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TobiasDrake Queen of Good Things, Honest (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
Queen of Good Things, Honest
#34576: May 23rd 2023 at 7:43:38 AM

And now both Nanase's and Rich's characters are key elements of the plot.

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HeraldAlberich from Ohio (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#34577: May 23rd 2023 at 8:01:45 AM

And don’t forget that the villain was made up on the spot thanks to a joke roll leading to an injury that required a cleric.

Or, well, modified at least. Ellen could have been planning for an Evil Chancellor, then gave him cleric powers—convenient and raising his threat level at the same time!

Edited by HeraldAlberich on May 23rd 2023 at 11:04:47 AM

FuzzyBoots from Outlying borough of Pittsburgh (there's a lot of Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
#34578: May 23rd 2023 at 9:32:37 AM

Ellen's style of just rolling with things and inserting the drama feels very familiar with me. I was honest from the outset with them that there would be improvisation, so they know some off-the-wall things weren't scripted, but they enjoy it. My big peeve with doing it that way is getting things *wrong* and then having to decide if I want to fix it like bringing in scientifically inaccurate raptors, or calling a Freedom City character with the wrong name for several sessions. My general go to is to make the inaccuracy in-universe. Those aren't accurate Utahraptors because the wizard is actually sourcing them from a distant planet, not the past. Solitaire is not Lady Tarot, but rather an alternate universe version who replaced the current one after a messy spackling over of time travel shenanigans. Yes, Foreshadow is still trying to figure out if that's cheating.

Will29 (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#34579: May 23rd 2023 at 10:47:37 AM

Don't forget that Rich's (Paladin's) god is also intrigued by Nanase's origin. Presumably a different one than Malik the Cleric's god.

That's something introduced in a pregame conversation that matters for the villain revelation. Specially impressive improvisation if the villain being a cleric was a later decision.

God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#34580: May 23rd 2023 at 5:07:44 PM

> Those aren't accurate Utahraptors because the wizard is actually sourcing them from a distant planet, not the past.

Personally, I'd have gone with sourcing them from some kind of Dreamworld. They're what people imagine raptors look like.

MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
#34581: May 23rd 2023 at 11:37:09 PM

Layers 4

Biggest twist yet — Fabius hair is canon now.

TwinBird Dunkies addict from Eastern Mass Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#34582: May 24th 2023 at 5:15:09 AM

...I can't believe I actually didn't notice Grace's haircut until it was pointed out.

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HeraldAlberich from Ohio (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#34583: May 24th 2023 at 9:37:17 PM

Who Is Ellen 134

“You sly dog! You got me monologing!”

HeraldAlberich from Ohio (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#34584: May 25th 2023 at 11:19:16 PM

Layers 5

Tedd with the important decisions.

TobiasDrake Queen of Good Things, Honest (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
Queen of Good Things, Honest
#34585: May 26th 2023 at 6:53:02 AM

Never ask for help from someone whose anxiety is stronger than yours.

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fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
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#34586: May 26th 2023 at 10:41:21 AM

Tedd does need a haircut, the “long locks that flows to your shoulder and past your face” look don’t suit…him? Them?

Edited by fredhot16 on May 26th 2023 at 10:43:31 AM

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#34587: May 26th 2023 at 3:13:30 PM

[up]

IIRC, "they/them" or whichever gender he's currently presenting as is his preference, though I may be mistaken. I know it came up at one point, but I think it was like, 3 years ago.

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DatLonerGirl Get heckin crabbed from a top secret place Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#34588: May 26th 2023 at 3:50:55 PM

That's what I remember too.

Anyway, that's another juicy steak for the school gossip mill.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#34589: May 27th 2023 at 12:21:07 AM

[up][up][up] Agreed. Tedd's current hairstyle makes them look like they're about to try and hack the pentagon.

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TwinBird Dunkies addict from Eastern Mass Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#34590: May 27th 2023 at 8:05:18 AM

[up]Needs a beard.

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TwinBird Dunkies addict from Eastern Mass Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#34591: May 28th 2023 at 8:03:49 PM

Layers 6

I was about to say, "which default form," but then I remembered that when Tedd changes "permanently," unlike nearly all the TG enchantments we've seen, his hair doesn't change, does it?

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maslego Since: Jan, 2001
#34592: May 30th 2023 at 8:21:24 PM

Ladies, Gentlemen, both and neither, the Goons have finally arrived https://www.egscomics.com/comic/layers-007

Will29 (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#34593: May 31st 2023 at 3:28:38 AM

... They are ogres, aren't they?

MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
#34594: May 31st 2023 at 5:55:09 AM

[up] I think the one on the right is Mystucorn in a human guise (or maybe his true form, he was drawn oddly un-horselike). That was the unicorn that caused the Parable NP arc for those who didn't remember/didn't read it.

HeraldAlberich from Ohio (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
DatLonerGirl Get heckin crabbed from a top secret place Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#34596: Jun 1st 2023 at 1:26:05 PM

[up][up] I've read every NP, but I do not remember that.

So, what are we thinking? Anime styling or comic book villain styling?

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Will29 (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#34597: Jun 1st 2023 at 1:44:47 PM

Oh yeah, that's certainly the dream unicorn dude.

From here on: https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/parable-205

And with him looking for "royalty", he must be from the other side right? Griffin World.

In short: those three must be the people Liam (the owl griffin) helped sneak in through the portal. The golden coins are currency from their realm.

DatLonerGirl Get heckin crabbed from a top secret place Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#34598: Jun 1st 2023 at 2:56:35 PM

Oh yeah... Gosh, what a trippy storyline that was.

Though you could say that about at least half of them...

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TwinBird Dunkies addict from Eastern Mass Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#34599: Jun 1st 2023 at 11:32:53 PM

...uh... okay?

Am I the only one a little disappointed?

Actually, though, I wonder how the heck the Golden Girls learned to dress themselves up as Satanic mob bosses.

...actually, it suddenly occurs to me, why?! I feel like she'd have had an easier time fencing her gold as a little old lady. Especially since she apparently had to mock up a fake ID.

Edited by TwinBird on Jun 1st 2023 at 2:36:27 PM

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Daremo Misanthrope Supreme from Parts Unknown Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: If it's you, it's okay
#34600: Jun 2nd 2023 at 12:16:14 AM

I thought the answer was obvious: Cos it's fun.

Comic Layers 08

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