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    Quote Originally Posted by Fyraltari View Post
    The Arenamaster isn't Zuurith, though.
    Agreed but I feel like Zuurith would put a stop to something that would so massively impact the image of his city.

    However, the new comic goes with the very idea amusing concept that the Arenamaster has NO idea about who Kendal really is which is quite amusing.

    I kind of want to see them get back to the cell and start to discuss like fancy and showy moves to impress the crowd and then practice choreography of the upcoming fight.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Silva Stormrage View Post
    I kind of want to see them get back to the cell and start to discuss like fancy and showy moves to impress the crowd and then practice choreography of the upcoming fight.
    Which is pretty much* what gladiatorial fighting actually was. The point was to look good and be entertaining, not to kill the other guy.

    *I don't think the fighters actually rehearsed with one another.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fyraltari View Post
    Which is pretty much* what gladiatorial fighting actually was. The point was to look good and be entertaining, not to kill the other guy.

    *I don't think the fighters actually rehearsed with one another.
    So like professional wrestling... but with swords!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pax1138 View Post
    So like professional wrestling... but with swords!
    Exactly like professional wrestling with swords. And various other armaments.
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    So like professional wrestling... but with swords!
    Which is why I think it would be so hilarious watching Kendal trying to act as a pro wrestling heel for his rival city and not being able to pull that off realistically due to being so good natured.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Silva Stormrage View Post
    Which is why I think it would be so hilarious watching Kendal trying to act as a pro wrestling heel for his rival city and not being able to pull that off realistically due to being so good natured.
    Also his rival city is not even a hole in the ground right now.
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    Okay of all the situations relating to Tess and Erin knowing each other I was not expecting a casual "Oh his dad bought me" as a feasible possibility...
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    Err... Points for good intentions?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fyraltari View Post
    Err... Points for good intentions?
    Based on the current comic and Tess' reaction to Erin's father I don't think good intentions factor much into it atm. Still considering Erin's reaction and the fact that they share a family name implies some pretty close relation between the two regardless.

    I am curious about the implications that Erin wasn't always the elemental magus or wasn't known to be at that age or something.
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    Since it sounds like that was news to them, I was thinking they might have just come to the conclusion I did - that the 'sky choosing' aka getting struck by lightning may have had something to do with the Elemental Magus helping things along.

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    So, until puberty, the metal caste folk are utterly defenseless against anyone who would wish them harm, and if something bad does happen, there's a significant chance they'll stay like that their entire lives. Wow.

    About, last comic: The guy's wearing a neat suit and a ponytail, Shrike, what else do you want him to do to avoid funny looks? Grow smaller?
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    Not the tack I expected him to take on this, but it does neatly put the hunters in a bind. Either the situation gets defused at this point or it gets escalated way past the original intent, and it would be tough to tell on the spot which way the city would want them to jump.

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    Yeah this is probably the kind of situation where they'd have to report back to their superiors (the arena-master, I guess?)

    There's also the question of how/if diploamtoc immunity works in this setting.
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    You know, diplomatic kerfuffle aside, it strikes me as distinctly unwise to provoke the guy who's causally Magneto-ing your entire team.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fyraltari View Post
    Yeah this is probably the kind of situation where they'd have to report back to their superiors (the arena-master, I guess?)

    There's also the question of how/if diploamtoc immunity works in this setting.
    And considering the party is going to be leaving the city soon they could frankly be gone by the time the city decides how they want to handle this.
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    You have chosen... Poorly.
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    Okay, there's poor life choices and then there's knowingly peeing against a active high voltage fence. While standing in a puddle. During a storm. Blaspheming against any and all higher beings that might listen.

    This falls into the latter category.

    Oh well, maybe Shrike learns from the experience.
    Maybe she even survives.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kantaki View Post
    Okay, there's poor life choices and then there's knowingly peeing against a active high voltage fence. While standing in a puddle. During a storm. Blaspheming against any and all higher beings that might listen.

    This falls into the latter category.

    Oh well, maybe Shrike learns from the experience.
    Maybe she even survives.
    To be fair, she thought she was dealing with a simple metal-mage.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kantaki View Post
    Okay, there's poor life choices and then there's knowingly peeing against a active high voltage fence. While standing in a puddle. During a storm. Blaspheming against any and all higher beings that might listen.

    This falls into the latter category.

    Oh well, maybe Shrike learns from the experience.
    Maybe she even survives.
    Also I doubt that Erin will go instantly for the lethal option. It would be poor form diplomatically speaking. Also the hunters don't pose much threat to Erin and the group, especially with Tess freed from her bonds. Shrike may be the only mage in the group and once she goes down the rest of the group is probably going to surrender (Or be effortlessly pinned to the wall again by Erin).
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    Trusk is like "Well look at that! My shift's over. Toodles."
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    I feel like Kendal could just leapfrog out of there if he really wanted to.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fyraltari View Post
    I feel like Kendal could just leapfrog out of there if he really wanted to.
    Probably not with Zuurith being right there though. I imagine the god of the city would be able to knock him back to the arena pretty easily. Still I am not sure why doing a staged fight with both sides not really going for the kill isn't an option. It is pretty clear that the arena fights aren't all to the death and this one hasn't been specified as being to the death either (Which seems unlikely that it would be).
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    Sooooo... Tynan is going to attack the arena to get to Kendal, and it's going to turn into a free for all deathmatch of Kendal vs Dainix vs Tynan vs Zuurith, isn't it?
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    Sooooo... Tynan is going to attack the arena to get to Kendal, and it's going to turn into a free for all deathmatch of Kendal vs Dainix vs Tynan vs Zuurith, isn't it?
    Probably yes.

    The demon reveal wasn't particularly surprising. I think pretty much everyone expected that at this point. I wonder how the rest of the party is going to get involved though. It's unlikely they will just stay put once Tynan makes his descent.
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    Whelp, that is certainly one way to make an entrance.
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    Whelp, that is certainly one way to make an entrance.
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    I have got to admit, "Think of how much more orderly your city will be without any people" is a heck of a line there. I am curious how this is going to go down. Tynan clearly thinks they have the upper hand by a good margin for them to be this blunt and he seems to be less interested in taking out Kendal as I first would have guessed. I am not sure if Tynan is going to accept the heroes help in this endeavor, though I imagine they will be instrumental regardless.

    My guess is that Erin will have to use the Black Dragon's power during this fight and will have to start avoiding paladins hunting him down for the next arc.
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    I have got to admit, "Think of how much more orderly your city will be without any people" is a heck of a line there. I am curious how this is going to go down. Tynan clearly thinks they have the upper hand by a good margin for them to be this blunt and he seems to be less interested in taking out Kendal as I first would have guessed. I am not sure if Tynan is going to accept the heroes help in this endeavor, though I imagine they will be instrumental regardless.

    My guess is that Erin will have to use the Black Dragon's power during this fight and will have to start avoiding paladins hunting him down for the next arc.
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    As much as Tynan probably wants to hurt Kendall to get back at Vash, Tynan is the most dangerous foe present, so it makes sense to focus in him. I was wondering whether they knew each other, and they clearly do, which is interesting. Tynan seems to have beaten Zuurith before, but he not killed him, for some reason.
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    As much as Tynan probably wants to hurt Kendall to get back at Vash, Tynan is the most dangerous foe present, so it makes sense to focus in him. I was wondering whether they knew each other, and they clearly do, which is interesting. Tynan seems to have beaten Zuurith before, but he not killed him, for some reason.
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    Bullies get their jollies from people being scared of them. If he beats Zuurith down but doesn't kill him, he leaves behind a weakened enemy who will rebuild a sand castle for him to kick over later but who also KNOWS that he will lose before the next fight starts. Basically a perfect victim for the kind of monster Tynan wants to be.
    And the other city gods who hear about it will dread him coming for them as well, doing part of his work before he even hits their city walls.

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    Tynan seems to have beaten Zuurith before, but he not killed him, for some reason.

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