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2022-07-22, 06:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
I'm rather confused right now.
We know that - on multiple occasions - princesses have gotten kidnapped, to the point where there are special laws just regarding reclaiming them. But, if the princesses can just summon Albia as will to save them, why isn't that done more often when they get in danger? Is there some level of system Albia teaches her princesses as to when they can summon mom? Or is Neena a favorite? Or something else?
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2022-07-22, 06:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2010
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- Tor zur Welt
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Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
* my emphasis
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http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/
Things that don't kill me make me strong
Things that do kill me leave me dead
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2022-07-22, 06:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2006
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- Watching the world go by
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Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
I was extrapolating on someone else's wild-mass-guess. Sorry if that wasn't clear.
As for why the princesses don't call on Mama very often, I suspect that Albia would deal harshly with any of her daughters who called on her frivolously.
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2022-07-22, 08:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2005
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- Sydney, Australia
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Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
I'm pretty much the opposite of concise. If I fail to get to the point, please ask me and I'm happy to (attempt to) clarify.
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2022-07-22, 09:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2016
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Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
I made a webcomic, featuring absurdity, terrible art, and alleged morals.
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2022-07-22, 12:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2006
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Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
It's always the quiet ones, isn't it...
We know from Trelawney that Albia does allow this, and trusts the people she gives the ability to to know when it is appropriate to use it.
That said, from their interactions I suspect that Neena is something of a favourite with Albia. Not much evidence, but it is there.Warning: This posting may contain wit, wisdom, pathos, irony, satire, sarcasm and puns. And traces of nut.
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2022-07-22, 12:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2008
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Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
I think it has been put forward that while Queens may be able to teleport short distances, for long distances the mirrors were required. It's also possible that she wasn't far away from this island to begin with, she knew where they were going, and she might have suspected what was going to go down here, or at least that her presence might be called on.
This also may be the end of Albia, not unlike the Master of Paris... or at least a major diminishing. Lucrezia had mentioned that the Queens power was waning more than she let on, and she's going to be using up a lot of flame fighting two other queens and a mad Deepdweller this far from her own well. She'll win, or at least save our heroes, but it's going to cost her.
While it's not surprising that her daughter had a "summon mom/get out of trouble free" card it does feel a little like Deus Ex Machina for the second time with Alba.This post hand crafted by a synapse cluster which also processes nuts, shellfish, alcohol, sarcasm, gluten, puns, MSG, caffeine, ennui, grains, tree pollen, abstract logic, GMO, petroleum byproducts, webcomics, 70's-80's sitcom theme music, pet dander, dubstep and EDM, aspartame, every Monty Python episode and movie, MCU, DCU, asbestos, sugar, LotR, ST, SW, PotC, lead, discworld, electric swing, latex, and Disney IPs as well as other controlled substances. Consume at your own risk.
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2022-07-22, 04:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2010
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- Tor zur Welt
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Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
* my emphasis
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http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/
Things that don't kill me make me strong
Things that do kill me leave me dead
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2022-07-22, 07:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2008
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- Hudson Valley, NY
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Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
She the goddess of Currency?
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2022-07-23, 01:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2010
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- right behind you
Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
This could be interesting. Albia, probably a projection of her, versus two half crippled partial queens both dying and these deepdweller monsters. This is an awful mess. I cant wait to see what happens next.
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Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2022-07-23, 04:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2012
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- Colorado
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Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
Albia looks to be 2x or 3x the size of the Princesses. I'm sure killing the Song Keeper would be a major diplomatic faux pas, but no one will mind if Clankrezia and Monahan go away.
This ... is my signature finishing move!
"It's never good when you make a fiend cringe" - MadGrady
According to some online quiz, I'm a 6th level TN Wizard. They didn't give me full XP for all the monsters I've defeated while daydreaming.
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I am a Ranger Archetype: Gleaming Warden (thx to Ninja Prawn)
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2022-07-23, 07:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2010
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- Tor zur Welt
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Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
A simple ROFL-Stomp on the wannabe queens is probably too much to ask for.
* my emphasis
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Things that don't kill me make me strong
Things that do kill me leave me dead
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2022-07-23, 08:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Apr 2013
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Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
I assume Monahan will at least try to surrender, she was scared of Albia doing exactly this.
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2022-07-24, 09:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2012
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- Colorado
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Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
I hope Albia doesn’t monologue. Kill or subdue the Princesses, save your daughter, go home.
This ... is my signature finishing move!
"It's never good when you make a fiend cringe" - MadGrady
According to some online quiz, I'm a 6th level TN Wizard. They didn't give me full XP for all the monsters I've defeated while daydreaming.
http://easydamus.com/character.html
I am a Ranger Archetype: Gleaming Warden (thx to Ninja Prawn)
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2022-07-25, 01:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Aug 2012
Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
Monahan is about to get a boost.
GO FOR THE EYES, BOO!!!
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2022-07-25, 12:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2012
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Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
Lucrezia thinks she can one shot Albia. I think she's about to be surprised.
This ... is my signature finishing move!
"It's never good when you make a fiend cringe" - MadGrady
According to some online quiz, I'm a 6th level TN Wizard. They didn't give me full XP for all the monsters I've defeated while daydreaming.
http://easydamus.com/character.html
I am a Ranger Archetype: Gleaming Warden (thx to Ninja Prawn)
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2022-07-26, 07:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-07-26, 09:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-07-26, 02:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Aug 2012
Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
Pretty sure that's her anti-queen deathray.
Albia has probably been doing some research and buffing her defenses since her epiphany about Lucrezia.GO FOR THE EYES, BOO!!!
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2022-07-26, 09:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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2022-07-27, 08:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2021
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Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
So much for that theory. :P
And not a good showing for the Queen of England either. I guess we can chalk this up to Lu's unmatched experience in Queen killing?
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2022-07-27, 08:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2007
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2022-07-27, 10:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2006
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- England. Ish.
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Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
If the Paris storyline is anything to go by, Lucrezia is about to be completely blindsided by a very angry Neena.
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"The main skill of a good ruler seems to be not preventing the conflagrations but rather keeping them contained enough they rate more as campfires." Rogar Demonblud
"Hold on just a d*** second. UK has spam callers that try to get you to buy conservatories?!? Even y'alls spammers are higher class than ours!" Peelee
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2022-07-27, 11:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2012
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Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
Having stunned Albia with her anti-queen ray, Clankrezia must resort to punching to finish her off? How primitive.
I am very surprised Albia wasn’t prepared for this.This ... is my signature finishing move!
"It's never good when you make a fiend cringe" - MadGrady
According to some online quiz, I'm a 6th level TN Wizard. They didn't give me full XP for all the monsters I've defeated while daydreaming.
http://easydamus.com/character.html
I am a Ranger Archetype: Gleaming Warden (thx to Ninja Prawn)
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2022-07-27, 02:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2010
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- Tor zur Welt
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Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
what we need now:
https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/com...6#.YuGPFvLRYgo* my emphasis
http://dmreference.com/SRD/
http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/
Things that don't kill me make me strong
Things that do kill me leave me dead
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2022-07-27, 02:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Aug 2012
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2022-07-27, 04:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Apr 2013
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- Pacific NW
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Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
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2022-07-27, 07:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2015
Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
I agree with Shining Wrath, overconfident or not, Albia knew about Lu's queen killing, and that the party's efforts would be intersecting with her. She should have known that the gun had kryptonite bullets, so to speak. At the very least she should have come in swinging, rather than just stand there posturing and letting Lu get in the first shot.
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2022-07-28, 11:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-07-28, 11:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2012
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- Colorado
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Re: Girl Genius XXXI: Let’s look at it from farther away!
Of course, Albia could be about to stand up and cry “Psych!”. Or Monahan could earn mercy.
This ... is my signature finishing move!
"It's never good when you make a fiend cringe" - MadGrady
According to some online quiz, I'm a 6th level TN Wizard. They didn't give me full XP for all the monsters I've defeated while daydreaming.
http://easydamus.com/character.html
I am a Ranger Archetype: Gleaming Warden (thx to Ninja Prawn)