Number of Character Appearances III

**Wrecan** · 2008-09-06, 07:59 AM (ISO 8601)

Updated through 832
Demon-Roaches, Jirix (hypoxic), Redcloak (with one eye), Monster in the Darkness, Xykon

Be sure to read the FAQ

Protagonists:

Roy Greenhilt^x (429+148+55)

Elan (408+109+45)

Haley Starshine (396+124+46)

Belkar Bitterleaf^$ (348+116+34)

Vaarsuvius (330+91+28)

Durkon Thundershield (291+93+23)

Major Characters
(more than 60 appearances but fewer than Durkon)

Redcloak (93+99+11)

Xykon^cr (93+91+13)

Nale (86+13+9)

Mr. Scruffy (82+22+9)

Hinjo (75+11+20)

Celia (71+13+12)

Miko Miyazaki^M (68+19+12)

Monster in the Darkness (65+31+7)

Thog (62+15+15)

Sabine (61+13+2)

Frequent Characters
(31 through 60 appearances)

Blackwing (58+4+5)

Demon-Roaches (51+31+7)

Tarquin (48+7)

O-Chul (42+6+9)

Lien (38+11+5)

Qarr (37+3)

Daigo Da- (36+3+5)

**Wrecan** · 2008-09-06, 08:01 AM (ISO 8601)

Unnamed Characters

with one appearance and one or more appearances in bonus material or in more than one page of a multi-page comic:
Azure City Soldier at Wall (+1), Balding orc thief^U (+1+1), Bearded Gaoler^W, Bearer of the Crimson Mantle^U (+1), Belkar's Left Shoulder Devil (+1), Belkar's Right Shoulder-Devil (+1), Black Flesh Golem (+1), Black-Shirted Thief (+1), Crew of Hinjo's Junk (+2), Dark-skinned halfling thief^U (+1+1), Disgruntled Gnome Wizard (+1), Eyepatched Airship Crewman (+3), Five-o'clock shadow Crewman (+2), Five-o'clock shadow thief^B (+1), Green-haired elf thief^B (+1), Grey Flesh Golem^U (+2+1), Happily Married Cliffport Gaoler (+1), Hobgoblin Granary Rookie (+1), Hobgoblin Granary Whip (+1), Gay Cliffport Gaoler (+1), Kubota's Blue Ninja^D (+1), Kubota's Light Blue Ninja^U (+1), Lirian's Treants^C (+3), Little Psion That Could (+1), Polearm Emporium Cat (+1), Polearm Emporium Clerk (+1), Realm of the Dragon Elder^% (+1), Redcloak's Bodyguard^U (+1), Robot (+1), Sapphire Guardsman Who Killed Bearer of the Crimson Mantle (+1+1), Sapphire Guardsman With Goatee (+1), Tan Flesh Golem (+1+1), Tarquin's Ally with Ioun Stones (+1).

Bonus Materials

Characters who appear only in bonus material:

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Major Character
(more than 60 appearances but fewer than Durkon)
Right-Eye^c (68)

Infrequent Characters
(11 through 20 appearances)
14. 4e!Elan

13. 4e!Haley Starshine, 4e!Roy Greenhilt

12. 4e!Vaarsuvius, Ridiziak^U

11. 4e!Belkar Bitterleaf^B

Incidental Characters
(2 through 10 appearances)
10. 4e!Durkon Thundershield, Narrator

9. --

8. Eriaxnikol^U, Rich Burlew

7. Virginia

6. --

5. Dragon Magazine Dragon, Milky, Redcloak's Sister^U, Right-Eye's Daughter

4. Adventuring paladin, Adventuring sorceress, Aliyara^U, Amontop, Fidel Secundus, Hurak, Prison Guard^B, Short Black-Haired Strike Force Member^X, V-Necked Short-Haired Strike Force Member, Vampiric Half-dragon Half-troll Lycanthropic Fiendish Phrenic Snail.

3. Adventuring rogue, Black-Haired Female Strike Force Member, Gray-armored Strike Force Member, Gray-Bearded Goblin Cleric^U, Hiran Sinkeye, Imherstu^J, Iron Mage Host, Long Grey-Haired Female Strike Force Member, Male Bandana'ed Crewman, Mounted Black-Haired Strike Force Member^C, Professor Xavion^x, Redcloak's Big Brother^U, Redcloak's Mentor^U, Redcloak's Uncle^U, Second Bald Strike Force Member, Second Female Black-Haired Strike Force Member^X, Short Gray-haired Strike Force Member, Spiky Gray-haired Strike Force Member^U, Top-knotted Strike Force Member, V-Necked Straight-Haired Strike Force Member, Yydranna.

2. Bald Strike Force Member^U, Beezlebudy's Waitress^X, Chairman, Clang Killitchy, Dire Puma, Ekdysdioksosiirwo^X, Elven Adventurer, Eyepatched Thief with Goatee^@, Female Spellcaster Strike Force Member^U, Female Spellcaster Strike Force Member's Mount, Fido/Rover, Firuk Blackore, Francois' Steed, Frudu's Gandalfish Companion, Giant Green Monster, Goblin Acolyte-white cloak and gray armor^U, Gronk, Halfling Adventurer, Human w/earmuffs, Human w/scarf, Jeff the Goblin, Katie, Keith Baker, Mega-Golem^B, Mounted Pony-tailed Strike Force Member^U, Mounted Black-Haired Strike Force Member's Mount^C, Mounted Pony-tailed Strike Force Member's Mount, Pony-Tailed Strike Force Member^U, Redcloak's Mom^U, Reegon Mithrilspear, Shelby the Dragonslayer^X, Sleeping Guard, Slightly Hunched Assistant, Spider Dudes, Tiny Jim, Tyrinaarian Soldier, Unholy Master, White-Helmeted Strike Force Member^U, Xykon's Grandmother^u

Cameos
(named characters with 1 appearance)
B.A. (Knight of the Dinner Table), Barky^u, Bella Swan, Billy, Bloodrage Bloodsmash^R, Bob (Knight of the Dinner Table), Bogglesby, Bossy, Brian (Knight of the Dinner Table), Buffy Summers, Chesty, Clyde the Conjurer, Dandelion, Darkwaiter, Dave (Knight of the Dinner Table), Dave Robinson, Deergar Bluehawk, Dixie Null, Doug, Dumbo, Edward Cullen, Eeroniux, Elric of Melnibone, Fineous Fingers, Flying Graysons^C, Garindan, George (goblin in Dragon Magazine), Griktak, Jack O'Neill, Jacob Black, Jeff (fiend in No Cure for the Paladin Blues), Jenkins, Jim, Juta, Kayannara, Kevin Bacon, Kristen, Lenny "the Crushinator" Jackson, Liana, Mario, Melissa, Mr. Belvedere, Mr. Demon, Mr. Greygray, Myhotmagechick, Nexttodie, Optimus Prime, Otaruk^%, Paizo Golem, Pat Rothfus, Phil Foglio, Psteve^U, Ralph, Ramon, Randall, Raoul, Robin, Rube, Samantha Carter, Sara (Knight of the Dinner Table), Sarpanit, Sean Bean, Snarf, Son of Adki, Spiky, Spud, Superman, Suzy Finkelstein, Mr. Swordanboard, Teal'c, Telerie Windyarm, Thiana, Timothy/Delta Upsilon Mu, Tony the Tiger, Toucan Sam, Tracy, Trix Rabbit, Unicorn, Wernsworth, White Emperor, Wormy, Xyklon the Consequential, Yamara, Zaid

Notable Alterations

Alternate Magical Forms:
Sabine as Red-Leathered Adventurer (19), Vaarsuvius Soul-spliced (17), Miko as fallen paladin (12), Roy as Female (12), O-Chul Paralyzed (11), Vaarsuvius as Lizard (10), Belkar Sickened (9), Haley as Statue (9), Vaarsuvius Paralyzed (8), Thanh Dominated (7), Zz'dtri as Polozius (7), Durkon as Large Size (6), Pit Fiend as Statue (5), Qarr Dimensionally Locked (5), Roy as Bone Golem (5), Xykon as Phylactery (5), Belkar as Illusion (4), Belkar Charmed (4), Eugene Greenhilt as the Being of Pure Law and Good (4), Haley Shrunk (4), Vaarsuvius Seen Invisible (4), Celia as Statue (3), Girard Draketooth as illusion (3), Goblinoid Spy as Human (3), Haley Glib (3), Isamu as Wight (3), Sabine as Cliffport Officer (3), Sabine as Geisha (3), Suggestible Black Dragon (3), Vaarsuvius as Dragon (3), Ancient Black Dragon Head Reanimated (2), Bozzok frozen (2), Durkon in Sending Spell (2), Hinjo's Sting Operation Veiled (2), Leeky as Dire Bear (2), Nale in Sending Spell (2), Nale Seen Invisible (2), Sabine as Blacksmith (2), Suggestible Enor (2), Vaarsuvius in Sending Spell (2), Yukyuk Dominated (2), Elan as Popsicle (1.5), Banjo as Banjulhu (1), Belkar, Daigo, Durkon, Elan, Haley, Hinjo and Kazumi Kato as decoy illusions (1), Belkar with Owl's Wisdom (1), Big Bird as Illusion (1), Celia as Darkblood Gloomgloom (1), chief grukgruk charmed (1), Durkon and Elan Gaseous (1), Durkon and Malack on Macebook (1), Elan as Ogre (1), Elan as Warden (1), Hobgoblin Sewer Priest in Sending Spell (1), Julia in Sending Spell (1), Mr. Guard Paralyzed (1), Prison Liberators Seen Invisible (1), Rogue as Hobgoblin (1), Roy Resurrecting (1), Sabine as Dave (1), Sabine as Fortune-Teller (1), Sabine as Schoolgirl (1), Shojo as Giant Illusory Head (1), Vaarsuvius as badger(1), Xykon as Frog (1), Zz'dtri as Purple-Haired Elf (1).

Other Interesting Alterations:
Roy as spirit (46), Haley speaking in Cryptogram (25), Nale as Elan (19), Redcloak with One Eye (15), Kazumi Kato Pregnant (13), Empress of Blood on Banner (10), Haley as Dark Mistress Shadowgale/Self-Loathing Alter Ego (10), Thog in Rage (7), Elan as Nale (6), Durkon as chalk drawing (4), Haley's Optimism Alter Ego/pig-tailed girl (4), Redcloak on banner (4), Soon Kim's Sapphire Guard Ghostly Army (4), Xykon as Doll (4), Blue-Bearded Sapphire Guardsman as spirit (3), Do-Ragged Sapphire Guardsman as spirit (3), Ereshkigal as Idol (3), Eugene Greenhilt as Mortal (3), Eyepatched Sapphire Guardsman as spirit (3), Lord Shojo as vision (3), Nergal as Idol (3), Belkar as green line (2), Haley's Intellect Alter Ego (2), Haley's Mistrust Alter Ego (2), Haley's Self-Reliance Alter Ego (2), Haley's Sick of All This Emo Crap Alter Ego (2), Haley's Vanity Alter Ego (2), Jirix Hypoxic (2), Roy on poster (2), Thog on Poster (2), Vaarsuvius' Green Bird as Food (2), Xykon on Poster (2), Azure City High Priest as spirit (1), Belkar, Lord Shojo, and Mr. Scruffy as game pieces (1), Belkar as human (1) Belkar as sheep (1), Dark One in Painting (1), Durkon as Band-Aids (1), Elan as BardBoy (1), Elan as Elanasaurus Rex (1), Elan as XP (1), Empress of Blood on Shield (1), Enor as Mr. Scruffy (1), Eric Greenhilt as mortal (1), Flumphs as Sand Statue (1), Gannji as Belkar (1), Haley's Green-Haired Alter Ego (1), Haley's Latent Bisexuality Alter Ego (1), Haley's Rogue-Like Alter Ego (1), Haley's Tattoo (1), Hinjo as Hinjoker (1), Julio Scoundrél on Magazine Cover (1), Kobold Oracle on City Sign (1), Mr. Scruffy with Shojo's body (1), Mr. Scruffy with wings (1), Nale on Poster (1), OOTS as Illithid Food (1), OOTS on book cover (1), Qarr as Alfred (1), Redcloak as Statue (1), Roy as mummy (1), Roy as shadow (1), Roy as vampire (1), Sara Greenhilt as mortal (1), Shojo as halfling (1), Shojo as playing card (1), Shojo with winged Mr. Scruffy body (1), Tarquin as Statue (1), Tarquin in Manual (1), Teal-haired Sapphire Guardswoman as spirit (1), Therkla as Ninja Girl (1), Thin Empress of Blood (1), Thog on T-Shirt (1), Vaarsuvius as Macaroni Drawing (1), Vaarsuvius' Blue and Yellow Birds as Food (1), Xykon as Human (1).

**Wrecan** · 2008-09-06, 08:03 AM (ISO 8601)

FAQ

Q. Where did you get the idea to do this?

A. This started as a game (Guess which character had the most appearances, then second most, etc.), but once all characters with three or more appearances were guessed, someone had the idea of keeping a running total, just for curiosity's sake. Then someone thought it might belong here instead of silly games, so n11 moved the list here instead of there. When n11's thread got 'ported over to the new forum, the formatting changes made it difficult to read. Plus, n11 hasn't shown up for quite a few comics, so the list was falling hopelessly out of date. So I have reformatted the list for the new forums and updated it. n11 hasn't shown up in the new incarnation of the forums, so now I'm doing it. You can see the second iteration of the thread here: Number of Character Appearances (Improved!) The first iteraton of the thread was purged when the boards were purged in February 2009.

Q. What counts as an appearance?

A. Any likeness of the character being visible (so Elan's appearance on Nale's blueprint counts, and Belkar's self-portrait in blood counts) and any dialog from a character, even if "off-panel" or invisible (so the strip where the party is in the invisibility sphere counts for each of the main characters)

Q. What's with the stuff in red and blue?

A. Red means an appearance in bonus strips from the books or the strips published in Dragon Magazine. Each page of the book or magazine is treated as a separate strip. Blue means an appearance on multiple pages of a multi-page comic.

Thanks to Fawkes (aka Mechafox), Paladin Carver, Porthos, Flame of Anor, SPoD, Gift Jeraff, and all the other members who helped to compile all those bonus appearances!

Q. If two characters have the same number of appearances, in what order do you list them?

A. Characters are listed first by the number of standard appearances (as indicated with black numbers), and then alphabetically.

Q. What's up with all the raised letters?

A. These endnotes represent an existence-ending event to a character, such as when a character has been killed (i.e., Nale kills the Chief). Note that in D&D, not all death is permanent. In that case, the event is listed in lowercase (i.e., Xykon's phylactery restoring his body). Some characters have died, but we don't know why (for example, we know that Eugene Greenhilt died many times before dying permanently of old age). Other characters have died, but we don't the name of the killer (such as when Fruit Pie the sorcerer is killed by an anonymous goblin). Such events are denoted with "U". If two endnotes are connected by a hyphen ("-"), it means they jointly killed the subject.

The endnotes currently in use are:
^ADied of old age.
^BKilled by Belkar.
^CKilled by Redcloak.
^DKilled by Durkon.
^EKilled by Elan/destruction of Redmountain Gate.
^FKilled by Tarquin, Elan and Nale's father.
^GKilled by Cathy.
^HKilled by Haley.
^IKilled in the battle of intermission.
^JKilled by Julio Scoundrél.
^KKilled by Therkla.
^LKilled by Lien
^MKilled by Miko.
^NKilled by Nale.
^OKilled by O-Chul.
^PKilled by the Empress of Blood.
^QKilled by Crystal.
^RKilled by Roy.
^SKilled by the Snarl.
^TKilled by Thog.
^UKilled by Unnamed Characters or Unknown Causes.
^VKilled by Vaarsuvius.
^WKilled by Sabine.
^XKilled by Xykon.
^YKilled by Daimyo Kubota.
^ZKilled by Tsukiko
^#Killed by Mr. Scruffy
^{^}Killed by Thanh
Deaths caused by named characters seen only in bonus material:

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^!Killed by Shelby the Dragonslayer
^@Killed by Mega-Golem
^$Killed impermanently by 4e!Belkar
^%Killed by White Emperor

Q. Why haven't you listed the goblins/hobgoblins/zombies/ghouls/ghasts/Azure City guards?

A. A character only gets listed if it is recognizable as an individual or if it's a recurring distinct group (such as the flumphs or the demon roaches). The indistinct masses do not get listed.

Q. How did you choose the name for

?

A. Monster in the Darkness is his most frequently used name. The cast page in War and XPs and the commentary in Don't Split the Party calls him "Monster in the Darkness". The cast page in Don't Split the Party call's him "Monster in the Dark". The cast page in No Cure for the Paladin Blues lists him as "Creature in the Darkness", and O-Chul call him "Monster-San". Until we get more firm information, we will call him "Monster in the Darkness".

Q. What about the [insert unnamed character that only appears once]?

A. If a character appears only once and is not named, then it doesn't get listed. Otherwise, the list would be completely unmanageable.

Q. Who is Ted?

A. The appearances of a goblin caster in #90, #93, #105, and #107 could be the same caster, given the limited context, and he could be given the same “Ted” first mentioned in #90, but the Giant has specified no such connection was ever intended. We're listing him anyway because we think it's clever.

Q. Hey didn't you list Sabine's fiendish form as an alternate form? And wasn't this FAQ question previously about that?

A. Yes. Sabine used to be listed with her red-leathered adventurer form (the one she originally appeared in) as her "natural" form and her fiendish form as a magical alteration. But now she has appeared in her fiendish form more often than her leather-clad form, so I've switched it around. Her fiendish form is now her natural form and the red-leather clad adventurer is one of her alternate magical forms (along with the cop, geisha and schoolgirl disguises she's assumed).

Q. Why is Banjo listed as a character? Banjo is an inanimate object!

A. Blasphemy!! Seriously, you're probably right. But we like Banjo.

Q. Why is Shlubbo Noname-zaki from strip 435 listed? That's not his real name.

A. Well, it could be his real name. Either way, it's funny.

Q. What does not count as an "Alternate Magical Forms"?

A. We don't treat views of characters through scrying spells or devices, or characters covered in auras due to spellcasting or having a spell cast upon them as alternate magical forms.

Q. What does not count as an "Other Interesting Alteration"?

A. We don't treat corpses, changes in age, or costuming as interesting alterations.

Q. Is someone is killed by a summoned or created creature, who gets credit for the kill?

A. The summoned or created creature, not the summoner or creator.

**Ghastly Epigram** · 2008-09-06, 08:13 AM (ISO 8601)

Is it just me, or does the "Characters who appear only in bonus material" spoiler not open?

Anyway, mmmm, gotta love that fresh thread smell. You have done a great job with this, keep it up.

**Wrecan** · 2008-09-06, 08:22 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Ghastly Epigram

Is it just me, or does the "Characters who appear only in bonus material" spoiler not open?

It opens for me.

**TerrickTerran** · 2008-09-06, 08:30 AM (ISO 8601)

No prob opening it. Nice to get a little restart.

**SPoD** · 2008-09-06, 09:31 AM (ISO 8601)

Allow me to be the first to welcome Daigo to the top 20! From unnamed NPC to top-tier character, now that's a rags-to-riches story.

**Fawkes** · 2008-09-06, 11:12 AM (ISO 8601)

Does Daigo really have eleven more appearances than Kazumi?

**Chronos** · 2008-09-06, 12:08 PM (ISO 8601)

He got ten appearances without Kazumi on Orc Island, plus two more without her (the duplicated panel) fighting off scrags. The only time Kazumi has appeared without Daigo was when she "reassures" Elan that Haley has Belkar with her.

**RMS Oceanic** · 2008-09-06, 02:06 PM (ISO 8601)

Since we count being banished from the material realm as being "Killed", shouldn't Roy have an indicator that he was dismissed by the Oracle?

**Wrecan** · 2008-09-06, 02:42 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by RMS Oceanic

Since we count being banished from the material realm as being "Killed", shouldn't Roy have an indicator that he was dismissed by the Oracle?

I think Roy has to be re-linked to the Material world first, not just wandering around insubstantial on the Ethereal Plane.

**recluso** · 2008-09-06, 04:35 PM (ISO 8601)

Let me thank Wrecan for all this work. For some reason I care which character is "winning"

I can see Hilgya and Banjo aren't worth it to be in the top area but if Kazumi and Therkla get one more appearance (pretty likely), wouldn't that be a good moment to switch to top 25?

**paladin_carvin** · 2008-09-06, 05:27 PM (ISO 8601)

You have 'happily married goaler' and 'gay goaler'... I can only assume this means you are Canadian, because I can only find this term in reference to hockey

I would think that Jailer would be the correct term, wouldn't it?

Oh, and, just to be obnoxiously correcting something else that doesn't need it, wouldn't Roy be in the astral plane, not the ethereal? OCD for the win! XD

**Wrecan** · 2008-09-06, 05:49 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by paladin_carvin

You have 'happily married goaler' and 'gay goaler'

No, it's gaoler, not goaler. A gaoler is a medieval jailer. The word is correct.

Oh, and, just to be obnoxiously correcting something else that doesn't need it, wouldn't Roy be in the astral plane, not the ethereal?

No. Ghosts manifest from the ethereal plane. Roy doesn't know how to manifest and even if he did, I wouldn't consider that a reconnection. Actually, given that I wouldn't consider a ghost's manifestation to be a reconnection, I realize that Eugene should still have a capital "A" from his death of old age and Xykon shouldn't get a credit for killing him by sundering Roy's greatsword.

OCD for the win! XD

I think you need to go off your meds. You are insufficiently obsessive-compulsive.

**paladin_carvin** · 2008-09-06, 05:59 PM (ISO 8601)

1) uh...

oops.

2) Well, yes- while he popped in on everyone and talked to the Oracle, that would be Ethereal, but wouldn't it be Astral where he was talking to his father?

3) Bah, callin' me out on it... I'm not really OCD. I can't be, if I was, I'd call it COD, since then Compulsive and Obsessive would then be in alphabetical order

**Wrecan** · 2008-09-06, 06:04 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by paladin_carvin

2) Well, yes- while he popped in on everyone and talked to the Oracle, that would be Ethereal, but wouldn't it be Astral where he was talking to his father?

Yes, but when I mentioned the Ethereal plane it was in response to RMS Oceanic discussing the Oracle's banishment.

Bah, callin' me out on it... I'm not really OCD. I can't be, if I was, I'd call it COD, since then Compulsive and Obsessive would then be in alphabetical order

Real OCDs know you list things in the order of the number of letters, from smallest to largest.

**paladin_carvin** · 2008-09-06, 06:58 PM (ISO 8601)

Finished the Dragon comics character count

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Roy xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
V xxxxxxxxxx
Haley xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Belkar xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Durkon xxxxxxxx
Elan xxxxxxxxxxxx
Evil Sword x
Collection Orc x
Collection... 'Squidthingy' x
Bogglesby, Celestial Monkey x
Wernsworth, Celestial Dog x
Fiendish Rat x
The Narrarator x
The vampiric half-dragon half-troll lycanthropic fiendish snail x
The Dragon from the Cover or the Box x
George the Goblin x
Two other Goblins with the same stats as George x
Goblin Wizard x
Goblin Wizard's Familiar x
Mr. Demon x
Clyde the Conjurer x
Cereal Conclave: Tiger x
Cereal Conclave: Rabbit x
Cereal Conclave: Tucan x
Mr. Jones xx
Mr... other lawyer... xx
Feral Express man x
High Priest of the Bloodsoaked Overlord xx
The High Priest's piggy bank x (trust me on this counting)
Man from the Church of Universal Ignorance x
The Ancient Dragon xxx
The nice Wizard/Red Dragon x
The Wizard that lived near the shore x
King Potatoe Head x
Paizo Golem x
Plus a huge list of cameos that I will need time to figure out... they all are only in one comic, but some have lines.

----Also, for your other thread, I know these came up. I don't know if they count or are worth anything...

Durkon: '...but me low Charisma means I used it up on tha zombies'.

Durkon: Spell: Hide from Undead

edit: Sorry about forgetting the spoiler.

**Wrecan** · 2008-09-06, 07:27 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by paladin_carvin

Finished the Dragon comics character count

Great! Keep in mind most of those appearances are unnamed characters that appear only once. I'm not going to include those.

Were any of these characters killed in the comic? If so, by whom?

**paladin_carvin** · 2008-09-06, 10:22 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Wrecan

Great! Keep in mind most of those appearances are unnamed characters that appear only once. I'm not going to include those.

Were any of these characters killed in the comic? If so, by whom?

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Evil Sword (Has lines, more than you can say for Banjo XD )
Wernsworth, Celestial Dog (Is summoned by Durkon)
The vampiric half-dragon half-troll lycanthropic fiendish snail (While he doesn't have a name, he is a main character of a comic and that is what he calls himself)
The Dragon from the Cover or the Box (This one is obviously the same from the game, which is named there)
George the Goblin (Gets killed, I need to check by who)
Two other Goblins with the same stats as George (Gets killed, ditto)
Mr. Demon (Mr. Demon is awesome enough that he doesn't need lines to count)
Clyde the Conjurer (will be killed, does that count?_
Cereal Conclave: Tiger Cereal Conclave: Rabbit Cereal Conclave: Tucan (you should be able to guess who these are, but they aren't called by name)
High Priest of the Bloodsoaked Overlord (Is killed, I think by Belkar...)
The High Priest's piggy bank (hmmm, perhaps not worth counting...)
Man from the Church of Universal Ignorance (no name, but is the main character of a strip)
The nice Wizard/Red Dragon (I believe this may be an alternate form of Gary Gygax... )

I'll need to double check stuff, though.

**SPoD** · 2008-09-06, 11:56 PM (ISO 8601)

Having seen these comics too, I've added a few notes on which ones have clear names, even if they aren't given:

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Bogglesby, Celestial Monkey x
Wernsworth, Celestial Dog x
The Narrarator x = Same one from Dungeon Crawlin' Fools
The vampiric half-dragon half-troll lycanthropic fiendish snail x = Not named per se, but unambiguously identified by this title
George the Goblin x
Mr. Demon x
Clyde the Conjurer x
Cereal Conclave: Tiger x = Tony the Tiger
Cereal Conclave: Rabbit x = the Trix Rabbit
Cereal Conclave: Tucan x = Toucan Sam
Mr. Jones xx
Mr... other lawyer... xx = Phil Rodriguez
Feral Express man x = Identifies himself as such
The Ancient Dragon xxx = The Dragon Magazine dragon
The nice Wizard/Red Dragon x = The TSR Wizard logo and the TSR Red Dragon logo
The Wizard that lived near the shore x = Wizard of the Coast
King Potatoe Head x = Mr. Potato Head
Paizo Golem x

**Wrecan** · 2008-09-07, 05:47 AM (ISO 8601)

Okay. I've added the appearances. Let me know who kills whom and I'll add that in as well.

"going to die" isn't good enough. He has to be indicated as being killed or having already been killed.

**paladin_carvin** · 2008-09-07, 12:22 PM (ISO 8601)

I just saw that Rich has 1 appearance. He should have 5, considering he is in every book.

**ref** · 2008-09-07, 04:01 PM (ISO 8601)

Why does Shojo look like a red X?

**Fawkes** · 2008-09-08, 05:38 PM (ISO 8601)

Where exactly did Kazumi and Daigo appear in War and XPs? I didn't see them in any bonus strips.

**Wrecan** · 2008-09-08, 05:47 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Mechafox

Where exactly did Kazumi and Daigo appear in War and XPs? I didn't see them in any bonus strips.

Paladin_Carver believed they might be depicted on the character splash pages. I don't have the book, so I cannot confirm nor deny it. Any opinions? I'm happy to dock them a bonus appearance if it isn't them.

**Fawkes** · 2008-09-08, 08:46 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Wrecan

Paladin_Carver believed they might be depicted on the character splash pages. I don't have the book, so I cannot confirm nor deny it. Any opinions? I'm happy to dock them a bonus appearance if it isn't them.

Character pages? The only Azurites on the character page Shojo, Hinjo, Miko, Windstriker, Mr. Scruffy (each with bio), Thanh, Goggled Paladin, O-Chul, Lien, and the Wizard Paladin. Do you mean the chapter title pages? The only one with Azure City soldiers is Chapter 7, and there's zero indication that any of the four of them are Kazumi or Daigo. Besides, they appear to be fighting outside the city.

**paladin_carvin** · 2008-09-08, 09:02 PM (ISO 8601)

Splash page for Chapter 7
For those who see it, obviously this is before they gain any unique identifier, but I feel certain that, since given the story, the nature of the splash pages, the expressions that the two are giving (or at least the one I think is Daigo) AND the fact that Chapter 7 is where we meet them (even if they were not named yet).

And I'll have you know, I am no peanut farmer! ...I happen to be your best friend when Thanksgiving comes around.

**Fawkes** · 2008-09-08, 09:22 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by paladin_carvin

Splash page for Chapter 7
For those who see it, obviously this is before they gain any unique identifier, but I feel certain that, since given the story, the nature of the splash pages, the expressions that the two are giving (or at least the one I think is Daigo) AND the fact that Chapter 7 is where we meet them (even if they were not named yet).

And I'll have you know, I am no peanut farmer! ...I happen to be your best friend when Thanksgiving comes around.

I respectfully disagree. There are four soldiers, and they're not in a location where Daigo or Kazumi fought. Their expressions aren't anything special either.

Also, the sodas in the Goblin Dan's ad are just sodas. Not tiny refreshing gods.

Edit: And, because I'm totally obsessive-compulsive,

Spoiler

Show

Cover: Roy, Durkon, Haley, V, Belkar, Elan
Title Page: Haley
Foreward/Preface/Introduction: Pat Rothfuss, Elan, Rich
Character Pages: Elan, Banjo, durkon, Roy, Belkar, Haley, V, Xykon, Redcloak, MitD, Roaches, Eugene, Shojo, Miko, Windstriker, Mr. Scruffy, Hinjo, Thanh, Goggles, O-Chul, Lien, PalWiz, Thog, Nale, Sabine, Julia, Pompey, Celia, Part of Yokyok, Tip if Leeky's Staff
V's Intro Page 1: V, Snarl, Part of Shojo, Soon, Dorukan, Girard, Lirian, Kraagor, Miko, Belkar, Elan, Haley, Durkon, Roy, Zombie Dragon, Xykon, Eugene, Nale, Thog, Sabine, Yikyik, Redcloak, MitD
V's Intro Page 2: V, Shojo, Mr. Scruffy, Soon, Dorukan, Girard, Lirian, Kraagor, Serini, Snarl, Belkar, Miko, Roy, Eugene, Xykon, Zombie Dragon, Nale, Thog, Sabine, Yikyik, Redcloak, MitD, Elan, Haley, Durkon, Roy, Snarl
304a: Roy, Belkar
308a: Miko
310a: Shojo, Hinjo, Mr. Scruffy, Tiger, Ox, Rat, Rabbit, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Pig, Rooster (NOT Dragon or Dog)
310b: Shojo, Mr. Scruffy, Hinjo, Eugene
313a: Miko, Yunji, Jiaya
314a: V, Durkon, Belkar, Yunji, Jiaya, White Helmet
320a: Redcloak, Xykon, Roaches, Zombie Dragon, Hobgoblin General (note: Redcloak address the General as General- but is interrupted by Xykon, who doesn't want to learn his name. Redcloak then just calls him "the General")
Round 2: Roy, Belkar, Elan, Haley, V, Durkon, Oracle
323a: Roy, Elan, Haley, V, Durkon, Durkon's Pony, Belkar
333a: V, Elan, Roy, Durkon, Durkon's Pony, Haley
Goblin Dan's ad: Goblin Dan, Hydra
Round 3: Thog, Nale
Round 4: Miko, Windstriker
One-panel comic on commentary page: MitD, Roaches
Round 5: Sabine, Julio
389a: Julio, Elan, Thog, Eyepatched Sky Pirate (see 392), Rookie Cop, Dark Cop, Female Cop, Blond Cop
Round 6: Mr. Scruffy
415a: MitD, Redcloak, Roaches
416a: High Priest, Sangwaan, Hinjo, Roy, Shojo, Mr. Scruffy
432a: Haley, Durkon
437a: Haley, Durkon
Final Page: Miko

I forget the book rules. Do we include the cover, title page, character page, chapter pages, and non-numbered comics and non-comic appearances?

I believe some of my counts may be different than Carvin's.

**paladin_carvin** · 2008-09-08, 11:11 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Mechafox

I respectfully disagree. There are four soldiers, and they're not in a location where Daigo or Kazumi fought. Their expressions aren't anything special either.

Also, the sodas in the Goblin Dan's ad are just sodas. Not tiny refreshing gods.

Edit: And, because I'm totally obsessive-compulsive,

Spoiler

Show

Cover: Roy, Durkon, Haley, V, Belkar, Elan
Title Page: Haley
Foreward/Preface/Introduction: Pat Rothfuss, Elan, Rich
Character Pages: Elan, Banjo, durkon, Roy, Belkar, Haley, V, Xykon, Redcloak, MitD, Roaches, Eugene, Shojo, Miko, Windstriker, Mr. Scruffy, Hinjo, Thanh, Goggles, O-Chul, Lien, PalWiz, Thog, Nale, Sabine, Julia, Pompey, Celia, Part of Yokyok, Tip if Leeky's Staff
V's Intro Page 1: V, Snarl, Part of Shojo, Soon, Dorukan, Girard, Lirian, Kraagor, Miko, Belkar, Elan, Haley, Durkon, Roy, Zombie Dragon, Xykon, Eugene, Nale, Thog, Sabine, Yikyik, Redcloak, MitD
V's Intro Page 2: V, Shojo, Mr. Scruffy, Soon, Dorukan, Girard, Lirian, Kraagor, Serini, Snarl, Belkar, Miko, Roy, Eugene, Xykon, Zombie Dragon, Nale, Thog, Sabine, Yikyik, Redcloak, MitD, Elan, Haley, Durkon, Roy, Snarl
304a: Roy, Belkar
308a: Miko
310a: Shojo, Hinjo, Mr. Scruffy, Tiger, Ox, Rat, Rabbit, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Pig, Rooster (NOT Dragon or Dog)
310b: Shojo, Mr. Scruffy, Hinjo, Eugene
313a: Miko, Yunji, Jiaya
314a: V, Durkon, Belkar, Yunji, Jiaya, White Helmet
320a: Redcloak, Xykon, Roaches, Zombie Dragon, Hobgoblin General (note: Redcloak address the General as General- but is interrupted by Xykon, who doesn't want to learn his name. Redcloak then just calls him "the General")
Round 2: Roy, Belkar, Elan, Haley, V, Durkon, Oracle
323a: Roy, Elan, Haley, V, Durkon, Durkon's Pony, Belkar
333a: V, Elan, Roy, Durkon, Durkon's Pony, Haley
Goblin Dan's ad: Goblin Dan, Hydra
Round 3: Thog, Nale
Round 4: Miko, Windstriker
One-panel comic on commentary page: MitD, Roaches
Round 5: Sabine, Julio
389a: Julio, Elan, Thog, Eyepatched Sky Pirate (see 392), Rookie Cop, Dark Cop, Female Cop, Blond Cop
Round 6: Mr. Scruffy
415a: MitD, Redcloak, Roaches
416a: High Priest, Sangwaan, Hinjo, Roy, Shojo, Mr. Scruffy
432a: Haley, Durkon
437a: Haley, Durkon
Final Page: Miko

I forget the book rules. Do we include the cover, title page, character page, chapter pages, and non-numbered comics and non-comic appearances?

I believe some of my counts may be different than Carvin's.

There is a reference to the tiny refreshing gods while there being that same soda. I'd qualify that. I guess I'd give on the Kazumi and Daigo, only because you are right about the outside the wall bit... I don't know... there is just something about it. Anyway, I'll concede on that.

**Fawkes** · 2008-09-08, 11:58 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by paladin_carvin

There is a reference to the tiny refreshing gods while there being that same soda. I'd qualify that.

Upon closer examination, yep, you're right. That's Soda, all right.

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