probably he’s another character from Jen’s youth, maybe from another tv show or maybe from a book or a movie: as the cook in the diner was a furry, maybe he’s that Hutch guy but in witch hunter attire. this is hard…
LoL, American craft beer is widely regarded as being among the best on the planet. American brews frequently dominate foreign beer competitions in Germany, England, Australia, and beyond. The USA is home to all the best grains and hops for brewing. European brewers import thousands of tons of American hops every year.
That would be the best life, right? Hopping between dimensions, slaying monsters and seeing everything the multiverse has to offer.
I honestly hope humanity gets to that point one day- instead of pushing space travel, discover dimensional travel and send people to explore and pilfer other realities XD
Maybe we’ll have discovered the secret to immortality before my lifetime is up, and I’ll actually get to see that. Or maybe reincarnation’s a thing, and some form of me has seen that already.
Maybe I’m just the one poor sop who gets reincarnated at the most boring point in history lol
If reincarnation is a thing, one version of you will have to be the most boring one, right?
> I honestly hope humanity gets to that point one day- instead of pushing space travel, discover dimensional travel and send people to explore and pilfer other realities XD
That was the background of H. Beam Piper’s Paratime stories. The people of the Prime Time Line, more or less by accident while trying to develop FTL, discovered multiverse travel. That turned out to be a lot more interesting and profitable than star flight, so they never bothered to pursue FTL after that.
I mean, I’ve heard of a couple sci-fi series like that. It honestly just makes sense- if the multiverse does exist then it might be easier to punch a hole into the neighbors’ reality than to try and break our own by moving faster than light.
It has been entirely too long since this comic has done any kind of exposition or made any kind of sense. It’s a nice change of pace to have, y’know, a story.
But the constant jump-cutting is still obnoxious. Two pages ago we had a completely non-sequitur scene of the horned broads, in the middle of this apartment scene. It accomplished nothing, was entirely irrelevant, and I have no earthly idea why it was there. We didn’t get to see the creatures get killed, and then we jumped an unknown amount of time forward again. Did the conversation just end after the last line? Did this woman (whose name I just cannot remember, that is how little I know about her at this stage) just stop asking questions? Because there are still questions. Lots of questions. Like “How in the love of fuck did we get here from some random tavern owned by a furry?”
Please, for mercy’s sake, please let us stay on one continuous scene for more than a page or two and start explaining shit. I can see from the comments on prior pages that I’m not the only one who is getting lost as we ricochet between scenes in the middle of an already confusing plot.
The first major arc of this story is Bree trying to rescue a princess. At the very end we learn that this is basically a tabletop RPG that’s being done between friends…sorta. Basically, Jen roleplays as Bree and as a result characters from the real world bleed into Bree’s RPG world.
hehe .. “take the poor girls silver.” IF there was any lying about it would be mostly paper (useless).. and if they had any coins (piggy bank) stashed ,, it would still be useless,, cuz its not silver , or copper.. its just electroplated nickle or zinc…
..?are you a metal-smith.?? can you describe how to forge these “soft odd objects” to some thing useful.?? also remember in this “ancient” age they are looking for harder not soft they have soft..
you have to “sell” this soft metal’s usefulness ,, then you have to have more, cuz a pound or two is not gonna be enough to “sell” to the masses…
.. you are in a pocket space “memory room” thats going away… i doubt she has more than a case of soda (beer is in bottles..) , and it took me 30 cans to forge a 2″ D&D figure…
You don’t forge them in “something useful”, you forge them into a goblet fit for a King or High Priest. Aristocrats would sell souls and bodies of their firstborns to get even a hunt of a possibility on acquiring such a treasure – just like it happened in our world in that little window of time where aluminium was already known, but cheap methods of its production were yet to be invented. A metric ton of gold for a beer can – that’s a steal; that’s the stuff over which a world war could be easely started.
On that note – electroplated nickel or zinc would be worth quite more than silver or gold in a world where are no modern means of extraction & production, but enough more or less qualified alchemists exist to recognize an unusual metal for that it truly is.
hum,, something useful,, a goblet.!! great.!
but, back to the original statement: “good luck”, on finding enough aluminum,, ‘at least a pound’ in that little pocket space, to do that..
..?? she (Jen) has “adamantium” in her room where.?? im going with what is in that room.. and what they can conceivably carry.. (cuz you know,, it’s all going away.)
and back to the odd metals ,, NOW sell sell it to me,, make me want it.. because i don’t want it,, it is not a known expensive metal (silver) ,, im not gonna mortgage the kingdom on some crack pot trying to sell me a pretty cup.!!
I am a machinist and a smith, yes. I know my metallurgy and alloys of aluminum and can describe for you what each class is good for, and how to best work it.
Aluminum is not a metal you would market to the masses like today, it’s something you would auction off to alchemists and sorcerers because it’s something that has almost certainly never been seen before. Even in 1888 aluminum was as costly as silver. The cap on the Washington monument, a pyramid of only 100 ounces, was the largest item to ever be cast from it at the time. Even platinum was far more common, having been used to make anchors of all things by the Spanish for ages.
That 2″ figurine you made, would be the next best thing to priceless any time before the 19th century, because there was literally nothing else like it at the time. It would be like selling a sample of dark matter today.
where as we could set our self’s up as smiths (of the gods) with low carbon steel,. no problem..
what i was trying to point out was… there is not enough (of anything) in this room (pocket space),, for the regular person to grab to do that with.!!
IE: would Paige know that a pound of aluminum would set her up for life,, and who to sell it too???
Quality steel production was never really an issue. Crucible steel has been around for well over a millennium, albeit a well guarded secret for much of that time. The problem was always mass production. While setting up a blast furnace is probably a good idea, don’t expect to hold onto that monopoly for long.
Paige probably wouldn’t know what to grab, aside from the obvious, but Hatman likely would, and most houses have a recycling bin full of empties waiting to go out (I know we do). Not hard to take that as you leave, in addition to whatever else can be found, such as the occasional non-stick frying pan.
in ancient times.. only the very rich had ” silverware “. and Jen/Bree is not ‘rich’ ,, and it wasn’t till after the 1700’s that it became more common,,..
at that time it was mainly used as currency ..
In ancient times, ‘cutlery’ didn’t exist
You had a knife (usually your stabbing knife) and a spoon, and that was it, the only forks were used by the chefs
yes ,, an no… yes cutlery “sets” were not common… not till the 4th century (Byzantine) Roman empire, was the fork added,. then the fork fell to the wayside with the fall of Rome,. (cuz no one wanted to be like the Romans.) then saw a resurgence in 9th century Persia .. till the rise of the renaissance ,, sets were for one (vary rarely for two.)
and than again it was the very rich too show the wealth
Well, to be fair, while Jen could be best described as “broke-ass college student”, Bree and her sister Paige were royalty and expected to know their way around high elf tables, even if most wood elves prefer the old knife and fingers combo.
heh “knife an fingers combo”.. the steel set i forged is copied off a 12th century set,,. a duke had made for his wife/mistress ,. because she hated getting her fingers dirty..
the historians could write that she was prissy,, but not that she was married..?
I’m really curious about the cowboy, is he new to the comic starting from this storyline or have I missed him someplace else?
He’s more like a guest star from another reality. We haven’t met him before this, but we’ll learn his name shortly.
Guy kinda reminds me of myself. I’m pretty sure I have that same getup, or close enough to it, as my standard Stampede duds.
probably he’s another character from Jen’s youth, maybe from another tv show or maybe from a book or a movie: as the cook in the diner was a furry, maybe he’s that Hutch guy but in witch hunter attire. this is hard…
Aww , kinda wish we get to see her showering ^^
i bet it’ll be the subject of a future incentive.
What’s the chances of a voter incentive artwork coming out in the next few days … just for Paige fans …
ill fourth the “Vote”.!!
I’ll see what I can do!
If it’s american beer, it wasn’t worth drinking.
And good, we have confirmation this is just copy of Jen’s world.
Ah, beer snobbery. Never not tiresome! * cracks open a High Life and flips off the craft beer world in general *
Big brand, can see the argument, but there are some smaller brands worth trying.
Here in Arizona there’s Four Peaks brewery that has some good brews like Hop Knot (not a bad IPA) and Kilt Lifter (Scottish style ale)
hehe ,, Kilt Lifter, is popular with our sword group..
LoL, American craft beer is widely regarded as being among the best on the planet. American brews frequently dominate foreign beer competitions in Germany, England, Australia, and beyond. The USA is home to all the best grains and hops for brewing. European brewers import thousands of tons of American hops every year.
That would be the best life, right? Hopping between dimensions, slaying monsters and seeing everything the multiverse has to offer.
I honestly hope humanity gets to that point one day- instead of pushing space travel, discover dimensional travel and send people to explore and pilfer other realities XD
Maybe we’ll have discovered the secret to immortality before my lifetime is up, and I’ll actually get to see that. Or maybe reincarnation’s a thing, and some form of me has seen that already.
Maybe I’m just the one poor sop who gets reincarnated at the most boring point in history lol
If reincarnation is a thing, one version of you will have to be the most boring one, right?
> I honestly hope humanity gets to that point one day- instead of pushing space travel, discover dimensional travel and send people to explore and pilfer other realities XD
That was the background of H. Beam Piper’s Paratime stories. The people of the Prime Time Line, more or less by accident while trying to develop FTL, discovered multiverse travel. That turned out to be a lot more interesting and profitable than star flight, so they never bothered to pursue FTL after that.
I mean, I’ve heard of a couple sci-fi series like that. It honestly just makes sense- if the multiverse does exist then it might be easier to punch a hole into the neighbors’ reality than to try and break our own by moving faster than light.
Honestly I’d second second the Paige showering scene. That or a Miko full frontal nude. Either would be nice to see
It has been entirely too long since this comic has done any kind of exposition or made any kind of sense. It’s a nice change of pace to have, y’know, a story.
But the constant jump-cutting is still obnoxious. Two pages ago we had a completely non-sequitur scene of the horned broads, in the middle of this apartment scene. It accomplished nothing, was entirely irrelevant, and I have no earthly idea why it was there. We didn’t get to see the creatures get killed, and then we jumped an unknown amount of time forward again. Did the conversation just end after the last line? Did this woman (whose name I just cannot remember, that is how little I know about her at this stage) just stop asking questions? Because there are still questions. Lots of questions. Like “How in the love of fuck did we get here from some random tavern owned by a furry?”
Please, for mercy’s sake, please let us stay on one continuous scene for more than a page or two and start explaining shit. I can see from the comments on prior pages that I’m not the only one who is getting lost as we ricochet between scenes in the middle of an already confusing plot.
Fair enough. I’m working up something that might answer a few questions for the next episode.
What is this, a convergence of worlds? Still waiting for the storyline to start making sense again …
The first major arc of this story is Bree trying to rescue a princess. At the very end we learn that this is basically a tabletop RPG that’s being done between friends…sorta. Basically, Jen roleplays as Bree and as a result characters from the real world bleed into Bree’s RPG world.
I’d suggest you to re-read the comics from the start. Then you’ll discover that the plot was always making sense.
hehe .. “take the poor girls silver.” IF there was any lying about it would be mostly paper (useless).. and if they had any coins (piggy bank) stashed ,, it would still be useless,, cuz its not silver , or copper.. its just electroplated nickle or zinc…
In a medieval setting, start scrounging all the aluminum you can. Even a few beer or soda cans could set you up for life.
..?are you a metal-smith.?? can you describe how to forge these “soft odd objects” to some thing useful.?? also remember in this “ancient” age they are looking for harder not soft they have soft..
you have to “sell” this soft metal’s usefulness ,, then you have to have more, cuz a pound or two is not gonna be enough to “sell” to the masses…
.. you are in a pocket space “memory room” thats going away… i doubt she has more than a case of soda (beer is in bottles..) , and it took me 30 cans to forge a 2″ D&D figure…
You don’t forge them in “something useful”, you forge them into a goblet fit for a King or High Priest. Aristocrats would sell souls and bodies of their firstborns to get even a hunt of a possibility on acquiring such a treasure – just like it happened in our world in that little window of time where aluminium was already known, but cheap methods of its production were yet to be invented. A metric ton of gold for a beer can – that’s a steal; that’s the stuff over which a world war could be easely started.
On that note – electroplated nickel or zinc would be worth quite more than silver or gold in a world where are no modern means of extraction & production, but enough more or less qualified alchemists exist to recognize an unusual metal for that it truly is.
Stop thinking “nickel” – start thinking “adamantium”.
hum,, something useful,, a goblet.!! great.!
but, back to the original statement: “good luck”, on finding enough aluminum,, ‘at least a pound’ in that little pocket space, to do that..
..?? she (Jen) has “adamantium” in her room where.?? im going with what is in that room.. and what they can conceivably carry.. (cuz you know,, it’s all going away.)
and back to the odd metals ,, NOW sell sell it to me,, make me want it.. because i don’t want it,, it is not a known expensive metal (silver) ,, im not gonna mortgage the kingdom on some crack pot trying to sell me a pretty cup.!!
I am a machinist and a smith, yes. I know my metallurgy and alloys of aluminum and can describe for you what each class is good for, and how to best work it.
Aluminum is not a metal you would market to the masses like today, it’s something you would auction off to alchemists and sorcerers because it’s something that has almost certainly never been seen before. Even in 1888 aluminum was as costly as silver. The cap on the Washington monument, a pyramid of only 100 ounces, was the largest item to ever be cast from it at the time. Even platinum was far more common, having been used to make anchors of all things by the Spanish for ages.
That 2″ figurine you made, would be the next best thing to priceless any time before the 19th century, because there was literally nothing else like it at the time. It would be like selling a sample of dark matter today.
where as we could set our self’s up as smiths (of the gods) with low carbon steel,. no problem..
what i was trying to point out was… there is not enough (of anything) in this room (pocket space),, for the regular person to grab to do that with.!!
IE: would Paige know that a pound of aluminum would set her up for life,, and who to sell it too???
Quality steel production was never really an issue. Crucible steel has been around for well over a millennium, albeit a well guarded secret for much of that time. The problem was always mass production. While setting up a blast furnace is probably a good idea, don’t expect to hold onto that monopoly for long.
Paige probably wouldn’t know what to grab, aside from the obvious, but Hatman likely would, and most houses have a recycling bin full of empties waiting to go out (I know we do). Not hard to take that as you leave, in addition to whatever else can be found, such as the occasional non-stick frying pan.
I think Paige meant silverware
in ancient times.. only the very rich had ” silverware “. and Jen/Bree is not ‘rich’ ,, and it wasn’t till after the 1700’s that it became more common,,..
at that time it was mainly used as currency ..
In ancient times, ‘cutlery’ didn’t exist
You had a knife (usually your stabbing knife) and a spoon, and that was it, the only forks were used by the chefs
yes ,, an no… yes cutlery “sets” were not common… not till the 4th century (Byzantine) Roman empire, was the fork added,. then the fork fell to the wayside with the fall of Rome,. (cuz no one wanted to be like the Romans.) then saw a resurgence in 9th century Persia .. till the rise of the renaissance ,, sets were for one (vary rarely for two.)
and than again it was the very rich too show the wealth
Well, to be fair, while Jen could be best described as “broke-ass college student”, Bree and her sister Paige were royalty and expected to know their way around high elf tables, even if most wood elves prefer the old knife and fingers combo.
heh “knife an fingers combo”.. the steel set i forged is copied off a 12th century set,,. a duke had made for his wife/mistress ,. because she hated getting her fingers dirty..
the historians could write that she was prissy,, but not that she was married..?
I bet the ones who do know usually try to kill him
Yeah, No one ever knows what I’m talking about either.