Rob And Jack, An Interactive Webcomic

[IsaacTheHungry]

The Untouchables
one of my all time favorite movies
at times i prefer it over star wars
Its that good
its about Al Capone and the prohibition

[IsaacTheHungry]

The Untouchables
one of my all time favorite movies
at times i prefer it over star wars
Its that good
its about Al Capone and the prohibition

[Blayze]

Option one. Vera seems to have issues with having anything more than limited ammo, and if Angelface gets injured or dies then The Lizard is going to hold our "heroes" responsible. I vote for Righty, Smokestack and Professor.

[memnarch]

:smalltongue:

I vote for Nicholas. You don't have issues with ammo amounts if you can use the stuff you have right.

[Abardam]

The more, the merrier. Option one.

[Lyinginbedmon]

I vote for Angelface

[darkblade]

I vote for Nicholas.

[BRC]

It should be noted, that Angelface is one of the most skilled combatants in the Kobold Mafia (well, this branch of it anyway). She's proably around the same level of skill as Redman (The Lizard's bodyguard).


Also, Nicholas can carry more ammo with him, but it's bulky and it takes awhile to reload between shots.

[Blayze]

Yes, but option one gets us sweet, sweet, *sacrifical* mooks.

[Uncle Festy]

Let's go with Angelface.
Mostly because I like the name.

[BRC]

I'm going on a Tour-De-Colleges starting tommorow, so don't expect the next comic for awhile.

Current Tally
1: 2
2: 2
3: 2


Contest Remains open, and I'm still looking for more movie titles.

[Szilard]

I'm going with 1.

[gamerboy6000]

I vote for ....
Angelface

[BooTheHamster]

I say ... Angelface. the peer pressure got to me.

As for movies, The Usual Suspects is amazing, Reservoir Dogs isn't bad either. If you can get hold of it somehow, I really recommend Infernal Affairs, though. It's a Hong Kong gangster film and its what The Departed was based on(copied from), and, frankly, The Departed was a sad, sad imitation by comparison. You just haven't seen bad-ass in the caliber of the Hong Kong mafia.

[Lyinginbedmon]

I'm not sure if it qualifies, but Old Boy might make it.

[Hyozo]

Oh, and on a note that is, as far as you know, completally unrelated to anything I have planned for the comic, could you guys name me any mobster/heist/ crime oriented movies that you can think of. Things like The Godfather, Cool Hand Luke, The Italian Job, ect.

The origional or the newer entirely sepparate version?

I vote option 1, for the same reasons as Blayze.

[Blayze]

The Parole Officer. Because watching a remote-control robot equipped with balloon airbags break into (Or was it out of?) a vault is hilarious.

Edit: Is! Is! Not in, you stupid fingers!

[BRC]

So, I was going to start working on the comic today, but then I looked and I realized, It's Still Tied!

VOTE YOU FOOLS *waves flamethrower in a threating manor*. Next weekend I'll be visiting my brother in san fransisco, so no time for comicing then, and I'm still visiting colleges until tuesday afternoon. so yeah...

[Blayze]

Then I guess there's only one solution. Angelface with both Vera and her enchanted Chattergun, backed up by Smokestack.

[BRC]

... Nothing, come on, somebody else must read this comic. Okay, If come comic working on time Ive had no more votes, I'll just flip a coin.

[Szilard]

I call tails.:smalltongue:

[Lyinginbedmon]

Senor Vasquez Salazar Ramone the 3rd votes for Angelface...because that is I and I have green card...gringos

[BRC]

Senor Vasquez Salazar Ramone the 3rd votes for Angelface...because that is I and I have green card...gringos

Curse you lying, Iv'e already made Kobolds Italian/sicillian, now you tempt me to make goblins mexican.

[BooTheHamster]

They could have cool spanish catch phrases that way, though.

Examples:
Ay Chihuahua!
Viva Piñata!


You get the gist. Imagine the possibilities, man!

[BRC]

The Coin has Spoken, our persons of questionable heroism will be backed up by Righty, Proffessor, and Smokestack. Provided I don't get too distracted by my shiny new copy of Age of Empires III, I'll get started on that comic thingy tonight.

[BRC]

Okay, so no new comic yet, but out of respect for Blayze I made this
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/angelface.png
On another note, I shrunk everything down by 50%, on account of the fact that the comics had gotten to truely collossal sizes.

[BRC]

So I finished this awhile Ago, then forgot to put it up.
Yes And

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RandJ34p1.png
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RandJ34p2.png
How should Our Gyros "heroes" attack the Dwarves?
well, it looks like the contest was somthing of a flop.

[Lyinginbedmon]

Well, first things first: Take out the ranged attackers, preferably the spellcasters before the guntoters (Because they'll be more varied than a guy with a crossbow/gun).

Then, we start taking out the dwarves with shields at the front door. I'm not sure how, we have like 5 different melee & ranged combat guys, do the math :smalltongue:

[Blayze]

Nice Angelface banner-type-thing, BRC. And I say our "heroes" should find some way of attacking from underground. Their enemies are dwarves. They've got some form of fetish for dark, damp underground spaces or something, which means tunnels leading into that base. Perhaps they like it because nobody can see how unnecessarily ugly they are.

[BRC]

Nice Angelface banner-type-thing, BRC. And I say our "heroes" should find some way of attacking from underground. Their enemies are dwarves. They've got some form of fetish for dark, damp underground spaces or something, which means tunnels leading into that base. Perhaps they like it because nobody can see how unnecessarily ugly they are.
Nice Suggjestion, except that's sort of what they are already doing. You see, Our Heroes are back in Granitania, which if you remember correctly, is entierly underground (Hence the grey tunnel backround again).They are using tunnels because tunnels are the only way to get around.

[Blayze]

Well then, they'll have to go under the underground.

[Abardam]

BRIM

SALT

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/abardam/brcbrimsailt-1.png

[Uncle Festy]

DUN DUN!
*insert bridge of "duel of fates" here*

[Lyinginbedmon]

Well then, they'll have to go under the underground.

At night of course, then it's the Underdark :smalltongue:

[BRC]

BRIM

SALT

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/abardam/brcbrimsailt-1.png
...That is Awsome

And This had to be done
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/brcbrimsailt-1.png

[Lyinginbedmon]

Well played BRC, well played :smallbiggrin:

[Abardam]

Well played BRC, well played :smallbiggrin:emptyquote

[BRC]

Thank you thank you.
*Savors fanart some more*

Anyway, a few points of buisness.

Thing One, a picture I just did featuring Jack while he was attending The Dimen-Foress College of Magic. He is wearing the uniform of the school's arcaball team (He played the position of Right Striker)
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Collegejack.png
It took me awhile to get the logo right, but I'm happy with the outcome.


Thing 2: Tommorow I go to visit my brother for the weekend, so you guys and gals have a couple days to formulate a plan. You know how that works. All magic has been recharged so Oscar can throw around his summons again.

Thing 3: For the DnD campaign I'm going to DM in the near future, the PC's are part of an inquisition, and I need help with the inquisitorial motto. Specifically, I need the phrase "We know where you live" translated into latin, if anybody could do that for me that would be great.

[Uncle Festy]

Team BEAST! Woo!
Sorry, don't know latin.
*will work on plan tomorrow*

[Lyinginbedmon]

Thing 3: For the DnD campaign I'm going to DM in the near future, the PC's are part of an inquisition, and I need help with the inquisitorial motto. Specifically, I need the phrase "We know where you live" translated into latin, if anybody could do that for me that would be great.

Very messily done, Nos teneo qua vos ago

[memnarch]

Explode the ceiling doorway/floor where the mages are so the rubble falls down (with Jack's spells and maybe FatBoy grenades if in range), hopefully taking out the foot soldiers below that. Kobolds spray the archers and the mages. Rob and Oscar watch for The Gnome.

[BRC]

No more plans besides" Hope there is another tunnel" and Memnarchs? I'll bump shamelessly and give you guys a little more time. Or you can just throw support behind one of the existing plans.

[ThePhantom]

Summon something to distact the guards on the ground. Take out the mages and archers and then deal the rest of the guards out here. Then into the building.

[Lyinginbedmon]

I made a plan :smallfrown:

[BRC]

I made a plan :smallfrown:

Ah right, I forgot. Though to be honest, I was looking for somthing slightly more specific, what you made was more of a good idea, an intent as it were.

[gamerboy6000]

Explode the ceiling doorway/floor where the mages are so the rubble falls down (with Jack's spells and maybe FatBoy grenades if in range), hopefully taking out the foot soldiers below that. Kobolds spray the archers and the mages. Rob and Oscar watch for The Gnome.

I agree with memnarch.

[BRC]

So I decided to make a group shot of the Dimen-Foress BEASTS, so far I have the offense and the coach

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rob%20and%20Jack%20stuff/BEASTS.png

Also, I feel like fluffing abit, what do people want to learn more about?

[memnarch]

What's the field look like?

[gamerboy6000]

I still want to know about the gods.

[BRC]

Because of a lack of voting/scheming (also, I'm due for an update), I'm going to close voting and go with the only plan that's recieved support, Memnarchs.
I'll get to work on the comic shortly.

[BRC]

Hello, I'm not that happy with this comic, but ah well.

Anyway, this is partially to answer a question I had about DnD style healing, what happens if an arrow is stuck in you when the healing spell is cast? I dunno.
Kick Moderate Wounds

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RandJ35p1.png
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rob%20and%20Jack%20stuff/RandJ35p2.png
@V What face, are you hallucinating again?

[memnarch]

A floating face!

[BRC]

No other comments, ah well.
Oh by the way, check out the first post, It's been spiffied up. I must have made that title banner months ago and I just now got around to putting it up.

[memnarch]

It's summer, plus the UK is sleeping right now.

Like the new title banner you got too.

[Lyinginbedmon]

Shiny title banner :smallsmile:

I sleep s'more now

[Abardam]

Anyway, this is partially to answer a question I had about DnD style healing, what happens if an arrow is stuck in you when the healing spell is cast?It is eternally welded to your flesh. In time your body rebuilds the tissue, turning the forever embedded projectile into an unnatural protrusion springing from your chest.

Well, that's just my theory.

[BRC]

Hey Hey Hey, I gots a comic.

Remember a couple weeks ago when I was asking for those
Ignoble Titles

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RandJ36.png

[Lyinginbedmon]

Hehe, nicely done on the running gag :smallbiggrin:

[memnarch]

Yep, great job!

[BRC]

Thanks, but No other comments :smallfrown:

Sometimes I wonder how many people are actually reading this, I mean, less people are voting in it than they used to.

Bah, anyway, might take awhile for the next comic.

[Lyinginbedmon]

I get that feeling a lot with Remember, where the forum has an individual thread for each comic so it's easy to compare.

Then I realise, the views keep pretty high, a lot of the readership is lurkers and that's kinda hard to track. Just because people don't comment doesn't mean they aren't reading :smallwink:

[Szilard]

I'm still reading this.

[memnarch]

....
Sometimes I wonder how many people are actually reading this, I mean, less people are voting in it than they used to.
....

Voting? What's this voting you speak of? :smalltongue:


Maybe if you gave us options to vote on instead of coming up with our own, more people would post. Also, don't forget that it's summer and people are likely on vacations where internet could possibly be a problem to get to.

[Blayze]

I'm still reading. I just tend not to post as much. Then again, I *am* a lurker...

[Fredricus]

I'm reading!

I don't remember if I have voted.

[gamerboy6000]

Voting? What's this voting you speak of? :smalltongue:


Maybe if you gave us options to vote on instead of coming up with our own, more people would post. Also, don't forget that it's summer and people are likely on vacations where internet could possibly be a problem to get to.

Yeah, I have a lot of vacations this summer

[BRC]

Thanks guys, I'll get to work on the comic tonight


That is IF i get my summer college class (my school requires us to take a college class, I'm getting mine done over the summer) homework done, and if I don't get distracted by my urge to draw Sir Gnomley Esquire fighting Azul from remember.

[BRC]

Short comic today, sorry 'bout that.
So THAT'S why he's grinning

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RandJ37.png
It's time for Round Three with Sir Gnomley Esquire, Pick a plan.
(1) Rob engages and Oscar uses Shape of Glass to back him up, greg uses his grapple and rope to trip up the gnome. Jack short-range teleports behind the gnome and blasts him.
(2) Rob engages, greg moves up to support him. Oscar retreats back to heal when neccessary, Jack uses weaker but more accurate magic to avoid hitting Greg and Rob
(3) Plan one with jack not teleporting a using weaker but more accurate
(4) Plan two with jack teleporting and blasting.
(5) they all try to clear the hall so righty can open up with his chattergun

@V yeah, I don't like the new size much either, I think I'll switch to 150% this size (75% of the old Giganto-size)

[memnarch]

Plan 4 sounds good to me.

On the comic, a good length for that type, but perhaps since it is smaller, could you enlarge it?

[Lyinginbedmon]

I'll vote for Plan 2

And I can see the correlations between Azul Bufon and Sir Gnomely Esquire. Anything echoed there? :smallbiggrin:

[Abardam]

Engage him with the most competent melee fighters, with healing from Oscar. So Plan 2, yes.

[Blayze]

Sir Gnomely Esquire's agility is going to make anything less than maximum accuracy a waste of good mana and a danger to Jack's allies. Plan 3. It's time to go all out and end this right now.

And am I the only one who can see Gnomely as the Spy (GENTLEMEN) from TF2?

"Promise not to bleed on my suit and I'll kill you quickly."

[gamerboy6000]

4. typing this to post

[Fredricus]

Plan two, thank you.

[BRC]

Current Votes
Plan 1: Cries itself to sleep at night.
Plan 2: 3
Plan 3: 1
Plan 4: 2
Plan 5: Is not loved.

[BRC]

It looks like voting is slowing down, so I'll proably close it later tonight, provided I don't get too distracted playing Battle for Wesnoth.

[Szilard]

I vote for plan 4.

[memnarch]

Oh great.... another tie. :smalltongue:

[BRC]

The next update will have to wait.
Rob and Jack has been tied due to the votes.

Are you a bad enough dude to break this tie.

If you are, you get to eat a cheeseburger with Rob

[BooTheHamster]

Go FOUR the gold!

I'm bad enough to break the tie...

4.

[BRC]

My good dude, it appears your badness is sufficient, enjoy your cheeseburger. Voting closed

[BRC]

Let me just apologize for this comic right off the bat, I had this kicking around in my head for awhile. Also, I'm away from computer this weekend, so unless I find time tommorow or thursday, it will be awhile before any epic fight scenes occur.
Hey, Get back behind that wall!

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RandJ38.png

[memnarch]

Very clever monologue by Jack. Loved it. :smallbiggrin:

[gamerboy6000]

Nice Comic:smallbiggrin:

[Lyinginbedmon]

Hehe, nice talking to you to Jack :smallbiggrin:

[BRC]

Hehe, nice talking to you to Jack :smallbiggrin:
Wait, Did that wizard break the fourth wall, I told him not to do that, It's cheesy andit breaks immersion.

[Blayze]

And it saves you from having to draw a psychadelic and trippy background. Let's just hope that Sir Gnomely Esquire doesn't avoid Greg's attack, otherwise (Going by the angle) Jack will be in for a shock if he gets a shiv in the crotch.

[BRC]

So, quick update. I'll be out of town from friday to monday. Also, It appears that in order to forstall his eminent demise Sir Gnomley Esquire jumped out of my computer and stabbed my modem at home, he's clever like that. This means that the next comic will likely not appear until next week.

In other news, The rooster has left the haystack. If you need to ask what that means, then you don't have the clearance to know.

[Lyinginbedmon]

In other news, The rooster has left the haystack. If you need to ask what that means, then you don't have the clearance to know.

Darn, I was just getting comfortable too :smallmad:

[memnarch]

Ahhh.... but one should always be on their toes, just in case.

As for the modem, sorry to hear about that. Make sure The Gnome stays dead or he might decide to do something to the computer as well.... (better make backups) :smallamused:

[BRC]

Sir Gnomley's plans have been thwarted. Slay the fatted calf and let the feasting rejoice, I am now reconnected to the series of tubes.

[Lyinginbedmon]

Sir Gnomley's plans have been thwarted. Slay the fatted calf and let the feasting rejoice, I am now reconnected to the series of tubes.

Wow, those are some fat pipes (http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/119/zomgies1)! :smalltongue:

[BRC]

Wahoo Formus Back!

Alright, some news. My laptop (the compy I do Rob and Jack on) is currently in the shop. I got everything onto the backup drive, so I can get work done from my desktop. However the Desktop monitor messes up colors abit, so I'll see what I can do.



In unrelated news, I'm going to DM a DnD campaign, and I was helping a player make a character. Now, he came up with all this on his own, I just want to point that out. Most of my suggjestions were just reasons why his character may make sense in the campaign setting and all, or pointing out a prestige class he may want to take. But The final result was this: A gnomish Psycopath who wields a sawblade-style weapon and is usually very polite when he's not commiting bloody murder. (Okay, I suggested the politeness thing, but it wasn't until later that I realized the parallels).

[memnarch]

Sure you didn't make that extra bit of news up? :smallwink:

[BRC]

I did not. Grr, I'm trying to think of what coul happen for the fight besides Rob Beheads the gnome or Jack Fries the Gnome.

[memnarch]

Doesn't the Gnome have the uber gun or something like that? Not to mention I would think he can move quickly, possibly causing some friendly fire...

[BRC]

Hey, Comic!
Open to Suggestions

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RandJ39.png
Alternate Title, Smokestack Kills

Quickly, Give Smokestack a line before the pause becomes excessivly Awkward! Open Question!

[darkblade]

An open question I can think of an answer for :smallbiggrin:


Well that was a no brainer.

[Lyinginbedmon]

I find your lack of brains disturbing.

You just got ahead of the competition.*

Open air skulls, now available at your local Gnome-dramat
Triple the entries, triple the odds of winning! :smallbiggrin:

*Particularly apt since they intend to kill his "competition"

[BRC]

I just noticed a Typo, that should be CAN'T think of anything to say, not CAN.
EDIT: as of this edit, EXACTLY 600 REPLIES!

[Blayze]

No.

No, it would be much cooler for Smokestack to say nothing. After all, he's too cool for one-liners. He needs to simply reload his gun and wait for the "heroes" to stop failing so much and stand up again.

[BRC]

Random Artistchat thingy, or What the Hell Was Commie Thinking?

I can hear all twelve of you out there saying "WTF Commie, your'e giving the kill to some random character who barely has a name?". Well that wasn't my intent from the beginning.

You see, originally my plan was to have them drive the gnome into that door in the backround, he would run into a dark room and then get eaten by a grue. However, I didn't like that for some reason. Before my computer was sent to the shop, during the great server death of 08', as it will become known, I made about 80% of a comic where Rob draws his sword and decapitates The Gnome, whose body is then fried by Jack.

However, I didn't have my laptop, and besides, I didn't like that solution very much either. It's just "Wooh Hoo, the "heroes" Kill the gnome." I needed somthing climatic. So I went through a bunch of ideas, everything from The Gnome warping through the floor and getting shot by The Lizard, to somthing involving the Shardhawk that got warped to a random location. And while I wanted to do the Shardhawk thing, I Couldn't think of a good way to pull it off.
Then I was like "Wait, what happened to Smokestack. Oscar healed him up but we havn't seen him inside the house yet..." And Ta Da, the random Mauveshirt gets the kill, and spends three otherwise identical panels trying to think up a Bond One Liner.
But Now, I need to replace Greg's Shank.

[Hyozo]

I actually agree with Blayze. If you don't already have your bond one liner planned when you pull the trigger, It's best to just be silent but badass.

Or, if he has to say something, Darkeblade's qoute is better than any of Lying's.

[ThePhantom]

I like lyinginbedmon suggestion: You just got ahead of the competition.

[BRC]

My computer is currently somewhere in Repair Limbo, and as I mentioned before my monitor has trouble with colors. If it takes too long I'll make another one with the desktop, with that last one I mostly just moved around stuff I'd already made. Meh, who knows, current Votes

That Was a No Brainer: 0
I find your lack of brains disturbing:0
You just got ahead of the competition: 1
Open air skulls, now available at your local Gnome-dramat:0
Silence: 1

[BooTheHamster]

Kick-ass pose, thumbs up and a wink..

[Shades of Gray]

"umm...er... Dun-na-na-NA-na-NA-NA-NA"

Final Fantasy style.

[Szilard]

Silence. Yo mom.(Filler)

[MrEdwardNigma]

@V yeah, I don't like the new size much either, I think I'll switch to 150% this size (75% of the old Giganto-size)

I was just reading up on Rob and Jack when I noticed this. I loved the new size!

Also, one vote for No Brainer.

[memnarch]

Silence...

[BRC]

Attention All, My Compy is fixed, so I'll hopefully get the comic done over the weekend, or on monday, whenever.

Anyway, here are the Votes.

That Was a No Brainer: 1
I find your lack of brains disturbing:0
You just got ahead of the competition: 1
Open air skulls, now available at your local Gnome-dramat:0
Silence: 3
Hum the Final Fantasy Victory Song:0
Pose, Thumbs up, Wink: 0

[Lyinginbedmon]

Unless there's an influx of votes then, it's "Silence"

[Hyozo]

No.

No, it would be much cooler for Smokestack to say nothing. After all, he's too cool for one-liners. He needs to simply reload his gun and wait for the "heroes" to stop failing so much and stand up again.


I actually agree with Blayze. If you don't already have your bond one liner planned when you pull the trigger, It's best to just be silent but badass.

Or, if he has to say something, Darkeblade's qoute is better than any of Lying's.


Silence. Yo mom.(Filler)


Silence...


That Was a No Brainer: 1
I find your lack of brains disturbing:0
You just got ahead of the competition: 1
Open air skulls, now available at your local Gnome-dramat:0
Silence: 3
Hum the Final Fantasy Victory Song:0
Pose, Thumbs up, Wink: 0

I think you missed one, probably either myself or Blayze judging by the last vote count. In other words: yeah, silence is going to take this.

[BRC]

Annnndddd, voting closed.

To tide you over, here's a Character redesign for Smokestack. After the Lizard hears what happened to The Gnome, he'll promote Smokestack out of the ranks of Redshirts, so he get's a new look and a sniper rifle.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rob%20and%20Jack%20stuff/Smokestack.png

[Lyinginbedmon]

I'm probably not the only one thinking Smokestack would be a good pyro, but he looks really cool with his rifle. :smallsmile:

[BRC]

I'm probably not the only one thinking Smokestack would be a good pyro, but he looks really cool with his rifle. :smallsmile:
Well he Headshotted the Gnome, so I figured a Sniper seemed an appropriate career path,

[BRC]

A short one right now, just to get this joke out of the way.

The Judges Speak

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RandJ40.png

Originally I wanted to make fun of American Idol with this, but I don't watch television, so I skipped it.

[memnarch]

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It barely passes/doesn't fail! :smallsmile:

[BRC]

Meh, Tough Judges. I'll try to get another comic done before I go on vacation next week.

[BRC]

Okay, so Still thinking about what to do for the next comic. In the meantime, I give you this
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Horrible.png
Ive been watching it pretty much non-stop since yesterday.

[memnarch]

What is it? :smallconfused:

[BRC]

What is it? :smallconfused:
Dr Horribles Sing-Along-Blog (http://www.drhorrible.com/mushortio.html). Go Watch it, now.

[BooTheHamster]

That is FREAKING sweet...

I'm thinking you deserve a PhD in horribleness.

[Lyinginbedmon]

What is it? :smallconfused:

You fail at the Internets. :smallyuk:

[BRC]

Thank You, unfortunetally Inkscape locked up after I exported but before I could save, so if I want to do anything else with them I need to re-make the templates, but ah well.

[BRC]

Alright, I leave to look at colleges in four hours, and I don't get back in town till next saturday, so it's another four-panel comic.

Standard Operating Procedure

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RandJ41.png
Now, I sleep. It took my like twenty minutes to decide on a punchline.

[BRC]

No Comments?

[Lyinginbedmon]

I really didn't notice this had updated...I've been busy, honest.

Easily one of the more common punchlines, "Hello, Pot? Kettle here. Yeah, turns out you're black.". Still funny though, especially when pulled off "just" right, as here. :smallsmile:

[BRC]

I really didn't notice this had updated...I've been busy, honest.

Easily one of the more common punchlines, "Hello, Pot? Kettle here. Yeah, turns out you're black.". Still funny though, especially when pulled off "just" right, as here. :smallsmile:
I like to think that the fact that Jack just lit a dwarf's head on fire increases it a little.

[memnarch]

Ah... update.


So that's what that thing was.

[gamerboy6000]

Nice Comic:smallbiggrin:

[MrEdwardNigma]

Ah, religious customs. Are there any better excuses for over the top violence?

[BRC]

Thanks, I got a couple banner ideas I'll get to work on. School starts this week and I still got a good chunk of Crime and Punishment to work through before wednesday, as well as a math packet, HUZZAH FOR PROCRASTINATION. Hopefully i'll be able to get another comic done for you guys.

[BRC]

Sorry for the lack of comic so far, School started up again, and I've got a face full of writers block, plus some other stuffs been going on. Also, my art compy died again, though I got RandJ stuff off it, so yeah...
*Smashes his head into the writers block*

[memnarch]

*hands BRC some dynamite*

[gamerboy6000]

*prays the dynamite doesn't hurt anyone*

[Hyozo]

*Prays that it does hurt someone, but only in a way which is amusing and not severely harmful to anything which isn't an NPC.*

[BRC]

Alright, so after two weeks of trying to move the plot forwards so I can get to the stuff I want to do, I have given up and gone with a cop out.
I Sincerely Apologize

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RandJ42.png

On the other hand, this comic could be considered a representation of the pinnacle of interactivity. Also, that may be my favorite line Iv'e written so far, and the fact that it has absolutely no context makes it even better.

Plot Furthering comic hopefully later this week, Ive got some D&D adventure stuffs to work on.

[memnarch]

The dynamite appears to have gone off, but didn't quite destroy the entire block. (note to self; get C-4 next time)


It's an interactive webcomic, ergo, you could always ask for advise on what to do. :smallwink: :smallsmile:

[BRC]

The dynamite appears to have gone off, but didn't quite destroy the entire block. (note to self; get C-4 next time)


It's an interactive webcomic, ergo, you could always ask for advise on what to do. :smallwink: :smallsmile:
I knew what needed to be done, I just got tired of Hero Vs Dwarf Combat.

Maybe I'll do a contest to write the events between the last comic and this one, with the winner getting their entry turned into comic form. Besides, my laptop that I work on died, though I'm getting a new one on thursday, which I can use to make the next real comic.

So yeah, once again, very sorry for this comic, but this writers block was made of adamite, so I just vaulted it.

[memnarch]

New laptop; cool!

[BRC]

New laptop; cool!
Well, I think it's actually older than my current one, but it's been souped up, and my current one doesn't like turning on, making it a pain in the behind to use at all, much less in school.

[BRC]

New laptop, yay, fun times. Alright, I won't spoiler this comic.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RandJ43.png
Which Device should our Protagonists go after next.
1. The Axe of Macguffin.
2. Xanatos's Roulette
3. The Orb of Phlebotnium

[memnarch]

Number 2 for me.

Even if it doesn't get picked, I still expect to see a chessboard somewhere in that arc. :smallwink:

[darkblade]

I'm also going to vote number 2. Hopefully in this arc somebody will take a potato chip and eat it.

[Lyinginbedmon]

Xanatos' Roulette for me! :smallsmile:

[Blayze]

Option Two. Just as planned...

[gamerboy6000]

Option 2 for me.

[Ghill]

Definately 2) Xanatos' roulette, I want some non-linear planning madness!

[Lyinginbedmon]

So far this is pretty unanimous

[BRC]

So far this is pretty unanimous
As was my plan the entire time...

[BRC]

Alright, leaving voting open for, lets say, another hour and a half, though I very much doubt there will be a turnaround in that time.


Anyway, I made things.

First of all, the Chapter title for the one we just finished, I'll get around to updating the archive at some point, and this will go on top.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rob%20and%20Jack%20stuff/RobandJackchap1.png



Secondly, Some characters for Chapter Two

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rob%20and%20Jack%20stuff/Newchars.png

Edit: VOTING CLOSED

[Hyozo]

I'll go with Option 1, just because a unanimous choice is boring.

[BRC]

If you can read this, You're Literate! which means there is a chance that you, like Jack, have an
Alma Mater

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RandJ44.png

[memnarch]

Cool! Are we going to be able to see some of that sport... of what's name I am blanking out on right now?

[BRC]

Arcaball? Maybe.


Anyway, Next comic is delayed due to computers hating me. So yeah...

[Ghill]

Quditch!

Is Arcaball the one with the giant magical monsters as goalies, or the one where fireballs aren't banned?

[BRC]

Because people are apparentally Wondering, here are the rules to Arcaball

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/aRCABALL.png
EDIT, There is supposed to by another BSDB on the bottom of that.

An Arcaball Court.
S= Striker (3 per team)
B= Blocker (2 per team)
D= Disruptor (3 per team)

Arcaball is a game played mainly by True Mages, though some spell mages play a more limited form of it. It is played with up to five balls, often using three for skirmish play and in tournament play another ball is added for every round of the tournament. The object is simple, to get the ball into the opposing teams goal. Through various means. there are three positions, Strikers, Blockers, and Disruptors. All players stand outside of a sunken pit field with five pillars in the middle.
An Arcaball itself is, by the nature of the game, highly durable, professional balls are enchanted to continually repair themselves.
Strikers: The purpose of the Striker is to get the ball into the opposing teams goal. The main method for this is various evocations, blasts of force, explosions, gusts of wind, ect. Though occasionally summons are used, summoning magic takes awhile to cast and said summons rarely last very long.
Blockers: The defensive aspect of the team, the two blockers are in charge of protecting the goal. the main method used to do this is to conjure or create protective barriers. Though it's not technically illegal to "Stonewall" the goal by simply putting a barrier in front of it, it is frowned upon and such a tactic will often result in the barrier either being blasted by the opposing teams Strikers, or counter spelled by the opposing teams Disruptors. Occasionally summons are used, though for the reasons stated above, they rarely last long. The most common tactic is instead to summon a small, temporary barrier that lasts no more than a few seconds so as to deflect the ball. This has the added benefit of not draining the Blocker's energy, and being able to throw up quickly.
Disruptors: By far the most underrated position in the game, the Disruptor's job is to counterspell the opposing team. Many a game has been won or lost due to a good disruptor and a well-timed counterspell.

[memnarch]

Sounds like a fun game!

[BRC]

Sounds like a fun game!
Can any game whose description involves the word "Explosions" NOT be considered fun.

[Lyinginbedmon]

Can any game whose description involves the word "Explosions" NOT be considered fun.

None. Provided we're talking from an audience perspective :smallbiggrin:

[BRC]

Allow me to make an apology for the lack of comics, dear readers.


You see, usually I make comics on my laptop, however, about a month (A little more than that actually) ago, It started not turning on and not waking up from hibernate. We sent it away for ten days, it came back, worked for a few days, and started having the problem again. Last Friday we got a new computer, which lasted three days before it started having the same problem, It looks like I may get it back tommorow, hopefully with the problem fixed. I have a desktop, but it dosn't really like Inkscape and it's screen is messed up a little, so I don't like doing art stuff on it. Today I tried to do just that, but alas, I couldn't get anything done because Inkscape kept freezing up when I tried to zoom back in.

So yeah, sorry bout the slow update schedule, hopefully once I get a laptop that is actually capable of TURNING THE #$#@$ ON, I can return to a more regular schedule. Hopefully that will be tomorrow, but after a month of this ridiculous problem that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, Iv'e kinda lost all optimism concerning me and laptops.

[Lyinginbedmon]

You see, usually I make comics on my laptop, however, about a month (A little more than that actually) ago, It started not turning on and not waking up from hibernate. We sent it away for ten days, it came back, worked for a few days, and started having the problem again. Last Friday we got a new computer, which lasted three days before it started having the same problem...

:smallconfused:

What the heck are you doing to your computers?

[BRC]

Using it normally, the only constant between the two machines is that we dumped some files over from an external hard drive, but we scanned for viruses and didn't find any.

But yeah, were going to get it back and be more careful with the file dumping, hopefully that will fix our problem, if not, it means I'm being hacked by space-maggots.

[BRC]

Enter a character Iv'e wanted to use for awhile, I'll do another update this week to fill you in on this guy.

The Inevitable Orc

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RandJ45.png

[memnarch]

The new guy seems very familiar for some reason...

[MrEdwardNigma]

I have to say that while I'm glad they've collected the Chekov's gun, and more than equally pleased they've decided to go after the roulette, two things bother me.

One is the gap in the story that you didn't feel like writing. That seemed unfortunate.

The other is the new colourscheme. Perhaps I just need to get used to it after the grey tunnels of Granitia, but it seems horrid right now.

[Lyinginbedmon]

One of those background characters looks strangely familiar as well...

[BRC]

I have to say that while I'm glad they've collected the Chekov's gun, and more than equally pleased they've decided to go after the roulette, two things bother me.

One is the gap in the story that you didn't feel like writing. That seemed unfortunate.

The other is the new colourscheme. Perhaps I just need to get used to it after the grey tunnels of Granitia, but it seems horrid right now.
I'll try to find some time to write that eventually. Heck, I'll do it as a contest, people get to decide what happens during that time period, and the one with the most votes gets turned into comics (Subject to some editing on my part though, I don't want to do a twenty-part epic tale involving massive crowd scenes and dancing hippopotomi).

As for the Color scheme, it's mostly because I got kind of tired of nothing but grey backrounds (Which, because Rob and Greg both wear grey, was kinda annoying). On the other hand, I don't like drawing backrounds, so it may head back to a monocrome thing shortly. It was weird, at one point I thought "Okay BRC, it's time to stop being lazy and make some backrounds." and then I realized "Wait, they are in a subterranean nation consisting almost entierly of tunnels, plain grey pretty much IS the backround"

[BRC]

Ta-Dah, new comic.

Doctor of Explosive Magic

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RandJ46.png

We've got some expositional stuff to do before action, so I'll try to get through that as fast as possible, in the meantime, bear with me while you wonder how Jack got the nickname "Ricochet".

In other news, YAY, compy fixed.

[memnarch]

Heh, isn't writing a wonderful thing? :smallbiggrin:

[Lyinginbedmon]

So this is the D&D Orcs versus the Warhammer Orks :smallbiggrin:

[BRC]

So this is the D&D Orcs versus the Warhammer Orks :smallbiggrin:

No, more like Blizzard Orcs Versus Tolkien Orks (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurOrcsAreDifferent)

[MrEdwardNigma]

No, more like Blizzard Orcs Versus Tolkien Orcs (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurOrcsAreDifferent)

But BRC, you spelled both those with a C!

[BRC]

But BRC, you spelled both those with a C!

Umm....No I didn't. stop being crazy.


Yeah, the one problem with this update is that, from now on, I'll need to be very careful anytime I mention Orcs or Orks not to mix it up.

[memnarch]

And we'll be watching! :smallwink:

[MrEdwardNigma]

Umm....No I didn't. stop being crazy.


Yeah, the one problem with this update is that, from now on, I'll need to be very careful anytime I mention Orcs or Orcs not to mix it up.
You did it again!
:smalltongue:

[memnarch]

j00Z d1D 17 4941|\|!
:smalltongue:

Please stop with the leet talk Mr.

Two could play at that game.

[gamerboy6000]

Great comic BRC, as always.

[MrEdwardNigma]

Please stop with the leet talk Mr.

Two could play at that game.

I'll stop.

Please don't ever do that again. :smalleek:

[BRC]

Concerning The students walking around in the backround.


Midground open mouthed guy: His mouth is open because he's on his way to an exam for his History of Summoning class, he was out all night partying and so he's talking to himself trying to memorize stuff.
The Girl: She dosn't have any classes this period, so she's just kinda wandering around.
Brown Robed Guy:He appears to change position and direction randomly, in fact, he's a grad student who is helping with some research on temporal magic and a little bit got on him, so he's not fully in-sinc with Clock Time as it were, hence his skipping around.
Igon: Hey, what's he doing here. Apparentally visiting as a Planar exchange student and being sullen because all the other kids look down on him for being a spell mage (Which because Abroy dosn't have true magic the way Rob and Jack verse does, it's not really his fault, but stil.) Either that or he's going to the Dimen-Foress Beasts vs the Arcanian Sheildmakers arcaball game as part of some interplanar tournament.

[Lyinginbedmon]

Igon: Hey, what's he doing here. Apparentally visiting as a Planar exchange student and being sullen because all the other kids look down on him for being a spell mage (Which because Abroy dosn't have true magic the way Rob and Jack verse does, it's not really his fault, but stil.) Either that or he's going to the Dimen-Foress Beasts vs the Arcanian Sheildmakers arcaball game as part of some interplanar tournament.

This.Text.

[BRC]

I was going to make the next comic tonight, but then I didn't. So instead, FLUFF!
The Golem's Fist

First of all, a quick physics lesson. How hard thing A hits thing B is a result of thing A’s momentum, which is the Mass times the Velocity. Therefore, Something moving 10 mph and weighing 10 pounds has the same Velocity as something moving 20 MPH and weighing 5 pounds, or something moving 5 MPH while weighing 10 pounds.
The Golem’s Fist is a weapon whose origin comes from Dwarven history. Barehanded combat was a ritualistic part of Dwarven society, as dwarves believe it to be inefficient to build nonlethal weapons (By their logic, a weapon is something that hurts people. If you build a weapon that doesn’t hurt people, you have built something defective, this pragmatism is a big part of Dwarven culture). Therefore, unarmed combat was used for sport and to relieve stress. History says that the first Golems Fist was built for the dwarven hero Kargil who was a master of unarmed combat during one of the goblin wars. The Dwarven King Stonecrown (Note, the king of the dwarves is almost always referred to as “Stonecrown” despite wearing a metal crown like most kings.) ordered Kargil to go to the battlefield, Kargil said that he had never wielded a weapon before, so Stonecrown ordered his forgemasters to create a weapon that Kargil could use to the greatest effect. The result was the Golems Fist, a magical weapon that boosts the strength of the wearer just enough to compensate for it’s massive weight. Therefore, though the wielder punches just as fast as before (so as not to hamper any unarmed skill they learned before they got the Fist), the momentum of that punch is much greater due to the weight of the Fist itself. A golems fist is a fairly rare weapon and the Dwarves are the only ones who know how to craft them. All Golem’s Fists were either bought, stolen (Like Rob’s), or received as gifts from Dwarves (Like Brimsalt’s).

Secondly,
Orcs and Orks

Grathnar mentioned that he was, in fact, an Orc and not an Ork. Greg’s confusion concerning the two is not uncommon.
First of all, Orcs and Orks are technically the same species, it would be more accurate to describe them as two cultures or races. Orcs live primarily in the South, mainly in the area between the coastline and the Sunbaked Desert (where most Solamite’s come from, thus explaining Oscar’s image of Orcs). The Orcish cultural outlook and sense of honor can be attributed to the politics of this region. The Orcs control valuable trade routes between the desert and the coast, and therefore would have been wiped out long ago if they acted like their northern cousins. Instead they are content to accept a small tribute from caravans in exchange for keeping the roads clear. This arrangement leads to the sense of honor ingrained amongst the orcs. The most successful clans are those that get the most tribute, and merchants pick their trade routes based on which route seems safest, usually the territory controlled by the Clan that seems the most likely and the most capable of protecting the caravan. This has gone on for so long that the two things the orcs value moss are Honor (Likelyhood to uphold a promise, such as protecting the trade routes), and Strength (Ability to protect the trade routes). In the south the phrase “An Orcish Promise” refers to a promise made by somebody both likely and capable of fulfilling the promise (Example, “Why should we charter your ship” “Listen, I’ve been a captain for twenty years, and my crew have at least a century of sailing experience between them. We’ll get you to Steelwind safely and that’s an Orcish promise!”)

In the north it’s a different story. Once again the Ork’s settled in an area difficult to farm, although some attempts have been made. However, Orkish territory borders Human, Dwarven, and Elven lands, and so ever since the Orks first arrived, armies and adventures have been breaking up any attempts to establish any sort of large-scale orkish society (Due to the slightly Xenophobic nature of all three races in that area, although that can likely be blamed on the giants). Therefore, the only way for the Ork’s to aquire goods has been VIA raiding. This lifestyle has led to Orks having minimal social interaction with each other, or with other races. The most successful Ork’s are those that can either take the most things from their neighbors, or take things from other Orks. Either way, it’s no surprise that the Orks have become a race of Berserk raiders. Over time, the Ork’s have trickled south, and pockets of them can be found all over the northern continent.
The similarity of names between these two cultures comes from “Marspeak” or “Seaspeak”, the language that originated amongst the islands between the continents and eventually became something of a Lingua Franca. The first Mariners to hear about the Ork’s were Whalers, who attributed their violent disposition to Orcas. They took this name back with them to the islands, where they told of green skinned people who fought like Orca’s, a name quickly shortened to Orc. This name then leaked in both directions, becoming associated with the Orcs down south, and the Orks up north (The K was a human addition. Humans associate a harsher K sound with barbarians, so the northern humans spelled Ork with a K while the southern humans used the original spelling of Orc.)

[memnarch]

I like the description of the successful northern orks. :smallbiggrin:

[BRC]

Thanks. I try to think up situations that would justify tropes like the ones I used with the Orc(k)s. So I tried to create a circumstance where would develope a culture of Proud Warrior Race Guys, and the other would become Always Chaotic Evil raiders who Talk Like Dis.

[gamerboy6000]

Yay! Fluff!

[BRC]

Tah-DA
Cold Irony
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RandJ47.png

[memnarch]

Last guy looks a bit weird but ok.

...could we have the sign text posted for easier reading please? :smallbiggrin:

[BRC]

Yeah, I experimented with changing Jack and Grathnar's appearance a little (Originally I designed all the characters looking straight at the "Camera" as it were, so they all look a little wierd and I'm trying to figure out how/if I should try to fix that). The elf dosn't look as finished as I'd like him too either, but whatever, it's late and I'm tired.
The Signs read as Follows
Panel One: Note to all Students and Proffessors, Fireballs are NOT to be used outside of appropriate classrooms and labs. -The Administration.

Panel two: 3 Rools of Evocation Labs: 1. Remain at least 20 feet from the Impact Point. 2. Alert all bystanders before casting. 3. Wear earplugs and Blast Visors.
Panel Three: 2 Rules of Evocation Labs: Never say "Whats the worst thing that could happen", Report all craters larger than 5ft in diameter to campus janitorial services.
Panel 3: The Rule of Evocation Labs: If something starts glowing and expanding, dive for cover.

[memnarch]

I like the last three rules. :smallbiggrin: (panel 2 and three)

[Blayze]

Nice job, especially with the rules. I'd like to see rules for the other departments, though.

"The number one rule of summoning? Never summon anything you can't dismiss."

[BRC]

Ta-Da

This will make sense eventually, I swear!
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RandJ48.png
Greg's going first while everybody else sits there with their jaws hanging open. After Greg, Oscar and Rob will go, then Jack and Grathnar.


What Should Greg Do?
1: Attack The Gnome with the Fat Boy.
2: Attack The Gnome with Chekov's Gun.
3: Attack The Gnome with his Shiv's
4: Attack the Laughing Shadow's with the Fat Boy
5: Attack the Laughing Shadow's with Chekov's Gun.
6: Attack the Laughing Shadow's with his Shiv's.
7: Run for it.
8: Wait for Rob and Oscar to go.

[memnarch]

I vote four (4) as the gnome obviously is meant to get away and then be chased down by the group. :smalltongue:

[Blayze]

The simplest way for this to make sense is if it's Sir Gnomely Esquire's past self, which would mean that the First Temporal Law ("What happened stays happened") will prevent Gnomely's death.

Greg can't use Chekov's Gun, it's meant to be seen in Act One and fired in Act Three (We've already seen it in Act One. Does it really count, though? It was the focus of the arc instead of something that is just mentioned. Then again, BRC *did* skip straight to the resolution of said arc, which might make it qualify as it was a minor part of the story, so to speak).

Option 4.

[Lyinginbedmon]

I disagree and vote for option 2

[BRC]

For the purposes of this, The end of Act one does count. Also, on the subject of Chekov's Gun, It has a special power which the characters know about, but which we don't. All we know is that it will prove crucial at some point in Act Three, because I have no idea what is going to happen during Act 3, I couldn't tell you. In fact, It's not constant, all the Devices throw around Fate magic, which I will explain for you. In the meantime, it serves as a perfectly servicable firearm (More powerful than Greg's old Luckmaker, but not any more powerful than any other highly enchanted pistol).
Fate Magic

By far the strangest and most unpredictable of the magical disciplines, Fate Magic makes things happen by making them have happened anyway.
For Example, a practitioner of Fate Magic could attack by calling a meteor strike, not by reaching into space with magic, grabbing a meteor, and pulling it towrds the surface, but my editing the past such that a meteor was ALWAYS going to fall on that very point at that very time. That said, Fate magic is almost never used because it's impossible to know if you succsessfuly cast the spell, or if you just got lucky. Thus, Fate Magic is only wielded in specific manners by Artifacts like the Devices of Fate, or by certain entities like The Call. Chekov's Gun, for example, uses Fate Magic to give itself whatever power is most neccessary for it's wielder at a given point in time. It does this by having always had that power, though what power it always had varies depending on what the current wielder will need at some point. I can't tell you what it does, because the gun itself dosn't know, until it needs to, at which point it always will have.
This also outlines the other reason why there are very very few mortal wielders of Fate Magic, it leads to frequent headaches.

[Hyozo]

I'll say 4, no real reason this time though.

[Blayze]

Let's go with the Fate Magic, then. I change my choice to Option 5.

[Ghill]

Option 6 for me.

@Blayze: I think the simplist answer would be a Ressurection, this is DnD.

[Blayze]

And all the associated physical, biological, emotional, mental and social ("Sorry about the way in which my unconscious control of my bowels and bladder released at the moment of my death...") problems that would involve? No, time travel is *clearly* the simpler solution.

[gamerboy6000]

option 2 for me

[Zeebiedeebie]

#4. The shadow creeps me out. I wanna see what happens when it gets hurt. :smalltongue:

[BRC]

Voting appears to have slowed down, so I'll close it and try to get to work either today or tommorow (I'm retaking the SAT tommorow, so I should probably get to sleep tonight).
In other news, I finally got my hands on a Guest comic from the Schools Back Secret Santa, so lets all give a big hand to Onasuma for making it after Free Hand chickened out.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o151/pal153/BRCstrip.png[/QUOTE]

[memnarch]

Don't know who mugabe is but that would certainly get annoying going through life like that. :smallbiggrin:

[Lyinginbedmon]

I'm guessing it's a Robert Mugabe reference

[BRC]

S.A.T went well. Voting is closed, and it looks like Greg is breaking out the Fat Boy

[BRC]

Dramatic Narritive
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RandJ49.png
What should Rob and Oscar do? (2-part question)

Rob
1R: Attack the Shadow's with his sword.
2R: Attack The Gnome with his sword.
3R: Get his Golem's Fist out of extradimensional storage and attack a Shadow.
4R: Wait.
Oscar
1O: Attack with the Glass Scimitar
2O: Attack with light magic.
3O: Attack with Glass Magic
4O: Summon a glass Golem.
5O: Cast support magic.


Also, Comic #50 is coming up! Which, because I have the originality of your average goldfish, means that It's Fan-Mail time! So ask questions, either here or VIA PM.

[memnarch]

I'll vote 2R and 2O.

[Lyinginbedmon]

Same, 2 all around.

[MrEdwardNigma]

I'll vote 2R and 2O.
I'll have some of what he's having. Not that they'll be able to kill the gnome, but this should keep it from killing or hurting anyone at least.

[gamerboy6000]

3R and 2O for me.

[Blayze]

3R, 2O. Light Magic should hopefully be good against the Laughing Shadows (Unless the spell creator was as clever as someone who made an Icebolt look exactly like a Firebolt), and as long as we're slinging around awesome stuff Rob may as well whack things with the Golem's Fist.

[BRC]

No fan mail questions? Ah well.
The first of a new set of Banners I'm doing, just finished with it and will hopefully do more tonight.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rob%20and%20Jack%20stuff/Oscarbanner-1.png

[memnarch]

Ah, thanks for the reminder.

[ThePhantom]

1R and 2O, the gnome is too tough to go down easily.

[BRC]

Ta-Da, New Banners
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rob%20and%20Jack%20stuff/Robbanner.png (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72014)
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rob%20and%20Jack%20stuff/Gregbannernew.png (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72014)
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rob%20and%20Jack%20stuff/Oscarbanner-2.png (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72014)
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rob%20and%20Jack%20stuff/Jackbannernew.png (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72014)

Also, testing a redesign of Rob
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rob%20and%20Jack%20stuff/Newrob.pnghttp://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rob%20and%20Jack%20stuff/Newrobnoarmr.png
Any Comments?

[Lyinginbedmon]

The redesign looks good.

I'm liking the Jack banner :smallsmile:

[memnarch]

They look fantastic.

[MrEdwardNigma]

The banners look cool but they lack the funneh.

Also, I'm pretty much too clueless to see what's different about the new Rob.

[BRC]

The banners look cool but they lack the funneh.

Also, I'm pretty much too clueless to see what's different about the new Rob.
I was going more for "Cool" than "Funny" with them anyway.

When I created my "Rob" Template, I made him facing directly forward, so it looks like Rob is walking sideways everywhere, and It's always bugged me to make him attacking things because it looks like he's blindly swiping at whatever next to him rather than what's in front of him, so this rob is clearly looking in one direction.

[BRC]

Woah, a double post, unpossible!
Anyway. Ive decided to really start fleshing out the world of Rob and Jack, which Iv'e named Etov. I finally got around to actually defining the major dieties, and here they are.

Religion of Etov

Religion in Etov focuses around one of several deities. Each deity has many names, depending on the culture, and is therefore reffered to with a general term rather than a proper noun. In addition, each diety has an area, a climate, that they hold sway over, and a Material that is associated with them. All Dieties are Amoral and so there are no good or evil gods.
Clerics: Dieties in Etov aren’t big on giving orders, so Clerics generally just try to exemplify their deity’s values as best they can. Because this is a somewhat general goal, wars between clerics of the same diety are fairly common, as they disagree on what methods best represent these values.
The Dieties
Sun: Sun (Or Solam) is the deity of Truth and of patterns. It is the provider that makes life possible. At the same time, it is harsh and destructive. It helps, but goes down every day so as to ensure that the world learns how to adapt without it’s light. The Sun has dominance over the desert and it’s material is glass, a material which hides nothing.
Shadow: Shadow is the deity of Consistency and Concealment. It hides all within it and remains so until disturbed. Clerics of Shadow reveal little and maintain the status quo until forced to do otherwise. Shadow has dominance over subterranean areas, places where it’s presence is undisputed and omnipresent. It’s material is stone, unchanging and hiding all.
Fire: Fire is the deity of civilization, of nature tamed, controlled and made more efficient. Fire was tamed by the intelligent race of the world, and forms the foundation of all society. Like civilization, it attempts to spread and requires a constant supply in order to exist. Clerics of Fire attempt to improve and streamline everything they see. Fire has dominance over fertile plains, areas where civilization thrives and nature has been tamed. Fire’s material is Steel, raw unfinished product worked and refined into something efficient.
Water: Water is the deity of trust, expertise, and separation. Water is necessary to all life, yet under it’s waves things are dramatically different. Those who live and work with water must accept it’s ways and master it’s rules. They must trust it or else they can never reap it’s benefits. Clerics of Water tend to separate things according to their purpose, they tend to trust their allies and prefer specialization over generalization. Water has dominance over islands and oceans, it’s material is coral.
Beast: Beast represents competition, struggle, survival, and initiative. The Beast goes out and does what it must, it competes against others for material gain or dominance. It seeks to control territory, either through reputation or strength. It encourages struggle for survival and making use of the defeated. Immediate and decisive action, and wasting nothing is the way of the Beast. Clerics of the beast tend to be assertive and decisive. They enjoy competition and will always attempt to gain dominance, though they will obey those who gain their respect. They are ashamed of defeat and have trouble compromising. The Beast has dominance over badlands and infertile plains, areas where the struggle to survive is at it’s highest. The Beast’s material is bone.
Plant: Plant represents inaction. Passive growth and experimentation. Plant attempts to succeed everywhere, although it is quick to abandon futile efforts. Plant rarely makes the first move, instead taking advantage of benefits as they come, resisting challenges, and recovering from problems. Clerics of Plant will always choose to let things change on their own rather than bring about change themselves. Plant’s Material is wood.


One of these days I'll get all my fluff entries together and put them on the first post. Voting is still open by the way.

[BRC]

No comments, no more votes, no more mail.
I'll probably close voting and make the comic sometime tommorrow, so if your waiting to vote, do it now.
The votes, as they stand, are
1R: 1
2R: 3
3R: 1
2O: 5

*Shoos away crickets*
Voting Closed.

[BRC]

A Triumph...
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RandJ50pt1.png
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RandJ50pt2.png
The Good Doctor is going to blast the Shadows. What should Jack do
1) Attack the Shadows
2) Attempt to Stop the Portal
3) Attempt to Trace the Portal
4) Attempt to hold the Portal open


It should be noted that Long-distance teleportation is outside of Jack's specialty. Stopping the Portal (In such a way that would not result in Rob's nasty demise) Is the most difficult option. Tracing the Portal is the easiest.



Also, This marks the 50th comic! Huzzah! Fan Mail type questions are still open, so far Ive recieved exactly one.
@v YOU MUST CHOOSE!

[memnarch]

I'll vote 3434343434343434 gah! either one is ok with me.

[ThePhantom]

2 for my vote

[Hyozo]

It should be noted that Long-distance teleportation is outside of Jack's specialty. Stopping the Portal (In such a way that would not result in Rob's nasty demise) Is the most difficult option. Tracing the Portal is the easiest.

Oh come on! Your fanbase has enough tropers to be aware that the most dificult option is always the only one which even has a chance at succeding, especially if it endangers the life of somebody whose name is in the title.

That being said, I vote for option 3. This is because I am fully aware that subversion is one of the most often used tricks in your arsenal. Thought you could decieve me, didn't you?

[Lyinginbedmon]

Option 4.

Even if you could trace the portal, it would mean Rob would spend a while with Sir Gnomely, possibly meaning his demise.

[darkblade]

Option 4 for me.

[BRC]

Keep up with the voting, but at the same time tell me which one of These you like best.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Newrobs.png
@v I was more talking about the armor designs than the poses.

[Lyinginbedmon]

The second one seems more fluid and natural to me

[MrEdwardNigma]

Option ONE, definitely. I for one don't want them to stop the portal. I want to see where Rob ends up when he goes through the portal, as it is possible the gnome has travelled through time to get there. I want to know what he's doing there, and why.

[memnarch]

On the topic of the Rob outfits, I like the first one.

[gamerboy6000]

Number 4 for me

[MrEdwardNigma]

As for the armor designs I like the second ones best, but there should probably be more contrast as it's hard to see their belts and such.

[Blayze]

The easiest option always fails and the most difficult option always succeeds... unless it's a subversion. Therefore, there's only one think for it. Set course for Medium Difficulty!

Option 4.

It appears to be a portal made of Shadow though, and there's Laughing Shadows in the area. Perhaps they could mess with it... unless they're not exactly Shadow, but something made to *look* like Shadow so people waste Holy spells on them.

Edit: Also, Armoured Spartan Rob gets my vote.

[Zolem]

Option 4 so they can follow the gnome. Also Design 3 looks the best in my opinion.

[BRC]

I think I may make the next comic tonight, Current Votes
Option 1: 1
2: 1
3: 1
4: 4

Oh, and concerning the Shadows. They are hurt more by light magic(note, not Holy magic, as such a thing dosn't exist. Oscar worships Sun, so I guess his "Holy Magic" Would be Light, but for, say, a cleric of Fire their holy magic would be fire) more than other types. However, the visual manifestation of the Portal would depend on the caster who created it (Or, if they are a Spell Mage, the True Mage that designed whichever spell they memorized).

@v I might do that tonight instead. I dunno.

[memnarch]

Any word on when the fan mail comic will be done?

[gamerboy6000]

For armor I like the second.

[BRC]

Sorry about the lateness. my brother was in town and so I spent the weekend visiting with him.

A Foot in the Door

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RandJ51.png
Who should they leave behind (Whoever goes through the portal will try to make contact so whoever gets left behind can catch up, perhaps by mooching a portal of their own from somebody at Dimen-Foress.)
1) Jack
2) Oscar
3) Greg

[memnarch]

1. Jack could get Grathnar to help him out as they probably know each other the best.

[Lyinginbedmon]

I vote Greg, largely because I'm a spellcaster fan :smalltongue:

[MrEdwardNigma]

Jack should probably stay behind, seeing as how he's most familiar with the university and such.

So I vote 1.

[gamerboy6000]

I vote 1 Jack is the most familiar with the university.

[BRC]

Hmm, slower voting than usual.

Anyway, Purty Picture. Is it Foreshadowing? I'm not saying...or am I?

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/SteelwindPedigrees.png
Voting is still open BTW.
Edit: It is.

[BRC]

The People have Spoken! Jack is staying behind, Greg and Oscar are going to head through the portal, so they will show up in the same general area as Rob. Speaking of Rob, How's he doing?
The Only way to Travel
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RandJ52.png



A Note on Portals

There is a phenomonon with certain types of portals, If somebody enters from the exit who did not come through the entrance, that person will not originate at the portal's other opening, instead they will float around whatever demiplane the portal is routing through until they find a point where the fabric has weakened, they will fall through and end up in the general viscinity of wherever the Portal opened up. Every portal except those crafted by true masters has such weakenesses, though the don't do anything unless somthing falls through (Or crawls through, depending on what demiplane you routed through). This portal has more than normal on account of Jack's tampering.

Next update will likely appear soonish, in the meantime, as always, comments are appreciated.

[memnarch]

That's not good!

Both the Gnome's destination and where Rob ended up. It looks a bit like the "Purty Picture".


Kilroy! :smalltongue:

[BRC]

Only one comment, ah well, Lets give ya somthing to vote on!
Situational Analysis

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RandJ53.png
Should Rob Help the Soldiers?
1) Yes
2) No


Edit: Fixed my horrible spelling. CURSE YOU ENGLISH LANGUAGE! ONE DAY I WILL DEFEAT YOU!

[memnarch]

1) Yes, he should help, but only after watching to see how the zombie thingys fight.


*coughcoughletterscoughcomiccough* :smalltongue:

[MrEdwardNigma]

Okay, I think I'm going to vote... wait, wait, wait... wait...
"Soliders" was on purpose?? Why, for god's sakes, why???

...

Why???

Anyways, I vote 1. It may help him talk himself out of coming out of an empty room with a dead solider in it.