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[DAPARROT]

Barracuda

[Mathel]

Fish

[scriver]

fishy sticks

[Blade Master Model 42]

Mozzarella sticks

[pikachu17]

Uh... This is not the word association thread...

[ChairmanPoo]

This is not the word dissociation needle

[Mathel]

They were next to each other and had similar content. I am sorry.

[Akura]

This is going to sound horrible, but wouldn't the correct course of action be to throw the sword anyway, potentially killing the baby as well as the vampire? The baby would be doomed anyway if Hel's plan succeeds, along with literally everyone else in the world not on a different plane. It's certainly a difficult thing, though I imagine it would be a lot easier if Raise Dead/Resurrection works on babies.

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Judging from what happened to Roy's little brother, it doesn't.

Also, I just noticed, but blinding spell that Minrah got hit with was the spell Ponchula was casting at the end of the previous strip. Why would she be casting Blindness if their primary attack requires the target to be able to see?

[Enemy post]

I think Roy's fine to throw. There's technically no rule about accidentally striking the soft cover with a ranged weapon, after all.

[Reelya]

This is going to sound horrible, but wouldn't the correct course of action be to throw the sword anyway, potentially killing the baby as well as the vampire?

Ah, no. Literary heroes don't skewer the baby to get the bad guy. Maybe if he was a hardcore anti-hero in a grimdark setting that would be possible, though it's usually to signify the MC's immoral nature which is later rectified through, for example, befriending and needing to protect a young boy/girl who then acts as their moral compass (think Terminator 2).

Literary villains, or un-reformed anti-heroes, use "ends justifies the means" as a rational basis for their actions, not regular heroes.

[Egan_BW]

Yes, "technically this is a net positive!" is not a heroic line of thinking.

[smjjames]

This is going to sound horrible, but wouldn't the correct course of action be to throw the sword anyway, potentially killing the baby as well as the vampire? The baby would be doomed anyway if Hel's plan succeeds, along with literally everyone else in the world not on a different plane. It's certainly a difficult thing, though I imagine it would be a lot easier if Raise Dead/Resurrection works on babies.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Judging from what happened to Roy's little brother, it doesn't.

Also, I just noticed, but blinding spell that Minrah got hit with was the spell Ponchula was casting at the end of the previous strip. Why would she be casting Blindness if their primary attack requires the target to be able to see?

By primary attack, you mean the dominate gaze? I guess if it failed once, there’s no guarantee it’ll work again. Maybe she’s out of dominate charges or whatever and did the next best thing to take Minrah out of the fight or at least made it harder

[Akura]

Maybe she’s out of dominate charges or whatever and did the next best thing to take Minrah out of the fight or at least made it harder

Vampire's Dominate Gaze is an at-will ability requiring only a standard action. It does have a range of 30ft, so maybe Minrah was out of range - unlikely since she's still near where V fell, and when Haley and Elan were dominated they were behind V. Still, Blindness is an odd choice - the same spell can cause Deafness(the spell is literally called Blindness/Deafness) based on caster choice, which would be better given that she's trying to cast healing spells(deaf casters have a fail chance with verbal components), and Roy is giving verbal orders.

[Enemy post]

Anyway, 1128.

[scriver]

This is your moment, kitty!

Do your thing!