#1203: "I appear to have come aflame."

[Kurosen]

They just need to strap gripper toys to their arms and use those to hold the weapons. Problem solved. (http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/12/12/episode-1203-maligned/)

[BitVyper]

Thrice damned alignment restrictions!

[krogothwolf]

Were exactly do you come up with these ideas for fighter? They make me chuckle everytime.

[Xshu]

Where the hell is Red Mage supposed to get "Lawful Amazing" aligned weapons?

[Panthera]

Clearly they cannot equip these epic weapons because they aren't class changed anymore, but the Fighter has better equipment options than the other starting classes and thus Fighter is in the clear.

[Swiftbow]

The weapons clearly differentiate between degrees of evil (which directly affect their degree of temperature, lol). Interesting.

[Aleph]

The weapons clearly differentiate between degrees of evil (which directly affect their degree of temperature, lol). Interesting.

I like that.

And I think that is what Brian was going for.

[Murdoch]

Fighter will just have to use all the weapons in a swordchuck-like capacity.

[GrandMasterPlanetEater]

Alternately, it is hurting fighter and his brain is just too slow to realize it.

[deimon]

The weapons clearly differentiate between degrees of evil (which directly affect their degree of temperature, lol). Interesting.

so... referencing there reactions to the weapons im guessing (even tho the top and bottom need not any clarification) BM > Thief > RM > Fighter in "amount of evil" because RM is holding all the weapons and there just burning (despite colorful discription) seems a little less intense then a handle made of pain.

and are any of them going to pull the old "santa recovery act" and perform a great and selfless act to get off these weapons "naughty list" (yes Im using this because the time of year, Sue me... again)

Edit: maybe they could just give the weapons to Chaos and he'll just burn to death (they could gift wrap them and everything)

[Ggolbez]

Now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb.

[Martyr]

Looks like I was right all along. Garland will slay Chaos.

I just didn't realize that he would be working alongside Fighter and WM.

Who is the 4th LW?
holy crud... it's Princess Sara!

[redjirachi]

If the heat corresponds to evil,then Black Mage should be at least reduced to quark-gluon plasma.I mean,since where is there limit to BM's evil?

[neofrodo]

So its gonna be Fighter VS Sarda huh? My money's on Fighter. Unless he can duplicate his stupidity that is. :P

[KillBill]

Though it leaves a mystery, makes much more sense than the last one, which is good
Thief still shoulda let the real light warriors do it, then take the weapons and credit after... well, maybe not the weapons anymore
Their calm-but-in-pain comments are pretty funny
So let's see... we got spells for BM... sword for fighter... things to throw for thief (just wear some gloves dude, or tough it out!) RM could just mimic (since BM's ability to learn spells from them being cast on him shows they still have their class change abilities)

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Though it leaves a mystery, makes much more sense than the last one, which is good
Thief still shoulda let the real light warriors do it, then take the weapons and credit after... well, maybe not the weapons anymore
Their calm-but-in-pain comments are pretty funny
So let's see... we got spells for BM... sword for fighter... things to throw for thief (just wear some gloves dude, or tough it out!) RM could just mimic (since BM's ability to learn spells from them being cast on him shows they still have their class change abilities)

Yeah there is the chance that BM didn't learn a thing.

[Flarecobra]

Though it leaves a mystery, makes much more sense than the last one, which is good
Thief still shoulda let the real light warriors do it, then take the weapons and credit after... well, maybe not the weapons anymore
Their calm-but-in-pain comments are pretty funny
So let's see... we got spells for BM... sword for fighter... things to throw for thief (just wear some gloves dude, or tough it out!) RM could just mimic (since BM's ability to learn spells from them being cast on him shows they still have their class change abilities)

Um...when did this occur?

[willyolio]

so this is what happens when Lawful Good weapons are wielded by Lawful Evil, Chaotic Evil, Chaotic Neutral and Lawful Stupid?

[Veho]

I'm guessing these weapons are of the "can only be wielded by the pure of heart" variety.

[Amake]

Oh hey swordchucks yo. Good idea.

That reminds me, I've devised a weapon more disturbingly dangerous than the very swordchucks. Just the other day. What you do is attach swords to one of these (http://www.akron-novelty.com/ProdImages/StickyStretchHandToy.jpg). You can put five swords on one end and one sword in the other and hold it in the middle and dual wield and swing, stretch, wobble, twist and cut the hell up out of anything standing within 15 feet nearly half as bad as you'll cut yourself. Let's call it Sticky Swords.

[Reaperz-XIII]

Going by Fable rules all they need to do is save a puppy and their alignment will instantly go up and if they do that 5 times then even if they kill innocents they will still be good.

[Green Spanner]

Because Black Mages can't wield axes in game.

Though I have always wondered why though. Are their spindly wizard's wrists too frail to hold it up or something?

[Martyr]

Because Black Mages can't wield axes in game.

Though I have always wondered why though. Are their spindly wizard's wrists too frail to hold it up or something?

Daggers and knives are small, lightweight and deadly when your opponent isn't looking.
It isn't like BM ever runds head on into battle with a knife. That would require skill. He certainly wouldn't want to do it with an axe or some other heavier warrior's weapon because a weakling of his vast magical caliber would be easily dispatched in hand-to-hand combat vs a seasoned axe/sword/mace/nunchick/whatever wielder.

Seeing as how it's easier to stab somebody in the back, run away and maneuver to a position for better spellcasting (which is what he is seasoned at doing) with only a small blade rather than a battleaxe or a flail or somesuch weapon, BMs use knives when they absolutely have to.

[Codemonkey85]

Were exactly do you come up with these ideas for fighter? They make me chuckle everytime.

Brian once said that he thinks of these things himself and Fighter is more or less his outlet for them. I asked him if this included whether or not clouds see shapes on the ground, and he said probably.

Also really digging this comic. Looks like it's all up to Fighter!

[Nightshine]

Brian once said that he thinks of these things himself and Fighter is more or less his outlet for them. I asked him if this included whether or not clouds see shapes on the ground, and he said probably.

Also really digging this comic. Looks like it's all up to Fighter!

In a parallel to the actual Final Fantasy I game: It's always up to Fighter.

[Katuko]

I'm probably just too hyped on Team Fortress 2, but was BM's line (and the thread title quote) a reference to the Spy class' calm "I appear to have burst into flame" or "I do believe I'm on fire"?

Moving away from burning BM and stupid Fighter, I chuckled at Thief's "quit being a fruit" comment. :P

[Alipeewee]

I just assumed that the real light warriors had put sme enchantment on their weapons so that nobody could them except them.

And fighter isn't getting hurt because he's still using his own sword and is too stupid to realise it.

Actually, now that I think about it, that doesn't make much sense.

[stapler942]

I'm probably just too hyped on Team Fortress 2, but was BM's line (and the thread title quote) a reference to the Spy class' calm "I appear to have burst into flame" or "I do believe I'm on fire"?

The first thing I thought of was "Oh dear, you seem to have fallen down a thirty-foot well, are you all right?" and possibly even "Ford, you're turning into a penguin, stop that."

[TimeSpaceMage]

Now to see if Fighter really can incorporate juggling into his attacks.

[Nuklear Waste]

Looks like I was right all along. Garland will slay Chaos.

I just didn't realize that he would be working alongside Fighter and WM.

Who is the 4th LW?
holy crud... it's Princess Sara!

Dragoon. If he ever gets his ass off the moon.

Alternatively, Fighter can always duplicate himself.

[WVI]

Black Mage is channeling the Spy there.

[Ti-Phil]

Ah, aligment based weapons... So they need to steal the weapons of villains.... So the Dark Warrior are their next stop?

[TARDIS]

Yeah there is the chance that BM didn't learn a thing.

generally, the more powerful weapons can cast spells if used as items. so he wouldn't NEED to learn the spells, jsut use the weapons as items to cast some.

[stapler942]

Ah, aligment based weapons... So they need to steal the weapons of villains.... So the Dark Warrior are their next stop?

They have weapons? Unless you mean to say there are Real Dark Warriors as well...

[TARDIS]

They have weapons? Unless you mean to say there are Real Dark Warriors as well...

No, the weapons they stole from the real light warriors. They might be able to cast spells when used as items.

[willyolio]

if fighter's the only one who can wield these... is he going to make a swordsabrestaffaxedaggerchuck? he's the only one who ever does any fighting anyways...

[Truec]

They have weapons? Unless you mean to say there are Real Dark Warriors as well...

Black Wizard, Master, Ninja who wears blue instead of red or black, and Bard?

Also, my first thought upon seeing Red Mage complaining of pain was to remember an old D&D CRPG, one of the Krynn games, where a villain was complaining how they'd captured a cache of weapons that "can only be used by the lawful and the good". I used to wonder why enemies didn't do the same thing to their gear, considering how much of it I stole and used or pawned.

[TARDIS]

Black Wizard, Master, Ninja who wears blue instead of red or black, and Bard?

he didn't know what weapons I meant.

[Nightshine]

Now on a magical quest to fetch the legendary gloves of the Gods.


...Of which upon wearing will burn them as well.

[nyttyn]

I guess its time for fighter to learn quad-wielding.
Alternatively, everyone else could wear cooking gloves. Exception, black mage. He's gonna have to wear two pairs.

[Zeku]

What are their alignments exactly?

I'm thinking awesome good, lawful awesome, chaotic awesome, then awesome evil?

They need to pop by some Plane of Indifference and pick up "whatever," and then pair up for dual-attacks so the weapons don't make them listless and apathetic.

[tshadowdrag]

They need some type of leveling but to see them try to use the weapons would be interesting too. Does anyone else see fighter stabbing himself in the head again? Seeing BM being that combustible was a good sign on how wrong they were for the weaponry.

[Xshu]

Why is it that when Red Mage starts on fire while he's an uber-leveled Mime he burns to death, but when Black Mage starts on fire after being shot back to level one he's fine in the next panel?

Stupid old Rule Of Funny...

[Questionmarktarius]

It seems to me that a simple solution would be duct tape.
Or at least some gloves?

[Greenjolt]

ah to be fighter. An idiot but of pure noble heart always living in a fake world thus making it possible for him to wield the stolen weapons. Why the freakazoid has none of the Characters been able to introduce fighter to the real world? hehe seriously. Its like fighter kills inocent people but he so stupid and easily manipulated most of the time that he cant be blamed for what he does. :brow:

Also, Kurosen, why is it that u r almost always the first one to post a reply or create the thread of the newest comic episode? :confused: I am just courius. (I think that is how you spell it)

[rpgdemon]

That's Brian, posting the thread.

[Nexus]

Really? I always assumed it was God.

[TimeSpaceMage]

In that case, I have been a good mage this year and would like another Wiimote so my friend can play NSMB with me.

[Martyr]

I'm trying hard to figure out this little philosophical tidbit about Fighter being his own enemy.
For example, his best friend hates him. He never does what he wants todo. And, in line with the idea that that weapon can't hurt him because it's being wielded by his ally and not his enemy (himself), I recall that,although Fighter did manage to swordchuck his way through a Fiend battle, he also swordchucked his way into class change (accidental suicide).

Just throwing that out there.

I also thought of a debunk for my argument against BMs using knives instead of axes: Usefulness of knives aside, Axe Murdering people is cool. I reckon that'ts far far far more than enough for BM to start using an axe.

[stapler942]

he didn't know what weapons I meant.

Sorry, I completely forgot when or where the DW's stole the RLW's weapons.

[KoolKKid]

so... referencing there reactions to the weapons im guessing (even tho the top and bottom need not any clarification) BM > Thief > RM > Fighter in "amount of evil" because RM is holding all the weapons and there just burning (despite colorful discription) seems a little less intense then a handle made of pain.

and are any of them going to pull the old "santa recovery act" and perform a great and selfless act to get off these weapons "naughty list" (yes Im using this because the time of year, Sue me... again)

Edit: maybe they could just give the weapons to Chaos and he'll just burn to death (they could gift wrap them and everything)

reply to the edit: if bm didnt die, chaos isnt. chaos cant be more evil than black mage if it took bm 734 years, 8 months, 2 weeks, and 5 days in the blink of an eye to try to get what sarda meant when his sacrifice must mean something to him, and he still didnt get it, thats evil at the most.

[KoolKKid]

I'm probably just too hyped on Team Fortress 2, but was BM's line (and the thread title quote) a reference to the Spy class' calm "I appear to have burst into flame" or "I do believe I'm on fire"?

Moving away from burning BM and stupid Fighter, I chuckled at Thief's "quit being a fruit" comment. :P
that was the exact same thing i did. chuckle and wonder.

[Geminex]

"I appear to have come aflame"...

...

COM;COL anyone?

[timemonkey]

For those thinking Red Mage's reaction means he's less evil, keep in mind that Red Mage has also spent a great deal of time actually being on fire, much of it voluntary. His standards for burning pain are likely higher than the others'.

[Grognor]

Wow! Fighter's been good all along!

Who'd have thought?

[Greenjolt]

That's Brian, posting the thread.

oooooooooooohhhhh. ok now that my couriosity has been fullfilled im....something