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** That one's easy: [[FairUse Fair Use]]. As long as the "borrowed" bits A) are small, B) are "transformative" (i.e. they tweak or alter the source material rather than just flat-out copying it), and C) do not constitute any threat or challenge to the profitability of the source material (i.e. no one looking to buy or read Half Life material would consider Erfworld an adequate "substitute"), then it's fine. The actual doctrine of Fair Use is a bit more complicated and nuanced than that, but the gist of it is - making small references to copyrighted works, ''especially'' in the context of humor, is usually A-OK.
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** That one's easy: [[FairUse Fair Use]].UsefulNotes/FairUse. As long as the "borrowed" bits A) are small, B) are "transformative" (i.e. they tweak or alter the source material rather than just flat-out copying it), and C) do not constitute any threat or challenge to the profitability of the source material (i.e. no one looking to buy or read Half Life material would consider Erfworld an adequate "substitute"), then it's fine. The actual doctrine of Fair Use is a bit more complicated and nuanced than that, but the gist of it is - making small references to copyrighted works, ''especially'' in the context of humor, is usually A-OK.
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* We now that units can gain a + from leadership and stacking bonuses, but how do these pluses actually apply to unit strength? The naive view, which the comic originally seems to imply is that that a leadership bonus equates to a flat increase to attack/defense scores. However, the math doesn't work out as it makes infantry stacks far stronger then they are in comic. For example the stack bonus offers a full +8, but if this was a static boost to stats such a high flat boost to any unit makes slower to pop high stat units inefficient. Having a stack bonus adding up to 1/3 of a high level unit's stacks total points would make most high level units worthless compared to infantry which pop in full stacks in a single turn (sure a stack of drawgons may be 3 times as strong as an infantry stack, but when it takes at minimum 16 times as long to pop a dwagon stack as it does infantry it hardly seems cost efficient). If one factors in the side wide chief warlord bonus this would further devalue any non-infantry units. On the other hand a mere +1 leadership bonus from a level 1 warlord seems to be worth far less then another stack of infantry, which is inconsistent with sides waiting to pop a warlord because of how imperative it would be to an offensive. (to be specific infantry already has 1 to attack/bonus so the addition of a lvl 1 warlord would double base stats, but a stack of infantry would have stack bonus and chief warlord bonus as well meaning two stacks of infantry would seem more powerful then one stack of infantry with a level 1 warlord)
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* We now know that units can gain a + from leadership and stacking bonuses, but how do these pluses actually apply to unit strength? The naive view, which the comic originally seems to imply is that that a leadership bonus equates to a flat increase to attack/defense scores. However, the math doesn't work out as it makes infantry stacks far stronger then they are in comic. For example the stack bonus offers a full +8, but however even high value units are never depicted as having higher then a 16 attack, so if this was stacking bonus equated to a static boost flat increase to stats such a high flat boost to any unit makes slower to pop high stat units inefficient. Having a that would that the stack bonus adding up to that almost every unit will gain is worth more then 1/3 of a high level unit's stacks total points would make most high level units worthless compared the stats of any unit in stack, no matter how strong. However, Dwagons take at minimum two turns to pop, while infantry which pop in full stacks in of 8. This would mean that a single turn (sure a dwagon stack of drawgons may be would less then 3 times as strong as an infantry stack, but when it takes at minimum take 16 times as long to pop a dwagon stack as it does infantry it hardly seems pop, making them far from cost efficient). effective. If one factors in the side wide chief warlord bonus as another flat bonus any unit would benefit from this would further devalue any non-infantry units. value infantry stacks over high stat units. On the other hand a mere +1 leadership bonus from a level 1 warlord seems to be worth far less then another stack of infantry, which is inconsistent with sides waiting to pop a warlord because of how imperative it would be to an offensive. (to be specific infantry already has 1 to attack/bonus so the addition of a lvl 1 warlord would double base stats, but a stack of infantry would have stack bonus and chief warlord bonus as well meaning two stacks of infantry would seem more powerful then one stack of infantry with a level 1 warlord)
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*** One good potential explanation, though by no means proven, is that each + from leadership equates to one extra effective level, giving that unit the stats they would have if they one one (or more) levels higher then they are. As it happens higher value units like Dwagons usually gain more raw stats per level gained.
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*** It seems likely that the higher one's leadership bonus the more one gains from a further increase in the bonus. That is to say a unit would gain more stats from going from +5 leadership to +6 leadership then going from no leadership to +1 leadership.
**** One good potential explanation, though by no means proven, is that each + from leadership equates to one extra effective level, giving that unit the stats they would have if they one one (or more) levels higher then they are. As it happens higher value units like Dwagons usually gain more raw stats per level gained. Likewise as subsequent levels provide (slightly) more base stats then early levels but this is countered by it being increasingly difficult to gain more levels.
**** One good potential explanation, though by no means proven, is that each + from leadership equates to one extra effective level, giving that unit the stats they would have if they one one (or more) levels higher then they are. As it happens higher value units like Dwagons usually gain more raw stats per level gained. Likewise as subsequent levels provide (slightly) more base stats then early levels but this is countered by it being increasingly difficult to gain more levels.
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*** Stacking bonus must be completely different bonus then leadership bonus, as a +8 from stack bonus appears to be worth far less then a +8 leadership bonus. Most likely leadership and stacking bonuses are synergistic, the higher the leadership bonus (or raw stats) a unit has the more of a benefit a unit gains from a higher stack bonus, and vise versa. Possible explanation is that stacking bonus boosts "defense" while leadership bonus boosts attack (or all stats), so that the stronger an opponent is the more important it is to gain a stack defensive bonus to ensure they last long enough to dish out their high damage.
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*** Stacking bonus must be completely different bonus then leadership bonus, as a +8 from stack bonus appears to be worth far less then a +8 leadership bonus. Most likely leadership and stacking bonuses are synergistic, the higher the leadership bonus (or raw stats) a unit has the more of a benefit a unit gains from a higher stack bonus, and vise versa. Possible explanation is that stacking bonus boosts "defense" while leadership bonus boosts attack (or all stats), so that the stronger an opponent is the more important it is to gain a stack defensive bonus to ensure they last long enough to dish out their high damage.damage.
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* We now that units can gain a + from leadership and stacking bonuses, but how do these pluses actually apply to unit strength? The naive view, which the comic originally seems to imply is that that a leadership bonus equates to a flat increase to attack/defense scores. However, the math doesn't work out as it makes infantry stacks far stronger then they are in comic. For example the stack bonus offers a full +8, but if this was a static boost to stats such a high flat boost to any unit makes slower to pop high stat units inefficient. Having a stack bonus adding up to 1/3 of a high level unit's stacks total points would make most high level units worthless compared to infantry which pop in full stacks in a single turn (sure a stack of drawgons may be 3 times as strong as an infantry stack, but when it takes at minimum 16 times as long to pop a dwagon stack as it does infantry it hardly seems cost efficient). If one factors in the side wide chief warlord bonus this would further devalue any non-infantry units. On the other hand a mere +1 leadership bonus from a level 1 warlord seems to be worth far less then another stack of infantry, which is inconsistent with sides waiting to pop a warlord because of how imperative it would be to an offensive. (to be specific infantry already has 1 to attack/bonus so the addition of a lvl 1 warlord would double base stats, but a stack of infantry would have stack bonus and chief warlord bonus as well meaning two stacks of infantry would seem more powerful then one stack of infantry with a level 1 warlord)
** A long forum discussion on this tried a number of explanations but none of them fit the few examples of hard numbers provided in the game. In the end the numbers seem quite inconsistent, making any unifying math nearly impossible to present. The likely answer is that the author is only eyeballing the numbers and the system simply isn't logically consistent mathematically. However, the best hand wave so far seems to be that:
*** leadership bonus scales to unit type, meaning higher value units like dwagons gain a larger increase to stats per leadership level, but with infantry gaining the largest effective boost in power (due to their low stats meaning a better scaling even if they get fewer raw stats per level).
**** One good potential explanation, though by no means proven, is that each + from leadership equates to one extra effective level, giving that unit the stats they would have if they one one (or more) levels higher then they are. As it happens higher value units like Dwagons usually gain more raw stats per level gained.
*** Stacking bonus must be completely different bonus then leadership bonus, as a +8 from stack bonus appears to be worth far less then a +8 leadership bonus. Most likely leadership and stacking bonuses are synergistic, the higher the leadership bonus (or raw stats) a unit has the more of a benefit a unit gains from a higher stack bonus, and vise versa. Possible explanation is that stacking bonus boosts "defense" while leadership bonus boosts attack (or all stats), so that the stronger an opponent is the more important it is to gain a stack defensive bonus to ensure they last long enough to dish out their high damage.
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** There are actually multiple things wrong with both of the statements here: first, cities produce shmuckers; popping units doesn't cost anything besides their upkeep once they've been popped; spells don't cost anything besides [[{{mana}} juice]], the cost came from buying a spell that they didn't otherwise have access to from another caster; artifacts aren't built by by people, they pop into existence, this isn't {{Exalted}}; it's never been stated or implied ''anywhere'' that croaking units gives shmuckers, nor that natural resources reset; gems are an extra source of income for sides, not primary income sources. Sorry to be blunt, but the problem here stems from misunderstanding things, and I needed to fix that.
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** There are actually multiple things wrong with both of the statements here: first, cities produce shmuckers; popping units doesn't cost anything besides their upkeep once they've been popped; spells don't cost anything besides [[{{mana}} juice]], the cost came from buying a spell that they didn't otherwise have access to from another caster; artifacts aren't built by by people, they pop into existence, this isn't {{Exalted}}; ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}''; it's never been stated or implied ''anywhere'' that croaking units gives shmuckers, nor that natural resources reset; gems are an extra source of income for sides, not primary income sources. Sorry to be blunt, but the problem here stems from misunderstanding things, and I needed to fix that.
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**The issue was entering the MK through a Portal was impossible, exiting is a different issue. Any unit inside the MK can exit through a Portal.
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* Jack mentions [[http://archives.erfworld.com/Book%203/119 here]] that archons cannot pass through portals, which is why he is surprised when Marie says Lilith will be coming through to the Magic Kingdom. It turns out that Charlie duped the Charlescomm portal so that any unit could pass through. So then his archons come through, a bunch get croaked and decrypted. But here's the thing--Bonnie then takes the Arkenpliers and jumps through the Spacerock portal. There was no mention of that portal being duped, so how did that work?
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* Jack mentions [[http://archives.erfworld.com/Book%203/119 here]] that archons cannot pass through portals, which is why he is surprised when Marie says Lilith will be coming through to the Magic Kingdom. It turns out that Charlie duped the Charlescomm portal so that any unit could pass through. So then his archons come through, a bunch get croaked and decrypted. But here's the thing--Bonnie then takes the Arkenpliers and jumps through the Spacerock portal. There was no mention of that portal being duped, so how did that work?
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*** All of the above is true and should protect the comic. There have been cases where big companies attack smaller groups with supposed copywrite violations when fair use protects them, banking on their power being strong enough that the smaller group gives in rather then fight's it even if they could (most commonly when hosted on third parties like youtube since the third party will remove the content immediately and then force the accused to prove their innocent). However, this is usually only done in a few instances, such as when the individual in question has mocked or given a negative review towards the source material that makes the owners of the material want to silence them. In this case the cameo's no only don't harm the source material, but actually help them; as some may see a reference here and check out the source material; bringing new customers to it. Thus it's in the best interest of third parties not to start a fight, particularly since the negative publicity on doing so would be so huge. Basically, legally Erfworld is protected, and logically everyone that gets a cameo is likely glad to have received it so there are multiple reasons not to fight it.
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*** All of the above is true and should protect the comic. There have been cases where big companies attack smaller groups with supposed copywrite violations when fair use protects them, banking on their power being strong enough that the smaller group gives in rather then fight's it even if they could (most commonly when hosted on third parties like youtube since the third party will remove the content immediately and then force the accused to prove their innocent). However, this is usually only done in a few instances, such as when the individual in question has mocked or given a negative review towards the source material that makes the owners of the material want to silence them. In this case the cameo's no not only don't harm the source material, but actually help them; as some may see a reference here and check out the source material; bringing new customers to it. Thus it's in the best interest of third parties not to start a fight, particularly since the negative publicity on doing so would be so huge. Basically, legally Erfworld is protected, and logically everyone that gets a cameo is likely glad to have received it so there are multiple reasons not to fight it.
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*Why wouldn't a warlord create one stack with all of his units, to ensure everyone receives both his warlord bonus and the max stack bonus? Anything less leaves vulnerable unled; and yet warlords seem to stick to small stacks and split up stacks in the comic.
**This is addressed by WordOfGod [[https://wiki.erfworld.com/Word_of_the_Titans here]]. Once a stack reaches 8 adding more units to the stack will decrease the stack bonus, eventually dropping back down to zero. Thus it's better to have multiple stacks with full stack bonus then one uber-stack in many cases. There is also a max stack size ([[ShrugOfGod of some sort]]) which prevents placing every unit in the stack of the strongest warlord to give everyone on your side a large bonus at the expense of sacrificing stack bonus. The various mechanics are described in more detail in the link.
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*Why wouldn't a warlord create one stack with all of his units, to ensure everyone receives both his warlord bonus and the max stack bonus? Anything less leaves vulnerable unled; and yet warlords seem to stick to small stacks and split up stacks in the comic.
**This is addressed by WordOfGod [[https://wiki.erfworld.com/Word_of_the_Titans here]]. Once a stack reaches 8 adding more units to the stack will decrease the stack bonus, eventually dropping back down to zero. Thus it's better to have multiple stacks with full stack bonus then one uber-stack in many cases. There is also a max stack size ([[ShrugOfGod of some sort]]) which prevents placing every unit in the stack of the strongest warlord to give everyone on your side a large bonus at the expense of sacrificing stack bonus. The various mechanics are described in more detail in the link.
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*** All of the above is true and should protect the comic. There have been cases where big companies attack smaller groups with supposed copywrite violations when fair use protects them, banking on their power being strong enough that the smaller group gives in rather then fight's it even if they could (most commonly when hosted on third parties like youtube since the third party will remove the content immediately and then force the accused to prove their innocent). However, this is usually only done in a few instances, such as when the individual in question has mocked or given a negative review towards the source material that makes the owners of the material want to silence them. In this case the cameo's no only don't harm the source material, but actually help them; as some may see a reference here and check out the source material; bringing new customers to it. Thus it's in the best interest of third parties not to start a fight, particularly since the negative publicity on doing so would be so huge. Basically, legally Erfworld is protected, and logically everyone that gets a cameo is likely glad to have received it so there are multiple reasons not to fight it.
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** That one's easy: [[FairUse Fair Use]]. As long as the "borrowed" bits A) are small, B) are "transformative" (i.e. they tweak or alter the source material rather than just flat-out copying it), and C) do not constitute any threat or challenge to the profitability of the source material (i.e. no one looking to buy or read Half Life material would consider Erfworld an adequate "substitute"), then it's fine. The actual doctrine of Fair Use is a bit more complicated and nuanced than that, but the gist of it is - making small references to copyrighted works, [i]especially[/i] in the context of humor, is usually A-OK.
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** That one's easy: [[FairUse Fair Use]]. As long as the "borrowed" bits A) are small, B) are "transformative" (i.e. they tweak or alter the source material rather than just flat-out copying it), and C) do not constitute any threat or challenge to the profitability of the source material (i.e. no one looking to buy or read Half Life material would consider Erfworld an adequate "substitute"), then it's fine. The actual doctrine of Fair Use is a bit more complicated and nuanced than that, but the gist of it is - making small references to copyrighted works, [i]especially[/i] ''especially'' in the context of humor, is usually A-OK.
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**That one's easy: [[FairUse Fair Use]]. As long as the "borrowed" bits A) are small, B) are "transformative" (i.e. they tweak or alter the source material rather than just flat-out copying it), and C) do not constitute any threat or challenge to the profitability of the source material (i.e. no one looking to buy or read Half Life material would consider Erfworld an adequate "substitute"), then it's fine. The actual doctrine of Fair Use is a bit more complicated and nuanced than that, but the gist of it is - making small references to copyrighted works, [i]especially[/i] in the context of humor, is usually A-OK.
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* The webcomic actually makes money. It's constantly inserting cameos from other series, from Half Life to Megaman. How has it not been sued into the ground yet?
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* The webcomic actually makes money. It's constantly inserting cameos from other series, from Half Life to Megaman. How has it not been sued into the ground yet?
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** The 3D glasses show more info than Stanley and other Erfworld commanders normally see. [[https://wiki.erfworld.com/3D_Glasses The wiki]] gives details.
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** It's also possible the ruler provides his or her own separate bonuses in the same manner.
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** Erfworld physics. Dying leaves a corpse behind unless something explicitly destroys the body to prevent reanimation, and a volcano eruption doesn't fit that criteria. Real world physics of eruptions don't apply to Erfworld.
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*** And choke-points are a bitch.
*** Since part of Haggar's plan was to have their column operate under the pretense of being just too far enough away to help, it could be that some of the column didn't have the move to engage the Gobwin Knob column when their hand was forced.
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*** Sorta. Charlie's plan seemed to be centered around ridding himself of both Ansom and Sammy [[PlayingBothSides at the same time]]. He forced Sammy to charge headfirst into a column led by Ansom (though Sammy's bonus is unspecified, it's likely not on Ansom's tier) without the support of Haggar's heavy units, and instructed Sammy to make a personal mad rush down the center to assassinate Ansom, where he (Sammy) would then most likely [[NeverSayDie get croaked]] seconds after by Ansom's support units. Of course, [[SpannerInTheWorks Jillian]] blew that plan to hell, [[WildCard as she does.]]
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*** They may have tolerated it as an unfortunate eccentricity because Don King's heir designate was still a Noble (if only "barely"). The Royals probably would have looked down on the next leader, but not considered it an affront like having a promoted common infantry unit become Overlord of a major side, such as was the case with Stanley.
*** Besides, past debts come into play here. Stanley never did anything to help the Royal sides and he outright attacked them after (supposedly) killing his own king. Don King is just that, a king who probably been working with the Royal sides for thousands of turns. Hell, he or Stately may have had a fling the queen of Unaroyal, but either way, he and Stately or best friends and, damn it, who would let a small disagreement tear that relationship apart ESPECIALLY after his own royal son tried to murder him. Hey, at least he had an excuse to be leery of his own side's royalty and never took that distrust out on the royals of other sides. Plus, the majority of their warlords were still royalty unlike Stanley who promoted common infantry whose signamancy made them like they would be good leaders.
*** Besides, past debts come into play here. Stanley never did anything to help the Royal sides and he outright attacked them after (supposedly) killing his own king. Don King is just that, a king who probably been working with the Royal sides for thousands of turns. Hell, he or Stately may have had a fling the queen of Unaroyal, but either way, he and Stately or best friends and, damn it, who would let a small disagreement tear that relationship apart ESPECIALLY after his own royal son tried to murder him. Hey, at least he had an excuse to be leery of his own side's royalty and never took that distrust out on the royals of other sides. Plus, the majority of their warlords were still royalty unlike Stanley who promoted common infantry whose signamancy made them like they would be good leaders.
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*** That doesn't work, because you'd expect Stanley to start noticing the name once his life depended on it. It could be that seeing the actual names is something that only Parson can do, and the others can only see stats. Alternatively, it could be that Parson could only see his name because he already knew what it was (Wanda having told him).
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*** Those were popped after the Gobwin Knob battle. At that point, the only survivors of the GK side were the units Stanley took when he fled (himself, Jack, some hobgobwins and dwagons), the units in the Magic Kingdom (Parson, Wanda, Sizemore, Maggie), and [[http://archives.erfworld.com/Book%201/155 a few rock golems and uncroaked]].
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*** That would imply, combined with the above, that those ordered popped by someone are of their tribe and a royal or caster ordered popped by someone are their family.
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*** Definitely this. Remember, casters can only be acquired by popping warlords, and Faq has only popped one warlord at all since Jillian restarted it. Not too surprising that she didn't hit jackpot on her first try.
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*** Bogroll did ''not'' fabricate the sword's blade. The three pieces of the sword popped in three of Parson's rations; Bogroll just put them together. It probably is an artifact.
*** Burning a city to the ground supposedly wouldn't destroy the money of the side. Gems can be turned into money and vice versa, so supposedly, destroying the side without taking the shmuckers would cause all the shmuckers to be transformed into gems and buried under the rubble of the cities. In theory.
*** Burning a city to the ground supposedly wouldn't destroy the money of the side. Gems can be turned into money and vice versa, so supposedly, destroying the side without taking the shmuckers would cause all the shmuckers to be transformed into gems and buried under the rubble of the cities. In theory.
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*** Stanley became Overlord when the king was assassinated. Whether Stanley did it or someone else instigated the rebellion, we don't know, but if Stanley promotes someone, he makes himself wide open for assassination. He no longer trusts Wanda and, Titans know, she would kill him if she thought Parson could use the hammer. He's probably trying to keep the status quo to make his life less perilous. Besides, he has all the time in Erfworld. He doesn't have to make a snap decision to promote anyone. He could spend the money promoting someone and that person could easily be killed, turned against him, or he could decide that person was the wrong choice. Why risk any of those things for a measly leadership bonus when his side is already crushing sides left and right? In short, Stanley has every reason not to promote anyone.
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*** Never mind, that's Count Downer, not Duke Adam Antium. [[http://archives.erfworld.com/Book%202/206 Seen here on the right, last panel.]]
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*** Also Betsy considers what she's doing to be helping Jillian, curing her of the disease of bloodlust. Duty probably never even came into it.
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*** Actually, those aren't bodies in Pompeii at all. They are casts made by archaeologists [[http://www.mummytombs.com/pompeii/background.htm by pouring plaster of Paris into the voids left in the pyroclastic deposits]] when the actual bodies were destroyed. In other words, what you are seeing there is almost exactly the opposite of "a mostly-intact body" left behind by a volcanic eruption.
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***Actually, those aren't bodies in Pompeii at all. They are casts made by archaeologists [[http://www.mummytombs.com/pompeii/background.htm by pouring plaster of Paris into the voids left in the pyroclastic deposits]] when the actual bodies were destroyed. In other words, what you are seeing there is almost exactly the opposite of "a mostly-intact body" left behind by a volcanic eruption.
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*** That would imply, combined with the above, that those ordered popped by someone are of their tribe and a royal or caster ordered popped by someone are their family.
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** They do at least seem to have just established with was meant about Tribes of Men: http://archives.erfworld.com/Book%203/44 says that the titans created 99 original royals, and their line of succession is a tribe.
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* We know that [[http://www.erfworld.com/2009/09/summer-updates-033/ a Chief Warlord's bonus varies with his proximity to his units]] - his direct bonus to his stack is larger than the one he grants to all units in his hex, which itself is larger than the one he grants to all units in his side. We also know that since [[http://www.erfworld.com/book-1-archive/?px=%2F040a.jpg nobody in Erfworld can see Parson's stats]], his bonus can only be measured by its effect on his units. He's never joined a stack, so we don't know his direct bonus - but why don't we know Parson's hex-wide bonus, which would surely be applied to all units in his city?
** We may soon learn Parson's direct bonus...[[spoiler: [[http://www.erfworld.com/book-2-archive/?px=%2F2010-09-23.jpg He's gonna fight in this one]]]].
** We may soon learn Parson's direct bonus...[[spoiler: [[http://www.erfworld.com/book-2-archive/?px=%2F2010-09-23.jpg He's gonna fight in this one]]]].
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* We know that [[http://www.[[http://archives.erfworld.com/2009/09/summer-updates-033/ com/Book%202/12 a Chief Warlord's bonus varies with his proximity to his units]] - his direct bonus to his stack is larger than the one he grants to all units in his hex, which itself is larger than the one he grants to all units in his side. We also know that since [[http://www.[[http://archives.erfworld.com/book-1-archive/?px=%2F040a.jpg com/Book%201/44 nobody in Erfworld can see Parson's stats]], his bonus can only be measured by its effect on his units. He's never joined a stack, so we don't know his direct bonus - but why don't we know Parson's hex-wide bonus, which would surely be applied to all units in his city?
** We may soon learn Parson's direct bonus...[[spoiler:[[http://www.[[http://archives.erfworld.com/book-2-archive/?px=%2F2010-09-23.jpg com/Book%202/103 He's gonna fight in this one]]]].
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* Why does Stanley have such a hard time remembering names? Isn't it stated that leaders (and parson with the glasses) can see unit stats, including the name? When Parson looks [[http://www.erfworld.com/book-1-archive/?px=%2F108.jpg at Jack ]] with the glasses (through a thinkagram no less) he can clearly see the name.
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* Why does Stanley have such a hard time remembering names? Isn't it stated that leaders (and parson with the glasses) can see unit stats, including the name? When Parson looks [[http://www.[[http://archives.erfworld.com/book-1-archive/?px=%2F108.jpg com/Book%201/120 at Jack ]] with the glasses (through a thinkagram no less) he can clearly see the name.
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** [[http://www.erfworld.com/2011/03/book-2-%E2%80%93-text-updates-043/ Here]] Jillian discovers some of them as part of the garrison in one of the cities Gobwin Knob captured in the timeskip.
*** Those were popped after the Gobwin Knob battle. At that point, the only survivors of the GK side were the units Stanley took when he fled (himself, Jack, some hobgobwins and dwagons), the units in the Magic Kingdom (Parson, Wanda, Sizemore, Maggie), and [[http://www.erfworld.com/book-1-archive/?px=%2F142.jpg a few rock golems and uncroaked]].
*** Those were popped after the Gobwin Knob battle. At that point, the only survivors of the GK side were the units Stanley took when he fled (himself, Jack, some hobgobwins and dwagons), the units in the Magic Kingdom (Parson, Wanda, Sizemore, Maggie), and [[http://www.erfworld.com/book-1-archive/?px=%2F142.jpg a few rock golems and uncroaked]].
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** [[http://www.[[http://archives.erfworld.com/2011/03/book-2-%E2%80%93-text-updates-043/ com/Book%202/129 Here]] Jillian discovers some of them as part of the garrison in one of the cities Gobwin Knob captured in the timeskip.
*** Those were popped after the Gobwin Knob battle. At that point, the only survivors of the GK side were the units Stanley took when he fled (himself, Jack, some hobgobwins and dwagons), the units in the Magic Kingdom (Parson, Wanda, Sizemore, Maggie), and[[http://www.[[http://archives.erfworld.com/book-1-archive/?px=%2F142.jpg com/Book%201/155 a few rock golems and uncroaked]].
*** Those were popped after the Gobwin Knob battle. At that point, the only survivors of the GK side were the units Stanley took when he fled (himself, Jack, some hobgobwins and dwagons), the units in the Magic Kingdom (Parson, Wanda, Sizemore, Maggie), and
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** [[http://www.erfworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/vol2_073_Web_9002.jpg And this strip]] pretty much completely demolishes this complaint.Decrypted ''do'' have free will, they just need to overcome the programming caused by the Arkenpliers.
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** [[http://www.[[http://archives.erfworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/vol2_073_Web_9002.jpg com/Book%202/157 And this strip]] pretty much completely demolishes this complaint.complaint. Decrypted ''do'' have free will, they just need to overcome the programming caused by the Arkenpliers.
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** It may just depend on the culture and more specifically the ruler of the side whether popped units are considered sons or daughters or not. Since units are popped knowing a lot about their side, this presumbaly includes whether the ruler considers them a son or daughter. Plus it may be only restricted to Warlords or Casters both being commanders and thus closer to the leader in the command structure. Finally it's a viable tactic for trying to make sure your units won't betray you (although not always perfect), although in some cases a more professional relationship might be better.
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** It may just depend on the culture and more specifically the ruler of the side whether popped units are considered sons or daughters or not. Since units are popped knowing a lot about their side, this presumbaly presumably includes whether the ruler considers them a son or daughter. Plus it may be only restricted to Warlords or Casters both being commanders and thus closer to the leader in the command structure. Finally it's a viable tactic for trying to make sure your units won't betray you (although not always perfect), although in some cases a more professional relationship might be better.
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*** Never mind, that's Count Downer, not Duke Adam Antium. [[http://www.erfworld.com/book-2-archive/?px=%2F2013-08-01.jpg Seen here on the right, last panel.]]
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*** Never mind, that's Count Downer, not Duke Adam Antium. [[http://www.[[http://archives.erfworld.com/book-2-archive/?px=%2F2013-08-01.jpg com/Book%202/206 Seen here on the right, last panel.]]
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** One or more of: 1) Rendering them encapable of engaging would not stop them from physically blocking the portal, and attacking would break the Flower Power. 2) A master-class Thinkamancer could counter/reverse the effect. 3) Janis didn't have enough juice to pacify all of them. 4) The thinkamancers have ways of incapacitating Parson that don't count as engagement (putting him in thoughtspace, for example). 5) Parson simply didn't think of it between when Janis stacked with him and when Marie told him to wait for Fate's aid.
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** One or more of: 1) Rendering them encapable incapable of engaging would not stop them from physically blocking the portal, and attacking would break the Flower Power. 2) A master-class Thinkamancer could counter/reverse the effect. 3) Janis didn't have enough juice to pacify all of them. 4) The thinkamancers have ways of incapacitating Parson that don't count as engagement (putting him in thoughtspace, for example). 5) Parson simply didn't think of it between when Janis stacked with him and when Marie told him to wait for Fate's aid.
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** Have you ever seen the [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Pompeii_Garden_of_the_Fugitives_02.jpg Pompeii body casts]]?It's perfectly possible for a volcano to kill you while still leaving a mostly-intact body.[[/folder]]
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** Have you ever seen the [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Pompeii_Garden_of_the_Fugitives_02.jpg Pompeii body casts]]?It's casts]]? It's perfectly possible for a volcano to kill you while still leaving a mostly-intact body.body.
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** Have you ever seen the [Pompeii body casts](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Pompeii_Garden_of_the_Fugitives_02.jpg)? It's perfectly possible for a volcano to kill you while still leaving a mostly-intact body.[[/folder]]
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** Have you ever seen the [Pompeii body casts](http://upload.[[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Pompeii_Garden_of_the_Fugitives_02.jpg)? It's jpg Pompeii body casts]]?It's perfectly possible for a volcano to kill you while still leaving a mostly-intact body.[[/folder]]
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** Have you ever seen the [Pompeii body casts](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Pompeii_Garden_of_the_Fugitives_02.jpg)? It's perfectly possible for a volcano to kill you while still leaving a mostly-intact body.[[/folder]]
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*** Stanley became Overlord when the king was assassinated. Whether Stanley did it or someone else instigated the rebellion, we don't know, but if Stanley promotes someone, he makes himself wide open for assassination. He no longer trusts Wanda and, Titans know, she would kill him if she thought Parson could use the hammer. He's probably trying to keep the status quo to could his life in less peril. Besides, he has all the time in Erfworld. He doesn't have to make a snap decision to promote anyone. He could spend the money promoting someone and that person could easily be killed, turned against him, or he could decide that person was the wrong choice. Why risk any of those things for a measly leadership bonus when his side is already crushing sides left and right? In short, Stanley has every reason not to promote anyone.
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*** Stanley became Overlord when the king was assassinated. Whether Stanley did it or someone else instigated the rebellion, we don't know, but if Stanley promotes someone, he makes himself wide open for assassination. He no longer trusts Wanda and, Titans know, she would kill him if she thought Parson could use the hammer. He's probably trying to keep the status quo to could make his life in less peril.perilous. Besides, he has all the time in Erfworld. He doesn't have to make a snap decision to promote anyone. He could spend the money promoting someone and that person could easily be killed, turned against him, or he could decide that person was the wrong choice. Why risk any of those things for a measly leadership bonus when his side is already crushing sides left and right? In short, Stanley has every reason not to promote anyone.
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** Finally, while Olive could have prevented all units in a hex from fighting for a turn, that would make it impossible for Parson to fight once he got through the portal rending all the work moot. Also, even if that was an option, we don't know Janis' level and Olive may actually have been a higher level at any rate. (Olive was level 12.) How a Florist specifies a target may be too finicky. Ie, you could only target a full hex, one person, or suspend one fight, but not a select group. Maybe group effects would have an area of effect radius and can't be specified in a way to make everyone else non-hostile while leaving Parson capable of fighting. If that makes sense.
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** Janis could suspend the fight, but the enemy casters would target Parson first. According to Marie, he would be stuck down immediately if he rushed the portal. Janis wouldn't have time to react and couldn't suspend the fight until it actually started. By the time she could, it could possibly be too late for Parson. It doesn't help that Parson is so tall. The casters are much shorter and, while they screen most of his body, his head was clearly exposed. A Hoboken to the face may be capable of putting him down for good especially since he was only level two.
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** It may depend on how MUCH of a body is left. If the skin is burned away, then MAYBE they can be brought back with decyption. If the bones are shattered, maybe it is still possible to decypt. If the skin is burned away and the bones ground to dust, maybe then it is impossible. All we know is that Bogroll's body was annihilated very thoroughly. Bodies can survive extreme heat. [[http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02233/photographer-silho_2233164k.jpg We have seen that happen.]] Some of the bodies would be cooked, but decryption would be able to bring them back from that. It's possible that a grand majority of the bodies were incinerated. All we know is that a lot of them were intact enough to bring back.
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* So in the final scene of TBFGK, Wanda mass-decrypts most of the Coalition army. However, the bulk of those bodies died in the volcano trap, which should have burnt them to ash, and it's been established that you can't Decrypt a body unless it's at least mostly intact. So how did all those bodies survive getting burnt by molten lava?
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* So in the final scene of TBFGK, Wanda mass-decrypts most of the Coalition army. However, the bulk of those bodies died in the volcano trap, which should have burnt them to ash, and it's been established that you can't Decrypt a body unless it's at least mostly intact. So how did all those bodies survive getting burnt by molten lava?
