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Annotations Every Day - Written by T Campbell & Flo Kahn - Illustrated by John & Jason Waltrip

It's OK, Bandit. Potions are like tissues: you don't really expect or want them back after they're used.

Chapter 13 – Page 13

on November 2, 2011
Chapter: Chapter 13
└ Tags: Auraugu, Bandit, Brix, E-Merl, Scipio, Stokla
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  1. Karishi
    Karishi
    November 2, 2011, 12:03 am | # | Reply

    An illusion of a defended person to do the talking: Always wise. Definitely has more cred than an illusion of a defenseless person, yes? Yesss.

    • Lhurgoyf
      Lhurgoyf
      November 2, 2011, 12:20 am | # | Reply

      It provided the illusion of defense.

      • ahdok
        ahdok
        November 2, 2011, 4:21 am | # | Reply

        The best defense is not to be hit.

        • Geigan
          Geigan
          November 2, 2011, 10:07 am | # | Reply

          A good mage’s true form should be neither seen nor heard.

          • Acadian Bacon
            Acadian Bacon
            November 2, 2011, 4:17 pm | # | Reply

            An Improved Inviz along with visible Mirror Images works best. :3 Not to mention a good ol’ fashioned Necklace of Strangulation, those are AWESOME. x3

          • nemui
            nemui
            July 14, 2014, 11:24 am | # | Reply

            You can always tell a Milford mage.

  2. Karishi
    Karishi
    November 2, 2011, 12:04 am | # | Reply

    Are we about to hear her say, “Meep meep”? We can only pray!

    • Lhurgoyf
      Lhurgoyf
      November 2, 2011, 12:23 am | # | Reply

      I feel she’s opting for the quick solution…

      • centuriancode
        centuriancode
        November 2, 2011, 5:02 am | # | Reply

        If so, this fight could be short.

        • Ishmael
          Ishmael
          November 2, 2011, 8:51 am | # | Reply

          I suppose there’s a small chance that she might’ve brought a fleet with her. This IS Bandit.

          • Far
            Far
            November 2, 2011, 12:20 pm | # | Reply

            Will she be shiving into high gear?
            Will the invaders be a passing thought to her?
            Stay tuned folks!

          • aqua
            aqua
            November 2, 2011, 4:20 pm | # | Reply

            she will be fleet. . . of foot

      • Phil
        Flo
        November 2, 2011, 11:52 am | # | Reply

        Gold Star.

  3. MichaelHaneline
    MichaelHaneline
    November 2, 2011, 12:13 am | # | Reply

    Looks like bandit is about to be a little faster.

  4. MichaelHaneline
    MichaelHaneline
    November 2, 2011, 12:18 am | # | Reply

    Is it just me, or does Scipio look BORED?

    • DreamPen
      DreamPen
      November 2, 2011, 12:21 am | # | Reply

      He *always* looks bored. That’s one of the cool things about him.

      • The Indomitable Eric
        The Indomitable Eric
        November 2, 2011, 1:31 am | # | Reply

        Good tanks always ARE bored. That’s how you know it’s working.

        • MichaelHaneline
          MichaelHaneline
          November 2, 2011, 1:35 am | # | Reply

          Is that why they are referred to as “sword and bored”?

          • centuriancode
            centuriancode
            November 2, 2011, 5:03 am | # | Reply

            Only when fighting for the hoard.

            • Whatev
              Whatev
              November 3, 2011, 7:01 am | # | Reply

              And you never know when there might be an emergency, so it’s best to just keep that energy stored.

        • Flushmaster
          Flushmaster
          November 2, 2011, 2:06 am | # | Reply

          If you’re a squishy caster and the tank standing between you and the enemy DOESN’T look bored then it’s time to either bust out your best stuff or run away. Probably both.

          • Hornet
            Hornet
            November 2, 2011, 9:26 am | # | Reply

            I was a bad Tank. So I carried ward of Melee and Elements.

            • Asterai
              Asterai
              November 2, 2011, 2:43 pm | # | Reply

              Ha! I know what game you tanked in.

              I wonder if Rachel brings Ray of Judgment, or if she’s more the Protective Spirit type…?

    • Moody DK
      Moody DK
      November 2, 2011, 12:23 pm | # | Reply

      That is the look of a man that knows exactly when to pop his cooldowns.

      So to speak.

      • centuriancode
        centuriancode
        November 3, 2011, 5:10 am | # | Reply

        No wonder he’s so chilled.

  5. DreamPen
    DreamPen
    November 2, 2011, 12:22 am | # | Reply

    Glad to see Adventurer’s Guild Team Two wasn’t as helpless or screwed as I initially thought.

    • Yahtzee
      Yahtzee
      November 2, 2011, 5:34 am | # | Reply

      Yeah. Though I wonder what became of the nun who got taken airborne a few pages earlier.

      • DreamPen
        DreamPen
        November 2, 2011, 6:02 am | # | Reply

        Rachel. After seeing her flying up helplessly, I hope she demonstrates why she’s not someone to be taken lightly (assuming she stops panicking in the air).

        • Catbus
          Catbus
          November 2, 2011, 7:19 am | # | Reply

          Brace for “flying nun” pun impact in 3, 2, 1 . . .

          • JarrysKid
            JarrysKid
            November 2, 2011, 11:24 am | # | Reply

            How about “Drop the nun and place your hands on your head!”, instead?

            • Far
              Far
              November 2, 2011, 12:31 pm | # | Reply

              Rachel: (looking down) “NO! Do Not drop the nun!”
              (less the nun shall pass!)

          • centuriancode
            centuriancode
            November 3, 2011, 5:11 am | # | Reply

            Nah, nun of those’ll fly.

    • Acadian Bacon
      Acadian Bacon
      November 2, 2011, 4:18 pm | # | Reply

      I knew Scipio could carry them on his back, I just wasn’t sure about the rest. :3

  6. SaltyKracka
    SaltyKracka
    November 2, 2011, 12:26 am | # | Reply

    Okay, what’s with that lip on Emerl’s face in panel 3? It just looks…wrong.

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      November 2, 2011, 12:54 am | # | Reply

      It’s the “shit just got real” lip configuration.

    • MathMage
      MathMage
      November 2, 2011, 2:13 am | # | Reply

      That thing you think is the upper lip is his teeth.

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      November 2, 2011, 4:21 am | # | Reply

      If your’re gonna ask questions like that, you might as well ask why the shaman has a thumb sticking out of her elbow.

  7. Dolash
    Dolash
    November 2, 2011, 12:33 am | # | Reply

    In panel 3 the shaman doesn’t have eyes, yet her staff does.

    • Dolash
      Dolash
      November 2, 2011, 12:33 am | # | Reply

      <— My face while considering this.

      • Doma
        Doma
        November 2, 2011, 1:02 am | # | Reply

        Maddening.

        • Hawk
          Hawk
          November 2, 2011, 7:15 am | # | Reply

          I think her staff is making eyes for both of them. I LOL’d at the staff looking all O.O

  8. BW
    BW
    November 2, 2011, 12:37 am | # | Reply

    Are the eyes on the shaman’s staff bugging out in panel 3? Cool.

  9. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    November 2, 2011, 12:58 am | # | Reply

    Scipio sure knows his job, he’s pulling aggro like a boss.

    • Flushmaster
      Flushmaster
      November 2, 2011, 2:10 am | # | Reply

      Only a real Boss can fight off two formidable foes while still casually holding a cigar in his teeth. Totally boss.

      • anonymous coward
        anonymous coward
        November 2, 2011, 3:56 am | # | Reply

        Oh shit, you mean Scipio is a future boss fight?
        Wait, that’s totally predictable.

    • Locke
      Locke
      November 2, 2011, 2:49 am | # | Reply

      Block, block, block, smoke, block, block, block, smoke…

      It’s a battle of wills. And lungs.

      • ahdok
        ahdok
        November 2, 2011, 4:17 am | # | Reply

        Smoking Kills.

        • Locke
          Locke
          November 2, 2011, 4:26 am | # | Reply

          Smoking Kills… YOUR OPPONENTS.

      • Amarula
        Amarula
        November 2, 2011, 4:18 am | # | Reply

        It’s a cigar, you don’t inhale cigar smoke into your lungs

        • Locke
          Locke
          November 2, 2011, 4:29 am | # | Reply

          Still causes mouth cancer, though.
          I mean, I like a good cigar now and then myself, but even I know the dangers. Scipio probably just blocks the carcinogens, though. I bet he blocks everything.

      • Locke
        Locke
        November 2, 2011, 4:30 am | # | Reply

        And here is when I realize the mistake I made within that post. Oh well.

  10. Amaster
    Amaster
    November 2, 2011, 1:26 am | # | Reply

    Definitely a better plan than previously expected.

  11. Doop doop
    Doop doop
    November 2, 2011, 4:08 am | # | Reply

    But the bones in her fists would splinter.

    If you apply a potion of swiftness to your fists without also increasing the strength or not only your fists, your arms, and your shoulders at LEAST, you’d be punching ridiculously fast and causing yourself massive damage.

    Hell, imagine punching a block of wood as fast and as hard as you could. Now imagine that block of wood SWINGING AT YOUR FIST while you do that.

    You’d think someone who has such fast hands would be quick on the draw, but it seems like she’s swiftly heading for a fistival of pain.

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      November 2, 2011, 4:17 am | # | Reply

      Are you assuming that the laws of physics apply to magic again?

    • Wulf
      Wulf
      November 2, 2011, 7:47 am | # | Reply

      She’s not injecting it yet. She’s merely pulling open her shirt and pulling out the hypodermic.

    • Karishi
      Karishi
      November 2, 2011, 8:44 am | # | Reply

      Aside from the whole “It’s magic” solution (which happens to be the solution they finally applied to The Flash), there are the facts that:
      Bandit wields daggers and likes to do hit and run – this’ll let her hit and run on everyone at once.
      Our previous experience with this potion shows it’s for swifter running.
      Wulf’s comment.

    • Ishmael
      Ishmael
      November 2, 2011, 10:22 am | # | Reply

      Not really. I mean, unless the enemy’s moving at her that fast, it wouldn’t deal any more damage to your body than just punching something normally. You’re going faster, you’re not hitting any harder and your targets aren’t any tougher.

      That said, Karishi’s right. Bandit’s more likely just to hamstring someone or stab them in the backs, not go about beating them with her 1d2 gnome fists.

    • Rock Mobster
      Rock Mobster
      November 2, 2011, 2:17 pm | # | Reply

      I legitimately thought she was injecting that potion into her boob…

      • Wulf
        Wulf
        November 3, 2011, 6:22 am | # | Reply

        FASTER THAN A SPEEDING BOOB!

      • ahdok
        ahdok
        November 3, 2011, 2:26 pm | # | Reply

        Congratulations. You win the booby prize.

      • Abcus
        Abcus
        November 5, 2011, 5:55 pm | # | Reply

        See, there’s where you fell into her booby trap.

        Cheers,

        Cote

  12. ahdok
    ahdok
    November 2, 2011, 4:15 am | # | Reply

    What’s that Scipio? The bad guys are attacking?

    • Thracecius
      Thracecius
      November 2, 2011, 1:42 pm | # | Reply

      Scipio: *block/knockdown*
      Scipio: *block*
      GM: “+5 to opponent frustration”
      Opponents (in unison): “Aww man! You suck!”
      GM: “Make that +10.”

  13. centuriancode
    centuriancode
    November 2, 2011, 5:07 am | # | Reply

    I think there’s a typo in the first panel. Not sure if it’s supposed to be “well” or “whelp”, but “wellp” just looks wrong.

    • Odo
      Odo
      November 2, 2011, 5:29 am | # | Reply

      “Wellp” instead of “well” is sort of like “nope” instead of “no”. While “whelp” is a word, it is not appropriate in context, seeing as it has to do with birthing or the results thereof.

      I do love the fact that the totally defended elemental mage is an illusion — just in case.

      • centuriancode
        centuriancode
        November 3, 2011, 5:12 am | # | Reply

        Huh, I’ve never come across that one before. I shall add it to the list.

  14. Catbus
    Catbus
    November 2, 2011, 7:21 am | # | Reply

    Bandit’s injecting between her fingers? What a potion junkie.

    • Wulf
      Wulf
      November 2, 2011, 7:48 am | # | Reply

      She’s just pulling the syringe out from where she had it tucked away inside the shirt.

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      November 3, 2011, 7:56 am | # | Reply

      Here, I thought it looked like she was applying it as a topical ointment.
      Swift-ness! Apply directly to the forearm!

  15. DCB
    DCB
    November 2, 2011, 7:37 am | # | Reply

    Bandit and swiftness potion? Dear god…what has she done?

    • Karishi
      Karishi
      November 2, 2011, 8:46 am | # | Reply

      In the immortal words of Guile: Sonic BOOM!

      • DCB
        DCB
        November 2, 2011, 10:48 am | # | Reply

        Regardless of what happens next, this will go with it.

        • ahdok
          ahdok
          November 2, 2011, 2:49 pm | # | Reply

          and here I was thinking you’d linked to this:

  16. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    November 2, 2011, 11:32 am | # | Reply

    Oh and, “PAF! Right in the kisser!”.

    • Karishi
      Karishi
      November 3, 2011, 12:21 pm | # | Reply

      Last time I saw PAF used as a sound effect, it was Jubilee (there’s even a scene where she tells Wolvie: “I can control my PAFs better now.”). Nice to see it again.

  17. banjo2E
    banjo2E
    November 2, 2011, 11:57 am | # | Reply

    Bet that the potion is actually caffeine concentrate.

  18. Fren
    Fren
    November 2, 2011, 1:41 pm | # | Reply

    Go go Team Competent!

  19. ahdok
    ahdok
    November 2, 2011, 2:50 pm | # | Reply

    Bandit’s going to drive her opponents completely poti

  20. coldelectrons
    coldelectrons
    November 2, 2011, 7:08 pm | # | Reply

    Scipio has the blocks that rocks, E-Merl knocks off someone’s block, Bandit’s gonna shoot up some NOS and LOX and wear out her socks, and Rachelle’s showing everyone her box before she’s dashed on the rocks.

    • anonymous coward
      anonymous coward
      November 3, 2011, 4:10 am | # | Reply

      I salute you smartass, I salute you.

    • centuriancode
      centuriancode
      November 3, 2011, 5:14 am | # | Reply

      Now that’s a rhyme that mocks.

  21. plaintextman
    plaintextman
    November 15, 2011, 1:44 pm | # | Reply

    Eh, I feel like complaining about the general lack of scalding/burn wounds in comics where fire-based attacks are present, even when blood seems to flow freely for all other injuries. Have you seen the burns that you can get from just a candle? Perhaps our savage sorcerer there is somewhat protected against fire? Meh… anyhow I felt like raising the issue since I see it often in media. But this comic is great indeed. Loving it ATM.

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