Line #30 Webcomic/TwiceBlessed


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2	[[caption-width-right:250:From Left to Right: Vadim ([[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Dwarf Warrior]]), Cade Masters ([[MagicKnight Paladin/Bard]]), Melchior (Human [[SquishyWizard Wizard]])]]
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4	->"Of course! Villains the World Over tremble at the name, CADE MASTERS, ADVENTURER EXTRAORDINAIRE!"
5	-->--'''Cade Masters''', ''[[http://www.twiceblessedcomic.com/ Twice Blessed]]''
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7	''[[http://www.twiceblessedcomic.com/ Twice Blessed]]'' is a fantasy {{webcomic}} by Michael Haneline and Genevieve Gauss based loosely on Dungeons and Dragons. It is set in an alternate version of our world, where history was changed drastically at some point when magic was discovered.
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9	The main plot focuses on the idiot paladin, Cade Masters, and the ruthless assassin, Delbin Black, who are the "Blessed" of Luck and Fate, respectively. At first they are sworn to kill each other but soon find that they must keep each other alive if they don't wish to perish.
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11	As of July 2020, the website is gone and there is no available archive.
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14	!!Provides examples of:
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16	* AccidentalHero: Cade's idiocy gets him set on fire. He panics and jumps out of a window. As luck would have it, he lands on a group of bandits who are mugging a noble, further spreading the legend of Cade Masters.
17	* AlternateHistory: The comic is set in an alternate version of our world, where history was changed drastically at some point when magic was discovered by "Archmage Plato".
18	* BountyHunter: The comic [[http://www.twiceblessedcomic.com/?webcomic_post=2 starts]] with a room full of bounty hunters who are out for Cade's head.
19	** It then follows up with close-ups of three of them: a pixie, a [[CigarChomper cigar]]-[[SmokingIsCool smoking]] kobold with a big gun, and a pair of drow twins. Any guesses on which bounty hunters from this group are going to be [[ForeShadowing most relevant to the story]] ?
20	* BlessedWithSuck: [[http://www.twiceblessedcomic.com/?webcomic_character=cade_masters Cade Masters]] is the "blessed" of the goddess Idamra, giving him [[MillionToOneChance "extreme luck"]]. Unfortunately, extreme luck doesn't necessarily mean good luck. An extremely unlikely bad thing is just as likely to happen to Cade as an extremely unlikely good thing.
21	* BilingualBonus: Vadim's nickname for Cade, "Попрек", is Russ-, erm, [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Ustavian]] for "twit".
22	** Also, Vadim's Surname, Valntipur, translates as "Boulderaxe". (Valn is the phonetic of валун, which means "Boulder", and tipur is the phonetic of топор, which means "axe.")
23	* CigarChomper: Mig, the kobold [[SmokingIsCool bounty]] [[BountyHunter hunter]].
24	* FantasyCounterpartCulture: So far, its pretty obvious that Ustav = Russia. [[WordOfGod Word of God]] says there are other counterparts.
25	** The map seen [[http://www.twiceblessedcomic.com/?webcomic_post=20 here]] gives a clue as to some of them. The story to date takes place in England (aka Caisleain).
26	* FantasyGunControl: Averted. Mig the kobold bounty hunter that uses a very large gun (or a small cannon) with a Chinese dragon motif.
27	* HalfHumanHybrid: Cade Masters is 3/4 human, 1/4 elf. (His father was a human and his mother a half-elf).
28	* IdiotHero: [[http://www.twiceblessedcomic.com/?webcomic_character=cade_masters Cade Masters]]. Though sometimes it seems less like idiocy, and more like obliviousness.
29	* InnocentInnuendo: Cade Masters ruins Melchior's chances with a very attractive barmaid when he "innocently" mentions Melchior's troubles with his Rod of Wonder.
30	** [[http://www.twiceblessedcomic.com/?webcomic_post=4 "THAT'S NOT A EUPHEMISM!"]]
31	* LampshadeHanging: hangs a lampshade on Cade Masters's description sounding like a [[MarySue Mary Sue]] on the [[http://www.twiceblessedcomic.com/?webcomic_post=2 first page]].
32	* LargeHam: Cade Masters
33	* NoodleIncident: Mentioned [[http://www.twiceblessedcomic.com/?webcomic_post=16 here]].
34	->"...the last confirmed Blessed of Idamra died in a freak noodle accident shortly after inheriting a large fortune."
35	* PintsizedPowerhouse: Pella Brightwing, despite being a pixie, is so far one of the comics most dangerous combatants.
36	* PowerTrio: [[IdiotHero Cade]], [[TheBigGuy Vadim]], and [[TheSmartGuy Melchior]]
37	** FreudianTrio:
38	*** Cade: Id
39	*** Vadim: Ego
40	*** Melchior: Superego
41	** BeautyBrainsAndBrawn
42	*** Cade: Beauty
43	*** Melchior: Brains
44	*** Vadim: Brawn
45	* ShoutOut: MINE IS AN EVIL LAUGH!
46	** And the AltText was CURSE YOUR SUDDEN BUT INEVITABLE BETRAYAL!
47	** Another (almost) quote from ''Firefly'' shows up [[http://www.twiceblessedcomic.com/?webcomic_post=33 here]].
48	** [[http://www.twiceblessedcomic.com/?webcomic_post=47 This page]] quotes from ''Film/AKnightsTale'' (and possibly winks at WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove).
49	** The way Pella takes down the [[http://www.twiceblessedcomic.com/?webcomic_post=26 shield guardian]] is a shout-out to Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack.
50	* SlasherSmile: Truly terrifying one from Melchior [[http://www.twiceblessedcomic.com/?webcomic_post=48 here]].
51	* SmokingIsCool: Again, Mig, the kobold [[CigarChomper bounty]] [[BountyHunter hunter]].
52	* StandardFantasyRaces: The comic uses the same array of races as TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons.
53	* UnflinchingWalk: After Pella single-handedly takes out two constructs the size of houses that come after her, [[http://www.twiceblessedcomic.com/?webcomic_post=30 she then calmly sits down to dig through her bag for a healing potion while the warforged titan she defeated blows up just feet away from her.]] She doesn't even flinch.
54	* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Played with. Vadim meets most dwarf stereotypes, but comes from a Russian-type culture and has a matching accent, drinks Vodka, uses the word "brother" in place of "laddie", and never seems to feel the need to point out that he is a dwarf.
55	* VodkaDrunkenski: Vadim Valntipur, a dwarf from [[GloriousMotherRussia Ustav]], drinks Vodka by the mugfull.

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