Part 1 of 2  "Keep the minis hidden" Panel 1A Arthur and Lia are   walking, Mareg is behind Arthur half offcamera.   Lia has her want out and its glowing. Arthur"Why are we going through these tunnels?" Lia"Because one of the villagers said it might lead to the lich queen." Arthur"Ok" Panel 1B A click sound"click" comes from the ground Arthur"Shouldn't Ethan be up front looking for traps?" Lia"Why do you bring that up?" Arthur"Well I just heard something and got worried it might be a tra..." Panel 2A The   ground has opened beneath the party and they've begun to fall inside, everyone except Darmeth who isn't there right now, another comic will have his story. Arthur"aaapp .." "AAAaaah" from everyone as they fall. Panel 2B Darmeth is walking around, holding a torch.   "See guys, I totally tricked you, you never even saw me as you walked past m ...

In my tabletop games, we often have at least one of the six people not show up.  When that happens, we just have someone play the other person's character. The artificer, played by my friend Matt Matt, and the warden, played by my friend Josh, both often play each others character and sort of make fun of the other character.  This comic was done in that spirit, who would let Ethan play Arthur's character? Hard to guess, on one hand, Ethan is going to powerplay, on the other hand, Ethan might have your character commit seppuku. Hmm...

comic done in the style of Family Circus!

"Zombies don't appreciate sarcasm" Panel 1A Mareg has the old man ghoul with one hand and is readying his sword to kill him. from offscreen"Stop!" Panel 1B Lia is standing there, Mareg has turned like"huh?" Lia"We can't kill any of them, they're still people inside, we should try and communicate to the goodness thats inside!" Mareg"Arthur! Diplomacy check, Hurry!" Panel 2A Albert, Mike, and Melissa lean over the gaming table as Albert rolls. *clatter* A zoom window, shows the d20 clearly on a 1. Panel 2B Arthur and Mareg is holding the door closed while zombie arms reach inside.  Mareg"What did you say, they're even more mad now!" Arthur"I dunno, I just said we'd kill the lich queen and free them of their curse, if it takes as long as our last adventure, no more than a year or two."

"I'll take some soul with my prune juice" Panel 1A The camera is panned left, as Arthur and Mareg look at zombies coming out of the mist.  Arthur"What? The lich queen! Ethan, do something!" Ethan has his dagger up, "I'll do something allright, these villagers don't know who they're messing with" Arthur"Quick old man, where is the lich queen's lair?" Panel 1B Camera pans right, old man is taking his dentures out and putting in fanged dentures, his face is pale, his eyes yellow, etc. , Arthur has big eyes, Ethan's still facing away and his dagger is glowing. Arthur small text"Uh old man...?" Old Man"I'll eat your soul!" Panel 2A The old man has leaped on Ethan's back and is biting his arm. Ethan"Get off me old man" Old Man"mmmmph..Soul..mmmmm" Panel 2B Ethan runs by wacking at the old man as Mareg holds a zombie at bay with his shield, Mareg has turned to look as Ethan goes ...

A skill challenge is an interesting mechanic to push the players to do more than just combat, or more than the DM stringing the players along between combat.  When the group fails a skill challenge, you can't have it end the adventure, but rather, something bad happens.  The best things are"fun" things that happen when you fail... or at least I think so anyways. :) black and white for now, color tomorrow!

This is an image inspired by my last game where a kobold rode a warforged titan against my group.

Jack is back, with Mr. Jenkins!  4e really put a crimp in his style, but hes moving back up in the world, even working on putting together a new reality show. First bubble boy, now Jack.  But what does mareg think about this?

Ep1: Minion Tryouts Panel A1: Lich Queen sits on her throne. Salazar, her shadarkai lieutenant faces her. Salazar“ Your most nefariousness, The minions you requested have arrived for tryouts.” Lich Queen“ Excellent, send the first representative in, we need excellent foes for these so-called heroes ” Panel A2 Lich Queen sits on her throne. A kobold stands there with a spear. Lich Queen“ You are aware I’m the lich queen, mistress of the undead? ” Kobold bubble“ Kobold thums up ” Lich Queen“ Next! ” Panel B1 Lich Queen sits on her throne. A zombie stands there. Lich Queen“ More like it, a zombie, we’ll keep you for filler, next! ” Panel B2 Lich queen sits on her throne. The kobold with the spear and a dragon skull on his head like a mask. Lich Queen“ Are you just a kobold wearing a skull on your h ...

We're back!!!  For now...> _> "Darmeth Officially joins the party"   Panel 1A Lia and Arthur come walking out of an archway past Darmath the gnome sitting with a sign“Will adventure for gold” Lia“Do you have a plan of attack against the lich queen?” Arthur“Well, I’ve been making religion checks, oh, look, that Darmeth fellow again.” Panel 1B Darmath“A lich you say? You’ll need all of the might you can get, perhaps I could join?” Lia“Uh, how do we know if we can trust you?” Panel 2A Gnome gives big cat eyes like the puss n boots from Shrek. I’m imaging this freakish gnome face filling the entire panel Multiple bubbles from off screen“awwww, how could we not trust you!” Panel 2B Lia walks towards Ethan, with Darmeth following. Lia“Ethan, Darmeth is going to join us.” Ethan“uh oh, did you tell Mareg yet? He hates gnomes& ...