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3 | ''[[http://www.meatshield.net/ MeatShield]]'' is a SwordAndSorcery, ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''-style fantasy comic strip that updates Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. ''[=MeatShield=]'' centers on the adventures (or lack thereof) of Dhur, a mighty half-orc barbarian warrior, Ch'p, halfling monk and pastry chef extraordinaire, and Jaine, half-elven mistress of magic, music and sarcasm as they wander the world of Ardris. |
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5 | The first strip was posted in September 2009 and the 699th and last proper strip was posted in March 2020. Strip 700, a DistantFinale was posted in July 2021 along with a message from the author that due to their diminishing enthusiasm for the strip they had decided to bring the strip to a close. The author did say that one-shots were a possible future project. |
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8 | !!''[=MeatShield=]'' provides examples of: |
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10 | * AirQuotes: Noral uses them to mention that sentient weapon blessed by the gods tend to find evil "icky". |
11 | * AreWeThereYet: [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/296-gloomvault/ Dhur, of course.]] |
12 | * AssShove: [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/papillon-i-need-some-money/ "Papillon, I need some money..."]] |
13 | * BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Dhur, thanks to a feud between the celestial tasked to guide him to the afterlife and Borloth the Necromancer.]] |
14 | * BeQuietNudge: [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/dhur-master-of-pig-latin/ Dhur to Becky.]] |
15 | * BigBad: Disparoxus. At least according to the author. |
16 | * BerserkButton: Don't ever mention "'''RULES'''" around Dhur. |
17 | * ButForMeItWasTuesday: From Borloth the Necromancer: |
18 | -->'''Borloth:''' You will have to be more specific. I have killed many friends. |
19 | * CallingYourAttacks: Lampshaded in [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/244-attack-name-go/ this strip]]. |
20 | -->'''Ch'p:''' It's called "respect for the art", Day'l! Something I don't expect you to understand! |
21 | * ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Except Dhur didn't technically promise anything. |
22 | * CompensatingForSomething: Ch'p wonders if the [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/welcome-to-scenic-vedris-city-of-serpents/ two huge snake statues at the entrance of the port of Vedris]] means the city is compensating for some shortcoming. |
23 | * DeadpanSnarker: Jaine |
24 | * DopeSlap: [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/196-disparoxus/ Jaine to Dhur, of course.]] |
25 | * TheExitIsThatWay: Showing that Jaine is upset. |
26 | -->'''Jaine:''' So if you'll ''excuse'' me, I'm going to the archives and use my '''''bardic''''' training to find my mom.\ |
27 | ''[beat panel]''\ |
28 | '''Noral:''' The archives are the other way.\ |
29 | '''Jaine:''' I knew that! |
30 | * ExpressiveAccessory: Dhur's belt buckle. |
31 | %%* FacePalm |
32 | * FastballSpecial: Dhur is big and strong, Ch'p is small... [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/one-fastball-special-comin-up/ It was bound to happen.]] |
33 | * FourFingeredHands: Any non-humans or non-elves (or non-hybrids) like dwarves, goblins, halflings, etc. Snake-people have three-fingered hands. |
34 | * HalfHumanHybrids: Dhur is orc/human and Jaine is elf/human. |
35 | * HiddenDepths: Dhur is apparently [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/281-free-drinks-for-all-war-heroes/ General Dhur, Hero of Dharan pass]]. |
36 | * HurtFootHop: |
37 | ** [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/dhur-master-of-pig-latin/ Becky Sourbottom]] does the hurt foot hop following a BeQuietNudge (or rather, Stomp) from Dhur. |
38 | ** [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/173-boot-to-the-door/ Karma then catches up on Dhur]], who hops in pain when he tries to kick a giants' (and giant) door open. |
39 | * ICallHerVera: Dhur names his brand-new axe "Grinsplitter". |
40 | * IdiotHero: Dhur, in a standard joke, is exceedingly dim. |
41 | * InTheBack: Becky has no qualm against backstabbing bad guys. |
42 | * IThinkYouBrokeHim: [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/a-simple-question/ "I think you broke her brain."]] |
43 | * IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat: Dhur is surprised to learn others can't tell [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/469-did-i-say-something/ who is a shapeshifter by scent]] |
44 | * KilledMidSentence: [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/317-becky-makes-with-the-stabby-ness/ This bad guy.]] |
45 | -->'''Becky:''' Mister, you talk too much. |
46 | * LastSecondWordSwap: Dhur [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/the-journey-begins/ tries one here]], but he's not very good at it. |
47 | * LetMeGetThisStraight: [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/dhur-and-the-duckies/ A textbook example.]] |
48 | * LiteralMetaphor: [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/179-a-little-soul-searching/ Leonid doing a bit of soul-searching...]] |
49 | * LukeNounverber: Becky Sourbottom |
50 | * ModestyTowel: [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/dhur-and-the-duckies/ Well, modesty blankets.]] |
51 | * NakedOnRevival: [[spoiler:Dhur, after coming BackFromTheDead. And he's bald, too.]] |
52 | * NerdGlasses: Stan the orc |
53 | * NonSequiturThud: [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/175-roll-initiative/ After Dhur is sent flying by a gravel giant.]] |
54 | -->'''Jayne:''' Dhur, are you okay?\ |
55 | '''Dhur:''' ''...no mom, me no wanna eat the onion flapjacks...''\ |
56 | '''Jayne:''' ...OK, you're fine. |
57 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Done deliberately and lampshaded. Also, provides the page image. |
58 | * OurLichesAreDifferent: Leonid the pseudo-lich |
59 | * PassThePopcorn: The two drow watching the protagonist duo. |
60 | * PunctuationShaker: Ch'p Ir'kell; Day'l Ir'ket; the Nitsu'a monks in general. |
61 | * PunnyName: Ch'p and Day'l. [[WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale Think about it.]] |
62 | * RolePlayingGameVerse |
63 | * ScarilyCompetentTracker: Dhur, [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/451-the-dirt-whisperer/ very good at tracking]], [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/446-meatshield-year-five/ terrible at map reading.]] |
64 | * SdrawkcabName: All of the duchys in Westhame are all rough anagrams of Texas towns: |
65 | ** Nitsu’a = Austin |
66 | ** Kobul = Lubbock |
67 | ** Osapal = El Paso |
68 | ** Suropic = Corpus (Christi) |
69 | ** Sadal = Dallas |
70 | ** A’Caw = Waco |
71 | ** Alliram = Amarillo |
72 | ** Brown = Brownsville |
73 | ** Kilanio is a (very) rough anagram, almost a cognate, of Killeen |
74 | * SecretTestOfCharacter: [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/698-a-bard-whether-you-like-it-or-not/ Jayne's reaction]] to the unfair and dismissive judgement of her Bardic thesis recital [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/699-and-now-for-the-real-test/ turned out to be the real test.]] |
75 | * ShipSinking: {{Word of God}}: |
76 | -->[[http://www.meatshield.net/about/ No. I don't feel like]] drawing "''D&D'' meets ''Moonlighting''". Besides, think of what their kid would look like: part half-orc, part half-elf... my friends, that sounds like a one-way ticket to [=UglyTown=]. |
77 | * ShoutOut: |
78 | ** [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/dhur-gets-the-man-chair/ At least three in one panel.]] |
79 | ** [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/323-on-the-catwalk/ And three more in this one.]] With CallBack to boot. |
80 | ** The "familiar" summoned in [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/336-how-i-met-your-mother/ a flashback]] looks a lot like Growf from ''ComicStrip/WhatsNewWithPhilAndDixie''. |
81 | ** Mari'thella plays with [[Franchise/MyLittlePony little ponies called Prettypuff and Rainbow-Mane]]. |
82 | * SiblingYinYang: Dhur and his brother Ghar. |
83 | * SmokeOut: Day'l [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/244-attack-name-go/ pulls out one]]. |
84 | * SmugSnake: Day'l Ir'ket |
85 | * SnakePeople: The inhabitants of Vedris, the City of Serpents. Extract from the ''Encyclopedia Ardrisia'': |
86 | -->''The Church of Vasra, God of Serpents and Secrets, is headquartered here. Long ago, a fundamentalist movement in Vedris prompted the faithful to undergo magical transformations into snake-human hybrids to prove their devotion. This magical alteration has bred true and now nearly 50% of the population are snakepeople.'' |
87 | * SpitTake |
88 | ** [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/temp-headline-for-122309/ Jaine, here.]] |
89 | ** [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/333-so-youve-heard-of-it/ And then, her father.]] |
90 | * SuperFlyReflexes: Sora offhandedly catches a fly while discussing a typical mage failing. |
91 | -->'''Sora:''' Mages will spend hours researching a spall to kill a fly when it is so much easier-- ''[catches fly between two fingers]'' --to swat it. |
92 | * UngratefulBastard: Prince Jonus of Westhame |
93 | * WallOfBlather: [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/182-hmm-no-i-was-listening-really/ Leonid isn't exactly listening to Disparoxus.]] |
94 | * XOnAStick: Lich-on-a-stick. No, really. |
95 | * YouDidntAsk: Turning into a bit of a bad habit for Dhur. Examples include |
96 | ** Not telling the others Philo [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/469-did-i-say-something/ is a shapeshifter]] |
97 | ** Not telling Jaine that Philo is [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/543-he-likes-me-likes-me/ attracted to her]] |
98 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:[[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/195-or-even-an-untrained-monkey/ Disparoxus to Leonid.]]]] |
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