Being a schmuck, I speed-read some of the Crossed archives, and for those not schmucky enough to do so, here’s a not-too-graphic description:
It’s a very gory zombie apocalypse kind of story, where the “zombies” are regular humans carrying a fast-spreading disease that turns its hosts into completely uninhibited, violent and oversexual maniacs. They retain some sentience and ability for teamwork, though (hooray!). Helpfully, they also get a cross-shaped skin rash (to put it mildly) across the face, for easy identification, hence the name of the comic.
It’s a very bleak story, in that it doesn’t seem to be working towards a cure or even a “repopulate the earth” scenario. The small pockets of uninfected are just postponing the inevitable, trying to maintain some semblance of civilization and sanity.
For all that, though, the gore and the nature of the “crossed” are so over the top that it often crosses over from horrible into… horribilarious? It’s gross and depressing, but not as horrifying as I expected. I was actually more horrified by Brother Tom’s death/possession scene.
I really wonder if this is a cutscene in the game for those who play in the real world or if the NPCs are really answering their questions in realtime when they type/speak them.
Here’s a thought. All those players who don’t care about the storyline or community of the game… the ‘murder hobo’. The spirits mark the day the game goes mainstream. ;)
EVE Online amusingly accounts for this in their own lore, in how capsuleers become a little less ‘human’ as time goes by from the technology of alien origins. I miss playing that game.
This reminds me of the old legends of Heroic Age Greece…The regular people/peasants really couldn’t distinguish any difference between a group of bandit raiders & a hero with their entourage. In the end, they wound up with pillaged villages & burnt houses.
So Scipio seems to have boots of muffling for stealth, and also now dex comparable to the best DPS. I suspect it comes from that sword… I want to know more about it than it’s pointy, and Scipio for that matter.
That’s one in twenty odds. You couldn’t give me the money to place on that, I’d just keep the money. Also I wasn’t talking about damage, but his speed.
Scipio didn’t even really need to be fast; being so low on the cultist totem pole, they probably count a 1/2 HD enemies, so a Fighter Class could hit up to his own XP Level of them in a single combat round.
Those robes would only be what? AC9 at best? He could’ve probably rolled a 5 or higher & still hit them & at 1/2HD, any hit would be fatal anyway.
It’ll be all right cult boy, just don’t loose your head.
It’s about to be loosed for him.
Darn, and I’ve already prepared this noose.
well, you know what they thay, no nooth ith good newth
Reminds me of “Not Brand Ecch” … (Who are you?) -I AM MIGHTY THOR! And thir, you’d be thore too if you thlung a thilly hammer around all thummer.
Byron Witch Project?
More like the Evil Dead
Byron Voorhees = in Friday The 13th!
Well, it was 12 days ago.
It’s also next month, and I think November. Aren’t Februaries fun?
Well, birds, obviously. And the guy selling stones.
Those guards are gutless. Or at least one is.
was it fixed?
My axe for you hits like a truck, BERZERKER.
Would you like some going nuts, BERZERKER.
The berserker is just so contagious
Likes killing people and puts them in rages
I don’t know if I like where this strip is HEADing.
I have a different point of view.
Overlooking the puns, is this setting up Byron v. Scipio?!?!?
Nope. It’ll be Byron vs Everybody, followed by Scipio vs Byron and his army of undead Berzerkers.
It beheading this way. It beheading that way….
Scipio, you picked the wrong day to quit smoking.
Cigar, you picked the wrong day to quit Scipio.
Scipio, you picked the wrong cigar to quit cigarring scipio.
RUUUUUUIIIIIINNNNNNEEEEEDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!
Huh, this comic gets darker. Dark red, I mean.
Oh, crap. It’s really gonna be like “Crossed”, after all.
Let’s hope it never hits the dolphin fuckery stage.
I’m suddenly very happy never to have read “Crossed”. WTF?
Being a schmuck, I speed-read some of the Crossed archives, and for those not schmucky enough to do so, here’s a not-too-graphic description:
It’s a very gory zombie apocalypse kind of story, where the “zombies” are regular humans carrying a fast-spreading disease that turns its hosts into completely uninhibited, violent and oversexual maniacs. They retain some sentience and ability for teamwork, though (hooray!). Helpfully, they also get a cross-shaped skin rash (to put it mildly) across the face, for easy identification, hence the name of the comic.
It’s a very bleak story, in that it doesn’t seem to be working towards a cure or even a “repopulate the earth” scenario. The small pockets of uninfected are just postponing the inevitable, trying to maintain some semblance of civilization and sanity.
For all that, though, the gore and the nature of the “crossed” are so over the top that it often crosses over from horrible into… horribilarious? It’s gross and depressing, but not as horrifying as I expected. I was actually more horrified by Brother Tom’s death/possession scene.
Please… please, no.
T, Phil, just… please, no.
Well we weren’t gonna, buuuuuuuuut…
I really wonder if this is a cutscene in the game for those who play in the real world or if the NPCs are really answering their questions in realtime when they type/speak them.
Here’s a thought. All those players who don’t care about the storyline or community of the game… the ‘murder hobo’. The spirits mark the day the game goes mainstream. ;)
EVE Online amusingly accounts for this in their own lore, in how capsuleers become a little less ‘human’ as time goes by from the technology of alien origins. I miss playing that game.
Oh… Alucard guest appearance?
Don’t worry guys, Byron is here now!
Never fear Byron is he…..oh shit.
This reminds me of the old legends of Heroic Age Greece…The regular people/peasants really couldn’t distinguish any difference between a group of bandit raiders & a hero with their entourage. In the end, they wound up with pillaged villages & burnt houses.
“Head for the hills! The heroes are coming!”
HAH pillaged villages, try saying that five times fast.
I do remember those stories though, I always laughed at them for being so damned trusting, then again I’m one of those paranoya do people sooooo yeah.
So Scipio seems to have boots of muffling for stealth, and also now dex comparable to the best DPS. I suspect it comes from that sword… I want to know more about it than it’s pointy, and Scipio for that matter.
Nah, he just rolled a natural 20 on stealth, not to mention these guys have 1 hit die…
That’s one in twenty odds. You couldn’t give me the money to place on that, I’d just keep the money. Also I wasn’t talking about damage, but his speed.
Scipio didn’t even really need to be fast; being so low on the cultist totem pole, they probably count a 1/2 HD enemies, so a Fighter Class could hit up to his own XP Level of them in a single combat round.
Those robes would only be what? AC9 at best? He could’ve probably rolled a 5 or higher & still hit them & at 1/2HD, any hit would be fatal anyway.
Hey did E-merl ever get something out of that grimoire Byron found 20 chapters ago?
A right nasty paper cut, for one…
It granted him an extra skill point or something, I would guess.
HAHAHAHAH!!! I’M COMING FOR YOU ALL!!!
Oh Crap its the BOB’s!!!!
Run!
(old UO cult)
Hey, guy-in-the-last-panel, I axed you a question!
You know, Scipio is much more talkative when he doesn’t have the cigar. I wonder if it means that his player isn’t online at the moment.
He’s not usually one to waste time telling his foe that they’re finished, is he? Usually he’d just let them figure that one out for themselves.
Piss off Scipio enough for him to open his eyes at you?
You’re gonna have a baaaad time.
“Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes.”
It’s too bad that, with Scipio, by that time, he’s already in melee range…