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[PA Comic] Monday, February 24, 2014 - Patrimancy

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edited February 2014 in The Penny Arcade Hub

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  • Seanny_CrowSeanny_Crow Registered User new member
    Does his scrying pool has parental control?

  • A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    Look, sometimes souls get flayed. Just kids bein' kids.

  • ComradebotComradebot Lord of Dinosaurs Houston, TXRegistered User regular
    Eh, just slap some ointment on that soul twice a day for a week or so and it'll be fine.

  • QuicalQuical Registered User regular
    What is this about? Gonna need a newspost i think.
    Funny, but would like to know the context.

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  • MagnAxiomMagnAxiom Registered User regular
    I REALLY miss not having a button up top to take me to the Blog Posts!

  • TAFKAPTAFKAP Warrior-Jumper Registered User regular
    Erasmus gets a bad rap. The scythe was not intended for soul flaying.

  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Erasmus the Enchanter?

    ...I love that song!

  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    Isn't Tycho's middle name Erasmus?

    Everyone has a price. Throw enough gold around and someone will risk disintegration.
  • FyrebaughFyrebaugh Registered User new member
    It was bad enough on the old site, when there was no context to the comic. I have no idea what this is related to, none of the terms relate to anything I'm familiar with. On the old site at least I could click a link to take me to another f'n page that may or may not have a breakdown of what the comic was about. C'mon put a label on the comic stating what book or game or whatever this is in relation to! And your leave a comment button is not working with no reason as to why!

  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    The news post isn't always up at the same time as the strip, it's not that big of a deal... Just click the news link and it will take you to Jerry and Mike's posts. Why does it need the context of a book or game or whatever? It's a funny strip about a family of dark wizards. Most likely the product of a conversation they were having about something else.

    Everyone has a price. Throw enough gold around and someone will risk disintegration.
  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    edited February 2014
    Skull2185 wrote: »
    Isn't Tycho's middle name Erasmus?

    I believe so.
    MagnAxiom wrote: »
    I REALLY miss not having a button up top to take me to the Blog Posts!
    Fyrebaugh wrote:
    It was bad enough on the old site, when there was no context to the comic. I have no idea what this is related to, none of the terms relate to anything I'm familiar with. On the old site at least I could click a link to take me to another f'n page that may or may not have a breakdown of what the comic was about. C'mon put a label on the comic stating what book or game or whatever this is in relation to! And your leave a comment button is not working with no reason as to why!

    @MagnAxiom, @Fyrebaugh, I'm afraid this is user error/ignorance on your part.

    A button to take you to the blog post appears as soon as there is a blog post to accompany the comic. It's the "txt" button next to the comic navigation buttons.

    This is actually an improvement because before the button to take you to the news post was there regardless of whether the news post for the current comic had gone up yet, so it would just take you to the one for the comic before.

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  • Finnish_LineFinnish_Line Registered User regular
    It's smart to put the JPG up early in the day and the newspost later. Makes me visit the site at least twice.

  • Andy JoeAndy Joe We claim the land for the highlord! The AdirondacksRegistered User regular
    Fyrebaugh wrote: »
    It was bad enough on the old site, when there was no context to the comic. I have no idea what this is related to, none of the terms relate to anything I'm familiar with.

    Is this referencing to something specific? I thought it was just generally riffing on the evil sorcerers you can find everywhere and understood it just fine. There aren't any "terms" in the comic that I didn't recognize.

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  • LinktmLinktm Registered User regular
    It's all fun and games until somebody gets their soul flayed.

  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
    I swear to The Dark Old Ones, if you kids don't stop horsing around back there, I'm turning this car around! We are NOT going to Disneyland!

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  • calamityjamiecalamityjamie Corgi Wrangler Seattle, WARegistered User staff
    edited February 2014
    MagnAxiom wrote: »
    I REALLY miss not having a button up top to take me to the Blog Posts!

    There is one - the blog post just isn't posted yet :)

    To clarify, Mike draws the comics in advance but Jerry usually writes the newspost for the comic of a day on the same day.

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  • YoungFreyYoungFrey Registered User regular
    I figured for sure this was inspired by a Magic card based on them going back to it recently, but apparently there isn't a card called Soul Flay. It is a Warlock spell in World of Warcraft, so this might have been inspired by Hearthstone.

  • vidvid Hot Dog Wizard PDXRegistered User regular
    Huh. Went back to re-read it after catching the newspost for today, and I just noticed that the Dadromancer's skull belt buckle appears to disappear between panels one and two. Perhaps it fell into the scrying pool?

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  • Dark_SideDark_Side Registered User regular
    YoungFrey wrote: »
    I figured for sure this was inspired by a Magic card based on them going back to it recently, but apparently there isn't a card called Soul Flay. It is a Warlock spell in World of Warcraft, so this might have been inspired by Hearthstone.

    Probably has a lot to do with Mike picking up some starter packs to play with his oldest, and being amazed while watching his son learn the more complex mechanics of it.

  • Andy JoeAndy Joe We claim the land for the highlord! The AdirondacksRegistered User regular
    And apparently the comic is referencing "universal themes".

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  • AlwaysTheBigSpoonAlwaysTheBigSpoon Registered User regular
    Tycho seems to be content with Thief. Like it's just there. It's just alright.

    I wasn't convinced by various reviewers to pick it up. The mechanics are great, the story is "meh," there seems to be less focus on being a thief and more of being forced into a story. Now that it's out and the hype, wherever it was, is down, I don't think I felt too strongly about Thief. Off to see TotalBiscuit and see what he thinks.

  • Twenty SidedTwenty Sided Registered User regular
    Skull2185 wrote: »
    Isn't Tycho's middle name Erasmus?

    Erasmus is also Tycho's father in the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness series. Or one of the elder members of the family anyway.
    It's kind of the joke that Tycho is raised in a family that dabbles in the occult.

  • Ernie OportoErnie Oporto Registered User regular
    I feel like the txt link shouldn’t be there. Like the text that goes with the comic should just appear as the First Post in the comments, and these comments right after that. Since that is what is usually being referred to.

  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    Twenty Sided wrote: »
    Skull2185 wrote: »
    Isn't Tycho's middle name Erasmus?

    Erasmus is also Tycho's father in the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness series. Or one of the elder members of the family anyway.
    It's kind of the joke that Tycho is raised in a family that dabbles in the occult.

    Isn't it that everybody in the family line is Tycho E. Brahe, where the middle name starting with E changes? I couldn't remember if Tycho in the game was Tycho Erasmus or if that was another relative?

  • RatherDashingRatherDashing Registered User regular
    Not a pressing problem for me, since I can always check the "News" link at the top of the page, but I am not seeing a txt link anywhere around the comic, even after the relevant news post has gone up.

  • zerzhulzerzhul Registered User, Moderator mod
    RatherDashing89 wrote: »
    Not a pressing problem for me, since I can always check the "News" link at the top of the page, but I am not seeing a txt link anywhere around the comic, even after the relevant news post has gone up.
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  • Viktor WaltersViktor Walters Registered User regular
    RatherDashing89 wrote: »
    Not a pressing problem for me, since I can always check the "News" link at the top of the page, but I am not seeing a txt link anywhere around the comic, even after the relevant news post has gone up.

    The top border thingy can cover it if you scroll down to center the comic on your screen. I actually just had that problem.

  • VastinVastin Registered User regular
    I can assure you that the context here is much more about parenting than it is about gaming. You may assume that this is any necromancer, in any universe - but more significantly he is a father, dealing with Dad problems... well, Necromantic Dad problems anyway.

    Honestly this is one of my favorites in a long time. Instant desktop wallpaper. I may even print it out for the fridge.

  • ArbitraryDescriptorArbitraryDescriptor Registered User regular
    edited February 2014
    TAFKAP wrote: »
    Erasmus gets a bad rap. The scythe was not intended for soul flaying.
    That may be, but keeping any of the greater cursed blades in a vault without child-proof warding is just asking for trouble; let alone the fruit of Erasmus's misguided foray into existential agriculture.

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  • RatherDashingRatherDashing Registered User regular
    Viktor Walters wrote: »
    RatherDashing89 wrote: »
    Not a pressing problem for me, since I can always check the "News" link at the top of the page, but I am not seeing a txt link anywhere around the comic, even after the relevant news post has gone up.

    The top border thingy can cover it if you scroll down to center the comic on your screen. I actually just had that problem.

    That did it. Also, I was looking next to the navigation arrows instead of the comic title. Thanks!

  • Ronin356Ronin356 Nowhere MORegistered User regular
    #1 Necro Dad...

    I really liked this one.

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