Goblins II

[Gez]

Huh? When? Aren't you talking about Pan? He is in the cart now.

Hence my use of the past tense.

Given how occupied they are with shooting fleeing monsters, why would they wander off to take position elsewhere?

Side A: guards
Side B: monsters*
Middle: the archway

It's pretty straightforward.

* monsters have since left, but their departure didn't cause the guards they killed there to respawn.

Now the ogre came from the other side. So the guards that are shooting at them are already reinforcements that arrived after they left that side and fumbled with the mechanism.

[Lissou]

Perhaps he isn't harmed so much as simply unaffected, though, since, as mentioned, this would be an odd time for him to die when one could simply introduce an ominous complication, instead.

He went from -6 to walking around, I'm pretty sure he was healed.
It's just that he's not back to full hit points. Plus he'll have scars from the fight (and we have proof that even characters with full hit points have scars) so that might be it too.

[Neoriceisgood]

Supercow team.


Also, Lissou, I'm in love with your new avatar.

[Ravenlord]

I wonder why don't they just stay with the rest of the monsters and simply capture the entire city.

I mean seriously. They already defeated the Goblin Slayer and killed Caine, both who were considerably higher level than anyone else in the entire city. And they also already killed a good portion of the "elite" forces. They could just as well stay and mop up the rest.

[Winterwind]

All other issues - like them being severely beaten up, most of the monsters being dead, there still being the entire regular city guard who suffered no losses at all, etc. - aside, what would they do that for?

[Ravenlord]

As for the reasons: well, being beaten up in your city beats being beaten up and wandering in the wilderness.

And I don't see why being in the less favourable position is a problem. It's not like pulling impossible stunts one another and winning all without a hitch was a problem for the heroes of Goblins before...

Re: regular guard: I'd eat my non-existing hat if Brassmoon had a lot larger regular guard besides all the elites we already saw. Just what kind of city is that to not have even pawed roads (I only recall seeing dirt roads) but field a complete army?

Yeah, I guess I'm still bitter about recent and not so recent developments in the storyline.

[Tempest Fennac]

It appears as though there are some official guards based on GS wanting to take charge of the cities guards, and the mayor's soldiers were mentioned before Fumble's execution got underway.

[The Linker]

I wonder why don't they just stay with the rest of the monsters and simply capture the entire city.

I mean seriously. They already defeated the Goblin Slayer and killed Caine, both who were considerably higher level than anyone else in the entire city. And they also already killed a good portion of the "elite" forces. They could just as well stay and mop up the rest.

But... what would they do with the city? After all the evil guards are taken out, all that's left are innocent civilians that are just trying to live peaceful lives.

A point could be made for eliminating their military so they couldn't build up a force to threaten the goblin (and ogre, and bugbear, and kobold...) race again. But capturing the city seems rather needless.

[Morty]

If they capture the city, they'll be almost immediately attacked by adventurers and other human cities.

[Selene]

But... what would they do with the city?

My thoughts exactly. They don't want a human city. They want to get the hell out of there and maybe go home.

[Weimann]

Some one whould tell them what those "cows" are before they try to milk any of them...

[Gez]

Some one whould tell them what those "cows" are before they try to milk any of them...

Given Complains' reaction to cheese, and how they confuse horses for them, I really doubt they even know milking exists, Thaco excepted.

[T-O-E]

"They squeeze the creature's milk out of big, dangling, nipples next to its groin."

[ChowGuy]

Perhaps it would have made more sense if Chief had said "two really fast oxen" since "ox" is simply a gender independent term for adult cattle, though these days generally used only for draft cattle, with which the GAP are likely more familiar then dairy cattle. Not as funny though.

[Gez]

"They squeeze the creature's milk out of big, dangling, nipples next to its groin."

Thaco excepted. That was precisely the strip I alluded to, and you can get from Complains' face that he will not want to do this.

[teratorn]

"They squeeze the creature's milk out of big, dangling, nipples next to its groin."

Works for horses too. Horse milk is pretty expensive but it is consumed by humans as sort of a delicacy and Mongols (mostly lactose intolerant) ferment it to produce a mildly alcoholic beverage. Donkey milk was considered as a medicine long ago in the countryside around where I live.

Milking a horse is a much more dangerous task than milking a cow so these guys might regret it if they try it.

[petersohn]

Poor man's RSS feed says: new update is up.

[t_catt11]

Heh, I thought that RSS was free?

Also, the humans have cows, too.

[Gez]

"Oh no... They have cows!"

[Johnny Blade]

Thaco's making good use of his missile deflection feat there.


Also, is it just me or has Thunt gotten better at drawing bodies? I mean, Thaco kinda looks like his neck should have snapped, sure, but there was a time when bodies in general tended to look a bit, well, flat in scenes like the one we just saw.

[Killer Angel]

Also, is it just me or has Thunt gotten better at drawing bodies?

Well, I hope so... even Rich has improved the grafic of his sticky figures!

[Gez]

Also, is it just me or has Thunt gotten better at drawing bodies?

I know it's shocking, but not all webcomic artists are as stagnant as Mookie.

[Rustic Dude]

I know it's shocking, but not all webcomic artists are as stagnant as Mookie.

Poor Johnny Blade, his mind destroyed by the Mookiefest.

[battleburn]

Ah new update again!

Looks like Ears is going to pull her in from the underside of the cart, so they don't have to stop.

"Hold this and don't do anything evil." I love it!!

-Battleburn

[Ganurath]

...What happened to the orc lady? She's a Necromonger!

[The Linker]

That is my new favorite line. For the next five minutes or so. You know how it is.

Also... we haven't seen the back of that black female orc before, have we?

(Semi-ninjaed!)

[JonestheSpy]

"Hold this and don't do anything evil." I love it!!

Totally awesome. Big ears still has my vote for best Paladin Portayal ever.

[Killer Angel]

Also... we haven't seen the back of that black female orc before, have we?

Yep, that back is.... creepy. GS was (is) totally disturbed.

And Big Ears is Epic.
(Imo is even better that O-Chul, considering his level... )

[Midnight Lurker]

...She's got to be an undead, right? No one could actually survive that, right? ...Right?!

[Gez]

...She's got to be an undead, right? No one could actually survive that, right? ...Right?!

There's no muscle on her back or along her spine. Just clean skeleton. So she couldn't even stand upright, if her existence wasn't augmented by some foul magic.