When a webcomic updates but you don't want to make a huge deal out of it, what you do

[tacticslion]

Originally Posted by Odjn

What the hell, that spell didn't have a saving throw at all? Power of plot, I guess.

There are a number of spells that don't have saving throws. Geas* (or if your spellcasting runs divine, Quest), for instance. In every case, however, what those spells lack in saves, they have in resistible [tags], such as (in the afore-mentioned case) [mind-affecting] - which, right up there with fire, is one of the most-oft-immune-to-things of the the 3.X Era of games - or they require a roll on the caster's part of some kind (be it spell resistance, or a touch attack) or some combination of the two.

In this epic spell's case, I'd guess it's the [death] tag which one could be (in theory) immune to, however, if the spell were powerful enough, and depending what you put into it, you could even overcome immunity to certain things. An appropriately epic bestowing of the correct curse (which does allow a save... in its non-epic format) can potentially reduce an immunity to a super-high defense (or no defense, or a vulnerability, depending on what the starting "value" of their defense/immunity/none was and the number of iterative curses that apply).

Besides, epic level spells aren't made like non-epic spells in the 3.X era. There's a lot of finessing involved. And GM approval* (and since Rich Berlew is effectively the GM...). Combined with enough little "fiddly bits", I could completely see Famlicide functioning as it's represented in the comic.

Also, Errant Story is now in its Epilogue. Just thought I'd mention.

[Fifthfiend]

Originally Posted by Fifthfiend

Okay guys it's March 5th, do we think Dresden Codak is going to

A. push back the "next comic updates on" date on his page, or

B. give up bothering to even do that

C. sell a book for a hundred and fifty dollars

...moved to march 9th 2012!!

[Loyal]

I really want Minmax's sword.

[Fifthfiend]

You know what I've noticed lately is Thunt's faces are looking hecks more like faces and not like horrible misshapen poo people.

Even the big scary monsters, which historically have had the pooiest of faces.

[stefan]

so I saw the new McNinja page and my first thought was this

[phil_]

See, my first thought was this. Not to say it's a better song as is usually the case with these me-too links, I just wanted to share what goes through my head when I see rainbows aurora and saxophone.

[tacticslion]

So, hey, looks like the webcomic No Rest for the Wicked might not be completely dead after all. Considering the site was updated today. I'd kind of given up hope, before following the link one more ("last"?) time from Captain SNES, and it was kind of surprising that it'd undergone a face (home page only) and was receiving other minor updates. No new comics, yet, though, so time will tell. Still. Might be nifty to get into again!

EDIT: speaking of "me too" posts that are full of one-ups-manship...
I greatly prefer this version.
(Also, the first one was... "repetitive"*, let's say, and the second guy was being kind of a jerk****.)

* If you consider a nigh-endless** loop of a guy not-actually playing the sax "repetitive". Which I do.

** By "nigh-endless", of course, I mean one minute and forty-two seconds. But at eight seconds (approximately) that's a lot of looping! Not that I was counting.***

*** That last sentence is a lie.

**** Yeah, I know it's a joke, but seriously - he was basically real-life trolling/rick-rolling with a saxophone, and specifically "played over" people who asked him to leave... nicely... with good reason.*****

***** I find it funny that this edit, which really isn't about much of anything, is much longer than my original post.

EDIT THREE:
What the Birds Know. Absolutely nothing something agonizingly slowly mysterious happening, and I love every minute of it. It's such a difficult thing to read... but it's a well-written work, I think, and has very well made characters. Fair warning: it's really sad, so far.

[phil_]

Originally Posted by tacticslion

the second guy was being kind of a jerk.

He totally was. It is my curse that "sexy sax solo" brings such a thing to mind instantly.

[Amake]

Lackadaisy! Page! Extras!

[tacticslion]

So...

Antiheroes is still going. It's still interesting, but still sadly slow.

Errant Story is also still going. "Only one more to go", though.

No Rest for the Wicked is now going again. At least with three pages. It's too early to say for sure how long it'll continue up again, but I'm glad that it's restarted, at least!

Also, Sluggy Freelance has started on its next story arc.

All in all, not bad.
Oh, almost forgot: it's kind of strange but really interesting that Darths and Droids has introduced an entirely new player with Luke (and also changed Luke's name - I think it's the first outright name-change of the series, and possibly predicts something similar with "Han").