3391 Oh Wait A Sec
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Panel 5 should be ‘too’, not ‘to’.
And ayep Lewie, a (currently) floating tomb with a bunch of magic users in a world with a lot less magic. And realization drops into place that a lot more will be dropping?
Ah yes, good catch. My keyboard still sticks on the double letters sometimes.
Cue Goofy Yell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUL5w91dzbo
I’m going to put this here as its closest to the top & nobody seems to have picked up on it all.
"Shah Guido G." is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the November 1951 issue of Marvel Science Fiction and reprinted in the 1975 collection Buy Jupiter and Other Stories, where Asimov explains his love of puns. It is an example of a shaggy dog story, as indicated by the title ("Shahgui Dog").
Plat convinces Shah Guido G. to order in a division of Waves (female shock-troops whose name derives from the WAVES of the United States Navy) to put down a supposed rebellion by the technicians.
As Plat suspected, the weight of the Waves’ cruisers is sufficient to overload the Sky-Island’s power generators, causing it to plummet to the ground, thereby liberating the people from tyranny. The story ends with the punning punchline.
"Why, once more in history, Atlantis sank beneath the Waves."
LOVElovelove Asimov, and his puns. I used the time-traveling robber one in my English class as a discussion starter. That one’s probably my fave.
I remember one from my childhood, don’t think it was his, but it did come from his monthly magazine. It ended "with a stumpy, sulphur -tressed antelope".
Did you find the right settings in GIMP, or gave up and reinstalled Potatoshop?
… or were the strips produced out-of-order?
I need more practice with GIMP, so I reinstalled Photoshop so I could get stuff done in the meantime.
I know I mentioned it already in the previous comment, but it’s worth saying again in case you missed it: try Krita instead, it’s free/open source as well but amazing for illustration in a way GIMP isn’t. There will still be a learning curve but it’ll probably be more comfortable coming from Photoshop, too.
I have Krita installed as well, thanks to your suggestion. It is a bit more Photoshop-like, but it has one serious disadvantage in that it doesn’t access the scanner. I have to scan something in separately and then open it in Krita. Not a huge deal, but I also got frustrated trying to select a portion of a layer and move it separately from the layer, and Krita didn’t seem to be able to handle that. So I went back to Photoshop for ease of mind and I’ll play with both until I decide which of the three I’ll stick with.
hehehe… potatoshop. I’m gonna steal that term.
oh jeeeez didn’t even notice the alternate name- going to have to share that lolol ty!! i can just hear the puns now…:D
Well there is a lot less magic in the world, a giant magic floating castle probably exceeds the threshold.
I imagine most of the magic will be innate species nature sort of thing, and very little magic in items, enchantments, or to sling.
A little worried about the airship too, though in that case they’ve probably got more control over the thing using whatever dregs of magic they can still harness. Probably a controlled crash landing at worse, whereas here what we need is a hasty evacuation.
So in both cases, we first need all hands awake and on deck. Were Slissy to try to conjure some caffeine, would we just get a drink almost, but not quite, entirely unlike coffee?
Lewie, never, NEVER, say anything about floating in mid-air with nothing to support you! They cover this in Cartoons 101!
No no, in cartoons the rule is never to look down. As long as you don’t look down in cartoons, the law of gravity will not affect you. And yes, that is covered in one of the Tiny Toons episodes.
“There is an art to flying, or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
Straight from the hitcher guide to the galaxy, difficult to top.
The ISS is doing that right now. It is called a gravitational orbit.
And avoid the comedy beets at all cost
they hurt and one could poke an eye out
(But if you can’t avoid them, save them. I need to make borscht later)
Hands you some sour cream for your borscht. Thank you for all you do, Fang FanGirl. ??
Is that a DM leg sticking up in panel two?
Probably just a random spellslinger’s leg. A DM would need to have taken a *really* wrong turn at Albuquerque to end up in Ch’Thier’s floating temple.
Not all DM’s were on the side of Ranna, remember
True, but most of those were not spell casters.
Didn’t *have* to be a spell caster, and it was just consistent with that one raised DM leg a couple pages back 😛
It’s not. The DM’s have stiletto heels, the foot on the leg you’re seeing there does not. There are no DMs in the Celestial Tomb.
For goodness’ sake, you’re involved in so many conversations that go this way.
“Is it this thing?”
“No.”
“But it could be.”
“It isn’t.”
“But it might be.”
“It’s not.”
“But is COULD be.”
“No.”
“I’m just saying that it MIGHT be.”
“It’s not.”
…
Just drop it.
Right, never explain or clarify
If you ever explained or clarified, it wouldn’t be an issue. You’re just a contradition Python sketch.
"Yes it is."
"No it isn’t."
"Yes it is."
"No it isn’t."
"Yes it is."
"No it isn’t."
This isn’t a conversation. It’s an irritation.
Come on Lewie, you have been around the block a few hundred times, you can figure out a solution… right?
In D&D you would bail out with the 1st level spell Featherfall.
And i knew I were working in a floating tomb I would have that spell (or one for flying) memorized, on a scroll or an item, possibly all three.
Unfortunately, unless one of the spell casters wakes up, all they have is the 0-level Fly spell: Available to all classes. Material Component: two large feathers, perhaps from an eagle or larger flying bird. Somatic Component: Once your feet are not touching the ground, perhaps by jumping from the high end of a cliff, hold a feather in each hand and move your arms in vigorous vertical motions. Verbal component: Shout "Geronimo" or "Oh SHIIIIII…" May be immediately followed by 0-level Prayer spell.
Chance of success: Dependant on caster’s constitution score and height of fall. See Fall Damage table. It also depends on how squishy your landing pad is.
as Rich has pointed out multiple times, he doesn’t follow the D&D rules. They’re more of a guideline.
Plus, Capt Fang is still alive, so Plotholium and Scriptonite still exist until Rich turns around with "jazz hands" and yells "PLoT TwiST!!"
The Zero-Level Spells for Everyone were a gag article in Dragon back in the 1980’s. They were all about equally effective (that is not very well) and were definitely not canon. My favourite was the 0-Level Feign Death: Run at as many miles/hour as your strength score for as many miles as your constitution score. Fall down; feign death.
Did I ever tell you about the time I was in an adventuring party with a bard and sorcerer, and neither of them had feather fall? After some failed shenanigans we accidentally broke and caused a flying fortress to fall after retrieving a magic stone from the former occupant. Fortunately we had a magic crystal sphere that could cast force cage once every 3 days without breaking it, and a wand of web. It’s a shame Covid 19 killed that campaign.
Lewie… Now’s your chance to steal a robe whilst no one’s capable of arguing
"All these centuries, I’ve been able to put on a robe any time I want. But do you know how long it’s been since I’ve had skin?"
Take Eddy’s robe!
Please don’t. Nobody needs to see that.
curses…
Kinda hoping Lewie just stays naked forever, just for the humor.
Well, that’ll make some people very happy and others, like Eddie, not so much.
Why do I foresee a "Castle of Dark Illusions" fiasco about to happen?
*inserts gigantic scream here*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypHZ_iKBcoo
Had a look to see if it was the Wilhelm or Goofy Scream, it was the Barnes Scream 😀
Curses …
Someone turned off the Imperial Orb again…
A problem which was solved by witchcraft in another universe… but I’m not sure this one draws the same distinction between types of magic.
Let us hope that, as the magic fades, rather then plummeting like a giant stone structure in the air, it begins to descend more slowly and makes a graceful landing. Or is it asking too much that when designing magical flying structures, spell weakening or failure might have been taken into account?… Yeah, that was probably asking too much. *sighs* Though it would be humorous if there is a huge panic, trying to evacuate groggy mages on minimal magic… and then it settles smoothly and reasonably to the ground. 😛
A naked man in a room full of clothes ladies is rather awkward for him.
Ohh, that reminds me of a Warlock series. Where are YOU when the floating magic ends?
Is this him realizing without magic it will soon be a giant falling castle tomb?
Yes, either that, or he *finally* realised he was naked 😛
"Holy crap! This floating tomb must be burning through the last dregs of local ambient magic, and at any moment we’re gonna plummet from the sky! But on the bright side, I am still naked."
Dial up "Yakkity Sax"! It’s time to evacuate!
As soon as you are on the ground, deploy as many the slides as possible and leave the vehicle within 90 seconds. If able, move away to allow emergency workers access to the injured and to control any fires or energetic action.
Now now, it might slowly descend and make a wonderful memorial to the great conflict……
NAH!!!!
Was it dragonlance where they had some superpowerful empire ruled by use of magic castles,and they did something that demagicked the area and the empire literally collapsed?
Or am i thinking of ringworld?
Dragonlance did have floating Citadels, but they were more home bases for several of the Dragonlords.
The Magical Empire ruled from the Floating Citadels and Cities was Netheril in the Forgotten Realms, and ended up in their arrogance destroying the Weave. Which is pretty much where Toril’s magic comes from.
The scar of their mistake is what is called the Anauroch desert.
I’m going to be pedantic and point out that the Netherese didn’t destroy the Weave, they just interrupted it for a few minutes. But that was enough to knock their cities from the sky. (Assuming I’m recalling correctly. If not please correct me.)
Second Paragraph, Fourth sentence of this: https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Netheril
"The arrogance of Netheril grew to the point where they attempted to attain the divinity of magic, and wound up destroying the Weave."
Now I know why so many official priestly and clerical robes are so billowy!!
They’re emergency parachutes!!!
*hands you a plate of chocolate chip cookies*
Excellent theory. Here.
It’s not a cliffhanger, it’s…
it’s a cloud hanger?
It’s just… so much worse.
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