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  1. Kobold King
    Sweet Celestia. Spike is a Hemalurgist. It's in his name and everything. How did I never notice this?
  2. Kobold King
    Samuel's lips lifted, showing a row of white teeth. Usually in Tall-Meats this was a show of mirth, though little humor came through in the Inquisitor's voice. "Not yet, not by half," he explained ruefully. His eyes flickered toward the remains of Murk's latest kill, but he said nothing. As she had expected, Samuel didn't seem to mind the boat's destruction. She filed that knowledge away--the knowledge that when it came to Menkor, her sorcerer didn't seem to care when or how she sated her hunger. Perhaps she'd enjoy her time in this city more than she'd expected to. "There will likely be many foes," Samuel went on, oblivious to her thoughts. "You can have your pick for the price. If not then we can find someone suitable for the hunt later, there won't be a shortage of enemies after today." "Oh, excellent," Murk crooned in response. Her senses scanned the Inquisitor, trying to glean what knowledge she could from him. He was standing tautly, his gaze flickering about urgently. Her nostrils picked up the sweet scent of blood and other fluids staining his clothing. Clearly he had been wading through considerable violence and carnage today. And apparently there was far more to come. Oh, what fun they were going to have together! "Where are these foes you promise?" Murk demanded eagerly. Her belly was full, but she was always on the lookout for the next hunt. "How far must we travel? Over land or through water?"
  3. Kobold King
    A Darwinist, a creationist, and an atheist walk into a bar. Setting aside their differences, they arm themselves with torches and pitchforks and kill Nighthound.
  4. Kobold King
    I'll get to work on that, then. Frankly, I'll be disappointed if Samuel doesn't go around proclaiming statements he disagrees with to be "a load of croc."
  5. Kobold King
    "Splinter? Why, I hardly know her!" "But Kobold, her leg is badly hurt! If you don't splint the injury, there could be permanent damage." "Fine. But she'll have to sign a waiver. Darn it Jim, I'm a kobold, not an Edgedancer..."
  6. Kobold King
    What? You impugn my honor, sir. Were you not the Lord Ruler, I'd have half a mind to challenge you to a round of fisticuffs. Also, at 7200 points I became a Splinter.
  7. Kobold King
    Gjustice, we have a confession to make. There's actually magic on Earth, but you're blind to it. We would have told you sooner... but you were just so cute, insisting that televisions and computers and lightbulbs were powered by "electricity" instead of Investiture. Sorry for keeping you in the dark, so to speak. In all seriousness, I'm sure gaining Breaths can reverse color-blindness. The ability to differentiate between colors simply seems to be an inherent part of the magic, and I doubt anything so mundane as a birth defect could cut off a person's access to it.
  8. Kobold King
    Samuel: I hate this city! And I hate these people! Murk: Oh I love them all. Especially the juicy ones. Should I give a short post describing Murk crawling out of the mud and following Samuel?
  9. Kobold King
    "I am the Doctor" for Hoid.
  10. Kobold King
    Granted. You are made Truthless. I wish for the ability to hear people's accents over the Internet.
  11. Kobold King
    Here's a random idea with absolutely no basis. What if Prof's weakness is seeing a normal human die in front of him? This could tie in with his past, assuming he wasn't the Epic who destroyed the school he worked at. Seeing his child charges murdered before his eyes could have instilled a sense of powerlessness in his heart deep enough to manifest as a weakness. If this were the case, it could explain why he took the path he did--he'd be unable to commit the random atrocities that other Epics revel in, and might use his powers less as a result. And if he used his powers less, this could lead to further reflection about how his powers change him. Once he realizes the inherent evil of Epics... boom, we have the Reckoners. (Who, as we know, go out of their way to avoid civilian casualties.) Just a random thought, as I said at first. There are plenty of far more substantiated theories out there. Though personally, I suspect his weakness will be something totally from the left field, like hot apple pies thrown in his face or Australian clowns.
  12. Kobold King
    Personally I think a lot more theological weight has been attached to the argument than it's worth. I don't believe in a God who'll send anyone to Hell for not believing in a literal Genesis; similarly, I don't view creationists with the scorn and ridicule that's all too commonplace in Darwinist circles. I think the commandment to love thy neighbor as thyself most certainly takes precedence over the cosmological nitpicking match that's broken out between the two points of view. Frankly, I'm just glad that this is a place where such sensitive topics can be brought up and discussed cheerfully and rationally. I've seen the wars on the matter waged in blogs, published works, and YouTube comments, and the discourses therein tend to be... less than civil. I'm fairly confident that the soldiers who jeered at Christ while he hung on the cross used more polite language. In any case, I'm happy to report that WHIO remains perfectly neutral in the debate. Sure, Backtrack thinks he's looked back millions of years before, but this is the man who spent the first two months after getting his powers convinced that the spirits of Native American braves were haunting him. We can safely take his point of view with a grain of salt.
  13. Kobold King
    Since your accident resulted in a minor side character being given a badchull backstory, I'd count it as one of the better naming faux pauxs of history. Oh, they are. Diprotodon, the wombat the size of a rhino... Megalania, the monitor lizard the size of a school bus... there's a wealth of weird but fantastic creatures here, and yet hardly anyone these days know about them. How strange and exciting is that? There have been entire ecosystems in Earth's history that put the Serengeti to shame, yet the average person off the street has no idea about most of them. It makes the world seem so huge and vibrant and mind-boggling... and more than anything, amazing. I'll never know why the most militant creationists see evolution as an affront to God, because I've always felt the idea of an eons-old Earth gives more glory to Him than any other theory. But that's just my opinion, and I digress.
  14. Kobold King
    Huh. It would be interesting as a coincidence; if it were intentional, it'd be downright brilliant. Can anyone name any ways in which Sarene can be said to be serene?
  15. Kobold King
    Nice to know this is helping you as much as it's entertaining us. Excellent! Voidus, should Murk begin the process to shrink herself, or is Samuel fine with a twenty-foot crocodile trailing behind him through the city?
  16. Kobold King
    That, and the only known rock art of the animal is hilariously derpy. Little did he know that the Dread Poodle Foofie's internal monologue was far darker than Lightwards could ever hope to contemplate.
  17. Kobold King
    The really hilarious thing about the Thylacoleo is that it was more closely related to wombats than actual cats. (I'll probably be bombarding the Random Stuff thread with facts about ancient marsupials for the next few days. ) Figures. Rationality ruins everything. It's a real shame, since I can totally see Funtimes riding one of those into battle. As things stand, any marsupial lions he raises will probably end up in the "stand still and think menacing animals thoughts" club with Wes.
  18. Kobold King
    "The Funtimes is undoubtedly one of the most bizarre lifeforms known to modern Epizoology. It is adorned with bright and glittering coloration, and is the only member of the phylum Epicozoa known to possess a sense of whimsy. It tends to surround itself with far weaker organisms such as the Nathan and the Revolution, for reasons known only to the Funtimes' strange and undocumented mind." Unrelated. I've been reading about various forms of prehistoric life again lately, in particular the Thylacoleo (marsupial lion) of Ice Age Australia. So I was wondering... ...how would Funtimes react if Lightwards added one of these to his arsenal?
  19. Kobold King
    "Some of the Backtrack's natural predators include the Nighthound, the most universally reviled of carnivores, and the Koschei, which is actually extinct. The Backtrack as a species seems unaware of this, however, and continues to recoil in fear at the mere mention of the organism. "Of particular interest is the interaction between the Backtrack and the Lightwards. One Backtrack, after faking its own death, managed to convince a Lightwards that he was its mindless zombie servant for three months before his attempt to flirt with a pretty girl ended his ruse."
  20. Kobold King
    Not very good. He's far more likely to drop to the floor and hope his irregular bathing habits convince all Epics present that he died three weeks ago.
  21. Kobold King
    Yeah, Backtrack's got nothing to say and I think constantly showing his sniveling internal monologue gets old after a while. Your move I suppose. I've got no Christmas plans to speak of.
  22. Kobold King
    Awesome. I like them all. One question though... why is the electricity Epic called "Scorpion"?
  23. Kobold King
    Again, awed by the vast amount of information about this world. Even this plain old prison has paragraphs of backstory. I've got another question about familiars. (Sorry to keep bugging you with this sort of thing.) Can a familiar shapeshift at any time, or only under particular circumstances? For instance, could Murk shrink herself down to the body of a juvenile crocodile, making herself more portable so Samuel can carry her to the prison?
  24. Kobold King
    Inspired by the Darths and Droids cast page:
  25. Kobold King
    I like to think I'm the 17th Shard's adorable team mascot. Dim-witted but mildly entertaining to watch; well-meaning but prone to dorky shenanigans; earnest but comically misinformed. 'Tis a hard life at times, but it suits me well. More seriously... I'm fairly active on the role-play forum, which has historically been a great mine of reputation. Even when I first joined, it was a well-known fact that the Sanderson Elimination games were a great place to cultivate reputation points. The Reckoners RPG is even more suited for harvesting upvotes. There are likely a number of other factors that I simply cannot fathom. There are way cooler people on this forum with way smaller reputation levels, so I must conclude the rep system is not at all a good way to measure the merit of one's regular posts. Just think of me as our adorable yet slightly derpy mascot, and it all makes sense.
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