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Clockworks is a steampunk/fantasy webcomic. It has characters, who do things, in a place.

Clockworks is a loose retelling of the author's Savage Worlds campaign, set in a homebrew setting that will one day be released as a full RPG sourcebook.

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Clockworks contain the following tropes:

• Arbitrary Skepticism: Thorton dismisses the suggestion that Oliver might be a vampire, claiming they don't exist. Even though he counts a troll and an elven witch among his co-workers.
• Five-Man Band:
  • The Hero - Eva
  • The Lancer - Thorton
  • The Smart Guy - Oliver
  • The Big Guy - Toby
  • The Chick - Ophelia
• Player Party
• RPG Mechanics Verse: Quite literally.
• Shut Up, Hannibal!
• Steampunk
• Swiss Army Weapon: Thorton's bow.
• Talking Is a Free Action

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Gaming Webcomics

The Cobra Days

Circumstances Of The Revenant Braves

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