Grrl Power #450 – Bang jail
So… yeah, I’m trying something new with Sydney’s hair for a few pages at least. Sydney’s bangs are distinctive as Decollete says, but they create certain art problems, like when I draw Sydney in profile, they mysteriously just out from her face more than they should just so they don’t overlap her eyes. Her bangs are like Lion-o’s hair, which would often stay pointing the same direction even though he’d turn his head. It’s not like I’m reinventing her look either, I mean I had planned on having her wear a French braid at the beginning of the previous day but I discovered very quickly that they’re a lot more work to draw than a ponytail. Full disclosure, I was also watching an anime called K-ON and one of the characters in (Ritsu) wears a headband. I realized her hair looked a lot Sydney’s only with the bangs pinned back, so I thought I’d try it out for a bit.
Succubi can’t feed off each other. Well, they totally can, it’s just not sustainable. It’s like trying to breath back and forth into someone else’s mouth while you’re both underwater. It’s a game of rapidly diminishing returns. It doesn’t mean they don’t like trying, but they probably have some recharge options on speed dial. Succubi hook up text doesn’t read “You up?” it reads “Carb up!”
Max doesn’t want any Succubus zonking her team, but it’s got to seem like a wasted resource from their point of view. Of course not all supers work for Archon, and any Succubi on Earth probably has a few regulars supers for mutually beneficial… you know, exchanges. To them, Supers are like a big meal full of protein and fiber and healthy fats, only they taste like a pie made out of Twix and Nutella. (Or whatever gets your sweet tooth going. Maybe a giant gooey chocolate chip cookie and big cup of milk for dunking.)
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Sydney has Harry Potter hair.
The chosen one with bangs
Just don’t give her a loaded gun – heyoooh
Shave her head and give her a tank.
She is a tank, Forb + PPO = tank.
Harry’s hair was magical. We already know Sydney had no detectable magic when she entered Archon.
SCENE: Sydney’s first arrival to Archon, with Maxima.
SECURITY GUARD (tackling Sydney): Look out Professor McGonagall, she’s a mage!
MAXIMA (peeling guard off Sydney, with an irritated look): I’ve told you before, that you’re a muggle, not some kind of mage! And I am Lieutenant Colonel Maximillia Leander, not someone out of Hogwarts.
SYDNEY (being helped up by Maxima): OK that was undignified. I’ll be asking Dave not to put this scene in the comic.
MAXIMA (dusting Sydney off): Sorry about that Sydney. Taking on some police retirees, as guards, was part of the deal we made with the police union. That guy took a bullet to the head, and had to retire, on medical grounds.
Odd thing is, we would not want to get rid of him. He has spotted more suspicious characters, trying to sneak in, than anybody. (pointedly looking at Tubey) If only we could get him to stop reading Harry Potter books!
Give him some of the early Mercedes Lackey books and see what happens! A few could have been turned down by Harlequin for being too racy.
Reminds me of General Dorflay in H. Beam Piper’s Ministry of Disturbance…
I think the kind of room Sydney is suggesting includes a gym with a boxing ring & gloves…
And a mattress for afterwards
Whatever gets them going..
Most things will get a succubus going.
i dont mind what the room has in it as long as it has sound proofing if i have the room next door
Guys, guys, you have it all wrong.
It’s obviously a mud wrestling pit.
I would have thought high tech using a ball pit filled with Bucky Balls
Bucky might be opposed to that idea. He would like them to stay right where they are. Bucky says that he’s grown rather attached to them.
No, Jello or pudding wrestling.
Indeed. Mud is awfully bad for the skin as it leaches out moisture while drying. And it isn’t something which can easily be licked off, either.
Coincidentally, one of the guys I work with used to be a festival organizer so he knows a few tricks of the trade. In this case, the relevant one is that Hershey’s milk chocolate is the only known mud-like substance that gives garunteed coverage during a wrestling match without being a health hazard if accidentally consumed. They don’t tell you that though because the sport is already sexualized enough without men realising that the “mud” is edible.
A chocolate coating probably isn’t good for you but it won’t leach moisture like mud at least.
But the hair is the M in the Mitey halo
What? You saying Sydney has mites?
O.o
Oh. Oh! You mean Mighty! I get it.
;)
Edit: mighty
And have I menchend I hate trying to spell using a tablet
edit: “mentioned”
Topical. I’m off to my PC that spell check works
typical?
Tropical. L0wten is posting from a tablet while lying on a beach somewhere.
i wish
While you’re in front of your PC, check out how the tablet changed the leading ‘L’ in your name was changed to an ‘I’.
;)
Also bear in mind that the retractable coffee-cup holder only has a lightweight capacity. Do not put big cups in it!
Actually it was the PC that got the L wrong forgot to hold shift when I put the name in on the pc.
And my PC is not equipped with a retractable coffee-cup holder I never installed one when I built it. And I’m British over here its a tea cup holder
Bear in mind? AAAHH! There’s a bear in my mind!
Must try to resist. Too Strong. Must obey.
Well, I’m off to get some hunny. Oh bother.
:-D
Afterwards you can always play Pooh-sticks.
The “retractable coffee cup holder” is an old name for the CD drive.
O.B. Juan has a rumbly in his tumbly & a Tigger sitting on top of it.
It was distinctive, yes, and I absolutely love her look, but I must say it did look a little odd in profile in some of the older pages. See the last couple of panels here to see what I mean.
See-through hair is part of Sydney’s anime style, for when it is required. And you can look through hair, if it is hanging loosely. Or look around various strands, as it moves, otherwise. So, stylised though it is, it does have a reasonable basis.
It seems “diplomacy” is also a big part of Succubus Finishing School. As Decollete used the word “distinctive” to describe Sydney’s bangs, most of us have been using phrases like “cartoonish” & “physics-defying.”
;)
Wow, if this is how bad it is when people try to get two Succubi to make casual conversation. I’d really like to see what would happen if they actually had something to argue over.
Getting casual is what succubi do.
As per the author’s notes, on the previous page, yup this is how it goes, across the species. And fighting is as likely, if they are not trying to be friendly!
I totally approve. Even though they are working hard, to blend into human society, they are aliens. And have very different biological needs. So it is highly appropriate that they have different social intersections, between each other, than we see in human society.
These ARE succubi trying to be friendly (or at least Decollete is). Decollete is a diplomat who has every reason to keep in Archon’s good graces. Fighting with one of their most powerful members of the team would be a bad move strategically speaking. Maxima is another powerful member and she already seems to dislike the use of Succubi powers (though that might just be Dabbler pressing the right buttons constantly, so she might have some negative biases that already put Decollete at a disadvantage. Dabbler is probably under orders not to cause a diplomatic incident, but it seems that diplomacy isn’t among the many fields she chose to pursue. Still, she would probably be at least slightly more antagonistic otherwise.
*stares at Hypno Boobs*
I notice that in panel 9, Sydney has gotten trapped by the hypnoboobs yet again.
Admittedly, I’ve gotten trapped so much that it took me this long to see that…
I agree with another commentator’s assessment that Sydney is actually looking at the headband, in her hand. Which is just visible.
Plus it is a look of introspection. Rather than the slack-jawed, nose-heading-into-cleavage, effect that we observed before.
TBH, I missed seeing the headband in Dabbler’s hand…But who can really blame me for getting caught (yet again) by the eye-catching presence of Hypno-Boobs™?
:-) They are indeed evolutionarily designed eye-magnets.
If she wore a tank top with a tennis ball print…
There are some gaping holes in the continuity going on here.
If succubi are as anti-social to each other as the author describes and also shows in the comic, then how would a succubi finishing school even possibly be a thing? Not only would you have constant fighting amongst the students, but amongst the faculty as well. And between the faculty and the students. The succubi finishing school would be invited to zero dances, because they would disrupt any attempts at polite company. At best you could invite one student to any given event.
The ability to set a logical, internally consistent setting which does not completely contradict itself across the short time frame between drawing a comic and the accompanying exposition is one of the gifts of a good author.
Presumably, a finishing school would function because all the succubi would quickly sort themselves into a fairly stable hierarchy. Decollette and Dabbles are strangers, so they’re in the process of establishing who is dominant, which Sydney keeps interrupting.
Succubi would essentially be like wolves. In an established and stable pack, there would be few fights for dominance as the hierarchy would be well established. There would be occasional viscious fights when the status quo changed, but overall, fights would be few and far between. In the case of Dabbler and Decollette, you have two “wolves” who have never met trying to figure out who is top dog.
Agreed. What Dave described was how Succubi behave on initially meeting.
Once dominance has been established they will subsequently have a different role. The one which springs to mind being a dominant and submissive relationship.
As a societal mechanism, this works well. Groups which fail to establish a heirachy, or alternate effective relationship, do not work together well. Thus the sooner that members establish a pecking order, in demon society, the faster they will be able to get on with whatever cooperative reasons drew them together, in the first place.
Mind you, if the two succubi are closely matched, and both are inclined to be dominant, then I imagine there could be repeated attempts to reestablish dominance. But we see that in various soical groups, in both animal and human societies. So Dave’s continuity is solid.
That’s one opinion. I have a different one, based on those same words.
That is reasonable. But if one matches the setting, and the other does not, then is it not fairer to take it as being the one which does?
I would add that without the ability to establish a hierarchy, there would be no succubus society. The best you could hope for would be the way lone predators act towards one another, like tigers or bears. Given that DaveB has said succubi do things like participate in finishing schools, where they would all presumably be in a large group together, I assume they’re more like lions or wolves, able to function well in.a group as long as a clear hierarchy has been established.
What is fair is to point out, as I did, that the author is not building an internally consistent story.
If I see inconsistencies, I point them out myself. Or if someone else picks up on it first, I will agree. Here though I do not feel that your argument holds water. Although you are welcome to hold that opinion, if you choose.
In my opinion, the story is highly constant, about Succubus society, for the reasons Boxilar and I have already stated.
The outcome of two succubi having a conversation is usually banging.
Casual small-talk => banging
Trading snide insults & quips => banging
Technical research => banging
Comic analysis => well, you get the idea.
So, a succubi-succubi-super threeway would probably be fine.
Also, love the hairband check. Trust not fey gifts.
Note: succubi aren’t fey
thoug succubi are considered demons and demons have a lot of parallel with fay some theories say the only difference is aliment
I believe that was a supernatural equivalent of “beware of Greeks bearing gifts”, a metaphor rather than an implied equivalence between succubi and fey.
The same principle applies. Beware of geeks bearing gifts.
Oh.
*puts down tray of Yorpie Snax™*
*writes a safety declaration, on a card, and places it on top of the pile*
Help yourselves! Bon appétit.
That’s even more suspicious! I’m going now, to go install a Big Red Button at the back of a cave with the warning ‘Do Not Push’ painted over it.
Painted? PAINTED!!
You are supposed to engrave in neon red on a heavy oversize bullet proof metal plate over the button so that if [when-shoddy hardware] the top two screws broke it would flip downwards hitting the button.
Hey look, somebody put a big red button in the back of this hidden cave. I wonder what happens if I press it? {Press} Aw, man! The paint was still wet. {Rumble} Did anyone else hear tha….
If you think wet paint is funny, dry paint is even funnier.
No, seriously. Find a doctor or a dentist that will cooperate with you. Put up a sign in the waiting room that says “Dry Paint”. Sit in the corner and watch. You’d be surprised how many people touch it to make sure it really is dry…
Another variation on that concept is ‘Beware Romulans bearing gifts.’ If they give you Ale, pay heed that it’s illegal everywhere on this side of the Neutral Zone…
Yes, but it was illegal for boring reasons.
At least Dr. McCoy had a legitimate reason for having any; “Medical Purposes.” Even though there’s no legal channels existing for obtaining any…
Embargoes suck, and the blockade runners? How many of those idiots try to blow up the facilities once they get caught when a simple(substantial) bribe will do!
Tying together this, with another thread, I have an engineer neighbour. Most of his work though would fall under the category of ‘technician’, as a factory worker, by the definitions given elsewhere. But he would also be called upon to design and build structures, or bits of equipment, from scratch. For one-off problems, or needs, rather than things for mass-production (although they might be used in the process).
So one time, when he was employed in a country which strictly regulated alcohol (it was not banned, but when and where you could consume it was strongly enforced). Working in a factory making aircraft parts, he was called upon to make some item of equipment, to be used in a side room.
I forget exactly what, but let us say it was an air-conditioner. So he goes ahead and builds it, and it works perfectly. So he then goes back to his regular job. And, because there was a high staff turnover, the lower management guy who ordered that, moved on from the company. But periodically, between shifts, the engineer, and his mates, would go off to the side room, and have an evenings fun.
Namely because, built into parts of the machinery, which would not need to be accessed for routine maintenance, he had also incorporated a fully functional still! Completely hidden, but in plain sight. And in something which was meant to be there. Plus, as such jobs were never recorded, on paper, there was nothing to tie it back to him, in the event of it ever being discovered.
Yes, but McCoy is a known security risk. Remember that whole Genesis event and how he couldn’t manage to keep his mouth shut about classified information? And he has a history of alcoholism from the time frame of his divorce. It’s no surprise at all that he dabbles in illegal goods. I’m surprised they allowed him to remove splinters, much less serve on a Federation science vessel as the crew doctor. Chapel was probably approached by security and agreed to be his ‘handler’ (spy terminology for watchdog) in exchange for some Vulcan pheromones.
I don’t think a succubus-succubus-super threeway is a good idea, since Dabbler alone drained a super pretty thoroughly, so doubling the succubi could be hazardous or at least less satisfying to the succubi. A super orgy with a couple of succubi participating would be fine, however.
It would all depend on the efficiency of the energy transfer process and the size of the battery and the appetites involved.
It could be a legitimate battle tactic. If they run into something that even Maxima has trouble with they could retreat and charge up Dabbler to the point where she can deal with it. I’m quite certain that Math would love that plan.
Except Math isn’t apparently a “super”. Oh, he’s a martial artist on par with Bruce Lee, but no one, even Math, is sure if his skill is simply because he trained his ass off, or, if he has some degree of superpower.
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The problem being that, like any good magician should know, it’s all about misdirection. The headband was of course harmless. It’s whatever Decollette planted or cast on Sydney when she was doing the “smooth, smooth” maneuver which was the thing being covered up by the gifting of the headband.
Even if they they can’t gain energy off each other, it’s no doubt just fun to play with other succubi.
To be fair, i’d imagine Dabs would like to bed someone who can keep up with her now and then…………
I expect it could also be a learning/experimental experience too.
For SCIENCE !
Picture the X-rated version of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC6dgtBU6Gs
My favourite swordfight in cinematic history. Feel free to link that whenever you want.
*waves tail in the Agrippa-style*
Well yh they got all them extra muscles
Blocking her peripheral vision is a good thing. She’s too easily distracted, so the bangs help her focus.
Like blinders on a horse
So, are you saying the bangs are a win-whinny situation?
Sydney’s blinder than a horse? Neigh!
+1, for both of you.
Dab ‘s face looks strange on the panel one.
Did she cast “anime eyes” on herself at that moment?
or is that a combination of multiple factors?
Dabbler does have the ability to see other people’s innermost desires. And then alter her appearance to match.
Just prior to this scene, Dabbler was assessing a potential mate. Now Sydney has interposed herself, physically, between the pair of them. Further Dabbler does seem to be looking more at Sydney, than Decollete. And does have physical contact with Sydney, in any event.
The eyes may be very intentionally depicted that way!
I must start practicing. No, no I can do better than that!
I’d say Dabbles has a thing for Sydney. Of course, she has a thing for everyone, but Sydney is a novelty to her. Sydney is smart, quirky, naive about some things but is also incredibly insightful about others to the point of almost being a savant. Add in that Sydney is not into girls, which makes her somewhat unobtainable, and she probably pushes Dabbler’s buttons on a fairly deep level. Hence the amine eyes at a bit of physical contact. She was all set for a dominance throw down with Decollette and Sydney knocked her off stride and off guard. That look was probably entirely unintentional. Granted, that’s a lot of speculation, but it kind of fits. I could also be completely off base.
My phone does not like the word “anime”.
Dammit!
I just rolled a critical failure!
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*wags tail adorably*
Well said, by the way, Boxilar.
Thanks.
*offers a scratch behind the ears*
*leans into the scratch, tail wagging*
I wonder if unrully hair is a minor superpower and if they are sentient?
And its her hair that powers her orbs?
ZIntiel, of Flay Pastry, has animate sentient hair. It is cool.
Nitrine is like a mirror-universe version of Sydney. No morals or shyness but a lot of energy and brain-power for a goblin. She might give Dabbler a run for her money sex-wise especially if she clones herself several times.
I really liked her hair after she’d just woken up. Reminded me of the drawing of Sydney and Dabbler either titled or described as “unrelated sisters” if you have human-looking Dabbler pretending to be Sydney’s big sister or something. Then again, I’m sure many people would dislike that taking away the potential for flirting from Dabbler.
This is a gift from a demon.
Can Dabbler be sure that it is safe?
Hang on, Dabbler is a demon, can I be sure she is safe?
I wonder how they made this?
Can I get Dabbler to teach me how to make magic weapons?
Naa, she probably treats magic the same way she does technology. No sharing.
This is my first magical item! Other than the orbs, I have no idea what they are.
I kind of expected a magic sword.
I wonder if it has any other powers?
This is a gift from a demon…
Gah, this should be replying to the thread immediately below!
I wonder what is going through Sydney’s head at the second last panel, that expression really makes me wonder.
she is examining the headband you can see the top of it right at the bottom of the panel
Does it work on feathers? All it takes is one gust of heavy wind hitting me from behind and I look like a broken umbrella. Takes ages to tuck them back into position.
It is magic, of course it does! And it may even re-size itself, to fit you.
Dabbler looks kinda odd in the first panel.
I think R, correctly, identified the reason above. Although Dabbler is a softer appearance, than normal too. If you contrast that look to the one on the last panel, of the previous page.
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bad hair day
There is a reason why heroine’s hair looks like it does. Some even have to use rebar, to pin it into place!
DAVE! Have you read Good Intentions by Elliott Kay? Hot succubus action that. And in case you missed it pages ago, anime movie Wolf Children is different kind of take on werewolves. It’d be funny if someone were to tell Sydney about those and how she reacts to it.
Weirdly yes I have. It was actually a pretty good book if you can ignore the haremy aspect of it.
I found it to be a good book with the harem aspect too. Like what harem anime SHOULD be like! In sequel book (Natural Consequences) male lead is even called pervert for no good reason. That joke never seems to get old for the japanese.
Wolf Children is EXCELLENT. Haven’t read Goid Intentions yet, but I’ll look into it!
Now I feel a bit sorry for Dabbler who have to share a workplace with a bunch of hunks and babes. It must be like putting a starved human in front of a table filled with delicious food and forbid them to eat any.
I think you can use artistic freedom as a argument for drawing Sydney’s bangs as you want. Decolette is right, they are wonderfully distinctive.
I don’t think Dabbles is starving, per se. Maybe more like putting someone on the Paleo diet in front of a table full of pastries, pies and cookies.
Sidney earns her first magic item through a successful diplomacy check, and its only function is to hold back her bangs.
This is a perfect example of ‘minor magic items’ that I think are far under utilized. In my D&D worlds such items are very common and tend to be the most frequent type of magic item found.
go to agree with you on this one i just have trouble coming up with minor magic items. so my players end up with a lot of “amulets of rain repellent” and “wands of dusting”
I used to do flawed/partially powered magic items, justified as the failed attempts at magic item creation.
For instance, a magic sword +1 (1edAD&D) should be unbreakable, give +1 to hit, do +1 damage, may glow (optional), may be aligned (optional–often teamed with the glow), and may have intelligence (optional).
a partially-powered sword might be unbreakable and do +1 damage, but with no hit bonus; it might have normal hit/damage bonuses but shatter on a crit miss (or if I was being generous, lose one or both of its bonuses, possibly becoming a normal sword); it could also be unbreakable with no other features; or it might be an intelligent, aligned blade with no other features (possibly lying about it’s abilityes because it is lonely).
Alternately, what was intended as Boots of Striding might end up as being a normal pair of boots that fit anyone, or seven-league boots that either only fit a rather large orc, or which caused blisters due to being ill-fitting; or which halved the distance traveled with each use; or required a save vs magic to function.
I also had wands, staves and rings that had to be recharged between uses (a good way to relieve characters of excess funds to pay spellcasters) or which had unknown activation words; or items like goblets of holding (had to be carried upright for fear of spillage), items which radiated magic but had no other properties (a good way for unscrupulous characters to raise funds); or a host of nonmagical boots, girdles, rings, sticks, nets, amulets, candles, braziers, horseshoes, etc. (spellcasters used identify magic) mixed in with the treasure.
Self-mending items of clothing were popular, as were potions of polishing and the +1 torches (I never explained the bonus). The broken invisibility cloak that gave a +1 to surprise or on an initiative roll was fought over,once they figured it out.
I ran a low-magic campaign, at one point. Although the characters started off outside of there, they got magically transported to the low-magic region, where there was insufficient magic to escape. So they had to discover the low-magic nature, and adapt to that. Whilst magic using characters lost capability, on one paw, they gained it, on the other, by the rarity of their powers.
Because magic was uncommon, so were those who could use it. And, when facing opponents who have no magic, and little to no experience of it, even low-level capabilities have a lot of surprise and shock value. But, used poorly, it could also invoke fear and loathing. So the campaign was rich for role-playing.
There were no magical items above +1 in value. The bulk of any treasure, which, in a normal setting, might include magic, would instead be non-magical alternatives. Poultices, rather than healing potions. Herbal remedies, instead of magical scrolls. Single-use magical items, in lieu of the permanent trinkets. A major haul might, rarely, include a glowing weapon, or one that had a +1 bonus (but only to hit or to damage).
Critters, with magical abilities likewise had those reduced. Flaming breath would do less damage, for instance. Those which normally needed +1 weapons to hit, would only need ‘magical’ (or ‘negative magical’, see below), +2 to +3 would require a weapon with +1 to hit or damage. Greater values would need a fully +1 weapon.
As an adjunct there was also negative magic. I had introduced the party to this, whilst they were still in the normal setting. They found it to be a weaker version of normal magic. But which could not be detected or dispelled (not by the normal spells, but detect negative magic and dispel negative magic worked just fine). One player, in particular, liked the surprise options that offered, along with the rarity.
They had a single +1 weapon, of this nature. And the interested player decided to specialise in that, rather than normal magic. Which, when they transitioned to the low-magic campaign, made him relatively stronger, as his magic was not reduced, unlike everyone else’s!
Cool: That’s further than I went–I was mostly looking to balance out some of the later 1ed supplements (barbarians, cantrips, etc) for the low-level campaigns I liked to run. Never even thought of going low-magic.
May I steal some of your ideas for future use?
And while I’m thinking on it, when you roleplay, do you sit around a table, a la Dogs Playing Poker?
I rather imagine canine players sprawled on rugs and cushions, around an open space with maps scrawled on the floor–maybe in one of those lounge pits like they used to have in the 70s–miniatures advancing around the pizza slices, tall lamps in the corners of the room casting weird shadows over the dog dishes filled with Dr. Pepper or crisps; teeth bared at bad dice rolls…
…you know, just a normal game night.
I would love for the setting to find a greater audience, so by all means. :)
A few other bits, which may be of interest:
There were ways of travelling to and from the low magic region. Including a couple of gateways (one magical, being sustained from the other end, far away, the other a natural equivalent). Or convincing flying creatures. Potentially including dragons, who had just enough magic to be able to fly there. But who generally disliked the weakening of their powers.
Although a few youngsters found that the lack of competition suited them well, but who wold not be strong enough to carry a whole party. Plus one older dragon, who had angered a mages’ guild, and decided to hide out there. Needless to say, even with weak breath weapons and spells, dragons remained dangerous to magic-poor individuals!
Note that magic resistance is not reduced, unlike weapon immunities. Alchemy, of a non-magical nature, had become highly developed in that area. With there being a playable alchemist class, capable of creating more powerful versions of the normal alchemical widgets. 1.5 times as powerful at low, to mid levels, up to 3 times at the highest.
Plus having other things like ‘camouflage paint’. Who’s bonuses improved, as with the normal items. Thief/rogue skill, weapons, hit points and save progression. With any weapons, in the setting, which can carry a fluid payload also being allowed. Cleric armour and combat capability.
There was something (undetermined) at the centre of the region. Be it artifact, demon or dragon. Which could allow an escape, from the region, if desired. Or it could be destroyed/defeated. Which would restore the area to normal magic. But with severe consequences to a society which has been acclimatized to that for all their recorded history!
Your imagination, is spot on, by the way. ;-)
Something like the Demon X(A/N)^th?
I like the idea–well thought out.
Thanks for the compliment.
I did not have anything in particular in mind. I kept it open, deliberately, as I knew the campaign would only be of finite length, rather than ongoing. Low magic is good for a change of pace, but players get used to a certain level of power, and would tire of the lower alternatives, eventually.
As such I intended to customise the threat depending on their level, when that time came. Sadly we had one of the players move away, at about that time. So were holding the low magic campaign in reserve for whenever he visited (we had several campaigns running, depending on everyone’s mood).
However it turned out that I found the possibilities of the high magic part to be much more inspiring myself. So then created a fresh campaign where the characters each started off with inherent powers equal to one the rings of elemental command, respectively. On top of significantly boosted class powers.
The role-playing was just as good in both campaigns, but a more-inspired DM lead to a more intense experience in the newer one. I even detected a degree of terror, in the players, at the fact that their powers seemed to have no upper limit!
Amongst other things each acquiring a ‘bucket-full of divine power’. Which they could use to do anything, associated with their element. And I would declare that they had used ‘a thimble full’ of power or maybe a ‘cup full’.
Not having a progress bar, nor any means of replenishing it, they used that capability sparingly. But it was fun when they had to dip into that reserve, and see their bucket emptying. Not to mention how imaginatively they used those capabilities!
Did you still do this this on top of a D&D-based system, or did you homebrew something for the high magic campaign?
And what happened when a player’s “bucket” emptied?
I do like that way of describing power reserves and the draining thereof; I have often thought of doing something similar with damage/hp/vitality in a high-level campaign, to see if it changed the style of play when players were limited to an abstract concept of damage and their own health or reserves. “6hp damage” is so dry and mathematical beside “it was a mere prick,” “the giant’s hammer-blow,” or “you feel your ribs straining as the dragon bites down.”
I’m usually all old-school about game mechanics, but sometimes I think we need to mix things up a bit to keep the players role- rather than roll-playing–something at which it seems you were successful!
I just souped-up the 3rd edition rules. I had detailed it in the comments, yonks ago. But my search-fu failed. It was something like this:
Non-spell casters could pick to either have magic resistance (increasing with level), one of several variants on magic resistance (for instance one which was similar to the paladin capability, but level-based). Or they could pick a related class with secondary spell casting capability (eg a rogue could pick bard, a fighter could choose ranger or paladin) and gain their spell casting capabilities (only – a fighter would not have any special animal affinity if choosing ranger spells).
Any secondary caster (paladin, bard, ranger etc) got upgraded to the nearest appropriate primary casting class (cleric, sorcerer, druid), but with no special powers (such as converting spells into cure spells, for clerics). Primary casters which pre-prepared spells (cleric, druid, mage etc) could cast the memorised spells as often as they wanted to.
The sorcerer was special. There was only one in the world. He could cast any spell at will (provided it was allowable at his level, and to sorcerers). He could not make any up on the spot though, it had to exist, and he had to have found out about it (seen it used, heard an accurate account, or the like).
It was actually available for one of the PCs to pick that. Which they did through roleplaying. Whoever managed to [insert sword-in-the-stone type challenge] was “prophesied to be the sorcerer”. Who would also “die and unbalance the world”. For some reason all the PCs shied away from even attempting the test! So it fell to the NPC, who they had hired to look after their donkeys!
Bear in mind that dying, in a high magic campaign, is akin to coming down with a bad case of sniffles, in terms of seriousness. But that whole unbalancing thing might have factored into their decision. ;-)
Oh, and all monsters were upgraded appropriately. Getting similar increases in spell casting or spell-like abilities. Breath weapons inflicted maximum damage per die (or somesuch).
Magic resistance was widespread though. Following similar options to the ones available to PCs, but being HD based, rather than level (unless the monster had levels).
However one that was only available to monster-types (or some playable races) was collective magic resistance. Where each creature alone only got a small boost. But in a group, of the same race, their resistance stacked. So a couple of goblins were no threat. However a cavern full could not just be blasted with a fireball. Something indirect would be needed to get around their resistance.
Magical items were so common that every peasant would have several. Most being household or craft/trade related. A plough that needed no horse. A pot that could make a hot meal, without ingredients, every day. Plus they might have a +1 pitchfork.
Looting a group of enemy adventurers would pose the problem of trying to avoid personality clashes, from their intelligent magic items. Not to mention the risk of one of the non-magic items actually being an artifact. And woe betide anyone ending up with two intelligent artifacts, with conflicting agendas!
Regarding the ‘buckets of divine power’, they were simply a reward for a divine quest. So running out had no significance, other than the loss of that capability. Akin to running out of potions. Except, well, no more divine power.
Oh, I forgot to say, the centre was surrounded by a completely magic-dead ring. In an inhospitable terrain, that would be impenetrable, to casual travel. With enough monsters to discourage settlement there, needless to say.
But within that, like in the eye of a hurricane, there was an overflow of the magic, which had been drained, from the whole campaign region. That entire area was a high-magic zone! So this was the compensation for all the players who had been nerfed, in the magic dead area. Their powers would become significantly greater than in a normal campaign. Whilst in that area only, of course.
And the thing at the source, whatever it may be, was that much more magically powerful than even the high magic area!
“…or seven-league boots…”
Reminds me of a failed magic item I gave out when I ran an AD&D game. they were supposed to be Seven League Boots, but the messed up enchantment made them Seven Leak Boots; they fit any feet between Gnome to Bugbear size, the inscribing altered to show a stylized wave pattern, cursed to be removable unless subjected to Remove Curse and had to be cut off (they were remarkably sturdy; damaging the feet was unavoidable). The real curse was that for every seven steps taken, the victim just had to urinate…not merely a trickle then go on their merry way, but the sensation felt like the bladder was ready to burst.
You can probably imagine how inconvenient that might be for someone also wearing full plate (or platemail) armor, but it was possible to circumvent the curse by simply not walking anywhere for seven steps; either by having a Permanent Fly spell active, always riding on some kind of animal, being carried everywhere in a litter, or any other reasonable way that didn’t require walking (or running).
In the game, the character put the boots on near the deepest part of the underground caverns, ensuring that they would have a long way to walk before getting back out into open territory again…
That last part did not make much sense. Unless the character had a bladder problem, and could not pee without assistance? I hear that whistling can help with that problem. Seems safer than knowingly putting on cursed boots, just to do that?
The beauty of it is that the bladder is filled magically…The victim can’t get dehydrated (any faster than normal, anyway) because it’s not coming from their kidneys. Just like the battery-hawking bunny rabbit, they’ll just keep going & going & going…
Also, there’s nothing apparent that would indicate that they’re cursed. It would take a specific analysis of the magic to find out.
Ahh, having had a couple of paragraphs, talking about ways to circumvent the problem, prior to that, made it sound like the player had figured out ways to avoid it. Including hacking them painfully off. Then chose to put them on again. For reasons most unknown. :-D
Ha, Ha! I like that.
Actually, I like that very much–and what if regular magic items had bad side effects or negatives–I can imagine a cloak of invisibility infested with fleas, for instance, or a badly-shaped hilt on the magic sword that gave blisters. Or maybe the ring of water walking doesn’t protect from the water so the player gets soaked through–and on a cold windy day, at that…
hmm. This does have possibilities.
*grins evilly, then scowls*
Unfortunately, I don’t have a group to practise on, out here in these here mountains.
it’s a +10 “headband of bang holding”
Ahh, you have revealed its primary function! An orgy hosting device.
That sounds like The. Best. Head(band). Job. Ever.
Never to be confused with either the ‘Headband of Banging’, the ‘Band of Headbangers’, or ‘Banned for Banging in the Head’.
I remember one of my characters getting a magical frying pan that cooks food without needing a fire. That was it, no other function. I had no magical weapons at all, but the frying pan served pretty well as one when I ran into a werewolf (can only be harmed by magical weapons)…
magical or silvered
One of my favourite Call of Cthulhu role playing sessions (played after midnight, as is essential), had another playing uttering the immortal words “I’ll twat the vampire, with the frying-pan!”
They might need a stake, through the heart, to kill them. But a surprise blow, in the face, can still put them on their arse!
CoC, dynamite is the investigators best friend.
He he. I too found it to be a very good way of stopping pesky cultists from summoning dark gods.
Never under estimate the spanging power of a frying pan.
Let me take you back to the days of the old Glasgow tenements. One of my parent’s neighbours had a husband who was nice until he had a drink. Would stagger in drunk and be violent towards his wife, as was customary of the day.
Until the day she met him at the top of the stairs with a frying pan. Their door was side on to the stairs so she rounded the corner and gave a surprise smash in the face. He went down half the stone stairs, resulting in multiple fractures and a lot less teeth. When he awoke in hospital he had no memory of how he got there and thought he fell due to the booze.
When he came out he decided to stay off the sauce, as it was the cause of his ‘accident’ and was a generally good husband.
Until she met him at the door one day and he had a flashback to what really happened.
Then realised he was a dick for giving her abuse all the times he had been drunk and that he had deserved it, actually thanking her for doing it.
Proving you can knock sense in to people.
Aww, I love happy endings.
*tail happily wiggles*
I guess most DMs are pretty straight forward but I have run into the odd few that like to put nasty trapped items that seem to be minor magic items. This is actually canon in LOR.
Be glad you didn’t have the DM I did for one adventure. He had us start with no money, only the most basic of equipment, and expected the characters to go adventuring for altruistic reasons only. In other words we weren’t getting paid to go on the adventure, we couldn’t pick up any of the treasure or magic items we found, and we had no means of replenishing the equipment (such as arrows) or food we used on the adventure since we had not even a single copper piece between us. When one of the players had his character pick up a single coin from a chest full of gold the DM cancelled the game right then and there.
That would make me ask “what the hell was he thinking?”
I’ve heard worse, but not by much.
That last sounds like a relief. Character’s choices are in the player’s hands, not the DMs. They are fully entitled to say “What, go off into the wilderness, unequipped, just because of some sob story. Sod off. Lets find some dungeon to explore instead!”
Further, if a character chooses to play some kind of saintly person, who has forsworn wealth, it is their choice whether or not to take that gold coin. It would be a lovely opportunity for the character to be wracked with guilt, if the player chooses to take it that way. Or it could be a turning point in their life-choices, where they opt to take a different path.
Or, if there are external forces at play, such as being on a mission from the gods, then the DM has other remedies. In this case, depending on the attitudes of the god(s), and how seriously they might view such a transgression. Some might view it as being a small price to pay, to ensure the success, of whatever scheme they are up to. If they even notice or care. Others might do something to warn or rebuke the individual.
An inflexible god, with a pineapple up his butt, might choose to punish the offender.
But a DM who chooses to have a hissy fit, over that? Best off not playing in their games at all.
Even so, rejecting any more loot-gathering that what would be used to replenish supplies would be a heck of a lot more reasonable. Even if they brought back a bit more than what was spent on supplies & replacements could be donated to the local temple or some charity rather than just “leave it ALL out there.”
If I may ask, Kaeto, what was the DM’s reasoning? Did he explain himself?
He had this weird theory of life that everyone should only do things for altruistic reasons. No matter if it meant you starved to death because you had no money to buy food.
Sounds like someone needs to cast Remove Curse & Dispel Magic on those cursed rose-colored glasses the DM wore…
I can’t see why someone with that kind of philosophy would want to ref a game that’s primarily about killing things and taking their stuff. To quote one of Tailsteak’s characters:
I’d think he would be more comfortable with one of the cooperative games, like Baron Münchhausen. Maybe it was some sort of bizarre psych project?
“Bang Jail” sounds like the title of a porn movie where Decollete is starring as a prison guard.
Or the wicked warden . . .
Prisoner, as warden strips off clothes: I’m not seeing how this is a punishment
Warden: Oh, you’ll be begging me to stop before I’m done..
“This scene sprang to mind.
This is the scene that I remember:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AXJ1FoL63k
LOL!
Naming the pages is often the hardest part. :/
so how did you enjoy k-on?
i know i loved it personally,!
i specialy loved how time actualy pass in the anime, they start first year and it go all the way to graduation,, all in two season :)
I enjoyed it. I’m sick of by the numbers battle animes, and I don’t like the anime for girls where the female protagonist has dishplate eyes and all the guys in it are tall feminine pretty boys, and that’s like half the market now, so really I’m mostly looking for more humor/character driven stuff like K-On and Azumanga Diaoh, which is one of my favorites.
I’ve recently started watching Yowamushi Pedal, which is like Yakitate Japan (another of my favorites) except Pedal is a lot less funny, but still kind of makes me want to get a bike.
well i might suggest Boku dake ga Inai Machi (ERASED);Amanchu!;Clannad,,Sora no Woto;Gokujou Seitokai (Best Student Council);Battle Athletes Victory,relife! ,and if you like the types;;maria sama ga miteru,strawbery panic
and while i am there,, saber marionnette j,,cybersix,,daria!
Hai to Gensou no Grimgar (Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
*offers a tissue*
Actually, on second thoughts, you sound like you need the whole box!
I loved K-On, part of the reason I decided to learn to play guitar. However, I felt it was too short, it felt rushed. I always thought it should have been one season per school year.
It’s probably smart of Dabbler to check the headband and, if she hadn’t done it, I’m sure Maxima would have asked her to just to be safe. However, it looks like Dabbler only checked it for magical surprises! Do you suppose she might have missed a purely mechanical listening device, just for instance?
With Dabb’s penchant for techno gadgetry? I doubt it.
Dabbler’s policy is always to check for spells or traps. After all, fore-warned is four-armed.
(it has been used before but bears repeating)
Four armed repeating bears? God help us all.
A four-armed repeating bear is only slightly less dangerous than a four-armed fully automatic bear…
I support the right to arm bears! Even the right to arm four-armed bears!
Fooling around with firearms, they would be more likely to kill themselves, than anyone else.
Oh, that analogy stands well. You may proceed, with your hunting defence scheme.
Your argument is invalid if the bears are trained & educated in safety measures, as well as the local laws concerning Appropriate Use of Force; such as the fact that Lethal Force IS appropriate when initially confronted with Lethal Force.
Bears aren’t that bright.
Yogi, Boo-Boo and Smokey respectfully disagree.
Yes but they were all significantly smarter than the average.
Depends on what it has been eating.
She learned that the hard way in the past, which is why she’s only three-armed now.
My concern was that she only checked for active spell effects on the headband, and didn’t fuse over Sydney herself. The headband could have been a delivery medium for a spell that influences Sydney directly, rather than the focus of a spell that influences the wearer. Less like a cursed item, and more like a trap with a contact trigger.
Good point.
Though I am loving to see something of succubi culture via our main character, and how subtle they can be in seduction/insinuation into someone’s life… I’d not be surprised if Dabs knowing Max, ends up letting her rival dash herself against the “no feeding on the team” rocks of Max. “Use what ya got” should be(/is) a maxim “somewhere” >_>
If you got it, FLAUNT IT!
Re the sub-text…always check for exploding teeth. We have lost three good fairys this month.
Aww. We were not clapping enough!
*clap clap clap*
Yeah, but it could’ve been worse.
https://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160301-the-gruesome-and-mysterious-case-of-exploding-teeth
It’s a good thing that the epidemic stopped back in the 1920’s.
*inserts noises of cat hisses and noises AGAIN*
WOOF WOOF!
While reading this, I started thinking of the song “She Bangs,” by Ricky Martin. XD
Is that related to She Bop by Cyndi Lauper?
Checking that out, it appeared to be a low-budget soundtrack, created for a cheesy ‘B’ movie. Rather than a video created from a major artist’s pop song.
Sorry Cindi. Kind of you to put that on YouTube, for us, but really not to my tastes.
Gotta give her credit, though, Cyndi is still looking really good for a woman of 63. (Then again, plastic surgery can giveth back what time taketh away… up to a point, anyway.)
Quite apt. Especially the underwater scenes, as an analogy to the alien nature involved in the comic scene.
The press and her fans have been hounding her – no offense, Yorp – so it’s inevitable that Sydney’s new look will soon be revealed to the whole world!
I wonder if the press will obsess over it like they do every little aspect of our real-world celebrities and she’ll have to spend the next month trying to explain why she made the change. There will be before and after photos and magazines might ask their readers to vote on which look is better and pundits on the “news” might try to decipher if it really means she’s got cancer or bulimia or something.
Or starts growing horns.
i find it incredibly funny how big sis little sister Dabbler & Sydney’s relationship is.
Isn’t it adorable?
She have that relationship with most people.
Sorry, that would require me reappraising her relationship, with Barberian, the hairdresser, too much!
…And Dabbler’s relationship with the green-skinned alien waitress would need to be given more consideration too.
Considering Dabbler wants to sex pretty much everyone she meets, including Sydney, I would not put their relationship in the “sisters” category. Dabbles has said explicitly that she only ever has sex with willing partners, and since Sydney isn’t into girls, that puts her into the “unwilling and off limits” category as far as Dabbler is concerned. But from her actions through out the comic, flirting and whatnot with Sydney, coupled with the anime eyes she sometimes throws at Sydney, I’d say Dabbler is crushing on Sydney, at least a little bit. Sydney is basically forbidden fruit for Xuriel, and you always want what you can’t have.
Hah, first thing I thought of.
*Grumble* This is supposed to be in reply to codebracker.
About Sydney’s imagine spot:
“Let’s see you defeat 35 bobby . . .”
It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that she was talking about bobby pins. I thought I was missing yet another pop culture or gaming reference and that I would have to feel foolish yet again when one of you explained it to me.
Its possible she intended to make her hair fight 35 cops in england. With Sydney, you just never know!
So, Dave. You’re saying that, to a succubus, supers taste like sugar-cream pie with a dusting of nutmeg, and a bowl of persimmon pudding with heavy sweet cream and maple syrup?
Normal humans must taste like stale wonder bread…
Maybe, maybe not. Dabbler’s choices for victims . . . er, sexual partners so far though have been a super and a space alien disguised as a waitress. No normal humans at all.
It’s probably more that regular humans are a simple meal, and supers are a super luxurious 5 star buffet.
Wonder bread goes stale? How can you tell?
+1
Split-top Whole Wheat. Like god intended.
Homemade Whole Wheat Fresh-from-the-Oven is what God intended, thank you very much!
Unfortunately, He doesn’t come around here to bake much anymore.
I liked the reinforcement of the belief that succubi are literally territorial, with roughly defined ‘feeding grounds’ that are technically respected by other succubi.
Can I get a ball cap that doesn’t make my head sweat and become itchy after 30 minutes? How about a pair of glasses that stay in place and don’t slide down my nose? Maybe a belt that holds my pants up without being pulled super tight since I have no ass? How about a tuck in shirt that stays tucked in no matter how I move? Seriously…If you are giving away really practical magic items, I would love to have those. Please and thank you.
*hands Waldo a pair of suspenders* Here you go, not magical works like magic regardless!
Can’t wear those to work. Has to be a belt. Plus, the last five pairs of suspenders I owned would snap off in the back and smack me in the neck whenever I would bend down to pick something up.
I feel like you are one of those rare people who actually needs to consult a Fashion Expert, instead of just doing so for vanity.
Those people actually know what’s up in terms of functionality, as well as fashion, and could probably suggest (good looking) solutions to your stated woes.
Be sure to take their advice. There is a good reason for “no capes!”
I attack mine with velcro to avoid such incidents.
*attach.
How about using a cape like Batman? You don’t have to wear much under it so it should be rather comfortable.
Well, if you keep it pulled around in front, you might be able to get away with wearing nothing else under it…
Exactly. Very comfortable right? And no one is going to tell you to take off the cloak twice. Unless said someone is Dabbler but I assume that she don’t visit Waldo’s work much.
I work at a hotel. Capes are not allowed…unfortunately.
Only if its a McFarlane cape.
Easy solution. Wool pants plus Velcro underwear.
Ummm, that might result in underpants getting pulled down when the outer pants fall. Dabbler would love to see that.
Try wearing English Leather. Some gals would rather that their guys wear that…or nothing at all.
::sighs wistfully::
Ah, nostalgia, thy scent is English Leather, Old Spice, and Hai Karate…
And British Sterling.
I have a uniform I have to wear. Grey shirt, Grey/brown slacks, black shoes, black leather belt. Hence why I just want a belt that magically holds my pants at my waist without being so tight it cuts off circulation, and a shirt that stays tucked in without me having to wear shirt-stays under my pants, especially because the back snaps come undone every so often if I bend wrong and then they just dangle in my pants.
Wear a cotton ballcap, and wet it down if it’s hot (make sure the sweatband is cotton), or wear a leaf of lettuce inside the cap (sounds weird, but I know folks that swear by it).
Get an elastic or adjustable strap for your glasses (or spend more on glasses that can be fitted to your head).
Get “Tall” shirts, or get shirt patterns and add 6-8″ in the tail in construction.
The belt thing? I’ve never figured that out–and if you want to use suspenders, get the button kind, not the clip–you will probably have to sew the buttons on your trousers as well.
And nothing wrong with capes–tho’ they should be properly tailored to your frame and should never clash with your coat and trousers.
The cap seems redundant.
Levity aside though, the cap and shirt suggestions are sensible. As suspenders are not an option, I would suggest trousers with built-in elastication. But just make sure that it is like a wide belt, not a narrow one, to spread it out. Otherwise it will put too much pressure, in a narrow area. Any actual belt worn then becomes decorative, and can even be held up by the trousers.
Trousers with such elastication can be problematic in intense heat, so make sure that the fabric is suitable for the climate, to compensate for that. Plus having the extra-length shirts, suggested above, means that you can adjust the height the trousers ride at, periodically, without risking a wardrobe malfunction. Thus preventing discomfort, before it starts.
*snort*
well, that would keep you cool, it would. And I guess it goes to show that four heads are better than one (leaf)…
I am terrible at HTML coding as you can see.
Ball cap: You have to keep wetting it–to keep it cool and pleasant feeling–and sometimes, to avoid heatstroke. I’ve also seen wet bandannas worn under caps, or even hats, which can be changed out occasionally as they dry out. Bandannas look better under a solid cap.
Glasses: For a while I had to wear an elastic head-strap. Then I switched to contacts. Now, I wear glasses again, for age-related reasons, and somehow, they just stay in place.
Shirts/suspenders: So, do you have a organization-provided uniform, or just a dress code?
If the former, you might see if they allow tailoring and if there is someone local that can provide the service for a reasonable price.
If the latter, I require an odd size that’s not available locally, (XXLT, though it should actually be an XLTT, which no one makes), and I no longer have the time to make my own, so I buy most of my shirts on eBay. It’s random what’s available at any moment, and you have to cover your bases in search terms [for instance “(xxlt,2xlt,”xxl Tall”,”2xl tall”)” in ebay search syntax], but over a year or so (or at least a couple of seasons), you should be able to find most of what you need, including button suspenders–just get them long (Suspender-wedgies are no fun).
Trousers: other than suspenders, the only thing I can suggest is tailoring–A good tailor can take them in such that they will stay in place even without a belt. unfortunately, Tailors that can handle trousers properly can be pricey and hard to find.
Capes: Fairly easy to make and tailor yourself or fairly easy to find online (though avoid the cheap ones–total crap), but they take a bit of panache to pull off. I used to have a couple, but I don’t think I’d have the stones to wear one in the small rural town in which I currently live, except as part of a costume.
The nested blockquotes look really cool, though. :)
I’ve never been able to get the “cite=”” ” part to work, myself–I just use blockquote and /blockquote in angle brackets for the actual quotes, and put my responses in separate paragraphs.
I suspect that the ‘cite’ is purely to insert the source URL if quoting from another website. Which would only be of use if someone was trying to aggregate how many times a particular thing was quoted, from a specific source.
Even if that is the case, given that it does not do anything for the readers here, I just ignore it. More hastle than its worth, and confusing for anyone trying to use the tags. So one way of quoting folks is just to copy the tag, but instert nothing in the “”. In which case the format would be as follows:
<blockquote cite=””>Text you want to quote.</blockquote cite=””>
Usually though I do exactly what darnkitten describes, which looks like this:
<blockquote>Text you want to quote.</blockquote>
Both the above give this result:
However you can get fancy, and type in quotation marks, as follows:
<blockquote>”Text you want to quote.”</blockquote>
Which displays like this:
The next time those two succubi get closer,should both Dabbler and Decollete exchange teeth clenching looks of hostilities?!?!?
Should “Gives me a headache” be “Give me a headache”?
I just noticed that in panel 6 as well. ‘they gives’ doesn’t sound right. It should be ‘they give’
Whoops, yeah I’ll have to fix that.
Get a room? I get the feeling “Get a re-enforced bunker” would probably be safer as far as collateral damage is concerned. There’s a definite “love is a Battlefield” vibe from those two.
No promises, no demands…
OMG that last pane!
WIth Syd’s eye’s at the level with the ladies breasts.
That right there needs to be a background or something.
Talk about an enticing view.
Sure does have pretty eyes doesn’t she?
+2
Sydney has to be careful she doesn’t get suckered into um… Judging their “talents”.
Also @Dave, did you mean for the accidental pun of having a kitten post at the potential start of a cat fight?
Typo:
“I’ve tried headbands before but they gives me a headache”
I like Decollete’s magic mirror spell. It must come in handy if she ever runs into a gorgon.
Yeah, Perseus took Medusa down, but she’s only one of the three Gorgon sisters…
And she was the mortal one.
The other 2 were immortal.
Petrification isn’t death. While it’s not much of a life, eternity as a statue is techinically also immortality.
It still counts as a ‘take-down’ mind. And her immortality only lasts until someone takes a sledgehammer to the statue. Whereas it takes a fair bit more to take down a true immortal.
But, good call on the technicality, none-the-less.
*wags tail eternally*
I just recently found out about this comic and promptly wasted a bunch of time on the archives – And I have to say I’m loving it (don’t ask what Sydney has threatened to do if I don’t say that :P ).
I have just one question: Does Sydney have a taste for Spicy food because of her surname, or does she know about her surname being a unit because she likes Spicy food?
If you’re loving it, then it ain’t a waste of time!
:-D
Personally i think its somthing se conditioned herself to like ‘With a name like Scoville how can i not like Either that or it’s Dave’s sense of humor again
Welcome to the community.
Weirdly enough, given that Dave does have a penchant for plays on words, for names (such as with Peggy), Scoville was one that was purely a coincidence. If I am remembering his comment right (from years ago).
As such I would say that her love of spicy food predated her discovering her namesake.
Yep, word of god is that he just wanted to follow the Marvel naming convention so picked a random “S” surname. The love of spicy food, on the other hand, was what Dave felt would naturally evolve from her distorted vegetarianism, even if 99% of restaurant food her heat is meat-based due to the macho associations of chilli tolerance.
The fact that the two came together so beautifully is pure coincidence.
Also coincidence is that “Dave’s Insanity” was the first big name capsaicin extract sauce. I’ll be sharing my thoughts on it in a few weeks if I can sort out some bugs with my supplier.
:) Cool. I mean Hot.
I want to be the fly in that room!
I would prefer to fly into that room.
For Sydney, rather than the Succubi.
The succubi can leave the room to Peggy and Sydney. As Peggy said: “The A-team got to stick together”
I’m a slightly chestier than normal man, can I join?
I’m honestly hoping Decollete is actually harmless, since it makes Dabbler’s paranoia all the funnier.