Egnizian’s Insight
Chapter: Season Four
Characters: Jeda Swiftbeard - PC, Rian Dovaire - PC
And the penny drops.
Next week should be interesting and I hope you’re all enjoying the arc thus far.
It’s Friday and today is my birthday! I’ve dreaded my birthday for the last few years (with divorce and all that) but this year I have a handful of good friends who’ve already made it a great day (I’m writing this at 1 a.m.) and I have some things to be happy about. I’m going to make the most out of today and hopefully the weekend as well.
Have a great weekend. I certainly plan to!
Aww, One of us must “bi” would have been cool. I vote for the cleric to kiss the dwarf! Anyway, happy birthday. And I know what you mean, I hate my birthdays too. One year I got stranded 6 miles from home in the middle of a blizzard for my birthday. Another year I got Pneumonia for my birthday. A cracked kneecap, shot in an ambush, and fired twice have all happened on my birthday. Hope you survive it.
Read through you post.
Stuck in a blizzard – not so Great.
Getting sick on your birthday – also not good, but probably happens to us all at some point.
Cracked kneecap – starting to get pretty unlucky, but again, I’m sure all of us get bad injuries at some point.
Shot in an ambush – well, at some point we all…Wait, What!! Seriously!? Did you just say ‘shot in an ambush’? Like a real ambush? And actually getting shot?
Yeah, OK, that really doesn’t happen to many of us.
You’ve had some genuinely bad birthdays.
Oh, and I like the way you put ‘shot in an ambush’ in the middle of the sentence, likes its just one of those everyday things.
Got-up, went to the store, called my mom, shot in an ambush, forgot my keys, grabbed a coffee….
Just a minour note: shepherd, not shepard.
No no no. You got it wrong. One must be the “Shepard”. The one from Mass Effect, who’s sacrificing him/herself so that all other species of the galaxy can survive. 😉
Happy Birthday, Brian!
I would love to be play in this campaign. It’s developing really well. Very good job, man. Also, happy birthday!
Happy Birthday, Brian!
Awesomesauce. Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday sir! Here’s to this day beginning the end of your dread for this day.
This arc is fantastic. I would happily read a comic solely focused on Karthun.
Oh, can’t wait to see where this story turn is going.
Also, Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday! Not a better way to celebrate than with good friends and a thrilling adventure lol
Happy birthday mang! Campaign setting continues to look slick, I’d love to take a crack at it.
Hey Brian,
Long time reader, first time commentator. I have always toyed with the idea of giving my P.C.’s the option to choose a heroic death. I also have recently toyed with foreshadowing a PC death, but secretly planning an NPC take their place at the last minute. I thought it would be a great way to take my players out of the mindset that all the huge mega events revolve around them. I would love to see you steal this idea, especially for Brent. He is probably the character that I relate to the most in regards to his over all personality, and with the way that you started this arc off by undermining his expectations, I personally feel that forcing his PC into a position where he has to make a sacrifice for the greater good might just make him grow as a person as well. Enjoy your birthday, and make sure to remember that despite your recent setbacks, you are still one of a lucky few who have a huge community of fans who will always have your back and love your work.
DFTBA (Don’t forget to be awesome)
Brennon
I ran a campaign where I killed a character that everyone loved and it made the whole crew cry. I didn’t kill anyone else for a while.
I’ve used things like this… usually as a somewhat-avoidable thing (Head-of-vecna, but with it working and giving a reward to everyone else, essentially), or as a “transference” thing (Become undead to pass through a portal, lose a corporeal body in order to become “the ultimate scout” (One guy sacrificing his fighter to, effectively, make a ghost-familiar for his mage to reset the power level in the group. Everyone loved him, it was great).)
Death is an amazing tool, if used right.
Hmm… How many people got the “Head of Vecna”, I wonder. 😉
Effendi! I make you special price on GENUINE head of Vecna! 2 for $1!
Maybe Vecna was part nematode and just kept growing his head back?
Happy birthday! Mine’s tomorrow.
Beware the Dice of March! Hopefully you won’t roll a crit failure on your birthday
Happy birthday! I hope you really have some good time with your friends and may this netcomic be always so entertaining and more!
On today’s block – I just love dramatic moments like this – choices, destinies… Maybe that’s why my players hate me some times 😀
Happy birthday! I hope it continues to be awesome.
Happy Birthday! Here’s your ‘Viking’ Birthday song!
It’s your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
May the candles on your cake
Burn like cities in your wake.
On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
It’s your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
May your deeds with sword and axe
Equal those with sheep and yaks
On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
It’s your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
This one lesson you must learn
First you pillage, then you burn
On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
It’s your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
While you eat your birthday stew
We will loot the town for you,
On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
On your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
It’s your Birthday (thud!) Happy Birthday (thud!)
(Full version here; http://www.silverdragon.com/punkie/cybertusk/viking_birthday_dirge.html )
Ironically, if one of them had to Bi, Trevor could just do it and likely would care a lot less than the rest of the group. So Brett should do it.
Hmmm. I’m also calling that Brett’s character dies, back at the beginning of this conversation Qellie there said “A dwarf’s final wish” Or some close variant there-of
Bappy Hirthday, Brian!
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday! And don’t get hung up on how old you are. Just remember that on your next birthday you are going to wish you were still the age you tuned today. 😉
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Sorry, couldn’t resist.
P.S.: Happy birthday.
Happy Birthday!!!
Seriously I have the chills reading this current arc, so good!
And again Happy Birthday, Sir!(I already said Happy Birthday on twitter but whatever)
That’s odd. Friday was my birthday as well. 1/365 chance. Any other March 15th’s out there?
Belated Happy Birthday! ^^
I love it when this happens to the PCs. ]:)
This is the stuff out of which horror for players is born. ^^
Have a happy birthday!
Thanks for the great comics
If they left all of Brett’s gear behind, where’d he get the weapon?