Vault of Deknar: Part Seventy-Two
Chapter: Season Seven
“Husband,
Thank you for being such a wonderful distraction or me while
I procured this little trinket for an interested party. However, since
you did not acquire the rug yourself, my Second Wish is remains
unfulfilled. Tisk-tisk my love! Until next time!
– D”
This is why we don’t work for fae.
Agreed. Fae are all terrible people, even when they want to be nice their idea of niceness and fun is too removed from mortal’s and you end up becoming theiir toy. Never Work for, or with fae. I’d even recommending avoiding working against fae because that’s so headache inducing. Not even dead fae are worth dealing with fae.
Man, I would love to play a session with you as the DM…so awesome!!
I second that Matt
Ditto.
Great wrap-up for a well-written arc. It’ll be interesting to see what’s in the epilogue.
Is she some kind of reverse genie that takes wishes instead of giving them?
Fae, they make deals with mortals who should know better 🙂
No shes a genie they are diffrent from fae
I thought she was a Jeannie!
“Damn…it.”
– X the Eliminator
Dwayla,
You got me on my knees
Dwayla,
You got me begging please
Nice! I love Dwayla. I figure she has some sort of comeuppance, but I would not mind a karma houdini in her case.
Thats easy just start putting out feelers looking for the rug and steal it from who she sold it to
Was there something that introduced Dwayla or explained who and what she is?
Dwayla has been “in medias res” since her introduction. I think the way Brian has handled her role in the story has succeeded in providing just enough info for a foundation while leaving far more questions than answers. I am truly intrigued by her, and eager for more backstory when the time comes for further reveal. (Auggghhhh, what was her ~~First~~Wish~~!?)
Long-form narrative in web comics is a challenge for creators throughout the medium (that I’ve read, anyway) because not only is the author releasing a page at a time, which can make audiences lose the threads of the story through nobody’s fault, but it’s also not so easy to just flip back a few pages to remind yourself what was happening. It’s one reason why faithful readers love print editions… in addition to supporting creators, and good grief it is high time I made a Patreon account and started slinging a few bucks here and there. (I do always buy people’s books, but it doesn’t seem like enough.)
It’s also a reason why a new reader will digest a comic’s entire archive and feel very connected to the work, because they’ve effectively just had a more traditional book-like experience.
Start here and go for about 11-12 pages. It doesn’t explain everything, but that’s where she got introduced.
https://d20monkey.com/comic/vault-of-deknar-part-twenty-one/
“So that’s why I need a cold iron condom. Any other stupid questions?”-Calvis, to a very disturbed blacksmith.
Cold Iron Condom – Band or Album?
Band with self-titled album.
And first song on said album.
Cold Iron Condom- “Fuck the Fey”
Way to nail her.
DIDN’T I SAY SHE WAS NOT TO BE TRUSTED!?
Most readers undoubtedly recognized she was shady, and that her shadiness was going to be a driving narrative force. How you have chosen to express your distaste for the character is… rather unpleasant, imo.
When I dislike a character, I don’t pussyfoot around it.
Well, I have some bad news…
SWEET CRISPY VECNA, Karthun’s stakes are high. Keeping me on the edge of my seat, sir. Good stuff.
That seems to be Karthun’s aspect. Big Stuff Happens. Limit break powers, PCs meddling in the affairs of greater powers, that sort of thing.
“…You got some esplaining to do.”
Yes. I know he never said that.
Sorry if the next thing im gonna say, but is the general emotion of the character…
THAT BITCH!!!!!!!
Dwayla wound up with the rug… she even admits the party allowed her to procure it by acting as a distraction. They even walked in and walked out, as she specified. How is her Second Wish not fulfilled?
First thing when forming a new party: get yourself a good Adventuring Lawyer on retainer.
Heh. Maybe there needs to be a Lawyer class – it’s basically the same thing as a bard, but instead of songs/music he exercises his powers by spouting legalese. He doesn’t have lore checks though – instead he has lawyer checks to catch loopholes, and things like that. He can write up a good solid contract for all of your legal needs.
Looks like she pulled the rug out from under them…
badump-tsh
this is a dick move on d’s part .. and reinforces my idea that she is a genie of some kind … nice writing