Harbinger of Doom
Chapter: Season Four
Characters: Brett Kringle, Charlie, Jeda Swiftbeard - PC, Kel'Fazat - PC, Mel, Qesh'nax - NPC, Rian Dovaire - PC, Trevor, Vella Tyrell - PC
UPDATE: I am hearing that some folks missed the comic that posted late Friday night so here is a link just in case. Â It’s a doozy.
Damn, Brett. Naaaaaaaasty.
Glad to see Jeda got away with merely a flesh wound.
Yeah, ALL his flesh XD
TIS BUT A SCRATCH!
A scratch?! Your arms missing!
AH! good ol’ monty python!
Damn, that roll really screwed the guy, huh?
“No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the [eye sockets] will seriously cramp his style.”
Here’s hoping that Jeda gets some sort of awesome artificial arm later on. =P
Excuse me! Does anyone have an extra restoration spell handy?
Did you put handy in there just to be a dick to Jeda? XD
RIM SHOT
whoa…that looks painful.
Where did he get the bandages and how did apply them so quickly with only one arm?
You’d be surprised by the things a rogue can do with one hand.
When the Kundrok attacks The Lord of the Cinderhaunt, Kel mentions this is Rian’s chance to heal people up.
https://d20monkey.com/2013/05/02/puppet-master/
I wonder if killing the host will now let that evil Djinn run free and unchecked.
That was my thought as well!
Like I said two comics ago: a fudged dice can give your PC one last chance at badassery. Behold, as I have for told, the BADASS hath cometh!
I’ve never known a DM to permanently disfigure a character on the first outing. Maybe after a few levels, but wow…
It’s just a flesh wound though, a little herb poultice, some bed rest and he’ll be right as rain.
You’d think that if the plan wasn’t to kill the guy, someone might have mentioned that as rather important? Like the King? At the start?
“I need you to stop this horrible evil that could destroy my entire kingdom, but if you kill him it will doom us all.”
I know, right? That sort of seems like rather critical information that should be shared right away. Even if it’s only known to the other character, you’d think they’d want to shout something like, “This is my fight, for if he dies the consequences will be more terrible than you can imagine,” or something like that? If you’re having trouble conveying that, say something like, “Ok, OOC guys, I need to convey to you all that I need to have an Obi-Wan Kenobi meets Darth Vader on the Death Star moment. My character would know what to say, but I don’t. What’s the best way to convey that?” There’s no shame in playing a character with a higher Int or Wis score than you, you’ll just have to pop OOC for a moment to get some input on what to say or how to say it.
Ah!! So Magic works like it does in Islam!! Powered by the djinn!!
Yeah, that was said back near the beginning of the story arc: https://d20monkey.com/2013/02/13/the-task-at-hand/ “As any mage of this world, he and efreeti are one.” Then down in the text under that comic, the author says:
“Today we learn the actual name of Trevor’s character (Kel’Fazat), a little more about the lore of mages in Karthun, and the scope of the task at hand.
Mages are bound to elementals, spirits, or Djinn through ritual. The process is permanent and there is a bit of a taboo or misunderstanding with the entire lore, as you’ve seen already and perpetuated by mages like Qesh’Nax who are bound to evil beings. Both caster and being influence decisions and you may notice that some (like Kel) refer to themselves as “we†rather than “Iâ€.
We’ll see more on mages as the series goes but I will go ahead and let everyone know that Kel’Fazat is bound to an air elemental.