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    BardGuy

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    Default Decapitated Kraggor?

    I'm not getting why Durkon needed to decapitate Kraggor's statue. What am I missing?

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    Dwarf in the Playground
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    Default Re: Decapitated Kraggor?

    Presumably the part where Redcloak animated it and had it attack? I mean Durkon could presumably have destroyed it some other way, but, this is definitely a solution.

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    Default Re: Decapitated Kraggor?

    Durkon got a taste for vandalism and destruction of public property and now he's jonesing for more.

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    Default Re: Decapitated Kraggor?

    I think it was just a colourful way of showing that the animated statue was reduced to zero hp. It is not like you could put X's in its eyes.

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    ElfRangerGuy

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    It was probably to silence anyone who still thought that the Kraagor statue was the petrified body of Kraagor himself, and that he'd get unpetrified to help stop the Snarl.
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    Default Re: Decapitated Kraggor?

    Kraagor is the dwarf, Kraggor is the stone statue of him. Or maybe it should be spelt Craggor? Sadly Kraggor's life was for but a few short strips.

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    Default Re: Decapitated Kraggor?

    A way to show the statue has been "killed", a way to justify Xykon showing up right now and the source of the punchline. All of these things could have been accomplished in other ways, but you need to be economic if you don't want every scene to take up twice as many strips.
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    Default Re: Decapitated Kraggor?

    A contrived plot device to justify Xykon's sudden appearance. Also, decapitation is fun.
    Last edited by Precure; 2020-09-13 at 02:30 PM.

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    Default Re: Decapitated Kraggor?

    Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo Baggins View Post
    Kraagor is the dwarf, Kraggor is the stone statue of him.
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    Default Re: Decapitated Kraggor?

    Quote Originally Posted by Precure View Post
    A contrived plot device to justify Xykon's sudden appearance. Also, decapitation is fun.
    There was a lot of noise, a lot of spell casting, a giant dwarf with a giant hammer and lightning. Xykon showing up is not contrived at all.

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    BardGuy

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    I'm an idiot; I had already forgotten about strip 1211 and the animate object spell. Whoops.

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    Default Re: Decapitated Kraggor?

    Quote Originally Posted by semi View Post
    I'm an idiot; I had already forgotten about strip 1211 and the animate object spell. Whoops.
    Wait, so your mental image was that Durkon and Minrah just attacked the statue out of nowhere?

    I'm not judging. In fact it's a pretty funny thought: Durkon yells "We've got to run!" and he and Minrah promptly turn around, whack the statue, and leg it.

    : "...What was that for?"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Worldsong View Post
    Wait, so your mental image was that Durkon and Minrah just attacked the statue out of nowhere?

    I'm not judging. In fact it's a pretty funny thought: Durkon yells "We've got to run!" and he and Minrah promptly turn around, whack the statue, and leg it.

    : "...What was that for?"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Worldsong View Post
    Wait, so your mental image was that Durkon and Minrah just attacked the statue out of nowhere?

    I'm not judging. In fact it's a pretty funny thought: Durkon yells "We've got to run!" and he and Minrah promptly turn around, whack the statue, and leg it.

    : "...What was that for?"
    Definitely not my most proud moment and one that had me scratching my head. I thought maybe it went rolling ahead (see what I did there?) to set off trip wires, break a force field, or set up a joke in another panel/strip but mostly I was just really confused. Here's the worse part: I even went back and reread a couple strips so now I don't know if I was too lazy to go back 3 strips (50% chance) or was just zoned out and missed (again) the Animate Dead panel (50%).

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    Lizardfolk

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    Default Re: Decapitated Kraggor?

    Durkon is blocking the statue's attack with his shield in the first panel of this strip.

    (That said, the mental image of him just whacking off an ordinary statue's head for no reason is hilarious, so don't take this the wrong way.)
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