February 2nd, 2022
2 Feb 2022 · page 1098 of 1306
Tim's having a great day that is only going to get better.
Cast: Pemberton Pryce, Thea Pryce, Tim Chiang
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Chill out, folks, Tim's got this!
I am seeing a drop of worry on his cheek, methinks!
How come when the party inevitably gets split it's always the bard who's off on their own
Experience? It's easier to bluff, charm or diplomat some antagonist when you don't have the barbarian making angry faces on your right side and the rogue stealing the silverware on your left.
Or it's just that bards cannot resist a narrative.
I now want to see a barbarian/bard or rogue/bard on their own. A rogue/bard would probably survive quite well though.
A barbarian/bard would actually be interesting for players who are into method acting. I mean, most real-life "barbarian" societies, to go by the Roman definition, did not have an evolved script, their culture and knowledge was kept and transmitted orally by their bards (or the local equivalent).
And if they had any script/glyphes/runes, the bards were the ones knowing them.
So an actual barbarian bard is something to try.
Now as to solo survival... It will take some fine-tuning, but I feel it's quite doable. Going by the D&D rules 3.x/5, a bard has to be lightly armored, but the Barbarian brings in some extra hit points and resilience. The main drawback is that, once the Barbarian goes into raging, they cannot use anything intellectual, like talking skills or magic. Which are the bard's main additions to the mix.
So just follow this specific SOP:
1 - have the bard-half talking
2 - if (when ?) that fails, have them singing or spelling some magic for one turn or two
3 - go into barbarian rage and start smashing stuff.
The bard/red mage is best equipped to adapt to a situation~
...long enough for the rest of the party to come help please quickly
Wow, a little light conversation and Pemberton already feels comfortable casually implying to Tim that he murdered his ex-employee. Either it's extremely easy to gain Pemberton's trust, or he's so egotistical and out of touch with reality that the concept of "murder is bad and I could get in trouble" simply doesn't occur to him. Probably the latter.
He's American! :-D
more importantly, he's rich
He's a rich American!
With a villainous moustache!
And stubble!
What?! How DARE you imply that we Americans are unilaterally the type to casually imply murder! If you're not careful, the NEXT time you could be the LAST time you do so...if you know what I mean. narrows eyes tips cowboy hat loads shotgun
Nawww... We usually up and go murder directly, son. Y'know, for the better good 'n' all that. It's in the Cooooooode of the West!
Yep, the latter, I think. Think mob boss. A mob boss who likes an audience.
I think Pemberton is feeling secure in his position, whichever side the coin fails down.
Tim doesn't make a fuss? Good. Pecking order established.
Also, let's call this leading by example. Other people's example.
Tim has cold feet or dare to object? That a pity, it was so looking like the start of a beautiful friendship. I guess my henchmen will have to take care of one more person tonight.
It's amazing how relaxed a man can be when he's on a ship that he owns, that is entirely staffed by his own ruthless security goons and isn't where most of the people on the ship or anyone not on the ship thinks, and he has not a shred of basic human decency.
I think it's the second one.
One thing both villains and magicians love: an audience.
Kate, don’t you dare go on a break or change scene on the next page.
:-)
huhuhuu
Meanwhile, at the Hall of Justice...oh wait, wrong time period.
Not hired? Oh dear, is she a PARTNER now? And what does Doris need to do to get in on that action~
"your best friend and your lover may be dead by now, no pressure"
Who? Lei is Tim's cousin, and he only met Vee yesterday.
...his assistant
The assistant Pryce is talking about here is Lei, though, not Doris. I'm not sure Pryce even knows Doris exists.
And your little maid, too!
(in the distance: "I'm not a real bleedin' maid!")
...Was that a reference to something in particular?
"she's not hired anymore", to which the villain answer "yep, by now that's probably right" he's clearly implying he's getting them killed.
And here I was, hoping that the engineer was simply being over-enthusiastic and not keeping her boss informed. Way to let the flag down there, Pryce.
Last time I saw someone drawing a circle that big, it was not a Good Thing.
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Tim in the next-to-last panel: "Oh god what's he talking about what did he do keep smiling keep smiling"
By the way, Kate, I don't know if there's anything you can do about this as the mod, but there seems to be a sudden influx of p*rnbot accounts upvoting people's comments.
ugh, you're right :| unsure honestly, I don't think I can ban people from upvoting.....
I had one upvote a comment on my own comic today as well. I ended up reporting it to Disqus via the Report User option on its profile, with "inappropriate profile" selected as the reason. We'll see if that actually does anything...
I tried reporting a couple of them as spam. We shall see.
I think the problem should be shunted to Disqus.
I mean, as long as upvoting is all they're doing, I don't really have any objections myself.
yeah. i mean the scam is that it makes you look at their bio, but it's a shame that it means you have a bunch of fake notifications from kinda crude usernames.
Yeah, I see that you collected a p*rnbot of your own... (and so will I probably)
This looks like the layout around the Widdershins anchor from back in Chapter 6. Are they right above its underwater location and she's activating it from the deck?
Is that Doris and Vee being the "general public?" The person on the left looks to be wearing something similar to Lei's coat and gloves, but if Doris can change clothes, why not Verity? After all, someone who always wears blue suddenly wearing red is the best disguise.
This is probably the most uncomfortable Tim has felt in a loooooong while.
"Tim's having a great day that is only going to get better" sort of encapsulates his entire time being an active part of this comic
When will Tim have a non-ironic good day
Let Tim Pet Some Dogs
Drawn by the strength of this comment, Gren leaps through a portal between anchors through space and immediately cuddles up at Tim's feet. Now not only does he have a dog to pet, if Pember-I-already-forgot-his-name tries to throw him in the ocean, he has protection. Protection that isn't still doing its hair.
That circle that Thea is drawing, thou....there be other circles with it.
Oh boy.
Kate,
Please,please tell me the Pryces aren't summoning the Deadlies back. Last time I saw that circle, Lux-boii was up to no good.