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Thread: #722: Where'd he get the sword?
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2010-05-13, 12:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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#722: Where'd he get the sword?
Something has been bugging me for quite some time now. In comic 722, Elan pulls out his trusty rapier to try and fight his way out, but...where does he get the rapier from? Back in #714, we see him clearly get knocked out by the half-dragon, and he drops his rapier to the ground and it is never picked back up (despite the fact that the rapier is somehow missing from the very next panel of art).
You would think that, even if he did have a spare rapier, he'd have been searched by the bounty hunters and the guards before being let into the kingdom, let alone into the Empress of Blood's Throne Room. There is a non-core spell that lets a bard summon a mundane weapon, but that's both non-core and a spell, which Elan does not appear to cast.
Likewise, Haley does not have her weapon (the bow), even though she actually had the opportunity to pick it back up off-screen; somehow I doubt Elan suddenly invested enough skill points to out-do Haley on a slight of hand check made to conceal a weapon.
So, where does he get the rapier from? I'm curious.
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2010-05-13, 01:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: #722: Where'd he get the sword?
Trouser space.
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2010-05-13, 01:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: #722: Where'd he get the sword?
It's an illusion.
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2010-05-13, 01:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: #722: Where'd he get the sword?
hammerspace. (its diffrent from trouser space becuse hammerspace is a pocket dimetion often used by anime folk to draw random objects out from nothing behind their backs)
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2010-05-13, 01:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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2010-05-13, 01:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: #722: Where'd he get the sword?
Enor picks up the rapier between panels, Elan steals it back while he is confused.
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2010-05-13, 02:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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2010-05-13, 03:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: #722: Where'd he get the sword?
Maybe he 'forgot' to mark it off on his character sheet and no one called him on it?
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2010-05-13, 04:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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2010-05-13, 05:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: #722: Where'd he get the sword?
He must have learned some tricks from Cloud
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2010-05-13, 06:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: #722: Where'd he get the sword?
A +3 Rapier is valuable, the mercs should have picked it up.
Should have picked also Haley's Bow, of course. But... details.
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It's just a spare Rapier.Last edited by The Pilgrim; 2010-05-13 at 06:18 AM.
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2010-05-13, 07:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: #722: Where'd he get the sword?
Elan owns two rapiers. His first rapier was stolen by Nale when he impersonated Elan. He got a second rapier from Julio Scoundrél as a gift. Then, he retrieved his original rapier when he defeated Nale and reclaimed all of his equipment.
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2010-05-13, 09:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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2010-05-13, 10:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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2010-05-13, 11:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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2010-05-13, 11:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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Hey, we actually got the Giant to post. I'd call that a win for us overall. :)
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2010-05-13, 11:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: #722: Where'd he get the sword?
Damn, and I was sure it was going to be a Dashing Swordsman class feature.
Level 1, CHA to attack and damage while using light weapons and wit. Level 2, DR 10 vs boring practicalities. Level 3, Where Was He Hiding That? (Ex)
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2010-05-13, 01:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-05-13, 01:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-05-13, 02:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Wow, the very first discussion thread I read has The Giant posting in it.
This bodes well, yes indeed!
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2010-05-13, 04:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: #722: Where'd he get the sword?
Well I was just going to say "Just repeat to yourself 'it's just a comic strip, I should really just relax." but given that The Giant has already provided a response I'll just keep quiet. Which, of course, required an entire paragraph to explain for reasons unbeknownst to me.
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Re: #722: Where'd he get the sword?
Now where is Roland and his witty remark?
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2010-05-13, 05:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: #722: Where'd he get the sword?
I think I like Dave's explanation better...
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2010-05-13, 06:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: #722: Where'd he get the sword?
Oh, man.... now that the Giant has posted definitively on the matter, I don't get to expound with great detail on how this could have easily been explained by the previous work of the 'Rapier Fairy'.
Somehow I'll have to carry on.
That being said, I'm now hoping Elan will be able to retrieve his second rapier once this business with the Blood Empress and his father has been taken care of (or as a part of it)!Last edited by Menas; 2010-05-13 at 06:48 PM.
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2010-05-13, 06:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: #722: Where'd he get the sword?
I was going to say it is a summon instrument spell. We all know his Perform ranks is in razor sharp wit, naturally his instrument is his sword.
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2010-05-13, 07:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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