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edited 18th Sep '17 1:08:08 PM by Fighteer
He could just say it's faster.
As for why Durkon never did it, I'm assuming that a certain rule applies.
One Strip! One Strip!If the panel juxtaposition indicates the order of events, I think we can safely say the "speed of thought" thing is bullshit.
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.You know what would be the most hilarious Brick Joke? "-two Miss'ssippi, three Miss'ssippi, four Miss'ssippi."
Its not like Thor gives a crap of what the spell is supposed to do anyway? Or to whom its aimed? ^^
edited 26th May '14 8:17:53 AM by 3of4
"You can reply to this Message!"The impression I got was that the rite the Western cleric/priest were performing were non-magical in nature, and just a bunch of incense burning and mundane prayers. This is clearly a houserule Rich has cooked up, but it seems to hew closely to what real-world religions do to appease their gods. Like a rain dance, basically.
Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.Faster, my ass. It takes ten minutes of casting to use Control Weather, and then another ten minutes for the effects to manifest. They're going to be in this storm for another twenty minutes before the spell can clear it up.
edited 26th May '14 8:52:33 AM by TobiasDrake
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Roy is going to rationalize and make excuses about this right down to the very bitter end.
Ironic that the character who was once the most good is now a tool for evil, while the former Token Evil Teammate is the only one who sees it.
Belkar may be more of a team-player, but he doesn't have nearly enough credibility to convince anyone that Durkon isn't himself anymore.
One Strip! One Strip!I had a thought regarding Burlew's choice for vampirism to involve Demonic Possession:
It has been much criticized (including by myself), but the Belkar/Roy conflict wouldn't really work without it. Because while Durkon would never want to be an undead (and the group knows this), if Durkula was just an Evil!Durkon, it would be hard to argue against his desire to (at least temporarily) stay as he is and Belkar would look really uneasonable, even if Burlew made clear he was motivated by what Durkon would want. To some extent this makes Belkar Accidentally Accurate/ Right for the Wrong Reasons as things are, because he doesn't know what we know about Durkula. However, I think that in an actual Evil!Durkon situation, there wouldn't be this element of him pretending to be in Thor's good graces, and he'd be a lot franker about his situation- such that Roy wouldn't be in denial as much and Belkar would perhaps be less hostile.
edited 26th May '14 4:31:38 PM by Hodor
Edit, edit, edit, edit the wikiBelkar goes through 'fake' character development when he starts going to the route of enlighten self-interest. Belkar hides his violent tendencies better but his 'fake' character development became real when starts caring about the cat and eventually the dinosaur. Belkar is the evil character is play some role players and his archetype isn't one to receive character development.
Durkon is the wise sage character so his archetype isn't one to receive character development as his character development is over by the time the series starts. Durkon is dwarf and duty is important to dwarves but it hasn't been challenged or even explored in the comic. Durkon may receive character development but it may go in different direction then what most readers might expect.
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- Just to tie off this side-conversation, the twist is that Mephistopheles has no claim to Beethoven's soul to begin with, so ultimately Beethoven is giving his most precious legacy, which Fate and the ghost of Mozart describe as a manifestation of the voice of God, to Hell, in exchange for the happiness of an unknown girl, and made to think that this is a selfish choice rather than noble. But to do the conventionally right thing and not make deals with demons would actually be more spiritually dangerous, but would keep a work of divine beauty out of the hands of Hell.
I was referring to how Belkar was going to pretend to have some sort of Badass Decay and fake his character development. Belkar's 'fake' character development became real during the Tarquin arc. Durkon didn't receive any sort of character development until recently.
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They should still ask "Hey, why'd you burn a high-level spell slot instead of just performing the proper rites to appease your god?"
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