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I would pick dragon. I love dragons.

This comic also reveals an interesting tidbit about Immortal law. They're not allowed to directly depower. The energy clog is empowering Moperville. Nothing about Immortal law as we know it says they have to stick to empowering people.

She would make an interesting GM, though.

I just had a thought...if DW is going to try to get Pandora to relay the message to Grace, then that possibly means that Pandora isn't the only threat that could bring about a magic system change. It would be a silly idea to ask Pandora to relay a message to stop her own plan, unless DW is banking on her boredom from her extreme age or her sympathy after hearing the details of the message.

I am on my iPad, that may have something to do with it. As far as I've seen, the text color button doesn't show up on mobile versions of the editor

...maybe 168 hours has some mystical significance in EGS...more likely it's just an impressive way to say a week though...

What makes you think Disco Wizard wouldn't be lying to her face? If he hasn't been lying up to this point and doesn't have some secret that he needs to hide from Pandora, he has little incentive to lie to her. His stated goal is to prevent the magical system change and Pandora is one of, if not the main cause of that threat. If he can, by some shred of luck or miracle, convince her of the gravity of the consequences of her apocalypse and get her to stop, then he's completed his objective before things get too out of hand. I think Pandora and Disco Wizard would automatically leave her head, but I'm not sure. I certainly hope so. Disco Wizard would certainly leave, as he can only talk with her in dream. Pandora, on the other hand ... Pandora would likely be ejected as well. She had to wait for Grace to be dreaming to enter her mind and root around for clues. Judging Pandora for her actions can get weird if you realize that in the point she told Magus, she might've already predicted that she wouldn't be able to make anyone kill Abraham. Maybe that's why she only threw a bit of a tantrum instead of throwing a massive tantrum. Assuming she didn't do anything to induce uncertainty into the situation, maybe. Maybe not. She can predict wrongly and has been surprised before, and I don't trust her to not induce uncertainty into the situation. She cares deeply for her family, but she's also crazy and dangerously unstable.

What about farmers and potters and masons and smiths and weavers? And all the other common civilian occupations from the days of yore? These people aren't guards or soldiers (except when conscripted and torn away from their lives, often given rapid training in the simplest of arms) and often depend on the guards and soldiers to defend them from threats and to keep the peace. I can understand fighting and even killing if one has to, but if one doesn't have to, they shouldn't. Get away and contact the police or such. The topic of Fighting versus Running and Hiding has been on my mind a lot as my work has been teaching the employees what to do in an active shooter situation and is even planning on having a drill on it soon.

Possibly he's strong enough to forcibly eject the average Immortal (putting him on par with Agent Wolf) and just momentarily forgot exactly which Immortal he was threatening.

He's claiming the be the emissary of Magic, which by his admittance is kinda apathetic to the current plight, only putting in a token effort. I doubt Magic Itself would help him that much, at least above and beyond what he can already do as a wizard. Maybe if he is attacked first, as attacking Magic's emissary could be seen as an insult against Magic Itself, but if DW is the aggressor (which he would have to be as Pandora doesn't throw the first punch) then he likely wouldn't get any additional help.

If you don't care about the characters and their plight, then Undertale will lose most to all of it's impact. A lot of people love the game because they find the characters endearing and become invested in their plight. No one piece of media or art is going to appeal to everyone. Anyone who thinks that everyone will enjoy a given piece of art is either deluding themselves, naive, or foolish. A piece of art can appeal to a large number of people, but not everyone. There are simply too many varying opinions and tastes of what is good for that to be possible. As for the question of why to not kill Undine, why should you kill Undine? Sure, she's trying to kill you with magic spears, but that doesn't mean you should answer violence with violence. It's entirely possible to just run from her and get away. With the exception of one or two fights at the end, all monster encounters can be dealt with by dodging the attacks and defusing the incident or just running away from it. If one is going for a Pacifist run, they don't even need the Fight command at all(though you can still use it and get pacifist as long as you don't kill the monsters, presumably to prevent punishing accidents). The game berates players that killing monsters, because the setting is treating those deaths with much of the weight of killing an actual person. Someone is dead because of the player's actions. Possibly it was in self-defense, which is understandable, but it does mean the player didn't try for a better outcome and answered violence with violence.

I think the skill he was trying to teach Grace is lucid dreaming. A skilled lucid dreamer is the utter master of their dreamscape, able to change it into whatever they want. That would be quite the handy skill to have for dealing with dream intruders.Even for someone of Pandora's power-level, she would have to contend with someone that controls every aspect of the reality they are in.

Oh yes. I was going to acknowledge the fact that DLC gets misused and abused, but then I realized I was winding up for a rant that was tangential to the point I was trying to make. So I didn't delve into the rant and got on with my point. And I don't want to go full rant right now, as I should be asleep, but in short: Yes DLC gets misused and abused butbI honestly believe it's a net positive for the industry and end users alike.

The only reason we see tiny DLC these days is because digital distribution is cheap enough and easy enough to allow for that business model. Before digital distribution, the cost of printing the content to disk and shipping it to stores, on top of the costs to develop the content, would have required a price point too high for gamers to be willing to pay for such a small amount of content. So the companies would have to create enough content to stuff onto the disk to justify the cost of making the disk.So if one of the developers came up with a really cool idea for a few additional missions after the product has already been sent to the printers, that idea will get discarded unless they can find enough crud to pad out the space on a disk. Digital distribution and DLC allows for small concept additions, as well as for concepts and content that didn't make it in the original product due to time and/or budget restrictions. The tabletop business has similar concerns. Splat books need a large-ish amount of content to justify the price to cover the printing and shipping costs. Though, as mlooney mentioned, some tabletop companies are taking advantage of digital distribution to allow for smaller content releases. I've seen a pdf full of story seeds (just the ideas and concepts of stories to get you started) for a few dollars, though admittedly it was dozens, if not, a hundred or so story seeds. Something that's nice to have if one is experiencing writer's block, but largely unneeded otherwise. Tabletop RPG's even have an equivalent to cosmetic DLC: miniatures. They're largely unneeded though can be really nice to have. Miniatures can help with immersion for some people, though the same could be said for cosmetic items in a CRPG. It's even technically possible nowadays to get miniatures through digital distribution, though that requires you to have access to the equipment for 3d printing.

Barring artifical influences, as production of the drug ramps up and improves, the cost of the drug would eventually fall, like with most technologies and pharmaceuticals (actually the main cost point of most drugs is covering the cost of researching the drug. Once the patent expires, inexpensive generic brands generally follow, at least for drugs that have enough demand that the generic pharma companies can justify the cost of setting up production)

I'm pretty sure it's closer to the later. Likely the spellbooks are pulling data from their linked owners, parsing the details of the spells and outputting the verbose text to the pages, similar to how Tedd can understand a spell by watching it be cast, though with the efficiency of a machine or computer program and with the advantage of being able to access data even when it's not in use. On that point, I imagine it's possible to make a spellbook that doesn't have as verbose or dense text, but doing so would be risky as you would be losing detail that might be important, especially if the book isn't particularly 'smart' with what details it culls for readability. In the case of laws, that's in part what lawyers are for. A good part of their job is to decipher the thick, verbose laws and legal documents and provide accurate, understandable legal advice for their clients. If spellbooks would be admissible evidence in the EGS-verse, there are likely lawyers, or something equivalent, who specialize in deciphering spellbooks for the courts and/or their clients. Would these services be affordable for a teenage without a steady job? Most likely not. ... while not trying to spent some time outside city is negligent, transforming often enough is also effective. Very true, but there have been several times that Elliot has neglected to transform often enough, like at the comic shop on the day the fire dude showed up or when the day Ashley got to see him transform. Those times he managed to keep his magic under control long enough to get out of sight and intentionally trigger a spell to bring his energy levels under control, but he still let them get high enough to risk the energy overflowing and force triggering a spell (imagine what would have happened if the bathroom had been occupied) and a harsh court could potentially damn him for being that risky with his magic.

Except Elliot does have functional training for his 'weapon.' Elliot is well practiced with Anime-style Martial Arts, which trains the user in super-powered martial combat. He has trained on how to punch and kick and otherwise fight while pumping ki (which has sense been established to be magical energy) into his muscles for additional power. Of the abilities that Cheerleadra currently has, the only combat ability that Elliot wouldn't be trained with is Flight and that appears to be at least semi-instinctive as he can fly in complex patterns soon after first using the spell (he does have problems with the landing though). I would say he would have sufficient training for at least the basic abilities of Cheerleadra and is only lacking on more complex and advanced capabilities While I posited a hypothetical of endangering bystanders via an unknown ability, magic user seem to have a generally firm control over when their abilities activate. The only times we've seen spells activate with little to no intent, is when someone is first marked without their knowledge or when the person is experiencing dangerous energy buildups. The other times we've seen of someone activating an aspect of a spell without consciously meaning to, they've had either an intent similar to what the aspect does (and that aspect is on hair-trigger) or they've had strong desire and intent in line with the function of the spell or aspect. Sarah triggered the switch bodies part of her spell when she was intent on moving Carol in the simulation. Elliot triggered the Cheerleadra spell in his sleep due to a dream about being a superhero. He triggered the secret identity aspect without knowing about it when he was freaking out about how he would get home without anyone realizing that he was the mysterious new superhero. His merger with the phone was passive and other than answering a call by touching his belly button he only triggered the phone apps when he had desire and intent to bring them up. So unless the hypothetical dangerous spell/aspect is on a hair-trigger (in which case Elliot would likely find out about it rather quickly after earning it), then any unknown spell or aspect will likely go unused. Should a person rendering first aid be held liable for using makeshift supplies when they have a first aid kit in their car, if they don't know it's there? If Elliot where to be brought up on charges for gross negligence, it would likely be over his not managing his energy buildups properly, as those can and have force triggered spells. Also I don't see why Good Samaritan Laws wouldn't apply to Supertypes, provided said individual is neither a professional super nor are intentionally seeking out crisis or emergency situations (though that might fall under volunteer work if the super isn't expecting remuneration, though depending on the situations might run afoul of vigilante laws)

An interesting thought and scenario, though that exact one is unlikely to happen. Elliot's actions as Cheerleadra would largely be protected by Good Samaritan laws, which protect non-professionals who are trying to help in emergency or crisis situations from legal liability of collateral and such, such as someone administering CPR and cracking the person's ribs or pulling someone from a burning vehicle and worsening any sustained injuries. There are certainly limitations of such laws, but as long as there's no evidence of Cheerleadra intentionally causing harm or risk, it's unlikely there would be much legal ground to convict Elliot, as he's not employed by any law enforcement or emergency services and he's not intentionally seeking out the super hero work. Maybe if his negligence directly endangered bystanders(like if he gets an spell that lets him fire laser eye beams or something and triggers the spell accidentally), but as he's not a professional, it's doubtful that he would be legally expected to otherwise reduce risk in a crisis situation. Note, I'm not a lawyer, just your typical knowledge sponge, though I did learn the general points about Good Samaritan laws in a class on First Aid.

You're not required to kill anyone in Dishonored, but the alternatives are rather cruel. Dishonored is a game about revenge, either through blood or through cruel 'mercy'.

There are batteries that you add fluid acid to after buying them. Batteries for stuff like boats and motorcycles.Such a battery is typically a wet cell though. Dry cell batteries would be more difficult and less safe to attempt filling by the end user, though theoretically it would be possible.

Well... I can't speak for the reactor, given appropriately miniaturized power sources are one of the bigger stumbling blocks that make mech suits not a thing IRL, (closest anybody's built, to my knowledge, is more of a powered lifting frame) but if the hardware is exactly the same every time, all you would need for the software is one master copy preconfigured for a specific proprietary setup. also, mass production of printed circuit boards and microprocessors is pretty common even today; look at the console industry. ...but yeah, that reactor might be an issue. If anything is trouble some with mass producing a mech, it would be the reactor fuel, especially if it's a volatile and/or radioactive substance. The reactor itself should be able to be produced like the rest of the systems of the mech: mass produce the subcomponents and then assemble them.

I agree so very much with that. I don't think Edward understands how much he has hurt his son, but Tedd no longer feels safe around his father and that is a terrible situation for both of them. I just had a thought of why Edward might be discouraging of Tedd spending time as a girl. Tedd has been noted as having a very strong family resemblance with Nanase, especially when he has short hair. And Nanase has been noted to be the spitting image of Noriko. Therefor, Tedd looks like a (purple-haired and typically male) Noriko. So whenever Tedd turns into a girl without additional changes, he would look even more like his mom, a potential painful reminder to Edward of his love that left him. Now, even if this thought is true, I doubt it would be the only reason for Edward to discourage Tedd turning himself female and I'm not even sure if Edward would be consciously aware of that driving his actions. I could also just be going off on a wild tangent, but such is the case with random thoughts.

Not necessary. It might be something which already happened in Saturday or it may happen in Monday ... True, but given that Dan says "It's pretty much been impossible to show anything past that Saturday because of what comes next." that implies that something significant is going to happen Sunday. Could be an escalation of something started on Saturday, or it might just be the start of a whole roller-coaster of 'fun'. No real way to know until the Q&A finishes and the story resumes. (And probably a few updates after that as it's doubtful, though possible, to jump right into whatever the significant thing is)

Seems like something important is going to happen on Sunday in-verse.

That's not entirely true. While games are more sensitive to character power levels, an extremely powerful character in any narrative work can remove dramatic tension, requiring either contrivances or escalation to explain why the OP character doesn't simply solve the problem causing the dramatic tension. EGS does focus more on social aspects than straight combat, but given Grace's pacifistic, fun-loving, and over-all friendly nature, the most likely spells for Grace to get if she awakens would be social in aspect. It's true you still need SOME balance in narrative work. Difference is that in game, you need to balance all characters using just power of abilities. In narrative work, you only need to balance party against enemy (or did someone complained that Gandalf and Aragorn are OP compared to Merry and Pippin?) and you have much more tools for balancing, like specific disadvantages, bad luck, social aspects ... Gandalf was rather OP, but was kept in check by the fact that he didn't do much outside of a few key events and focused more and being the wise old guy... I know of one series that was dampened by disparate power among the main characters: Dragon Ball Z. At the start, there was a variety of active characters with different personalities and styles that people enjoyed, but as the series went on, the threats were continuously escalated to deal with the increasing power level of the main characters, but only a handful of characters had the ever increasing power that necessitated the escalating threats. This led to the characters, characters that people liked, that couldn't keep up to steadily get pushed out of the action and to the sidelines or even out of the narrative with the exception of the odd cameo. In short, severely lopsided power distribution in a main cast can cause a character to overshadow the other characters and even push them out of the narrative (Why should we have character X involved in this plot when character Y can serve the same function and more?). A writer can certainly prevent a powerful character from breaking the plot and cast dynamics, but it requires skill, forethought, and energy(and possibly time. From what I know which might not be much, DBZ's writer was pretty skilled and had a plan..up to the Freeza arc, but his publisher and/or editor pushed him to continue it on past that AND he had to deal with tight deadlines) I doubt that EGS would run risk of such troubles though. If nothing else, Dan spends a lot of time thinking about his script and isn't above breaking schedule for a re-write if he decides he doesn't like where the script is going and he genuinely seems to love his characters and his work. Also I would like to note that games can use those tools for balancing characters as well, depending on the type of game and how it's rules and engine are constructed. For instance, there are games, such as Persona 4, that work bad luck both into a character stats and characterization.