11/06/08 [Perfect Date #8] - There's a fish on your head.

[Howl]

Really, this is the funniest Perfect Date yet.

-If I should stop making the comic threads, tell me on this one-

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[ChaosTiger]

Omn nom nom! 83

[Jairus]

Allow me to record as best as I can my reaction:

"snrsnerkhaaahaahaaaHAAAAHAA!!"

Perfect. Absolutely perfect.

[superluser]

Oh, cute fishy fish.

I wonder if a design like that could work as a real character design.

Also, does this make Aliyka the player?

[Roureem Egas]

The fish looks high...I like it.  

[Eagle0600]

BURN THEM!

[Kenji]

Downsides to casting times.

[Rithm Alfortele]

Hey, it's Surprise Fish!

(If anyone actually GETS this reference, you will get a 100 cookies freshly baked)

[mopman]

Actually if you spend some time fishing in the far north you can get some pretty freaky fish.

[Ghostwish]

Aw, but in-battle conversations are the best conversations!

[AmigaDragon]

There's a lot to be said for quick or preloaded spells, even if their potency might be less than normal. I've seen or heard of cases where a plethora of faster cantrips were used to spoil a spellcaster's slower spells, to the point that he was useless in the fight.

BTW, the comments so far seem to miss the other fish already on his shoulder.

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[Eagle0600]

Yeah, but even the quicker spells take SOME time to cast, which can be difficult in a full on grapple with three different sea creatures. The best idea is not to get into that position in the first place.

[Gamma]

"You have been attacked by a cracked out fish."
A. Run! (Little pansie...)
B. Smack it with my staff. (You silly Mage you)
C. Let it chomp your head then set them both aflame... (It's the manly/insane/stupid thing to do, so do it!)

Well the upside to option C is that you have something to eat afterward.

[Eagle0600]

Option B, since running away isn't an option once it's latched on.

[Turnsky]

HEY! NIZE HAT! 

[Jairus]

HEY! NIZE HAT! 

Brilliant.


I wish I'd thought of it. And I just finished reading that comic like four days ago. Awesome.

[Tapewolf]

Yes, I suppose it's a bad time for that question...

[Ren Gaulen]

Silly Merlitz.. That's why spellcasters should never go adventuring alone. Always have someone to take the hits for you, and then nuke your foe from the safe distance.

[Turnsky]

Silly Merlitz.. That's why spellcasters should never go adventuring alone. Always have someone to take the hits for you, and then nuke your foe from the safe distance.

or be able to resort to physical combat in a pinch, or in conjunction with spellcasting.

[Ren Gaulen]

Silly Merlitz.. That's why spellcasters should never go adventuring alone. Always have someone to take the hits for you, and then nuke your foe from the safe distance.

or be able to resort to physical combat in a pinch, or in conjunction with spellcasting.

Multi-classing for the win!

[Turnsky]

Silly Merlitz.. That's why spellcasters should never go adventuring alone. Always have someone to take the hits for you, and then nuke your foe from the safe distance.

or be able to resort to physical combat in a pinch, or in conjunction with spellcasting.

Multi-classing for the win!

nothing quite like a knuckle sandwich with ball-lightning seasoning.

[Ren Gaulen]

nothing quite like a knuckle sandwich with ball-lightning seasoning.

FALCON PUNCH!

[Eagle0600]

If that's your taste, go with a monk-sorcerer. Then get some of the supplements that are designed for that combo. Then procede to kick serious behind.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Silly Merlitz.. That's why spellcasters should never go adventuring alone. Always have someone to take the hits for you, and then nuke your foe from the safe distance.

... so, where's Aliyka in this particular CF?

[Turnsky]

nothing quite like a knuckle sandwich with ball-lightning seasoning.

FALCON PUNCH!

"It's not the spell, it's how you apply it" 

[Rakala]

It always seems that the magic casters don't get killed by big bad enemies, but by the little annoying enemies that come in hoards.

[Noone]

It always seems that the magic casters don't get killed by big bad enemies, but by the little annoying enemies that come in hoards.

Either his primary casting stat is really low, he didn't take the best spell foci (resulting in low DCs), or he has a bad spell selection, but I don't always find that to be true. He probably didn't take Wail of the Banshee, confusion, fear, gust of wind, or some sort of effective crowd control spell. That, or his DCs are too low to use to great effect.

Though I certainly didn't expect the whole 'fish eating cat', bit... hmm, I guess it's not implausible considering ferrets chase cats in this world...

[Wanderer]

Hmm... some sort of personal protection spell cast beforehand would have been a good idea. Something to enchant his staff to make it do actual noticeable damage would also have been recommended.

[Corgatha Taldorthar]

I would just like to make an appeal to sanity and hope that this discussion turns to Merlitz and his dating and not into a quasi D&D discussion.


That being said, I hope Merlitz learned his lesson of not dating things he dug up out of an abandoned mansion anymore.

[Wanderer]

I would just like to make an appeal to sanity and hope that this discussion turns to Merlitz and his dating and not into a quasi D&D discussion.

Well, what are we supposed to say? He doesn't give us anything other than "Why the hell are you asking this in the middle of a fight?!"