Grrl Power #204 – I guess everyone parked in the back
Yes, Maxima had her jacket on the back of her chair the whole time. You can check. And her gun I guess… which you probably shouldn’t do with your firearm, but it is a private party, the room is full of supercops, and a regular human would have a hell of a time pulling the trigger.
Maxima isn’t dodging lasers and lightning, she’s dodging the people shooting those things at her, the same way a ninja supposedly can dodge an arrow or bullet by watching the person doing the shooting.
There are a few more cameos premiering on this page, but I’ll save pointing them out for when they get a close up. Another thing about this page, I reserve the right to come back and make tweaks to the villains that appear on it. Like I’ve said, some of these guys are chaff, so I didn’t put quite the same amount of time into designing them as I did the minibosses.
Here’s a few links for you.
Amazing! We’re in the ComicMix finals! We’re up against Paranatural, which I’ll admit I haven’t had a chance to read through, but it looks fun. The page they have up now makes me want to find the time. I encourage you to go check them out. Voting is sure to be fierce! Tell you friends! Like! Share! Retweet! Ride through town on a horse with (no name) a lantern or a bell or something!
I made that Status Quola gag into a shirt, cause I thought it would be ok as a standalone gag. And the barcode actually resolves to something now. (It’s just the URL to this page, where else?)
Superbitch is doing a kickstarter for her first book if’n you’re interested. It’s one of my favorite superhero webcomics.
And finally, speaking of Patreon, we finally hit the $2000 milestone, which is pretty boggling to me still. Anyway, it means I’ll start steaming for an hour or so once a week. Or more, we’ll see. I’m sitting in front of the computer drawing anyway so I may as well stream. Obviously that’s only for people who want stuff super spoiled, but I promise not to stream any pages with major stuff on it like the opening of the tube or the skilltree reveal, but those only come around so often. I’ll probably chat and do Q&A while I’m doing that but we’ll see how it all goes since I can’t draw and type at the same time. I’m not sure when I’ll stream, the best way will be to follow me on Twitter, because that seems to be the best way to throw spontaneous stuff out there. I may also settle into doing it at a predictable time on the weekends as well.
Edit: Well that may be a record, four separate grammar errors. I apologize for that. They should be fixed now, if you CTRL+F5 the page.
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Is that a cam recorder on her glasses?
Grats on the 2K milestone, do your 401K in gold or silver. Yes you can do that.
And lastly, there all together, at the same time, someone seems to be giving orders, someone told em where the cops would be, guess the pay is pretty good.
Wonder if there going to unionize.
Yeah, that’s possibly a telemetry camera hooked onto her glasses’ frame. Good spotting.
It makes sense. Isn’t the helmet camera more or less standard issue now for troops on patrol in dangerous areas?
I think it may be for legal issues, but I bet Maxima thinks of it as gun cannon footage. After this, she’ll have a great highlights reel and some choice bloopers for the next party.
I used to work for a police department. The proper way for a cop to go to the bathroom (sitting down) is they remove their gun belt and hang it around their neck. There was a training sergeant who listened for his rookies to use the radio code that indicated they were taking a bio break at the station, and when they did, he’d sneak in to the station and then the bathroom, then reach over the stall and snag their belt if they hung it on the hook on the door. He often did not come up empty handed.
In another incident, the program Cops was filming at a precinct. An officer was handling his gun while wearing rubber gloves and has an accidental discharge. On camera. The chief asked for the footage, the producers said ‘No, but we won’t air it.’ I would expect that they had one hell of a blooper reel for their holiday parties.
Hey, they are breaking two golden rules! Never hit someone with glasses. And never hit a girl. I am beginning to get the impression that they are not nice people.
Fair enough. But there’s a girl with glasses trying to hit Maxima. That at least seems balanced.
Sunglasses don’t count, and that ‘rule’ about not hitting girls is complete bollocks
It’s a left-over from a time when all women were considered helpless and harmless.
The large lead has all but vanished. It’s now 51% Grrl Power vs. 49% Paranatural.
Heads up, then!
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I have voted three times and am looking for more computers to vote from.
Now at 52/48 Grrl Power still leading
actually, it’s 52-48 Paranatural leading now, unless I’m hallucinating… If anyone hasn’t voted yet, VOTE! We might possibly still pull ahead maybe!
Ha! New power in PS238 (super kids), guess which one? :)
https://ps238.nodwick.com/?p=1454
It is a spacestation with Leons power
Anvil type power and can power up from almost anything, not just kinetic energy.
Is that a golf club, or is someone off their Tee?
Really nasty thought – What if the crowd of enemy supers is because somebody, somewhere, like maybe the guy standing behind that tree, has the ability to temporarily turn others into supers with just a touch of mind control thrown in. Eventually the power turns off or fades leaving a crowd of perfectly normal badly injured or maybe dead people to be splashed all over CNN…
Someone up thread commented about how way back at the start of the comic Sydney (playing an RPG) talked about how lasers could go through forcefields and that maybe this is where it happend to Sydney in real life.
I’ll go that one better – we are about to have Harem do an area flash attack (probably involving lots of flash-bang grenades) when the heroes are attacked by a group using powers that aren’t normally theirs!
Actually I came up with a super who’s power was enhancing animals with super powers. Of course he/she has a lot of pets/companions. Imagine some brick harassing a scruffy looking norm only to get his butt handed to him by a terrier mix with teeth that can rip a tank open and super speed.
A thought. If the point she spent on the comm-ball gives her long range vision, comm ball + PPO = Sniper sydney?
Molest orb would be the sniper, PPO is more like a cruise missile.
I just realized something about Harem bringing the Barrett.
It is canon that Harem needs to see her destination or be very familiarized with it. Since Harem was surprised with the menu it is unlikely the latter, then in order to she being able to return the steakhouse must be visible from Archon. Ta-da! :)
That is not a big deal though, Archon has a pretty tall building, Harem must be able to reach almost all the city from up there. Even more, I bet they already has a glass dome on building top with a sign: HAREM’S NEST :)
I am calling it.
If one of her is at a location, she can teleport to it regardless of distance or familiarity, cause all she’s doing is de-teleporting in one area and reappearing near where she already is.
Of course! Forgot that.
Hope the Nest have a go anyway :)
And her clothes, hair dye, and the rest on each of her ‘recalled’ instances?
Oops, failed to read the entirety of the answered question I was following up….
I was asking about what happens if she goes from being 5 places at once to, say 4, 3 or less.
Would ordinary clothes, make up or such behave like it was part of her natural body or anything? Was Reed Richards her tailor, or would people eventually find lavender lipstick, pink hair dye, Victoria’s Secret thong panties and Lil’ Big Johnson t-shirts lying on the ground?
They are “stored” aka they don’t age or anything, but the ones that are left are proportionally stronger.
OMG you guys, the comicmix tourney is so close, and I have no one left to rally.
What will happen will happen. Worry not.
All over now, except the tallying of the paid votes. You still have a shot- good luck, man!
Yes. We were barely leading but “Paranatural” had a peak almost at the end. Like one hundred votes in couple hours. Pitty.
The odd thing is it appears as thought they are announcing a Grrl Power win. This cut’n’paste doesn’t show it as clearly, but why would they name Grrl Power right above the “voting is closed” announcement if Paranormal was the winner?
Grrl Power
Voting is closed
Grrl Power
48%
Paranatural
52%
I’d have liked to see Grrl Power win, especially as I don’t (currently, I’ll have to check it out) read Paranormal. But second place is no slouch, especially considering some of the big names which were eliminated in earlier rounds.
Given the amount I put into _paid_ votes, _I_ would like to see a Grrl Power win… It would be nice if we could see the vote totals _including_ the paid votes, wouldn’t it?
While voting was running that place showed who you voted for, I think it is still the same.
You know what Maxima or Halo really really need? Is a good old-fashioned raking beam. >.> Preferably non-explosive. Less property damage, and if you move it slowly enough, it works wonders for positioning other ranged attackers for a good HTH smackdown from your melee teammates….Gawd. Is it bad that I’ve played ALL of the super hero RPGs out there, that I know most of the best tactics? >.> And NOT from comic books?
Barrett-Max assumes she will win this fight without killing [m?]any of the attacking clowns, but they have shown serious power, and they are at least talking a lethal game. Best to get Peg set up to peg them if the fight turns serious. For the moment she is just reserve, or maybe has non-lethal ammo, but…
Harem-This girl got taken out by a wedgie. Granted it was a super atomic wedgie, but she has to be very vulnerable in the chaos of a fight like this and should stay on the sidelines, where she can be very useful in support. Now given her nature [as bad as some macho men], getting her to do something dull when she could be having “fun” may be difficult to impossible, and Max may have resigned herself to having to nursemaid a glory hunter working at getting herself killed.
# of supers-The story calls for command to have way underestimated the number of supers. If there were only 30 in the country, we are cramped for space when we want to introduce more. If we say 300+, we can add new ones at whim.
While government statistics can be the best available estimate, they can also be wildly wrong. If we assume the supers estimate was make by some bureaucrat with a bias, we can have 300, or maybe even 3000 supers in the country.
We start with people doubting supers even existing, which does sorta put a limit on the number, but the story so far is consistent with the number of supers rapidly increasing [for unknown reasons]. This would be consistent with our story to date. There used to be only 30 supers, but nobody has updated the figure, and since there were few supers in action, ignoring them was pretty easy until recently.
Treehugger-definitely someone to watch, but we can’t rule out idiot innocent bystander, and so the heroes can’t do much while there are so many that need to be dealt with. Yeah, he may have organized the whole thing [how? Several possible ways, but amazing skill, possibly combined with stupidity since the plan seems about as organized as a drunken motorcycle gang who just saw the news item and decided to teach the newbies a lesson.]
Estimations are about one super in a million people, with USA having up to six hundred supers: https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/955
This include ALL kind of supers (*). Hiro here is talking about “combat capable supers”, ie a especial, and maybe small, fraction of them, and surely he means apart themselves.
(*) “My power is to make people believe that I know Kevin Bacon”
Also the Flying Resque Guy wouldn’t be very usefull in such a fight
Depends on how much he can lift into the air with him. If he can lift enough to be seriously armored, a lot of weapons (or one big one) or to be seriously armored WITH weapon(s) well then a small, very maneuverable, armored weapons platform could be of use.
ARC has two very well trained normals on their team: a sniper and a martial artist trained to a “pseudo-powered” point. I think if a human came with the ability to fly a decent amount of weight it would make them an excellent candidate to receive extra special combat training to bridge the gap in their usefulness. (flying ninja, flying medic , flying sniper )
But in a comic like this one I think the bad guys would only have a “mere” flier if he could lift enough to be an armored weapons platform like Iron Man (his flight ability solves much of the massive energy requirements of that suit )
If armor, weapons, etc, are used then everybody could count as “combat capable” even healers, The Filmer or just normal people.
I am taking it as “direct combat capable” ie the super power itself is a weapon. For example nor Achilles nor Harem would count, despite wisely used they can make a difference.
Alright, using your definition I can see your point.
Though I will say that anything that increases mobility: speedster, teleport, flight, etc… would have a the strongest of “indirect” effects on your combat usefulness right up there with anything that increases durability/armor. But yeah if only abilities that directly damage others count then many of these would be right out unless combined with something else.
Agreed.
She points a gun, teleports next to you so it’s pointed at your head, pulls the trigger, then teleports away. She does this quick enough that she thinks Max won’t be able to touch her (and given Max pulled the underwear of a different body, maybe Max thought that too).
That’s not, quite, “an attack power”, but it most certainly is “combat capable”.
I certainly agree but again I think that is not what Hiro means. As you say she needs a gun. I think “combat capable super” means they are effective with nothing else than their power, especially against other supers. Even the so little amount (less than 30 in the whole states) seems more logic that way.
Note that none of the attackers have a weapon at sight, except Hex and the whip guy, and both looks as unconventional as Halo’s orbes.
I am not denying the added value of many powers, nor the capacity to make a difference in a combat situation (we haven’t seen Harem’s “lightstorm” yet), I am just guessing the definition.
It very well may be both. How many teleporters or fliers have trained for combat? The small fraction that have would be considered “combat capable” while the others would simply be “empowered civilians” or something like that. Hey, someone like the construction worker from a couple pages back (page 185, ok almost 20 pages ago) might be borderline, someone whose power makes fighting easier, but not trained to use it that way, so not “combat capable.” It also may be that most supers just have tiny powers, like automatic self-hair dye, the power to bend spoons (only spoons) with their mind, just enough pyrokinesis to light a candle, or some other significantly underpowered ability.
Harem didn’t get taken out by a Wedgy
She got taken out by a Wedgy given by one of the fastest and most powerfull supers there are.
The ONLY reason Maxima caught Harem is because she used a trick move to scare 1 version away, and than suddenly turn around and grab the other version before Harem realised what’s happening.
Supers that can’t move that fast will never catch her, because she can teleport
Teleporter or not, the sound of a bullet being fired arrives after the round has already hit you.
Being a teleporter also won’t let you dodge light speed attacks, such as Cyclops’ optic rays or other electromagnetic energy attacks. To “dodge” them you have to teleport away before they are fired at you, which is basically just another way of saying “run away!”
Yup, Harem better keep blinking VERY fast or pick unexpected, better yet hidden areas to blink to, like behind a bush, behind an enemy (confusing firing lines), to lob her sticky grenades from or whatever she is gonna do.
Still if she armored up a little, keeps blinking fast, and pops behind outlying supers to drop off surprises/fire something, she could probably keep alive for a while in a confused group of supers this large. Staying out of friendly fire would make the whole thing a whole lot harder though.
Maybe she could blink up high in the air to drop stuff off if she blinks back to ground before she builds up momentum. She is the kind of teleporter that builds keeps momentum right??
Has Dave ever said if she can teleport “parts” of things and organics? That would be incredibly deadly if allowed… I’m assuming it isn’t allowed for now.
With that much maneuverability SOMETHING can probably be worked out. Can’t wait to see what Dave has for us!
Yup, blinking around the battlefield fast is probably part of her Lightstorm technique
What we seem to be forgetting here is that the “Harem” share a group mind which means that 1 can be at a vantage point and they a can use each other as overlapping fields of vision much like Pain from Naruto.
So? That is true for everybody from normal people to even Maxima. Only precognition can protect from something the person do not perceive coming.
Yup, but she can still dodge all slow attacks better than anyone without hyperspeed.
So she’s still BETTER at dodging than basicly everyone else
So your point is completly moot. NOONE can dodge light speed attacks after they have been fired
Not entirely true about bullets. Lots of guns fire rounds at SUBsonic speeds, thus they move slower than the speed of sound. That would be true if you said that you don’t hear the thunder from the lightning bolt that hits you though…
You are technically correct, but not for practical purposes. Subsonic rounds tend to fall into two categories:
1) Suppressed (i.e. “silenced”, although that’s not a terribly accurate term), because the sound of the round breaking the sound barrier tends to defeat the purpose of suppression. When you’re in a pitched gun fight there isn’t much point in suppressed rounds, there is enough noise going on already. Some hunters like a suppressed, subsonic round so they don’t have to wear ear protection or risk damage to their hearing. Some “special forces” type units use suppressed rounds, I guess so they can do some damage before their presence becomes broadly known. But suppression doesn’t work like in the movies: You don’t get the almost silent shots that let the Bond types run around killing bad guys at will without alerting the police or the other bad guys.
2) Heavy loads intended to have greater penetrating power. I say intended because there is a lot of controversy on the subject. Mass times velocity equals force, so unless you can tweak your mass up without losing more than commensurate velocity you’re not increasing the force. Broadly speaking, if you’re getting accurate shots on target it doesn’t really matter what kind of round you’re using.
There is a third case but it is a bit fringe. Some firearms simply require a heavy (and therefore likely subsonic) load in order to work their action.
Suppressed supersonic rounds have a VERY useful property – they tend to mislead a targeted person into thinking that the shooter is 180 degrees from their actual position. Since the muzzle blast is effectively contained there is no big boom, the only think Mr. Target has to go on is the whipcrack as the bullet passes by.
As far as heavy rounds go, it’s not really a matter of bullet weight whether or not the round will be supersonic or not. The gun surrounding the round determines what kind of pressures are acceptable for the load. Want a heavy bullet that moves extremely fast? You’ll end up with a design that looks something like the Barrett. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.50_BMG
a-which is still being taken out by a wedgie. And we know Max did not use anything close to full power. Nor do our other views of Harem support the idea of good physical defenses. She can dodge great, but if she gets hit, she is going down, all 5 of her.
Harem is best against the solitary foe. Then she can dodge all attacks pretty well. [But note that Max is about the only one to beat our martial artist. We don’t know how many contests there were between he and Harem, nor under what conditions, but our default assumption is that Harem has lost, and she is not the best even under 1 vs 1 conditions.
But we are talking 30 vs “15” here. That means there are 30 [shifting] death spots each of the Harems must avoid. And on average each of them is under two attacks. So you have to keep track of 30 enemies, some of which can move fast, and make sure none of 5 of you are not downrange of any of these foes. If you are wrong in even one case, all 5 of you may be history. Do the math. In such a chaotic situation, you are going to make mistakes, likely lots of them, and be knocked right out of the fight.
Harem would be wonderful in a support role, keeping the high command in touch, scouting in general, emergency first aid, getting support… But you are misusing her in direct combat.
The reason all 4 activated Harem went down was due to chained reactions: Bodie got Maximum Wedgied which caused Berry to stub her toe which caused Gothette to bang her knee which caused Abbey to faceplant the cupboard (if Berry hadn’t *vorped* into a curb, Abbey would not have faceplanted)
I just noticed APB’s (the guy Anvil nose booped) landing furrow just to the left of the burning(?) tree. Dave’s attention to detail is impressive. The occasional typo notwithstanding. ;)
/squee at someone elses use of the name ‘APB’ :D
Of course he is the Ambulatory Punching Bag. It has way more class than Mr Ugly! :-D
But, thought of a new name for him: ‘Betty’ (as in Betty Boop :D)
+1 for that.
Plus, having all his ‘pals’ calling him “Betty” will make it even harder for him to live it down, plus be an ongoing reminder why Anvil is now his Nemesis
Been a while since I posted on one of these, but, i’m gonna call it right now. Tree Guy over in the corner there. He’s a muscle mimic, and/or power mimic. he’s waiting for maxima to show off on the others, and then he’s going to leave, to use her powerset to frame her for a bunch of big bank robberies, discrediting Maxima and Arc, and forcing Maxima to leave town in order to clear her name. although, that’s just a theory, right Dave? ;)
Seems a little too soon for that sort of arc unless he can hang on to the powers for a bit…
Don’t they usually have to touch or at least be close to absorb powers?
It really depends on what the writer decides, rather than precedent. Balance wise, it would be humongously overpowering. But if a good story can be written despite that, then there is no reason why the power cannot have line of sight capability.
Most cases where it has a range is a very limited range, maybe a foot or 2 radius, unless they have tentacles
I see the mastermind hasn’t figured out the difference between tactics and strategy yet. Maybe one day she will be able to take Max but right now she is just an O. Henry working with the thickest bricks on the planet. Great plans right up until her henchmen get a hold of them and then they go right out the window.
Testosterone poisoning can cause deafness. That at least explains the first two redshirts. As to the rest at least “blast her” is simple and takes no practice. Or so everyone thought until they missed.
Hmmm…Something minor, specific point just crossed my mind, as I see Maxima’s combat boots so clearly. We really haven’t seen them so clearly since she stopped the faked bank robbery near the front of the comic, although it could be said that Sydney yarfing on them would have precluded getting a good view.
Unless my own personal memory is way off, military combat issue & work boots include steel toe coverings under the leather. In Maxima’s case (& Achilles’ & perhaps a few other supers in ARC), why bother?
Because of logistics and uniform. It would cost more to make a one-off (or very small run) of specific, non-steel toe boots, than to simply give them the right size boots that they already have in stock. Besides that, is it is part of the uniform.
The military doesn’t actually do the manufacturing of their uniforms, boots included. Private sector manufacturers already contracted by the government do that. But making uniforms is not ALL they do…they also manufacture clothing (including boots) for private sector sales & may already be tooled up for similar styles of boots *without* steel toes. Therefore, if there’s already a “demand” on the market for boots without steel toes, they are already being manufactured & does NOT indicate any additional cost to supply them.
But ARC-SWAT still has to buy the boots. If ARC-SWAT has steel-toed boots in inventory, why would they bother getting un-capped boots specially for the supers who have enhanced durability/invulnerability?
Also there are like a dozen types of military boots the ones you get issues in basic are not steel toes. I know this from personal experience didn’t get my first pair of steel toes until out of the military. All my army boots except my tanker boots which by default are designed to be worn around tracked vehicles didn’t have steel toes. Oh and a steel toe just protects your foot long enough to hopefully gt what ever heavy object off your foot a full water buffalo treats none steel toe and steel toe alike pretty much flattens your foot. Just glad it wasn’t me I had enough feet problems thanks to poor boot sizing I take 8 4 e if I can find it so I go for length which comes to a 10 3 e I don’t have feet as my drill Sargent stated I have flippers. Which is fine I’m from Washington helps me deal with the rain.
Yeah, that kind of makes sense. If something like a tank rolls over your foot, your toes will still be crushed beyond all repair or healing, regardless of steel toes in the boots. But not only do your toes get crushed, but they’ll also have a hardened steel “case” around them that would take a lot of effort just to open up so they can see how bad your toes really are.
Worse – consider the steel cap being flattened onto your toes acting as a makeshift shear. Where bone and muscle could have simply been mashed, now they’ve been severed as well >.<
Personally I swear by my Rigger Boots, and I really would not want to be without the steel protection. Be it gardening, chopping up wood or kicking an attacking wolf.
They look like Ugg Boots, with attitude
Because of the things a flying, laser-firing tank might kick?
Actually steel toes wouldn’t be nearly enough but might last a few seconds longer than non-steel toes.
Wonder if they have an Edna Moe department making ultra durable gear that merely LOOKS like what they enjoy/are used to wearing for combat?
I think her name was actually Edna Mode as in she’s in Edna Mode.
Thanks don’t know if that was a typo or if I really thought it was that at the time. *shrugs*
The most clearly spoken occurrence of her name is when she speaks into the security console. “EDNA MODE … and guest.” Still get a chuckle out of the oops almost killed her aspect.
Is Edna also Hetty from NCIS:LA?
Edna is voiced by a guy, so I doubt it.
Seriously? o_O
Yup.
Is it just me, or does it seem like the perfect setup for a comedic theatre show if Maxima found someone that she actually WANTED to go on a date with?
Can you imagine the hilarity that could (and likely would) ensue?
Death by snu snu
…Not if Dave wishes to keep away from an XXX Rating for this comic…
Doesn’t have to be shown never mind graphic.
Bad guy is still a bad guy right?
Incarcerated, in traction, interred, incinerated or incontinent are the options. Right?
You forgot ‘indisposed’ and ‘inconvenient’.
…which, by that time, has also become irrelevant.
Has anyone else noticed the purple tentacle? Or is that just Jo from Nerfnow visiting?
It is a person wearing a purple tentacle. Or a purple tentacle has engulfed a person. Or someone was trying to pull a condom over their head, for a practical joke, and things went badly wrong as a side-effect from all the super powers sloshing around.
I thought maybe it was a guest shot. Jo draws himself as a purple tentacle in his comic. And for some reason always has female versions of TF2 characters living with him. If you like video games Nerfnow is one of the better comics though he does tend to use whatever game he playing at the time.
I did! I did! :) https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1280/comment-page-1#comment-64972
If so, she gulped someone.
:( Intended to reply Gamesman https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1280/comment-page-3?replytocom=65483#comment-65477
Okay, everybody.
Here we have a good old standard LFR-wipe.
First, they have paper tanks (probably dps-geared) that Leeroy Jenkins into the fray.
When one of said paper tanks gets one-shotted by a mini-boss (Anvil), the other simply charges straight at the main boss and suffers even more.
After all, tactics? What’s that.
By now, the smart idea for the rest of them would be to make haste in retreating and resetting the encounter, but no.
All of them decided to go for the complete plan-less non-tactic try and nuke the main boss even if you have no way of protecting yourselves and hope you manage to dps her down just in time for 1 in the raid to remain standing afterwards.
I sure hope they have a full set of Pro HC-geared healers.
Anyway, let’s see how many of them ragequit after the inevitable wipe.
Ragequit would be more effective BEFORE the encounter ends! After that they can check out but they can never leave!
Good luck rezing at the grave yard cause that corpse is being camped.
Pre-and after-wipe ragequitters are sadly becoming the norm these days.
On this, let me quote Q (TNG 2×16):
“If you can’t take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home, and crawl under your bed. It’s not safe out here! It’s wondrous…with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross; but it’s not for the timid.”
Yeah and remember what happened when Q lost his powers? He became a whinny little wuss.
Huh – the idea of some of the gang being illusions makes me wonder if tree-dude is an illusion projector…
That sub-comic joke is the reason that almost all of my melee characters in D&D use improved Crit Rapiers. 15-20 Crit range
Yeah, great choice for a precision-based fighter (as in Rogue type) with the Telling Blow feat (AD&D3.5 Players Handbook II). I love using Ninja with Keen kukri (30% chance to do sudden strike damage even if the enemy isn’t flat-footed).
I find clubs with a bleeding effect and haste works better than increased crit range. Bleeding effects in D&D are cumulative and thus the damage is more consistent. Especially if you dual wield them. Even with the threat range at 15-20 there’s always a chance to miss, not much granted, but still, a chance whereas if you hit with a bleeding effect it continues.
Cant see the relevante between the sub comic joke and the keen rapier, you critting on a 15 or better does not help if you need a 15 to even hit.
Gahh.. thats what i get for posting when tired.. meant need a 20 to even hit :(
Yep, if you are attacking something you can only hit on a 20, you are best off going for something that does a massive bonus to damage on a narrow critical range. No point saying “I rolled a 17, shame that did not hit, because if it had, I would have had a chance for critical damage”.
Either that, or get something like True Strike to give you +20 to hit. Or better yet, go for an auto hit option in the first place. Her high natural AC then is irrelevant. Magic missile or more powerful magical attacks would be a weakness of hers.
Oh, did I forget to mention that you better have a lot of casters. To account for losses in her first strike. I don’t think the regular initiative bonuses would beat her. Not unless you dig out epic characters. And the epic system in D&D is so broken she could run rings around them anyhow.
Did Maxima untie that hairband as she was flying by or could it not stand up to the wind?
Yes.
Something that bothered me was that Maxima used gamer language which is something that she knows relatively little about and that Sydney seems to avoid talking about in front of the “cool” people.
Unless military people use the term “glass cannon” which I’m fairly sure they don’t. At least, not up in Canada.
I know that it’s the author slipping through and connecting to other geeky gamers who (by looking at the comments) are hardcore into gaming/military gaming, but I was a little disappointed because it’s not true to Maxima’s character.
It’s also kinda sad because Maxima is altogether so powerful that I don’t see how even a mass of villains could be a threat unless they kidnap civilians or have something she can’t account for up their sleeves. In pure brawn, she would win every time, if not, a combination of the others would.
As was mentioned here https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/479
Max was a nerd when she was younger so it is VERY consistent with her character.
Has anyone else noticed the shadowy figure by the tree?
Do you mean the one out in the open, that everyone has been commenting on? Or the one hiding behind him?
Talking about shadowy figures, has anybody figured out what those ghostly crucifixes are, on the far side of the road? Top right hand corner of the last panel.
Those look like lamp posts in the car park of the building across the street. Compare to the ones in this building’s car park, just below Maxima’s speech bubbles.
wow, is mental quickness / fast gun tracking on her powerlist too?
Something about the mixed perspective lines in the last pannel makes it look like she’s moving fast without blurring or speed lines…
Not sure what though.
You can see Vehemence in the last panel (top right of it, beneath a tree)! Nice!