NP Friday November 11, 2016

[Stature 96]

http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp.php?id=537

She better not test her limits yet then.

[Vorlonagent 442]

5 minutes ago, Stature said:

She better not test her limits yet then.

That's what Patereon is for. 

[hkmaly 490]

42 minutes ago, Stature said:

http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp.php?id=537

She better not test her limits yet then.

I think this is more than double FV5 ... wouldn't complain if it WAS her limit.

Few rhetorical questions: Is this the same spell as the "get tall" one, just applied differently, or is it different spell, making total count 4?

Did the "later" already happened between this NP and "now"?

Can she cast the "tall" and this spell on Catalina? Did her?

[partner555 170]

14 minutes ago, hkmaly said:

I think this is more than double FV5 ... wouldn't complain if it WAS her limit.

Few rhetorical questions: Is this the same spell as the "get tall" one, just applied differently, or is it different spell, making total count 4?

Did the "later" already happened between this NP and "now"?

Can she cast the "tall" and this spell on Catalina? Did her?

It is possible for spells to be updated. Remember how Nanase's fairy doll got updated?

[hkmaly 490]

10 minutes ago, partner555 said:

It is possible for spells to be updated. Remember how Nanase's fairy doll got updated?

Are you referring to upgrade spells or whatever this was?

[jmucchiello 8]

Too bad Pandora isn't listening to tell us if this makes Rhoda a DD-Rank wizard.

[The Old Hack 2,448]

24 minutes ago, jmucchiello said:

Too bad Pandora isn't listening to tell us if this makes Rhoda a DD-Rank wizard.

*grabs list from JML*

*makes a note in list*

*returns list to JML*

[mlooney 3,417]

54 minutes ago, The Old Hack said:

*grabs list from JML*

*makes a note in list*

*returns list to JML*

Thank you Mr O.  Hack.

Panel 3 would make the "dwell in the shirt" option much easier, of course, that goes with out saying.

[Scotty 1,061]

Stacks on stacks. Rhoda stacked to get stacked. Stacks for days!

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....

That's all I got...

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,586]

How coordinated and/or athletic is Rhoda?

How long can she hold the "tall" form?

What are the rules concerning the use of shapeshifting magic in sports (specifically basketball, volleyball, and any other competition where a long frame and longer reach gives a significant advantage)?

[Scotty 1,061]

17 minutes ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

How coordinated and/or athletic is Rhoda?

How long can she hold the "tall" form?

What are the rules concerning the use of shapeshifting magic in sports (specifically basketball, volleyball, and any other competition where a long frame and longer reach gives a significant advantage)?

The same can be said about Nanase, she's probably avoided joining any school teams and likely restricted herself in how much she does during gym class to avoid raising suspicion that she was somehow augmenting her strength, even if suspicion of magic wasn't what she was worried about, the constant drug tests probably would be annoying to have to go through, and it is possible that DGB would have something to say about it too.

Actually, hmm, Noah is also someone who would be in a similar situation, I imagine Grace by default tries to avoid doing anything to cause suspicion, but Noah did have an incident where he beat up several seniors, maybe Adrian had Noah tone things down after that.

[ijuin 572]

Ellen did say that Noah seems not to attract any attention to himself in gym class, so he probably is trying to hold back.

[partner555 170]

11 hours ago, hkmaly said:

Are you referring to upgrade spells or whatever this was?

Yes, though I forgot about the fae punch one.

[RainbowWizard 35]

 

 

Although to be fair, the capacity to 'boiiing' out one's bust does have combat potential if she does a training montage. Flesh creation to absorb hits that would hurt one's allies...

 

Catalina is melee DPS Catgirl Rogue, Rhoda is maybe a ranged tank... with specialisation on power that does body scale morphs.

 

They just need a cleric and they could have an adventuring party going!

[Aura Guardian 57]

16 hours ago, Scotty said:

Stacks on stacks. Rhoda stacked to get stacked. Stacks for days!

...

....

That's all I got...

Lotta stacking.

[ijuin 572]

2 hours ago, RainbowWizard said:

Although to be fair, the capacity to 'boiiing' out one's bust does have combat potential if she does a training montage. Flesh creation to absorb hits that would hurt one's allies...

 

Catalina is melee DPS Catgirl Rogue, Rhoda is maybe a ranged tank... with specialisation on power that does body scale morphs.

 

They just need a cleric and they could have an adventuring party going!

I don't know about Clerics, but we have a Summoner, a couple of Monks, and a Flying Brick handy . . .

As for "boiiiing", if Rhoda's height-change is anything to go by, it takes a few seconds of concentration for her transformations, similar to Elliot's transformations.

[hkmaly 490]

On 11/12/2016 at 5:34 AM, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

What are the rules concerning the use of shapeshifting magic in sports (specifically basketball, volleyball, and any other competition where a long frame and longer reach gives a significant advantage)?

I'm sure DGB takes care of that.

On 11/12/2016 at 5:51 AM, Scotty said:

The same can be said about Nanase, she's probably avoided joining any school teams and likely restricted herself in how much she does during gym class to avoid raising suspicion that she was somehow augmenting her strength, even if suspicion of magic wasn't what she was worried about, the constant drug tests probably would be annoying to have to go through, and it is possible that DGB would have something to say about it too.

She's training martial arts, anyone can be told that. That's enough to avoid suspicious in "normal" gym class even if she's not holding back. (Not speaking that half of school saw her floating in air.)

Of course, joining some school team would be more dangerous, and taking part in any event serious enough to do drug testing even more so. I would assume Edward would notice.

It was actually more luck than Elliot didn't joined any team - I mean, before the diamond. He was ALSO training anime martial arts and had therefore bigger strength, but was not aware he need to be careful, and Edward probably didn't observed him so closely.

12 hours ago, RainbowWizard said:

Although to be fair, the capacity to 'boiiing' out one's bust does have combat potential if she does a training montage. Flesh creation to absorb hits that would hurt one's allies...

 

Catalina is melee DPS Catgirl Rogue, Rhoda is maybe a ranged tank... with specialisation on power that does body scale morphs.

Rhoda can probably outgrow most opponents, at least if she's going to risk wardrobe malfunction. Or better, she can grow Catalina while Catalina is growing claws.

... what size Catalina needs to be to be able to tear tanks to pieces?

10 hours ago, ijuin said:

I don't know about Clerics, but we have a Summoner, a couple of Monks, and a Flying Brick handy . . .

We could've get cleric, but Pandora wasn't interested in marks like that ...

 

[ijuin 572]

Pandora was uninterested in giving Ashley healing spells because the only ones she could give her were really weak ones that nobody would take notice of ("heal minor scratches", etc.). Pandora might have gone for it if she could have given a "Cure Serious Wounds" spell instead.

[hkmaly 490]

14 hours ago, ijuin said:

Pandora was uninterested in giving Ashley healing spells because the only ones she could give her were really weak ones that nobody would take notice of ("heal minor scratches", etc.). Pandora might have gone for it if she could have given a "Cure Serious Wounds" spell instead.

I'm sure there are games with similarly "effective" healers.

[ijuin 572]

In Tales of Rebirth, the healer (Annie) has no spells that heal a bunch of HP at once--instead, every one of her spells will heal HP in a slow trickle, and then only for characters who remain standing within the spell's zone of effect. I was able to swap her out of the active party and barely noticed the difference in terms of how many healing items I needed to use.

[Tom Sewell 268]

On 11/12/2016 at 8:34 PM, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

How coordinated and/or athletic is Rhoda?

Enough to scramble up a tree even though she'd never climbed a tree before. Rhoda's clumsiness seems mostly due hesitation coming from her poor self-image. If she has to act before thinking, she might be able to do a lot better than she expects.

And judging from her gaining new spells without a spell book and the way she's been acting in Escape, Rhoda has been gaining in both magical power and self-confidence.

I'd like to see the taller Rhoda run into Lucy, who is the (naturally) tallest female in the cast so far, but I guess it won't happen back in October because Lucy would have blabbed to Diane by now--unless maybe Rhoda makes Lucy swear to keep it a secret.

[mlooney 3,417]

1 minute ago, Tom Sewell said:

I'd like to see the taller Rhoda run into Lucy, who is the (naturally) tallest female in the cast so far, but I guess it won't happen back in October because Lucy would have blabbed to Diane by now--unless maybe Rhoda makes Lucy swear to keep it a secret.

There is also the possibility that Lucy doesn't recognize Tall!Rhoda due to what amounts to reverse change blindness, in that she knows Rhoda is a very small girl, so this taller model like girl can't be her.

[Tom Sewell 268]

Just now, mlooney said:

here is also the possibility that Lucy doesn't recognize Tall!Rhoda due to what amounts to reverse change blindness, in that she knows Rhoda is a very small girl, so this taller model like girl can't be her.

Yes, maybe, although you could get a pretty good strip out of Lucy passing the amplified Rhoda, stopping, and then thinking (cue thought balloon): "Nah, couldn't be."

[hkmaly 490]

2 hours ago, mlooney said:

3 hours ago, Tom Sewell said:

I'd like to see the taller Rhoda run into Lucy, who is the (naturally) tallest female in the cast so far, but I guess it won't happen back in October because Lucy would have blabbed to Diane by now--unless maybe Rhoda makes Lucy swear to keep it a secret.

There is also the possibility that Lucy doesn't recognize Tall!Rhoda due to what amounts to reverse change blindness, in that she knows Rhoda is a very small girl, so this taller model like girl can't be her.

Might not even be psychological effect - Rhoda would definitely look differently from front than from up. Hmmm ...

2 hours ago, Tom Sewell said:

Yes, maybe, although you could get a pretty good strip out of Lucy passing the amplified Rhoda, stopping, and then thinking (cue thought balloon): "Nah, couldn't be."

... another scenario: Lucy sees Rhoda from higher floor, goes down and passes her while searching for her. Because she's recognized her from up but not from front ...

... although, both of those scenarios have the question how RHODA would react. I suspect "panic".

[mlooney 3,417]

33 minutes ago, hkmaly said:

although, both of those scenarios have the question how RHODA would react. I suspect "panic".

She seems rather confident right now.  Might not.