Chapter Eight: Page Thirteen
posted 24th Oct 2016, 1:21 PM
24th Oct 2016, 1:21 PM
Saeriellyn
The page of a thousand layers. It settles down after this, I promise. For a while.
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24th Oct 2016, 2:01 PM
ranger_brianna_new
Run, run, run away from the gigantic explosion~
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24th Oct 2016, 2:04 PM
Saeriellyn
I think the shock wave is taking care of the forward propulsion at this point!
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20th Nov 2017, 4:13 PM
mantis
Not sure how I missed this follow-up at the time. It was Ranger_Brianna_New that appeared to be referring to the webcomic "The Order of the Stick." It's a D&D-based comic that gets a lot of its humor from riffing on the rules of the game and taking them far more literally than most real players would -- the characters actually talk about game mechanics like hit points and spell levels that are meant to be tools for modeling the fantasy world of the game, not things that exist in that world.
Anyway, one of the characters is a bard; D&D bards have the power to enhance their own and other characters' skills with their singing (or other kinds of performance, like oratory or playing an instrument). Elan the bard's songs in OotS always follow the format of Brianna's comment. He's not too bright, so his efforts are sometimes counterproductive, as when he sings "Bluff, Bluff, Bluff, Bluff the Stupid Ogre!" while his party leader is trying to trick a guard into thinking the group is allowed into the place he's guarding.
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20th Nov 2017, 4:21 PM
Saeriellyn
Aaaahhh, I see. The D&D references are all lost on me, I'm afraid - and your explanations are so complex I find myself wondering how anybody gets so hooked on the game. It sounds like more work than fun...but that's me being right-brained and spontaneous and "rules...what rules?"
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21st Nov 2017, 6:37 AM
mantis
It certainly is more complex than any board or card game, but yes, some of us really enjoy that complexity. Computer RPGs can be similarly complex, but in those games the computer automatically keeps track of a lot of things that the players would be tracking with pens, paper, and assorted visual aids in a tabletop RPG.
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24th Oct 2016, 2:54 PM
mjkj
Woah, what an explosion... =O
I hope they will survive...
...I wonder what triggered the explosion...?
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24th Oct 2016, 2:57 PM
Saeriellyn
You'll find out shortly! Well, at least about their survival. Explanations for the rest will be a bit delayed.
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24th Oct 2016, 7:27 PM
Odd May
So... Achren... about that castle that you lived in... uhhhhhh
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24th Oct 2016, 10:43 PM
Saeriellyn
You do NOT want to be the guy who brings her that piece of news.
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24th Oct 2016, 7:48 PM
joeyballast
Cool guys don't look at explosions.
I can commiserate with the thousand layers aspect of doing a page like this. Once in a while I add a new layer and I say "really!? Layer 75!?". I'm glad I switched to a better computer...
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24th Oct 2016, 10:44 PM
Saeriellyn
It's all the special effects and weird lighting. I'm so paranoid about screwing everything up.
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22nd Jan 2018, 5:53 PM
AmeliaP
"The page of a thousand layers" Yep, I can see 50 layers easily on it.
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22nd Jan 2018, 7:13 PM
AmeliaP
I can imagine it. There are many details AND they are in full rendered volume shadows.
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