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[MetalSlimeHunt]

I knew it would happen eventually, but my god.

[crazyabe]

New one.

[smjjames]

Today's comic made me wonder if it had a reference to dwarf fortress.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I don't think so, she wasn't using the baby as a shield

Yeah, that's gotta be a reference to DF....

I think the comic has made some other more subtle references to DF before though.

[scriver]

Yes. YES. YEEEEESSSS!!!

[MorleyDev]

Wow, did not see that coming. I think this one gives 8-bit Theatre a run for it's money with longest set-up ever...

[Akura]

OOOOOOOOOHHHHHH!

I knew that loose end wasn't going to stay loose, but...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

IS THAT DURKON'S BABY?!

[TD1]

How long has Durky been exiled for? That baby doesn't look too old.

[Akura]

How long has Durky been exiled for? That baby doesn't look too old.

Spoiler: Very beginning of the comic (click to show/hide)

That's Hilgya, one of Nale's original party members. Durkon slept with her. Then he found out she was already married and ditched her. Turns out she got pregnant from that. Baby is probably a couple months, assuming dwarves have the same 9 months humans do.

[TD1]

Oooh. Dunno why I thought she was that rubbish bard. They don't look too similar.

[Enemy post]

Wow, did not see that coming. I think this one gives 8-bit Theatre a run for it's money with longest set-up ever...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The 8-bit Theatre setup was about 9 years, we haven't seen Hilgya for about 13.

[Dorsidwarf]

Hilgya! I knew we couldn't have the dwarf arc without seeing her!

I expect her help won't be as easy as all that, and I strongly foresee a refusal to cast Resurrection in the future.

[smjjames]

They could ask someone else for the resurrection thing. They could also wait months until the body is a pile of bones, which they did while separated from each other.

[Dorsidwarf]

They could ask someone else for the resurrection thing. They could also wait months until the body is a pile of bones, which they did while separated from each other.

Yeah but this bishbash with durkula over the end of the world isn't the end of the matter. Obviously it makes a big difference if they can just resurrect their high level cleric right away, letting them immediately go back to rushing to catch up to Xykon before he picks the right door.

[pikachu17]

How would they resurrect Durkon? He turns to ash upon death, and I am not sure whether Ressurection can work on an unwilling vampire.

[Akura]

Wow, did not see that coming. I think this one gives 8-bit Theatre a run for it's money with longest set-up ever...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The 8-bit Theatre setup was about 9 years, we haven't seen Hilgya for about 13.

To be fair, the 8-bit Theatre one was a Brick Joke with an actual setup line("Four White Mages? It'll never work!"). There wasn't anything to suggest Hilgya would reappear other than the author's habit of brick-joking even the most obscure bits.

How would they resurrect Durkon? He turns to ash upon death, and I am not sure whether Ressurection can work on an unwilling vampire.

Presumably the vampire spirit is destroyed when the body is reduced to 0HP, freeing Durkon's soul(which is the one that chooses to resurrect or not). Resurrection can work on ashes, if I remember correctly. It's Raise Dead that needs a mostly intact corpse, while True Resurrection(which the author hates) just requires you to be able to positively identify them by name.