2017/08/04 - Good Idea On Paper

Post by **D-Rock** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:03 am

[2017/08/04 - Good Idea On Paper]
Title Text: all-powerful sorcerer
actual genie
literal god
fantasy protagonist

Yeah, the last thing we need is a squishy wizard that constantly needs reviving.

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:03 am

Choose wisely Peanut.

Gbr23 · Post by **Gbr23** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:05 am

Woa, so you didn't have a bag for yourself and you still entered the temple ? Brave.

HellishK9 · Post by **HellishK9** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:06 am

You can become a god Peanut! You can manipulate that temple to do your bidding. You can be a very powerful being (until you step outside of the temple, of course).
Or, you can stick to your original plan.
Your choice.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:10 am

The author’s not a coward,
taking the lead position
as Grape finds her ‘Nut
and asks the question of tradition.
Peanut shows his smarts,
refusing to tempt that fate.
Explaining it to Grape, though,
he admits the tempt is great.
Rufus is just dead cool,
Happy and hiding his hands.
It sets him apart from the cats -
their arms are covered in bands!

Iceheart · Post by **Iceheart** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:10 am

How about a milliner?

Post by **CyberDragon** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:11 am

I'm not sure he wants to find out how the temple reacts to godmoding either.

HundKatzeMaus · Post by **HundKatzeMaus** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:35 am

Yeah, that is a smart move peanut. I'm still wondering if the paper hat will become important or is it a red herring

But I must say, I love the second panel the most. It's very well done

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:42 am

Oh, he'll probably just gradually turn into a monkey - then he'll have thumbs on his feet.

Fri Aug 04, 2017 1:51 am

he's already wearing his paper bag. it says: "guy who never chooses what to write on his paper bag"

Dragon Furry · Post by **Dragon Furry** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 2:03 am

Write Dungeon Master, that other give some nice perks in this place, game... temple? You know the place.

IceKitsune · Post by **IceKitsune** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 2:21 am

Well this opens the field pretty wide with what Peanut could choose. I really have no idea what he could want to be at this point.

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 4:49 am

IF COURSE PEANUT DOES THE GENRE-SAVVY THING.

How could I have doubted him.

Macsen · Post by **Macsen** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 6:10 am

Peanut is a good boy. He's genre savvy, and aware of the fourth wall.

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 8:57 am

They seem to have gotten over that:

Also, that's one of the greatest twist endings of all time.

TeflonCougar · Post by **TeflonCougar** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 9:19 am

If you can't wish for more wishes, can you wish for more genies?

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 10:27 am

TeflonCougar wrote:If you can't wish for more wishes, can you wish for more genies?

Apparently not:

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 1:15 pm

Oh, that's not good, Tarot had to. Yeah, choose your role carefully.

It's weird see a so responsible Peanut.

Eheh, awesome idea, Grape, but Peanut's doubt on that is legit.

So... Come on, that's easy for you! Choose to be your superhero!

Grape's legs and arms look like Res' ones, with that bandage.

Soerix · Post by **Soerix** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 2:18 pm

If Peanut can be anything he wants, why can't he be Spot and fly and carry everyone up, back to the entrance?
Also, when he looks at the bag, Peanut's eyes have a weird shape.

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 3:21 pm

Calling it - Avatar Peanut.

If not, then Peanut the Paladin. He'll be a Holy Peanut Butter Sandwich. *gets bricked*

Post by **Sleet** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 3:29 pm

I imagine it has to be some sort of fantasy class. I think he realizes "overpowered superhero" isn't an option.

Soerix · Post by **Soerix** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 4:53 pm

Oh, fair point ^^

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 5:06 pm

Or he could choose to be the most powerful form of all: A corgi.

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 5:23 pm

Sleet wrote:I imagine it has to be some sort of fantasy class. I think he realizes "overpowered superhero" isn't an option.

If Trek characters count, Spot counts.

CanzetYote · Post by **CanzetYote** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 7:26 pm

Hmmmm, if Peanut took the predictable route he'd probably choose Spot but if he takes the smart route,. he'd probably choose medic. Or he could pick something entirely different. The suspense is killing me!

House42 · Post by **House42** » Sat Aug 05, 2017 1:45 am

CyberDragon wrote:I'm not sure he wants to find out how the temple reacts to godmoding either.

Maye there's an eldritch version of Dr. Hax prowling the corridors of the temple, seeking out nerds who break the rules of the game and smiting them with Aztec-looking CRT monitors.

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Sat Aug 05, 2017 3:12 am

Argent wrote:
Sleet wrote:I imagine it has to be some sort of fantasy class. I think he realizes "overpowered superhero" isn't an option.
If Trek characters count, Spot counts.

Not necessarily... most systems have a High-Skill-Growth class that would make a passable engineer.

John-056 · Post by **John-056** » Sat Aug 05, 2017 3:29 am

Well, we at least see Peanut using some Common Sense and Genre Savviness well enough here, as well as telling us he wouldn't want to be OP'd... Like Spot (Superdog). Also, Tarot's warning about hats was likely meaning that taking it off while in the Temple would permanently remove their abilities and would render any more abilities useless, since the Temple would consider their role in the 'Game' forfeit.

...And if that's not the case, it would mean permanent loss of their original selves, like maybe if they do, they get their personalities booted out and replaced with whatever relevant Personality that's closest to it, e.g. Max getting his mind replaced by a Deceased Ninja, Dallas being replaced by a Star Trek Engineer/Security Officer, the possibilities could go on.

Of course, I doubt the latter theory's likely. It would be too dark of a Story and would be very disturbing for a Light Hearted Comic that focuses on Slice of Life. Also, Pete made the temple, and it's been shown multiple times that while he was a Jerk, it's mostly because he was terrified of becoming Mortal and actually cares about them to a certain degree.

I likely suspect that he was that nasty to King, because while he was good at hiding it, he was actually panicking at running out of time, since Spirit Dragon had basically gained too much of a Foothold and would have won over him anyway if it weren't for King breaking the duel later down the line. I mean, Pete being sealed in his own temple meant he could do nothing but wait, while Spirit Dragon was free to play around with Mortals, cheating at several points.

While he lost in the end anyway, Dragon didn't win either, so it was a draw. Point I'm making is that while Pete's temple is dangerous, the Golems and monsters were at the very least not actually trying to kill anyone. Injuring is one thing, but they just kicked out Keene when he went in alone after giving him a beating, when they could have killed him. Pete likely created them to work that way. Injure, but not kill.

So yeah, getting personalities booted out and replaced would be too cruel for Pete to actually implement.

Argent wrote:
Sleet wrote:I imagine it has to be some sort of fantasy class. I think he realizes "overpowered superhero" isn't an option.
If Trek characters count, Spot counts.

No he wouldn't. Dallas is an Engineer/Security officer. He's not Q, has no real superpowers, and the only weapon he has, is his Phaser. Defense wise, he would only have a Shield system that can only take so much damage before he's left vulnerable to attack... If he even has one. If not, he'll go down like a an anvil dropped from the sky if he's too slow to dodge.

Spot (Superdog) has Lasers, Super Durability, flight, super strength, super speed, Magical invulnerability (Thanks to him having the 'Body of Atlas')... Yeah. Too Overpowered, and his only weakness is a Grey Space Rock that the temple wouldn't even know about. That goes beyond 'Gamebreaker' and straight into 'God Mode Cheater'.

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Sat Aug 05, 2017 3:21 pm

Pete's temple could have Orphanite.

Considering that Pete has knowledge of who Peanut is, it's possible he foresaw a possible scenario he would fight Peanut's Spot personality and already had something ready for him just incase he went Spot on his temple.

Spot is a class in himself as a Hero or Superhero.

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Sat Aug 05, 2017 7:41 pm

Buster wrote:
Argent wrote:
Sleet wrote:I imagine it has to be some sort of fantasy class. I think he realizes "overpowered superhero" isn't an option.
If Trek characters count, Spot counts.
Not necessarily... most systems have a High-Skill-Growth class that would make a passable engineer.

But wouldn't be a Trek engineer with a phaser and tricorder and so on.

John-056 wrote:
Argent wrote:
Sleet wrote:I imagine it has to be some sort of fantasy class. I think he realizes "overpowered superhero" isn't an option.
If Trek characters count, Spot counts.
No he wouldn't. Dallas is an Engineer/Security officer. He's not Q, has no real superpowers, and the only weapon he has, is his Phaser. Defense wise, he would only have a Shield system that can only take so much damage before he's left vulnerable to attack... If he even has one. If not, he'll go down like a an anvil dropped from the sky if he's too slow to dodge.

But he's not a fantasy class.

Spot (Superdog) has Lasers, Super Durability, flight, super strength, super speed, Magical invulnerability (Thanks to him having the 'Body of Atlas')... Yeah. Too Overpowered, and his only weakness is a Grey Space Rock that the temple wouldn't even know about. That goes beyond 'Gamebreaker' and straight into 'God Mode Cheater'.

But not because he's not a fantasy class.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Sat Aug 05, 2017 8:09 pm

Maybe Dallas has main character plot armor?

Bandit1990 · Post by **Bandit1990** » Sat Aug 05, 2017 8:11 pm

The temple is said to be in "Adventure Mode".

The visible trappings are typical of the fantasy, but as Dallas said...

There's nothing that says they have to choose fantasy classes.

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Sat Aug 05, 2017 9:57 pm

So something like Spider ~~Man~~ Dog would be fine. Or how about a fantasy-theme superhero like Doctor Strange or Zatanna.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Sun Aug 06, 2017 12:00 am

You forget something. Science Fiction IS Fantasy, just with future elements.

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Aug 06, 2017 12:20 am

I'd say that only applies to some sci-fi. Star Wars yes, Star Trek less so.

John-056 · Post by **John-056** » Sun Aug 06, 2017 3:57 am

Argent wrote:So something like Spider ~~Man~~ Dog would be fine. Or how about a fantasy-theme superhero like Doctor Strange or Zatanna.

Yes, those can work. Nothing OP'd like Spot (Superdog), and they'd still be strong on a Non-Game Breaking level.

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Sun Aug 06, 2017 9:20 am

Star Trek is fantasy. They have FTL travel and communications, basically instantaneous, and they don't use it to send messages back in time? I CALL SHENANIGANS!

But neither Trek or Star Wars is "fantasy theme".

Adoring Fan · Post by **Adoring Fan** » Sun Aug 06, 2017 2:35 pm

That "literal God" one might be beyond the game's bounds what with Pete and Dragon being only Demigods themselves.... Anyone else think he is gonna surprise us all by not going with "Superhero" and picking something super out there and unexpected?

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Sun Aug 06, 2017 11:35 pm

Sleet wrote:I imagine it has to be some sort of fantasy class. I think he realizes "overpowered superhero" isn't an option.

That description fits a good chunk of fantasy heroes, honestly.

John-056 · Post by **John-056** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 3:47 am

Liam wrote:
Sleet wrote:I imagine it has to be some sort of fantasy class. I think he realizes "overpowered superhero" isn't an option.
That description fits a good chunk of fantasy heroes, honestly.

Are they able to take blows without any injury? Or bruises? Are they still able to be cut and wounded?

If so, they're not OP'd. They can still be hurt, they can still bleed, and thus, have to rely on skill and their powers to stay alive/unharmed.

Spot can't. Not without that Grey rock.