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If magic was real, we'd probably use different idioms. (ttrpg.network)

submitted 2 years ago by ahdok@ttrpg.network to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network

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This comic follows on from the Previous comic which will almost certainly provide context.

Just enthralled. Completely spellbound. Beguiled, charmed, under your spell.

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[–] ahdok@ttrpg.network 73 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Oh, Scoops has a token, in case your campaign needs a Tabaxi journalist for some reason.

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 39 points 2 years ago

Why would a campaign not need a tabaxi journalist?

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 11 points 2 years ago

Ironclaw, but yes I could use a journalist token, thanks!

[–] RagingHungryPanda@lemm.ee 32 points 2 years ago

I always get excited when I see a new Konsi comic :)

[–] jounniy@ttrpg.network 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Probably. An author once wrote this piece of conversation:

"Wait? You can transform matter. Thats magic." "Your people can use metal to fly over buildings." "Of course they can. It makes perfect sense."

Having a world, where "magic" actually exist raises a lot of questions about some conventional expressions and cultural aspects.

[–] MouseKeyboard@ttrpg.network 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Does the symbol above the door intentionally look like a roulette wheel?

[–] ahdok@ttrpg.network 34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yep.

As best I can find, rooting through old Forgotten Realms lore, the colours of the Tymoran church are normally blue and silver.

For my comics, I made the Tower of Luck use green as it's main colour for stuff, to mimic the green baize of gambling tables. Gold accents to symbolize wealth - since the Tower of Luck is much more focused on luck and gambling than the good fortune and karma focus that the rest of the faith normally has. It's my general intention to slip gambling references and symbology into the church whenever the characters are there.

[+] frigidaphelion@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] ahdok@ttrpg.network 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am!

[+] frigidaphelion@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] ahdok@ttrpg.network 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Yes. One of the benefits of this is that it makes my visual style rather unique - I often get asked what digital brushes I'm using to get these pencil textures, and the answer is "pencils." One of the downsides is it means it's quite slow to make new pictures.

I used to hand-letter, but lettering is a surprisingly slow and taxing job, and I found myself spending a lot of time touching it up digitally, so now I use a font I made from my own handwriting.

Here's an image showing many of the physical media brands and tools I use. Notes:

The primary pigment liner width I use is 0.2, I use the 0.05 for very fine lines sometimes.
I have replaced the pentel p203 pencil with a Spoke-4-Titanium, although the Spoke pencil still uses a P203 mechanism

Here's a step-by-step showing how it looks as I go

And, here's a photo of the pencilwork for this specific comic :D

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I didn't notice until now that your characters sometimes slightly cover the text boxes! Very cool.

[–] ahdok@ttrpg.network 12 points 2 years ago

Yeah. I also sometimes break the panel borders this way too, to avoid tangenting. Addis' fingers in the first panel actually break out of it very slightly here.

In Making Comics Scott McCloud talks about these techniques as "fourth wall breaks" - if your characters significantly overlap the framework scaffolding of the comic itself (speech bubbles, panel borders, gutters, other panels etc) it can serve to build up dramatic intensity, especially when combined with other techniques like oversized letters, or dramatic panel shapes, or intense forshortening.

Here, the purpose is much less grandiose... I have a limited size for the panel on the page, and speech bubbles take up a LOT of real estate (especially with this much dialogue.) This forces me to squish my art into the remaining space, but I can get a little more of it out if I disrespect the panel apparatus.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 6 points 2 years ago

TL;DR it's the temple of the Goddess of Luck, so yeah it is

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So how do you pronounce Geas? I'm inclined to /ɡiːɑs/

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just looked it up, and apparently it's /ɡɛʃ/.

Never would have guessed that.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

I know right? English spelling/pronunciation makes no sense!

[–] dragonshouter@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

lol.

maybe dominated/j

[–] ahdok@ttrpg.network 30 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Like this?

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ayoo not what I was expecting!

I'm happy for Razira, though.

[–] MouseKeyboard@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 years ago

😳

[–] dragonshouter@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 years ago

😍

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

So that's what she does on weekends

[–] cheeseandkrakens@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Gods I love your comics. So cute. So clever.

[–] ahdok@ttrpg.network 8 points 2 years ago