So after we realized killing Karmakat wasn’t on the menu, Phil came back with this ending for him, instead. Sometimes working under unexpected restrictions makes your work awkward and discordant, and sometimes it actually makes it better. Thankfully, this was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Naturally, Karmakat has a band of five. We dealt with various adventuring squads and groups of different sizes (the one in this chapter, with very good reason, will be six), but five tended to be our default. Maybe we were […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This scene’s mostly Phil, but it was important to me to fit at least one quip from Karmakat into the dialogue, as quipping was definitely part of the character, per the story notes. But he’s not the “improv Tourette’s” type: […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Harky’s political skills are again shown to be as formidable as his battle prowess. It takes a healthy mix of firmness, humility, and just knowing the right words to defuse a conflict as adroitly as he does in panel 1. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Iver’s not even close to sympathizing with Gobligno’s petty bellyaching (recall how he reacted when Harky smacked Gobligno down), but he’s much too much of a classical politician to make enemies when he doesn’t have to. His dig at Harky […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
