Comments on: 3-34 Such Power http://www.penancecomic.com/2008/02/15/3-34-such-power/ a roguelike webcomic Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:09:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Craig http://www.penancecomic.com/2008/02/15/3-34-such-power/#comment-3869 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:03:16 +0000 http://www.penancecomic.com/2008/02/15/3-34-such-power/#comment-3869 Damien: We update about once a week, usually on Fridays. Brave Sir Robin: Well done, "Crondonas" is indeed Gaelic in origin. Charles: Thanks - as always - for your insightful commentary on our story. We always look forward to your posts. Ojomax: Sometimes a hand is just a hand. :) Damien: We update about once a week, usually on Fridays.

Brave Sir Robin: Well done, “Crondonas” is indeed Gaelic in origin.

Charles: Thanks - as always - for your insightful commentary on our story. We always look forward to your posts.

Ojomax: Sometimes a hand is just a hand. :)

]]> by: Sailorleo http://www.penancecomic.com/2008/02/15/3-34-such-power/#comment-3862 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:29:33 +0000 http://www.penancecomic.com/2008/02/15/3-34-such-power/#comment-3862 Actually, ToME does not work off of practice, but there are plenty of variants that did (CthAngband, for one; SAngband partially does as well). Actually, ToME does not work off of practice, but there are plenty of variants that did (CthAngband, for one; SAngband partially does as well).

]]> by: Charles http://www.penancecomic.com/2008/02/15/3-34-such-power/#comment-3858 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:54:58 +0000 http://www.penancecomic.com/2008/02/15/3-34-such-power/#comment-3858 Well, if not fire and brimstone, maybe it's something like the deadly hail in Joshua 10. Whatever it is, it seems to have mass, considerable motion, and the capacity to stun or kill. If crondonas is Indo-European, which it likely is, since it doesn't map well to a Semitic root, the cron- could derive by mutation from the root sker- or ker- meaning to cut. the -donas is actually a Latin verb form based off the word "to give, present" etc. I doubt Ignatius needs a ring (Leon has none) although he does not glow pinkish-purple either. He's almost got a devil/longhorn thing going there with the forefinger and pinky; clearly a magical gesture that focuses the power activated by the word. Since Ignatius was a sorcerer that got to be a drowned king, he clearly had to have the moves. By the way, the few kings in Europe to have drowned include the Viking Magnus in 1184, and Ludwig of Bavaria in 1886. Friedrich Barbarossa drowned during the Crusades. There is also the Welsh king Donyarth in 872. More significant is the drowned king of Naples in Shakespeare's The Tempest, who brings about a great reconciliation. And maybe this all workes like ToME, where the skillz system works AFAICR based on practice... And hands are a real pain to draw. Noses, too. You go, Craig and J.D.! Well, if not fire and brimstone, maybe it’s something like the deadly hail in Joshua 10. Whatever it is, it seems to have mass, considerable motion, and the capacity to stun or kill.

If crondonas is Indo-European, which it likely is, since it doesn’t map well to a Semitic root, the cron- could derive by mutation from the root sker- or ker- meaning to cut. the -donas is actually a Latin verb form based off the word “to give, present” etc.

I doubt Ignatius needs a ring (Leon has none) although he does not glow pinkish-purple either. He’s almost got a devil/longhorn thing going there with the forefinger and pinky; clearly a magical gesture that focuses the power activated by the word. Since Ignatius was a sorcerer that got to be a drowned king, he clearly had to have the moves.

By the way, the few kings in Europe to have drowned include the Viking Magnus in 1184, and Ludwig of Bavaria in 1886. Friedrich Barbarossa drowned during the Crusades. There is also the Welsh king Donyarth in 872.

More significant is the drowned king of Naples in Shakespeare’s The Tempest, who brings about a great reconciliation.

And maybe this all workes like ToME, where the skillz system works AFAICR based on practice…

And hands are a real pain to draw. Noses, too. You go, Craig and J.D.!

]]> by: Cardinal Rob http://www.penancecomic.com/2008/02/15/3-34-such-power/#comment-3844 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:05:31 +0000 http://www.penancecomic.com/2008/02/15/3-34-such-power/#comment-3844 Rex either has big hands or Tara has skinny upper arms. He easily gets his hand around her arm in frame 1 Rex either has big hands or Tara has skinny upper arms. He easily gets his hand around her arm in frame 1

]]> by: Cardinal Rob http://www.penancecomic.com/2008/02/15/3-34-such-power/#comment-3836 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:14:12 +0000 http://www.penancecomic.com/2008/02/15/3-34-such-power/#comment-3836 Crondonas? The only words of power are "Klaatu barada nikto" Crondonas?

The only words of power are “Klaatu barada nikto”

]]> by: Ojomax http://www.penancecomic.com/2008/02/15/3-34-such-power/#comment-3829 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:33:20 +0000 http://www.penancecomic.com/2008/02/15/3-34-such-power/#comment-3829 Is it just me or do Craig and J.D. go to a lot of trouble to never show all five of Ignatius' right hand fingers clearly at the same time? Still, even though it seems that the weird attack comes from that hand, I doubt he's wearing The Ring 'Crondonas' (+2) there - he has some other, inexplicable reason to always keep his hand of power strangely posited... If I'm wrong and it's just coincidental, please make that clear by drawing him with an open hand in the next strip. ;-) Any guesses for the purpose of the staff Ignatius has? Perhaps a Staff of Teleportation, given he likes to live :) Is it just me or do Craig and J.D. go to a lot of trouble to never show all five of Ignatius’ right hand fingers clearly at the same time?

Still, even though it seems that the weird attack comes from that hand, I doubt he’s wearing The Ring ‘Crondonas’ (+2) there - he has some other, inexplicable reason to always keep his hand of power strangely posited… If I’m wrong and it’s just coincidental, please make that clear by drawing him with an open hand in the next strip. ;-)

Any guesses for the purpose of the staff Ignatius has? Perhaps a Staff of Teleportation, given he likes to live :)

]]> by: Brave Sir Robin http://www.penancecomic.com/2008/02/15/3-34-such-power/#comment-3828 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:48:57 +0000 http://www.penancecomic.com/2008/02/15/3-34-such-power/#comment-3828 If you divide Crondonas into two words "cron" and "donas" it may translate into:"harm the devil". http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/Gaelic/cron http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/Gaelic/donas If you divide Crondonas into two words “cron” and “donas” it may translate into:”harm the devil”.
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/Gaelic/cron
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/Gaelic/donas

]]> by: Jason http://www.penancecomic.com/2008/02/15/3-34-such-power/#comment-3826 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:11:48 +0000 http://www.penancecomic.com/2008/02/15/3-34-such-power/#comment-3826 ...Is it just me, or does the hilt on Argaddon's sword flip between frames 1 and 2? …Is it just me, or does the hilt on Argaddon’s sword flip between frames 1 and 2?

]]> by: nerdpride http://www.penancecomic.com/2008/02/15/3-34-such-power/#comment-3824 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:52:54 +0000 http://www.penancecomic.com/2008/02/15/3-34-such-power/#comment-3824 "Crondonas" doesn't give any results in a google search. It doesn't look like fire and brimstone to me, more like warping reality. Although there is resemblance to a Meteor Swarm. I wonder what language it is? Maybe it's just gibberish, or something made-up. Also, it doesn't look like his hand hurts, but could it be damaged too? Dark magic could be tricky like that. “Crondonas” doesn’t give any results in a google search.

It doesn’t look like fire and brimstone to me, more like warping reality. Although there is resemblance to a Meteor Swarm. I wonder what language it is? Maybe it’s just gibberish, or something made-up.

Also, it doesn’t look like his hand hurts, but could it be damaged too? Dark magic could be tricky like that.

]]> by: Daven http://www.penancecomic.com/2008/02/15/3-34-such-power/#comment-3823 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:27:47 +0000 http://www.penancecomic.com/2008/02/15/3-34-such-power/#comment-3823 Ouch!! I hope Argadden realises the import of getting the bases covered before taking on big casters now! Ouch!! I hope Argadden realises the import of getting the bases covered before taking on big casters now!

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