April 1st, 2013
It's super effective!
As always, vote for Runewriters to see an extra doodle! This one is a sneak peek at something else I'm working on.
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one would think that runewriting would be a fairly significant economic edge, as long as there isn't too much in the way of prejudices against them. I mean, they have all the regular facilities of an ordinary human plus the innate ability to sling around some kind of magic. Affluent/economically active people tend to congregate where they have access to trade -> here being cities
posted at 11:13pm on April 1st, 2013
I suppose that would depend on the applicability of their runewriting magic to the problems that presented themselves! Jonan lives kind of off by himself because of his necromancy stuff, and I bet that certain types of runewriting would make people verrrry nervous.
Also - does the runewriter in the second panel on the right have EPICALLY HUGE glasses? If so, they're of Agatha Heterodyne proportions! I kind of want to see that character from the front now...
posted at 11:04am on April 2nd, 2013
Hahahahahaha that summary is basically 100% accurate. And Tareth has totally never seen a city this big.
Regarding runewriting and affluence, yeah, you guys pretty much have it. It kinda amuses me that the sort of abilities you most want to have as a D&D character are often the least practical in the real world. I mean, so few people like to play clerics, but if you're a healer WOW YOU SUDDENLY HAVE A PRETTY NICE JOB SET UP. Whereas if you can sling fireballs or raise the dead into a shambling mockery of life, um, that's nice, please do that way the heck over there.
(and yeah I have a weakness for huge glasses. THERE WILL BE MORE IN THE FUTURE I'M NOT GONNA LIE)
posted at 9:54pm on April 3rd, 2013
This pleases me. Moar glasses. GLASSES FOR EVERYONE!
posted at 9:47am on March 9th, 2016
Comment by Tehbeefer
Wow, and there's at least two other runewriters right out of the gate! I wonder what the odds of that happening are?
Anyway, it's really interesting seeing the different ways the three of the react here: Severian's enthusiastic and bubbling with excitement as usual, Jonan is all "I'm just waiting for the hour this is all over" with a shade of been-there-done-that, and Tareth's very natural fear of being in a strange city blended with the anxiety of being separated from someone familiar with her circumstances. Her suggestion really says a lot about what she's feeling.
Fat chance though, Tarri =D
posted at 12:44am on April 1st, 2013