Personally I think it’s cute when redneck farmhands tries to be clever. Anyway I don’t mean to threadcop it’s just annoying when the same people post the same complaints again and again as If this time anyone will care. Oh you hate the crotch/hands? Tell me more!
I still like the art. Also, every strip for the past month has been good. For instance I find this strip funny by way of their depressingly tragic fate:
The fact that I don’t even remember who Ristar is makes it that much better for me.
Amazingly, with all the talk here, this thread only has five posts! Clearly everyone here secretly likes everything they are complaining about!
“And Pillars of Motherfucking Salt.”
salwon
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Tycho’s face in the last panel is awesome.
I like that one too, but what is “now it’s all loaves and fishes” referring to? It’s a bit disjointed.
“Loaves and fishes” is New Testament of the Bible, kinder, gentler, no one has to translate “I will turn your blood to dung” into “I love you all”.
“Floods, plagues, and pillars of salt” is Old Testament, where god literally threatens to turn your flesh into dung.
I don’t get the whole “your players” thing. I get the Bible stuff but not what they are talking abut.
Jora
2848
It’s the latest in a series of strips where Gabe asks for Tycho’s help to make his role-playing campaign interesting again.
I love the last panel as well. PA clearly has the art style nailed down, it’s only the longer stories that suffer from visual story-telling problems.
RepoMan
2849
AND THEY GOT RID OF THE FUCKING ORANGE NOSES, HALLELUJAH
Ah, of course. I thought it referred to the feasting on powers and cards. Now it flows much better.
And the “old testament” that he’s holding is… what? An “old” edition of AD&D? I grew up on 1st ed (yes I’m an old man get off my lawn &c) but I don’t recognise it…
No, it’s just more fun to complain in the thread that people read and see a bunch of you get your panties in a twist.
I can’t say I liked or disliked that one… since I didn’t understand any of the references. Perhaps if I’d played at least one Sonic game. I hven’t.
I like the words, but the punchline fell short for me when he was holding up some rulebook I’d never heard of - again that’s probably just me not being geeky enough to get the references - but it being from 2009 doesn’t really cement the Old Testament vibe for me. Had it been a 1st edition DMG or the Unearthed Arcana… but perhaps that’s just me being old.
No, he means the Old Testament of the Bible. The fire and brimstone “God gonna kill you” part
He’s saying the easy part (the “New Testament”) is over, now comes the hard part (the “Old Testament”). It’s a Bible joke
Sebmojo
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I like the … the bit where he …
OH GOD ALL OF IT
salwon
2857
I was just about to post that.
TO SAAAAAND!
hah. reminds me of this custom game I played once where the DM decided on a lark to give me the “power” to fill a container with water once in a while. Then I spent the evening doing it in people’s mouths and noses.
COMPRISED OF OF LIQUID
Seriously, are these really typos or are they experimenting on their readers somehow?
Thanks for the Bible explanation, I hadn’t got that. But I think he means both. D&D 4th edition moved to a different direction than previous D&D editions, it’s less about simulation and more about gamey mechanics (at least that’s what I hear, I’ve only played a few sessions of D&D4). Pathfinder is more similar to 3.5 in that sense.
I really liked this series of strips. But among their “DM trying to kill the player” themed strips, this one is still the best:
