in question gets laid). The bard who’s in a stable throuple with the rogue and mage of the party can recover after a round, whereas the barbarian who’s secretly a virgin may take several hours to recover. Succubi are, of course, immune to the spell’s effects – at least, the deleterious ones. They’re trained to shake off post-coital languor, but take full advantage of post-coital clarity.
Oh yeah. Return to Dynotaku. ^3^
So I know that it’s an attempt to show the character are standing in the shade of trees, but the leaf print overlaying the characters really detracts from the visual element of the story. It makes them look like they are wearing some soft of camouflage, and it’s visually confusing.
The only time shadows would be that sharp IRL is if the object casting the shadow was extremely close to the subject. Simply standing within the shade of trees would result in soft shadows where you can’t really make out leaves or branches.
Maybe Parfait needs more magic training…?!?
Check it out, I made some AI fanart of Sydney https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/064d5fc6-9d34-47f5-92df-a8d4bf6225c9/dgolx8q-a44d3ad1-c719-4bb3-95d2-db40dd942125.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzA2NGQ1ZmM2LTlkMzQtNDdmNS05MmRmLWE4ZDRiZjYyMjVjOVwvZGdvbHg4cS1hNDRkM2FkMS1jNzE5LTRiYjMtOTVkMi1kYjQwZGQ5NDIxMjUucG5nIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.CSF-t_RUMcFeF3EYLYGbe3GpN6LrLR1WKR4Hoom4CCc
So, is she a mermaid BECAUSE she’s holding the Air Ball, or DESPITE it?
Also, foul! Missing her glasses!
Actually that was a decision I made because I wanted a more naturalistic look for her, like the orb transformed her to suit her environment. It actually is kinda hard to override her glasses, since most of the pics in the training data set for her had her wearing them.
Which AI did you use for this?
Automatic1111 Stable Diffusion with a LORA trained on 16 pics of Sydney from the comic + free vote incentives. You can’t do this kinda stuff on the web based generators, need to run local and be proficient in digital art tools or photoshop.
The AI trying to add a signature URL is kind of funny.
So why are there 2 of each of them in the last frame?
To show they’re strugging and moving around
Those spells you listed sound like they should be in The Complete Net Guide to Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. Some may actually be there with different names.
That’s immediately what I thought of too. I’m pretty sure that there was a spell called Orgasm in that book.
Well it’s amazing what you can learn in tickling 101 & home economics. Particularly sewing. Saves time since one paper can be used for two classes. “Keep them in stitches”
So, that’s what happens when you brute force the 2nd spell? It ends up hitting you, too? I guess that makes sense.
Really do have to keep a hold of the situation. Mum-Ra would be proud. Who will worm out of it first? On-lickers gasp with bated breath.
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That BDSM network has quite a few good shows.
The movie of the week : homeward bound
Followed by the popular exercise series: fit to be bound
But they also have kids shows: connect the dots
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“which in my opinion is a poor way to protect your treasure. I mean, put the hardest monsters on the top floor so the heroes can’t level up as they progress. Like, duh.”
Not a good idea. That just means the top monster is more exposed, resulting in:
– more exhausting from permanent attacks
– it’s weaknesses are analyzed more, to find a ways to get rid of them
– more powerful groups challenge it, thinking “if these are the weakest monsters, the lower monsters must be harder and the reward accordingly big”
Having the weakest monsters first, means attackers have no idea how deep the dungeon goes/how dangerous it is below. So by the time they reach the strong monsters, they will be blindsided and/or exhausted.
If the heroes manage to get past the hard monsters, they will be weakened enough to be easy prey for the mid-level monsters.
Or, maybe the monsters get hazard pay for each fight, so, you don’t want to have to pay the belrog’s fee if a kobold is able to kill the lvl 1 adventure.
The best strategy is to put the strongest monster in the middle, deep enough to weed out the weaklings and exhaust the adventures, but, with such a huge leap in difficulty that the heros are obliterated by surprise.
Or maybe you let him get all the way to the bottom. Let them get overburdened with lots of treasure. Then you close the trap on them all. I mean if you seen all those freaking stairs you have to go up. And oh no you don’t use any cheesy doodle teleportation spells. Those have been all blocked Merry Christmas treasure and the cursed armor that you’re not wearing and just didn’t happen to check before you put on. Meanwhile the miners have collapsed the entrances. Now the monsters can have chew their food in pleasure.
I mean seriously if you’ve got to battle the entire space station filled with enemie,s why are you crawling along the inside? I mean even Wreck-It Ralph got it right cheese it from the outside and get to the loot. If you’re in space on which I’m assuming includes sealed oxygen system, blow the air lock and vent the station. Better yet blow up the whole freaking station.
Because there are two things I found in about every game.
Nobody looks backwards
And nobody looks up. Those freaking pesky head crabs *mumble* *mumble* *grouch*
That… actually was a strategy in an old game for the Genesis (not sure if it was a Buck Rogers game, been almost thirty years since played it, but it was one of those old SF series-based games)- blow out the engines and life support, then you just had to clean out the survivors in the command deck (single fight instead of multiple, and you got a relatively intact new ship)
Does it ever really work like that though?
Who the hell is gonna be blindsided by the idea that the deepest portions of a Dungeon have the strongest monsters?
I don’t get the whole ‘tied up and tickled’ fetish. I mean, hot people getting tickled are still hot people, but the tickle part doesn’t appeal to me.
Well, laughing typically makes you feel better. To some tickling is the cheat code for a serotonin runners high.
Wait, I thought only her first spell got reflected? Or did the second spell also get reflected because the first from did? Then what’s the point of dual casting?
Both spells had combined restraint+tickle effects – the obvious spell (which got reflected) progressively binds the target and then applied a tickle effect (to the ear so far, but possibly more areas eventually). The hidden spell (the one that hit Lulu) starts with a basic binding effect (binding the ankles together) and then immediately attacks with the tickle effect (this time targeting the feet) before applying further binding to the rest of the target. My guess is the intent if both hit was to both start binding and tickling more-or-less simultaneously, with the primary spell later reinforcing the tickling (targeting a different body part) and the secondary spell later reinforcing the binding – but with both designed to be able to incapacitate on their own, in case one missed.
The second spell hit Lulu as intended.
But if it hadn’t, Parfait would just have lost the round immediately and gotten released for round 2. With Lulu also being down, stalemating the fight, she’s trapped in self-inflicted torture instead, with no hope for speedy release.
Maybe she cast the same spells twice, thinking that the first would be intercepted, and didn’t expect it to actually be reflected back at her. So it’s the same Tickle and Bind spells, but one is reversed to Bind and tickle, or the other way around.
My guess is that since they were cast simultaneously they each added aspects to the other. The first was a pure body binding spell (completely engulfing Parfait before she can react) that got a bit of tickling added in. The second was a pure feet tickling spell (including the feet restraints) that got a bit of body binding added in.
The stronger monsters are in the lower floors, for obvious reasons, the stronger wifi connection, and shorter route to luxury amenities (like the nicer bathrooms, bigger TVs), so the weaker (younger brother) monsters get sent out to do the actual dirty work, who then send out their subordinates. It’s all a slippery slope of delegating responsibility.
Well, this is a ticklish situation… Sydney’s trying to figure out who’s winning, and both of those “guys” are enjoying the bondage/tickle fetish.. I’m sure both spells will last a while since Parfait just made a meal out of Core, almost to the guy’s death! Sydney just needs to make a wish that Parfait’s spells will wear off, or at least the one that’s holding her down.
Parfait’s wish granting doesn’t work reliably yet, so in Sydney’s shoes instead of the spells wearing off I’d be worried about them being duplicated on me.
So, if I have a treasure, and a bunch of monsters to guard the treasure, what I’d do is have your traditional dungeon with weaker monsters on the outer edges with progressively stronger monsters as you get in farther. But here’s the rub: My treasure? I’m not stashing that in the dungeon. I’m keeping that with me, so I can use it. I’m just telling everyone it’s in the dungeon, so they don’t bother me.
Oh, you cleared my dungeon and didn’t find it? I guess someone else must have gotten there first. Sorry.
Check you safety deposit boxes. Those adventurers can be very sneaky!
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I declare Parfait the winner. SHe has incapacitated all participants in the contest.
Also, she’s probably better at standard succubi stuff than Ms. Hotpants, who is obviously coasting on harvested tantric energy and family business connections.
You forgot ‘Bigby’s Groping Hand.’
I always enjoyed ‘Evan’s Black Tentacles.’ Add compulsion and wild shape for a more interesting night.
If you summon a Demon from DND, Succubi will kill you, but Allu Demonesses are fine
Oh, you have be careful when someone brings in the undead. Just remember, you can’t spell Necromancer without Romancer
Honestly if I didn’t notice the tickle sensitivity I was expecting some… ear… penetration… yeah, I’ve been on the internet a long time and seen plenty.
“So, uh, you’re welcome. And, it’s a tie.”
The match is tied because both participants are tied. But if one manages to untie herself, the match will no longer be tied.
Hmm, Fetish DND spells?
Please, I’ve looked them over well before.
I particularly like Evans black tentacles, Wildshape, phatom hand, command and some others for a nice warmup before things get naughty. Oh, just remember if you want to summon a Demon, Succubi there will kill you, but Allu Demonesses won’t.
Just remember, you can’t spell Necromancer without romancer.
For some reason I keep getting very long delays before I can see my comments (sometimes hours), so I occasionally make another post with the same info elsewhere. Did it this time.
If you don’t get an error, then your post is just delayed, it’s been like this for a couple months or so (sometimes, posts that you saw will ‘disappear’ but they are still there, just the display is… bjorked)
DaveB has a point: don’t put the weakest at the top progressing down, apart from the obvious where the attackers will be levelling up as they go you may get some defections or betrayals from the weaker monsters (read “By The Book” to see how bad that can turn out for the dungeon owner)
Mix it up a little, put some mid level at the top, then a few lower level (don’t have weakest, at all, unless they are there for food for the other inhabitants), to give the murder-hoboes a sense of achievement (wrong word) and then more higher levels
Also, as Tgape said: don’t have your real treasure in the dungeon at all, at least, not all of it, and certainly not the best (and remember, dungeons should not be confused with lairs: lairs are where you live, dungeons are where you lure your enemies into going to die)
It’s probably for the best we don’t get to hear the rest of what Lulu was saying in the second panel :)
NGL, personally I do not like tickling :/
I’ve realized that as I’ve gotten past middle age that I’m just not ticklish anymore.
I would fight some pretty strong monsters for Power Word: Coom
Power Word: Masterbate. I know of at least one old hand DnD player to have made use of such a spell (overkill, but it got rid of a thief that was bothering them).