Annotated 3-16
What a wonderful time in American politics it was when the term “community organizer” was used to dismiss Barack Obama as too inexperienced in government to serve as president. Surely America wouldn’t want some dilettante taking responsibility for it, who had barely managed to serve a few measly years in government service. Thinking you can just jump right into the role without seasoning, that’s just liberal impracticality. The people would prefer John McCain, a wise leader of experience. Of course, it was Sarah Palin saying this, so.
This was a solid way to use Byron without overusing him. I’m not fond of the fight scenes where a lot of thoughtful instruction gets shouted out in the middle of combat, when there clearly isn’t time to speak it, much less mull it over. By having him give the football coach speech, we get the benefit of his strategy up front, but because he gets taken out, the others won’t be continually looking to him through the battle and will get their own chances to excel.
Panel 3 may be my favorite Frigg face Erica ever drew. I mean, just look at it.
It’s not just the great Frigg face — it’s the transition between Frigg in panel three to Frigg in panel four.
That must have been a hell of a sneak check! Jeezus!
In D&D 5e terms, he probably had advantage on his checks since Byron was too busy yapping.
Back when the comic was first published I don’t think 5th Ed existed, so…
Back in MY day, we didn’t have Advantage! We had to take our situational bonuses and we liked them!
Byron got off lightly. I mean his face wasn’t smashed to bits which is what I’d expect under the circumstances.
Yeah, but y’all had byron lose too much. A mistake to have him lose so thoroughly here and then again against best – he could have jobbed for best more effectively if he hadn’t been so weak here. Fortunately best can carry his own weight.
He also got murdered by Bandit while in super-zerker form.
Guess that’s why he says he doesn’t kill humans. He can’t.
It is interesting that Byron seems to lose his fights more often than win them. But he always has capable allies by his side, even after he later completely loses it. I wonder if he qualifies as more of a bard than a fighter?
Warlord, obv.
I guess talking ISN’T a free action.
I’ve always ruled that you can talk as much as you want, within reason; trying to go over battle tactics in the middle of battle doesn’t fly if you’re spending more than a minute at it, and if you’re within earshot of anyone else while talking, well… they might butt in, like this here!