The laws of dramatic irony strike again. :<
Wow, it looks like they have one more hurdle to pass before tehy arrive at the big boss. I hope dan is ready to fight, twisted ankle or not, when they get down to the final confrontation with DP.
I'm still betting Were, well hoping at least. I like her and Hannah a lot.
My, my, Is that one of those death knights? Coz' I want one.
8) Amazing about how " famous last words ", always seem to turn up ...
Well, people don't die instantly (unless it's head pulverization..), and there's a convenient undead at the scene... (what percentage od damage must the bitee be to count as lethal enough for it to take precidence over other damage?)
Still needs more sporks imo.
8) What quality are the sporks ?
33% says Dan steps in and saves the day.
When you start knocking down the henchmen the bigger boss baddies start making an appearance. Ergo Never say "I think we are winning" or something like that, that's when you loose.
Celebrate victory after the final boss is defeated.
Heh.
Nice Death Knight, Amber. Spiffy.
"You see a man. He has swords for arms, swords for legs, some swords grafted onto his back, and he is holding a sword which could depopulate India in a week. Roll initiative." I know that it is not a very good description of a Death Knight, but it was the firs thing that came to my mind when I saw the last panel of this strip.
..I hope this particular Death Knight isn't in a "cleavy" mood.. :paranoid
You have to admire how something this big and mechanical can sneak up on her. Dark Pegasus sure knows how to build a good Death Knight! (And yes, it's quite spiffy indeed!)
Also nice to see Hannah's priorities: "My cute and fluffy tail is missing! Oh, and my leg, but SERIOUSLY, MY TAIL!"
Quote from: Ren Gaulen on June 09, 2008, 04:49:08 AM
"You see a man. He has swords for arms, swords for legs, some swords grafted onto his back, and he is holding a sword which could depopulate India in a week. Roll initiative."
Oh, this brings back horrible memories... xD
Okay, I have two requests!
One, I wanna see a full pic of the deathknight with blade hand.
Two, I want my own army of mechadeathknights. *flies off to his lab to build them*
Quote from: Sid on June 09, 2008, 05:02:44 AMAlso nice to see Hannah's priorities: "My cute and fluffy tail is missing! Oh, and my leg, but SERIOUSLY, MY TAIL!"
Priorities shift like that when you become undead. Missing limbs become a minor annoyance but cuteness is an irreplaceable loss. Hannah was very attached to her cute fluffy tail.
Was.
Quote from: Greyman on June 09, 2008, 08:42:12 AM
Quote from: Sid on June 09, 2008, 05:02:44 AMAlso nice to see Hannah's priorities: "My cute and fluffy tail is missing! Oh, and my leg, but SERIOUSLY, MY TAIL!"
Priorities shift like that when you become undead. Missing limbs become a minor annoyance but cuteness is an irreplaceable loss. Hannah was very attached to her cute fluffy tail.
Was.
Hannah's cute fluffy tail also was very attached to her. :(
Quote from: Ren Gaulen on June 09, 2008, 08:51:13 AM
Hannah's cute fluffy tail also was very attached to her. :(
Not nearly well enough, though...
Quote from: Ren Gaulen on June 09, 2008, 04:49:08 AM
"You see a man. He has swords for arms, swords for legs, some swords grafted onto his back, and he is holding a sword which could depopulate India in a week. Roll initiative." I know that it is not a very good description of a Death Knight, but it was the firs thing that came to my mind when I saw the last panel of this strip.
..I hope this particular Death Knight isn't in a "cleavy" mood.. :paranoid
You are such a geek! Only a geek would come up with something like that! xD You must be a Weregeek (It's a comic too!).
But don't worry, I'm one too. We're everywhere, and our 'innocent' roleplay is actually strategic battle planning necessary for our true goals! We must prepare, for the rise of our Empire is at hand! :mwaha
....
*cough* Oh yeah... the comic... uhm... :paranoid Well I guess Dan'll be whipping out the spork soon. :3
Death-Knights are nothing more than Super-Golems?
I wonder how a D-K would fare against an Electromagnet.
Nothing says "Buahahaaaaaa" like having your super soldiers stuck by simple physics.
I'm sure she's friendly.
First thought was that Anna found that big sword and strapped it on her back, then a couple seconds later I saw the rest of the Death Knight behind her. Was it just around the corner and see her pass or something, or did it notice the seismic disturbance and start investigating?
Dan, if you haven't already, you need to find that spork (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_116.php).
Quote from: Caswin on June 09, 2008, 11:32:05 AM
I'm sure she's friendly.
Yeah, that Death Knight looks real friendly. ;-]
Quote from: Alondro on June 09, 2008, 09:25:46 AM
Quote from: Ren Gaulen on June 09, 2008, 04:49:08 AM
"You see a man. He has swords for arms, swords for legs, some swords grafted onto his back, and he is holding a sword which could depopulate India in a week. Roll initiative." I know that it is not a very good description of a Death Knight, but it was the firs thing that came to my mind when I saw the last panel of this strip.
..I hope this particular Death Knight isn't in a "cleavy" mood.. :paranoid
You are such a geek! Only a geek would come up with something like that! xD You must be a Weregeek (It's a comic too!).
But don't worry, I'm one too. We're everywhere, and our 'innocent' roleplay is actually strategic battle planning necessary for our true goals! We must prepare, for the rise of our Empire is at hand! :mwaha
I was not the one who made that up. Though I definitely could have come up with something like that. :mwaha
Quote from: Caswin on June 09, 2008, 11:32:05 AM
I'm sure she's friendly.
Yeah, she sure is. But I cannot say the same about the Death Knight.
:blink Oh...my gods. I liked these things the first time I saw them, and now I absolutely love them. Constructs of any kind make me very happy :mowhappy And you know what? I think I really am going to make them for real...
I'm going to write up stat sheets and use them in my still-running Eberron campaign! :mwaha
Hmm.
I think Mab's "I'm still suprised you hit the right team" line is funnier after the Alikya business.
And I bet this is when Anna shows her creature-powarrr!
Since everybody already took Were, I'm still down from Angel or Fae.
Quote from: Lucheek on June 09, 2008, 12:19:19 PM
I think Mab's "I'm still suprised you hit the right team" line is funnier after the Alikya business.
Especially since no-one has anyone else pegged properly... except maybe Dan is sure the three Amazons are, in fact, Amazons. Everyone thinks Aliyka is another of DP's guards, Aliyka thinks Dan is, and I've no idea if any of them realise yet Dan is actually not a girl.
<eyes light up with "tilt" message>
I was thinking that myself, that there's no indication that any of them have realized Dan's actual gender. From their conversation, Dan must know Aliyka isn't a guard, but the others don't have that info yet."Dan, stop being too busy to tell your new friends about her!"
Anna's not a Fae, she isn't showing even tiny wings or antennae, and wearing so few accessories that they're not likely magically hidden. Though I guess that doesn't necessarily counter the possibility (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_841.php). I see nothing in Demo101 to indicate whether angels (or demons) can shapeshift like cubi can, though magic can counter that possible lack of innate ability.
I'm still sticking with Anna=being.
Well, I think that Dan knows that Aliyka isn't one of DP's guards. Of course, Shannah and Aliyka could decide to simultaneously head-clunk the death knight. In thier present mood, that might be effective.
Quote from: AmigaDragon on June 09, 2008, 01:52:49 PM
Anna's not a Fae, she isn't showing even tiny wings or antennae, and wearing so few accessories that they're not likely magically hidden. Though I guess that doesn't necessarily counter the possibility (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_841.php). I see nothing in Demo101 to indicate whether angels (or demons) can shapeshift like cubi can, though magic can counter that possible lack of innate ability.
Fae can shift themselves. It's actually a curiosity that Azlan uses a patch instead of his magic.
From his cast page: Though it is unknown why he doesn't simply use his fae powers to change his looks but instead uses a patch. Rose gets rid of all those things (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_842.php), and she's a relatively young fae.
As attractive as Anna is in that last panel, I still like hannah in all her undead glory. But seriously, Anna almost has that dress painted on. :U
Famous.
Last.
Words.
I want a Death Knight plushie. :3
And I'm pretty sure Aliyka knows Dan's gender. I mean..unless she was stating something else(since there was no comma), she did say "mister" (http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_897.php). >.>
Makes you wonder what was going through Dan's mind that he couldn't have just simply said "I am not a guard."
Quote from: Ren Gaulen on June 09, 2008, 04:49:08 AM
"You see a man. He has swords for arms, swords for legs, some swords grafted onto his back, and he is holding a sword which could depopulate India in a week. Roll initiative."
So where does that come from?
Quote from: Wanderer on June 09, 2008, 04:51:52 PM
Quote from: Ren Gaulen on June 09, 2008, 04:49:08 AM
"You see a man. He has swords for arms, swords for legs, some swords grafted onto his back, and he is holding a sword which could depopulate India in a week. Roll initiative."
So where does that come from?
I'm not sure, but probably from this picture (http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh121/RentheKnight/Motivation/AboveandBeyond.jpg). But I have no idea where that picture came from. I heard it was from "Battle Angel Alita".
Quote from: Fox on June 09, 2008, 04:28:33 PM
I want a Death Knight plushie. :3
And I'm pretty sure Aliyka knows Dan's gender. I mean..unless she was stating something else(since there was no comma), she did say "mister" (http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_897.php). >.>
Makes you wonder what was going through Dan's mind that he couldn't have just simply said "I am not a guard."
"Why do people keep head klunking me?! (http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_896.php)" He did get knocked out earlier- that might've been the last straw that gave him a concussion. ;)
one is an undead, one is a dragon... what will the third amazon be?
Filleted? :mowcookie
Quote from: terrycloth on June 09, 2008, 07:38:19 PM
Filleted? :mowcookie
I hope not. We had enough dismembered amazons already.. :sweatdrop
Quote from: techmaster-glitch on June 09, 2008, 12:12:46 PM
:blink Oh...my gods. I liked these things the first time I saw them, and now I absolutely love them. Constructs of any kind make me very happy :mowhappy And you know what? I think I really am going to make them for real...
I'm going to write up stat sheets and use them in my still-running Eberron campaign! :mwaha
My coke tastes like joy now. I hate you. (not word for word, but I figure if I'm not drinking tea, I can change the rest a little too.)
Quote from: Psaakyrn on June 09, 2008, 03:38:53 AM
Well, people don't die instantly (unless it's head pulverization..),
Sure they do! People ALWAYS die instantly. Think about it.
You're alive... you're alive...and then you're dead - instantly.
Death Knight?
Amber got into the WotLK Alpha?!? :mowdizzy
Quote from: Rafe on June 09, 2008, 09:08:11 PM
Quote from: Psaakyrn on June 09, 2008, 03:38:53 AM
Well, people don't die instantly (unless it's head pulverization..),
Sure they do! People ALWAYS die instantly. Think about it.
You're alive... you're alive...and then you're dead - instantly.
Though when you consider it, death is hard to define to begin with eitherways.. (see example: clinicall death)
Quote from: Psaakyrn on June 09, 2008, 09:59:34 PM
Though when you consider it, death is hard to define to begin with eitherways.. (see example: clinicall death)
I consider it the process of the brain shutting down and dying, which can be a slow process. The senses slowly blacking out, and awareness leaving the body. And then you don't wake up. :)
Quote from: shadowterm on June 09, 2008, 10:33:24 PM
Quote from: Psaakyrn on June 09, 2008, 09:59:34 PM
Though when you consider it, death is hard to define to begin with eitherways.. (see example: clinicall death)
I consider it the process of the brain shutting down and dying, which can be a slow process. The senses slowly blacking out, and awareness leaving the body. And then you don't wake up. :)
But you won't know you don't wake up until it's too late, and that definition doesn't apply to Furre anyway, since undeads do wake up..
well yes, the undead do. This would involve what I like to think of as a re-boot. Think of it as your life flashing before your eyes backwards
Well, changes might be gradual, but however you define it, there is one point in time where you meet that definition, and by that definition you go from alive to dead - instantly.
Talking about dying slowly though, brought back a rhyme I heard when I was a kid:
The old dog was dying by inches,
And dying by inches is hard.
So, we took him out in the alley,
And let him die by the yard.
Morbid, but funny.
O.O Ummm, Anna? You might not want to turn around any time soon, just let Dan and Hennya deal with that rather big-looking creature behind you.
How is Hennya going to be of any help? She's been dead over 350 years.
Ok, ok, so you meant Hanna. :mowwink
I wonder, are Death Knights intelligent enough to know whether someone belongs or not, or do the guards and such wear some special amulet or other item that prevents the DK from treating them like non-employees?
Quote from: AmigaDragon on June 10, 2008, 12:42:39 AM
How is Hennya going to be of any help? She's been dead over 350 years.
Ok, ok, so you meant Hanna. :mowwink
I wonder, are Death Knights intelligent enough to know whether someone belongs or not, or do the guards and such wear some special amulet or other item that prevents the DK from treating them like non-employees?
Considering that death knights are constructs, they may be an extension of DK's awareness. They are most likely not sentient though, unless DK plans on breaking the life creation rulings...
Quote from: Rafe on June 09, 2008, 11:59:23 PM
Well, changes might be gradual, but however you define it, there is one point in time where you meet that definition, and by that definition you go from alive to dead - instantly.
But the definition of dead is, itself, a shifting target. What was considered dead in the past is now the threshold at which you can be saved, and as medical science advances, the threshold retreats. I don't think it will ever be destroyed, people will always die, of old age if nothing else.
*recalls a news story of a lady that was dead for atleast 8 hours, but they kept her on the medical equipment in case the family decided to donate her organs... to keep them fresh. She just woke up and started living again.*
Of course, that had nothing to do with medical scence applied to bring her back so much as a lot of luck, but it makes my point none the less.
Quote from: Psaakyrn on June 10, 2008, 02:13:33 AM
Considering that death knights are constructs, they may be an extension of DK's awareness. They are most likely not sentient though, unless DK plans on breaking the life creation rulings...
From DP's cast page:
Quirks/Fun Facts: The Death Knights are an undead race Dark Pegasus controlled, and one of the only undead forces without free-will.
Quote from: Psaakyrn on June 10, 2008, 02:13:33 AM
Considering that death knights are constructs, they may be an extension of DK's awareness. They are most likely not sentient though, unless DK plans on breaking the life creation rulings...
It's possible that they're the reason the rulings exist...
Quote from: Tapewolf on June 10, 2008, 04:06:32 AM
From DP's cast page:
Quirks/Fun Facts: The Death Knights are an undead race Dark Pegasus controlled, and one of the only undead forces without free-will.
N...n...not...constructs?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! 'A' 'A' 'A'
Quote from: techmaster-glitch on June 10, 2008, 01:03:25 PM
Quote from: Tapewolf on June 10, 2008, 04:06:32 AM
From DP's cast page:
Quirks/Fun Facts: The Death Knights are an undead race Dark Pegasus controlled, and one of the only undead forces without free-will.
N...n...not...constructs?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! 'A' 'A' 'A'
Awww, you crushed his dreams :<
Quote from: Reese Tora on June 10, 2008, 03:05:59 AM
Quote from: Rafe on June 09, 2008, 11:59:23 PM
Well, changes might be gradual, but however you define it, there is one point in time where you meet that definition, and by that definition you go from alive to dead - instantly.
But the definition of dead is, itself, a shifting target. What was considered dead in the past is now the threshold at which you can be saved, and as medical science advances, the threshold retreats.
Sure, it can change, but pick your standard, and for any given time and definition, you're either "alive" or "dead".
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*recalls a news story of a lady that was dead for atleast 8 hours, but they kept her on the medical equipment in case the family decided to donate her organs... to keep them fresh. She just woke up and started living again.*
Of course, that had nothing to do with medical scence applied to bring her back so much as a lot of luck, but it makes my point none the less.
I never said you couldn't go back from "dead" to "alive". My point was that at any given time, if you have a definition of "dead" you're either one or the other.
Ah, semantics. If you can change the definitions of the words, you can do anything while accomplishing nothing.
Are we now following the rules of the Red Queen, who argued that words should mean what she intended them to mean, nothing more and nothing less.
All true.
But I'm not arguing definitions. The definition of death you choose has nothing to do with my point All I'm saying is, whichever one you pick, it either applies, or it doesn't.
Quote from: PurpleCheeseLlama on June 10, 2008, 05:30:24 PM
Quote from: techmaster-glitch on June 10, 2008, 01:03:25 PM
N...n...not...constructs?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! 'A' 'A' 'A'
Awww, you crushed his dreams :<
Somehow, somewhere, a 'cubi is no longer hungry. >:3
Quote from: Rafe on June 10, 2008, 07:29:31 PM
I never said you couldn't go back from "dead" to "alive". My point was that at any given time, if you have a definition of "dead" you're either one or the other.
Fair enough, though I would say that it's integral to the definition of death, in the real world sense, that someone who is dead- not just clinically, but fully dead, has reached a state from which there is no return, or atleast from which medical science has no record of successful ressucitation. This is an elusive target.
As with many things in life, while the threshold itself isn't easily found, it's usually pretty easy to classify on which side of it most things are, and I'll concede that much to you. :P
I think Dan's going to need to change his robes.
If I put enough grains of sand on a table, it becomes a heap. Are you arguing that no matter what my definition of a heap, the grouping of sand grains either is or isn't a heap? In that case, wouldn't there have to be some point where adding one grain of sand would make something that is less than a heap into a heap of sand. (I believe that this was discussed by Aristotle.)
There are some things, such as ethical versus unethical, good versus evil, beauty versus ugly, etc., where there are no easy distinctions,
I don't think that doctors believe that there is a firm definition of death. They just keep working until the patient is restored to a degree of health or is unequivocally dead.
That's one of those things where the definition leaves a fuzzy or gray boundary between the two states. Is it a heap or not? How thick can you make soup before it becomes stew? How much color and flavor can you add to water before you call it coffee, tea or whatever instead of colored water? Lots of times, it's up to personal interpretation