One Piece: Grand Line 3 Point 5

Alrighty, a thread for the fun little Campaign Comic known as One Piece: Grand Line 3.5. Basically, for those who don't know what that is, it's the manga/anime One Piece, treated as a D&D roleplaying game.

First page is here, latest page is here, etc.

So, first question: who's the bigger Butt-Monkey: Phil or Cory?

*before reading* So, it's like DM Of The Rings?

edit: yes it is, and oh hey I've actually seen this before.

edited 7th Oct '12 2:54:58 PM by Enlong

Ah, this. I have to catch up.

The funny thing about the Campaign Comics I've seen (including this one) is that all of them claim Darths & Droids as their main inspiration, and most don't even mention DM of the Rings.

So if you told them "I love your webcomic, it's just like DM of the Rings!", they'd probably ask "What is that?"

edited 7th Oct '12 3:33:13 PM by TotemicHero

I like it. It's pretty funny. I don't get some of the jokes, since I haven't played that many games, but I still understand the bulk of them.

I'd say Phil is more of a butt-monkey, especially considering how much Usopp suffers in his fights (4 ton bat to the face and all that).

edited 8th Oct '12 12:48:43 AM by Scardoll

A bit unreasonable to claim he's a Butt-Monkey for something that hasn't happened yet...

Anyway, new strip. Natural 20, go!

I'd say Phil's the bigger buttmonkey and considering Usopp's role throughout the series he's likely to stay that way.

Guess what? Guns Are Worthless.

And Draths & Droids and Friendship Is Dragons and oh #&@ this concept is the new sprite comics.

Could somebody explained what happened in the newest comic? I don't understand why DM stopped voicing Kuro, or how a flaw of the character got exploited, or why someone is blacking out.

edited 26th Oct '12 2:40:35 PM by Scardoll

My guess: Kuro/Kurahadol has some sort of split personality flaw built into the character. Apparently being a monk (with associated feats) allows Will saves (to prevent the alter ego from taking over) to be normally made without any trouble, but the GM has found a way to knock the Will stat low enough that he can't make the save.

The "blacking out" bit is the Kurahadol personality taking a nap, while Kuro takes over.

Newest one gave me quite a chuckle.

The update rate is nice.

Ye who deny Luke's mastery of grappling rules, ye shall know despair...

edited 8th Feb '13 7:50:25 AM by TotemicHero

I just started, and this is the most hilarious thing I've seen in a while. Literally every page has me chuckling like an idiot.

Unfortunately, I can't read any more because they website's crapped out on me. This happen to anyone else, or is it just on my end?

I've gotten some pop-up ads, but my awful computer stops them from even loading.

EDIT: Y'know what? Never mind. Ignore.

edited 8th Feb '13 12:48:15 PM by Watchtower

Coming soon to a TV network near you: When Ninja Kids Attack!

Still not as impressive as Ninja Sasquatch.

So yeah, reading through this, and I'm amazed at the little character arc Phil's getting and how closely it resembles Usopp's. Very nice.

And seriously. Laughing at every page. It helps that the images chosen work amazingly well with what's said.

edited 11th Feb '13 7:09:24 AM by Watchtower

First time I read one of these comics(Campaign Comics I mean) and I'm finding it awesome so far

No seriously, these kids are freakin' ninjas.

One turn to choose your fate...

"NP-He's the final boss!!"

Hmm, let me try to see if I can get an actual conversation going.

A thought occurred to me while I was reading this. We've got Baratie coming up, which brings the first appearance of Mihawk and the first mention of the Seven Warlords. How do you guys think the DM, and by extension the rest of the crew, will handle it?

edited 26th Feb '13 10:31:24 PM by Watchtower

Ya know, if grappling is so complicated, does anyone actually do it?

Mihawk is an extremely important, high level npc and GM has put hours into a detailed campaign with him providing the plot and quests. Cory attacks Mihawk because he's pissed at GM for something else or because he thinks there's great loot and experience and doesn't realize that GM has made Mihawk a ridiculous strong character sheet. GM briefly gets annoyed and has Mihawk humiliate Cory, but then decides to stop being an asshole when Cory starts acting in-character or breaks down emotionally for unrelated reasons.

edited 19th Apr '13 6:21:30 PM by Scardoll

Pretty sure that when Cory hijacked Zoro's name to attach to his character, the GM told him he'd allow it, but he'd HAVE to play out the story he had planned for him no matter what. Mihawk may tie into that somehow.

Personally, I'm curious to see who'll end up playing Sanji. Or the others, for that matter, but that's quite some ways down the line...