Cheap pun aside, Syr’nj has got a hell of a lot of upper body strength to take a gnoll that’s falling towards her, whop him with her elbow from a position of poor momentum, and send him flying that far away.
Maybe she’s juicing more than potions of swiftness. Or maybe she’s just hella strong.
so the faster something is the harder it hits, more so than the heavier something is. its how bullets and the like are so dangerous despite being tiny and bluntish.
I thought it was because Superman is indestructible. Hit a wall with the force of a wrecking ball and it’s your fist that breaks. Though maybe I just don’t understand what this math is conveying.
Yes. F=MA, not F=M(A^2). Mass and Acceleration are equally relevant to Force. Possibly you are being confused by E=M(C^2). These are different because Force =/= Energy. Hence, though F=MA, KE=(1/2)M(V^2), wherein velocity (directional speed) is more important than mass.
This is because Kinetic Energy is the integral of Force over Distance (or:
F = d(KE)/dx,
which basically means that Kinetic Energy is the sum of all the Force applied to an object over any given distance. So, all the Force you apply to an object (for which we will assume Mass is constant, because unless you’re getting close to lightspeed the difference in negligible) is, in effect, stored by that object as Kinetic Energy. Basically, Velocity is how objects store Energy (I acknowledge, for all ye physics majors, this is totally wrong, but it’s a very good lie). The result is that, when two objects impact each other, the Force is released, causing Velocity (and therefore Kinetic Energy) to be reduced by a proportional amount.
Byron :thinking: Well, guess that I can stop worrying about having any slightly awkward cookouts with the in-laws, then. Should I make that joke? …Nooo, I think that I should not make that joke.
The spear didn’t go in that far. I’m pretty sure Auraugu has just been briefly knocked out and will wake up in pain. I mean, this is nothing compared to what Bandit has been through (now and when Byron went berserk) and she’s still alive.
Video game logic. Same way my belt pouch in Skyrim holds a dozen weapons, two sets and a bunch of random armor, half a ton of crafting supplies, a couple hundred potions, and a couple hundred thousand gold coins.
quick question; considering Aruga champion of the fuzzy people! had a spear loged in his back and is now layi ng with said back flat on the floor, does that mean
not quite. Syrn’jj does explicitly have a magical bag – a handy haversack (dnd item) – rather than just every pouch carring so much :)
I’m thinking the spear isn’t inside him anymore. I’m pretty sure it made a shallow wound, then fell out before Auraugu was knocked out and sent supine. He might by lying on it but there’s no way it’s still inside him, unless it’s twisted sideways (which would probably be an equally shallow wound if so.)
Poor Byron. Two major relationship hurdles in just as many days–first meeting your lover’s parents, then contending with the death of your lover’s beloved relative. All he needs is a pregnancy scare tomorrow, and he’ll have hit the trifecta!
Props to Byron for figuring it out that fast. I would never in a million years have drawn a connection between “That’s no longer relevant” and “He’s dead,” even with an apparent sadface.
Well, they’re in the middle of a huge battle. “No longer relevant” to “He’s dead now” is not really that large of a leap. I certainly wouldn’t think “They took the time out of a major battle to save everyone and everything they care about to have a long heart to heart conversation”.
The only conclusion I would have made would have been that the bough is way more important than upsetting her father by using axes in his forest. But I am not Byron.
well she isn’t a druid, and considering how she skirts around animal familiar sentience i doubt she would bother trying to lean how to use such spells.
So she’s…the Green Flash?
Only if her Dad comes back.
You occasionally see her on the horizon while at sea.
Pyrite Star.
I didn’t think Byron liked fast women.
He didn’t need to axe.
Cheap pun aside, Syr’nj has got a hell of a lot of upper body strength to take a gnoll that’s falling towards her, whop him with her elbow from a position of poor momentum, and send him flying that far away.
Maybe she’s juicing more than potions of swiftness. Or maybe she’s just hella strong.
F=MA, my friend. F=MA.
She can always do science to it.
F=MA ? What do you mean, Val Hallen ?
Force equals Mass times Acceleration squared :)
so the faster something is the harder it hits, more so than the heavier something is. its how bullets and the like are so dangerous despite being tiny and bluntish.
and considering how fast syr’njj was just moving…
close. kinetic energy equals 1/2 times mass times velocity squared.
or KE = 1/2mv^2
the rest is right though.
It’s why the Flash should, by all rights, be stronger than Superman when he hits.
Also looks like she is doing the Picard maneuver.
super man has super speed as well as super strength. so his hits are stronger
I thought it was because Superman is indestructible. Hit a wall with the force of a wrecking ball and it’s your fist that breaks. Though maybe I just don’t understand what this math is conveying.
Yes. F=MA, not F=M(A^2). Mass and Acceleration are equally relevant to Force. Possibly you are being confused by E=M(C^2). These are different because Force =/= Energy. Hence, though F=MA, KE=(1/2)M(V^2), wherein velocity (directional speed) is more important than mass.
This is because Kinetic Energy is the integral of Force over Distance (or:
F = d(KE)/dx,
which basically means that Kinetic Energy is the sum of all the Force applied to an object over any given distance. So, all the Force you apply to an object (for which we will assume Mass is constant, because unless you’re getting close to lightspeed the difference in negligible) is, in effect, stored by that object as Kinetic Energy. Basically, Velocity is how objects store Energy (I acknowledge, for all ye physics majors, this is totally wrong, but it’s a very good lie). The result is that, when two objects impact each other, the Force is released, causing Velocity (and therefore Kinetic Energy) to be reduced by a proportional amount.
And to think that there are still parents in this world who believe there is nothing to learn by reading comics.
(LOVE THAT SHOW~!)
She’s a field medic. She treats big strong soldiers whether they want her treatment or not, and often they do not want her treatment.
As, indeed, Auraugu probably did not. And the spear to the spleen probably helped.
You guys are overthinking this. Auragu’s been jobbing it this whole arc. He’d probably offended that you think he can’t sell an elbow.
HAH.
Not the first time someone said ‘over my dead body’ and mean it.
Byron :thinking: Well, guess that I can stop worrying about having any slightly awkward cookouts with the in-laws, then. Should I make that joke? …Nooo, I think that I should not make that joke.
I orphan have to consider my jokes, too.
Daddy kept her wound up, but now Oliver Twist-ing is over.
Dunno if this’ll make any sense, but…The image of her in the final frame looks just like what it feels like to charge something in WoW.
Maybe this game they are in is a beta-test of a future version of WoW?
HMmmm?
– she said, while gazing up at him longingly
“Yu mathe me bithe off my thongue, bithshthe! Buth I’m noth dead – I will thurvive thith! Hyeth! HahahahahOWWW”… *whine*
Is that all for Auraugu? I think I’ll miss him.
Byron had better hustle if he’s going to run interference.
Really? You think a villain as colossal of a dick as Auraugau is going down that easily?
The spear didn’t go in that far. I’m pretty sure Auraugu has just been briefly knocked out and will wake up in pain. I mean, this is nothing compared to what Bandit has been through (now and when Byron went berserk) and she’s still alive.
‘What part of Champion of the Fuzzy People don’t you get?”
“Darling”
Dawww.
This *w* I love seeing characters use terms of endearments for each other.
Really, Schnuckums?
where did Syr hide those axes?? Are bags of holding a thing in this universe?
Video game logic. Same way my belt pouch in Skyrim holds a dozen weapons, two sets and a bunch of random armor, half a ton of crafting supplies, a couple hundred potions, and a couple hundred thousand gold coins.
A.K.A “Hammerspace”.
quick question; considering Aruga champion of the fuzzy people! had a spear loged in his back and is now layi ng with said back flat on the floor, does that mean
not quite. Syrn’jj does explicitly have a magical bag – a handy haversack (dnd item) – rather than just every pouch carring so much :)
I’m thinking the spear isn’t inside him anymore. I’m pretty sure it made a shallow wound, then fell out before Auraugu was knocked out and sent supine. He might by lying on it but there’s no way it’s still inside him, unless it’s twisted sideways (which would probably be an equally shallow wound if so.)
I just figured portable pocket dimensions were in style in Skyrim and everyone had one. A bizarre dimension in which 45kg in gold coins has no weight.
yes he does. handy haversack to be exact. :)
she explains about it in chapter two
PRA~DAAA!
Ah, Thanks!
No, the Champion of the Fuzzy People cannot die like this!
Fortunately that blade doesn’t look like it went in too deep…
It also appears as though it missed his spine.
He’s simply using the ancient gnoll skill – ‘play dead’.
Now that’s Fuzzy Logic!
Gold Star.
Phil, this is TDR, took your word into consideration and change my name.
Thanks for being a good sport about it!
Poor Byron. Two major relationship hurdles in just as many days–first meeting your lover’s parents, then contending with the death of your lover’s beloved relative. All he needs is a pregnancy scare tomorrow, and he’ll have hit the trifecta!
‘Congratulations! It’s a seeeeeeed!’
You gotta be careful in those early months. One guy – Plnt’rz, I think his name was – accidentally dropped his kid in the trail mix.
…just before the Big Game when all the guys came over to watch it in his 62″ scrying pool.
Syr’Nj is going to play a game of Tron Light Cycles with the savage shamans.
Question about Panel 2: Are you guys going to pull a Wilson?
Sure looks that way! Auraugu’s mask falling off wasn’t in the script, John stuck that in there. Only makes sense.
Luckily for Auraugu, none of you have seen his face.
Anybody wanna take a guess at Auraugu’s Secret Identity?
Elvis.
Peter Barker.
3 years later…
BEST’S ALT!
Sonic – BOOM!
This is unthinkable! Auraugu just lost his mask! *gasp*
You’re right! Even if he does live, he’ll have to suffer through crippling identity issues!
Props to Byron for figuring it out that fast. I would never in a million years have drawn a connection between “That’s no longer relevant” and “He’s dead,” even with an apparent sadface.
same here. but then again, I don’t read social situations well.
I think I’d be more likely to if I’d seen another 50 dead elves that morning.
Well, they’re in the middle of a huge battle. “No longer relevant” to “He’s dead now” is not really that large of a leap. I certainly wouldn’t think “They took the time out of a major battle to save everyone and everything they care about to have a long heart to heart conversation”.
But talking is a free action!
The only conclusion I would have made would have been that the bough is way more important than upsetting her father by using axes in his forest. But I am not Byron.
Someone call Chris Tucker, we need a reprise of “You got knocked DA FUGGOUT!”
I think Auraugu is alright. I mean, he needed to be knocked out after being stabbed. People who’ve been stabbed to death don’t need to be knocked out.
You’ve never played Smash Bros :)
Alright, cut Auraugu’s head off. We all know what’s gonna happen if you leave him there like that…
Don’t take your eyes off him or he’ll regress to the trees!
Did Syr just run with potion enhanced speed, or did she also use a druidic “move through veggies” spell?
well she isn’t a druid, and considering how she skirts around animal familiar sentience i doubt she would bother trying to lean how to use such spells.
Well, seems like I was wrong.
With that avatar… genius.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaawkward.
I’ve just noticed that Byron is riding sidesaddle.
I think that’s him dismounting while the beast is still in motion.
No, no, Byron. You’re supposed to throw a CHAIR into a wrestling match, not a SPEAR.
After the third panel, Byron is now stuck sounding like Jim Raynor in my head.
infested Syr’Nj, the Queen of Needles? not sure if want.
Gah! Cannot un-hear!