Sherwood
Luna's Concubine
Ya just gotta love the need for villians to brag about the awesomeness of their plans and how there is no way for the hero to stop them.
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skafte
Senior Member
Besides that it have a lot more personality than I normally would credit them, I'll say Bens new friend is a Minion of the Eyeless Face - that or a Miraluka (from Star Wars) 
danelsan
New Member
Too bad he is not an Infernal, so he is not actually rewarded by his patron for going all Evil Overlord list of mistakes on Misho. Of course, reducing his equivalent to limit is a bad deal to Ben anyway.
By the way, I'm I the only one who would say no to a player who wanted a Charm to benefit from Ressonance like Ben's? I mean, it only affects creatures of death! It is pratically a "Hey! I'm a rebel Abyssal fighting against the neverborn and the more they punish me, the better I can fight them!" charm, that makes it way too easy the existance of a non-loyal Abyssal.
Anyway, besides being really pale and eyeless, Is there any difference in actual drawing style I haven't noticed? Reading the comments one would expect things like the "thick" demon arms or the more realistic look of an Incarna, or the absence of outer lines in the Fey, but I don't see anything that peculiar...
ShadowDragon8685
Elder Member
Maybe he's a ghost Miraluka?
Jukashi
Four Thousand Club
Perhaps I should explain.
I decided to thematically link the idea of undeath to that of sight. Thus, ghosts don't have any eyes; the hungry ghosts way back when had no eyes, and the fellow in the latest comic - a nemissary animating a body- also lacks them. tThe Deathlords, too, in their short appearances have their eyes concealed in shadow. All the Abyssals thus far encountered also have some sort of notable quality to their eyes: Ben has had his burnt out by Resonance, Flame has mummy-eyesockets that he can still see through by Appearance 0 magic, the King has one eye closed over by scars and Secret has her little spiral-mark.
I decided to thematically link the idea of undeath to that of sight. Thus, ghosts don't have any eyes; the hungry ghosts way back when had no eyes, and the fellow in the latest comic - a nemissary animating a body- also lacks them. tThe Deathlords, too, in their short appearances have their eyes concealed in shadow. All the Abyssals thus far encountered also have some sort of notable quality to their eyes: Ben has had his burnt out by Resonance, Flame has mummy-eyesockets that he can still see through by Appearance 0 magic, the King has one eye closed over by scars and Secret has her little spiral-mark.
Smeggedoff
Elder Member
huh, neat.
Quchu
One Thousand Club
Alucard would be sad.
Kyeudo
One Thousand Club
What do you mean? Having a hundred extra eyes would be an excellent sight-related thematic element.
Quchu
One Thousand Club
It seems that eyes stop appearing as you go up the deadness meter (or something like that). Ghosts and such are dead for certain, so they don't have any at all. Ben and Flame, being unapologetic Abyssals, sort of have them. King behaves somewhat like how an Abyssal should, but seems to enjoy being too much. And Secret's just got a tattoo.
Hidoi Tokage
One Time Luck
Ah... I thought he was a ghost blooded... oh well still good to know about the undead in your comic. Though all admit, I'm more curious about him playing with the guitar. Is Ben putting together a band?
Toloran
Junior Member
krrackknut
Member
In the Dreamstone Recording Companies, the genre is known as Heavy Soulsteel.
Tikor
One Thousand Club
Now that's some wicked metal!krrackknut said:
Thanqol
Elder Member
New comic is up!
And now we see the downside of stunt-based escapes.
And now we see the downside of stunt-based escapes.
Ker'ion
Primordial of Abstract Logic
*moving the response to the right thread*
"Stop calling me that!"
"Stop it or I won't heal you anymore!"
"Stupid, backwards villagers."
Some days I think Richard has the right of it.
Richard the Necromancer's take on peaceful living.
"Stop calling me that!"
"Stop it or I won't heal you anymore!"
"Stupid, backwards villagers."
Some days I think Richard has the right of it.
Richard the Necromancer's take on peaceful living.
krrackknut
Member
Now, children. What's the moral of this story?
"Always kweep a head-band handy, in case ya cas-mork flawes!"
Speaking of which, why are Misho's Solar Sabers transparent?
"Always kweep a head-band handy, in case ya cas-mork flawes!"
Speaking of which, why are Misho's Solar Sabers transparent?
Thanqol
Elder Member
I presume they're transparent because they're summoned.
Smeggedoff
Elder Member
I assumed they're artistically styled to match his anima, plus a sword made of energy doesn't need to be solid, an edge is enough.
the fact it makes it easier to draw is entirely coincidental ofc
the fact it makes it easier to draw is entirely coincidental ofc
ShadowDragon8685
Elder Member
Well, that settles this. Apparently they're in somewhere Realm-controlled.
This is really going to jam up their day...
Also, I just thought of something. Ben is reliant upon hearing, right? I mean, he 'hears so well that he can effectively see,' but there are Charms that make literally everything you do have no sound. Granted, the one I'm thinking of is a Thrown attack meant for silent takedowns, but the principle still applies - if you have a Stealth charm that has verbiage to the effect of "your actions are not valid targets for hearing-based Awareness rolls." (The exact words of Mist on Water Attack.)
So, you'd effectively have perfect stealth against him? All your attacks would be Unexpected, and you wouldn't be a valid target for his attacks?
This is really going to jam up their day...
Also, I just thought of something. Ben is reliant upon hearing, right? I mean, he 'hears so well that he can effectively see,' but there are Charms that make literally everything you do have no sound. Granted, the one I'm thinking of is a Thrown attack meant for silent takedowns, but the principle still applies - if you have a Stealth charm that has verbiage to the effect of "your actions are not valid targets for hearing-based Awareness rolls." (The exact words of Mist on Water Attack.)
So, you'd effectively have perfect stealth against him? All your attacks would be Unexpected, and you wouldn't be a valid target for his attacks?
Thanqol
Elder Member
That's assuming he doesn't have a charm of his own, in which case we'd probably see a roll-off for what applies. But seriously, blindness is amazingly easy to get around for a Celestial Exalt - the very first charm in Air Dragon Style gives you complete awareness of everything around you for a scene by feeling the air movements. Given this, it's reasonable to assume he's got some supernatural awareness charms, maybe even custom ones.
But then again, maybe that charm is specially designed to mess up his day.
But then again, maybe that charm is specially designed to mess up his day.
ShadowDragon8685
Elder Member
Would that be a roll-off? Or would Immovable Object vs. Unstoppable Force come into play?
I mean, you could say "not being detected" is a form of defense. Or is IOvUF strictly for "things that require attack rolls?"
What about a broad-spectrum sound dampener?
I mean, you could say "not being detected" is a form of defense. Or is IOvUF strictly for "things that require attack rolls?"
What about a broad-spectrum sound dampener?
Thanqol
Elder Member
I'd say roll off since no one's using actual Perfects. It's the general solution to things which aren't clear cut.
If it was an artifact, it might be a roll at the difficulty of the artifact's rating +whatever. Or maybe it just works. I mean, there are situations where a sighted character encounters darkness so complete it precludes making a roll - maybe this is just the same thing for people who are blind. It's a disability, after all.
If it was an artifact, it might be a roll at the difficulty of the artifact's rating +whatever. Or maybe it just works. I mean, there are situations where a sighted character encounters darkness so complete it precludes making a roll - maybe this is just the same thing for people who are blind. It's a disability, after all.
