Things You Never Noticed Before

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Re: Things You Never Noticed Before

Post by Midara » Sat Mar 01, 2014 10:42 pm

MOJO wrote:Earlier in this thread there was some discussion of how the talking wall came to exist in Brassmoon City. It seemed the general consensus was that it happened during the Battle of Wonder.
Does anyone know what ability in the SoW list caused this? I wanted to read the shields abilities again, but I can't find it...

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Post by SamWiser » Sat Mar 01, 2014 11:42 pm

I believe that three or four of the pages are in the Games Resources thread. All of the pages are being included in Book 3, so they have been taken off the website for a while.
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Re: Things You Never Noticed Before

Post by RidcullyJack » Sun Mar 02, 2014 1:10 am

Midara wrote:
MOJO wrote:Earlier in this thread there was some discussion of how the talking wall came to exist in Brassmoon City. It seemed the general consensus was that it happened during the Battle of Wonder.
Does anyone know what ability in the SoW list caused this? I wanted to read the shields abilities again, but I can't find it...
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The striker's physical form instantly disappears as his "soul" is transferred into the nearest wall (Will SV DC 11 to negate). The striker's face will appear in the wall. This face has the ability to talk and make expressions. Once the striker has "become" the wall, he will gain limited abilities to see into the future of those he communicates with.

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Post by Glemp » Sun Mar 02, 2014 3:43 am

RidcullyJack wrote: SoW effect 24:
The striker's physical form instantly disappears as his "soul" is transferred into the nearest wall (Will SV DC 11 to negate). The striker's face will appear in the wall. This face has the ability to talk and make expressions. Once the striker has "become" the wall, he will gain limited abilities to see into the future of those he communicates with.
...Huh. You'd think that the wall would be a bit more upset if he used to be human.

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Re: Things You Never Noticed Before

Post by gamecreator » Sun Mar 02, 2014 6:03 am

Why so? There is no way for him to turn back into a human or anything else.

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Post by Glemp » Sun Mar 02, 2014 6:09 am

gamecreator wrote:Why so? There is no way for him to turn back into a human or anything else.
So Minmax shouldn't have been upset at seeing Kin without a tail, because at the time there was no way to change her back?

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Post by Zathyr » Sun Mar 02, 2014 10:54 am

Come on, he used to be some nameless npc, and now he's a magical talking wall! If it were me, I'd embrace the new role too. :)
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Post by Sessine » Sun Mar 02, 2014 11:18 am

His personality carried over, though, so he's just not getting a lot of people lining up to ask him questions. :indeed:
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Post by raaabr » Sun Mar 02, 2014 4:40 pm

I think he's not that down about it at the moment because he can now see peoples futures, and that's a fairly entertaining ability for a week or so before you start getting depressed.

Also, he's an NPC: With some DM's, that's essentially Exposition Incarnate. Not that different from a talking wall that won't shut its mouth, minus the whole moving around thing.
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Post by SGTdude » Tue Mar 25, 2014 4:27 pm

I just noticed that the onomatopoeia from Kore in the last strip is actually drawn to look like stonework. Or armor pieces. Or something. Thats a pretty cool little detail.
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Post by Sogono » Wed Mar 26, 2014 3:51 am

SGTdude wrote:I just noticed that the onomatopoeia from Kore in the last strip is actually drawn to look like stonework. Or armor pieces. Or something. Thats a pretty cool little detail.
That's the way it is since the beginning: look at those KATHUNKs from the 4th panel of that page.
Even his "KNOCK KNOCK" (which is the very first time we "hear" him, if I'm not mistaken) seems shattered.

Maybe it is something related to his curse/blessing?
(I think this specific art point has been remarked somewhere in these forums already.)
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Post by willpell » Thu Mar 27, 2014 5:54 am

I just noticed that on the long-current page, in panel 4, the wound on Forgath's shoulder and the blood and one of the joints of his armor appear to form a number "4".
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Re: Things You Never Noticed Before

Post by SoulReaver » Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:46 am

I think, you're just seeing things. Perhaps, you've spent too much time staring at that page.

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Post by willpell » Thu Mar 27, 2014 1:39 pm

It's a bit abstracted but I totally still see it.
You either die Chaotic, or you live long enough to see yourself become Lawful.
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Post by smjjames » Fri Mar 28, 2014 7:55 am

willpell wrote:It's a bit abstracted but I totally still see it.
It sort of looks like a four, yes, but that's blood from the bolt wound on the page before where it's already beginning to form a triangle. It's just a coincidence and highly doubt it was intentional.

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Post by Zathyr » Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:58 pm

I think it looks more like a little bell than a 4.
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Post by Liesmith » Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:11 pm

Zathyr wrote:I think it looks more like a little bell than a 4.
It's clearly a Dalek firing to one side in surprise at being bitten by a snake. I am preparing a 60-page thesis on how this ties into Forgath's prophecy.
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Post by RocketScientist » Sat Mar 29, 2014 4:32 am

Dalek for sure.

What does it say about me that I just added Dalek to my Kindle dictionary? :chuckle:

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Post by LAYF » Sat Mar 29, 2014 6:38 am

that you like an expanded and well informed, yet geekipeida friendly vocabulary?
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Post by AlphaPanda » Wed Apr 23, 2014 1:21 pm

willpell wrote:I just noticed that on the long-current page, in panel 4, the wound on Forgath's shoulder and the blood and one of the joints of his armor appear to form a number "4".
Cool find!

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Post by Benbo231 » Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:12 pm

SGTdude wrote:I just noticed that the onomatopoeia from Kore in the last strip is actually drawn to look like stonework. Or armor pieces. Or something. Thats a pretty cool little detail.
I think it's got something to do with the I.M.E.s of each character. Minmax's attacks show up in purple, Forgath's in his beige-y color, Goblinslayer has a green-yellow mix. I'm pretty sure the Goblins have the same thing.

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Re: Things You Never Noticed Before

Post by Glemp » Fri Jun 13, 2014 2:18 pm

Forgath has two eyebrows! Simulant, run!

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Re: Things You Never Noticed Before

Post by Zathyr » Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:26 am

... I don't see it.
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Re: Things You Never Noticed Before

Post by Glemp » Sat Jun 14, 2014 10:16 am

Zathyr wrote:... I don't see it.
Forgath has another eyebrow, one made of skin or very fine hair, right below the raised one.

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