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I'm assuming V will arrive shortly to save the day. I imagine lightning would work well against a silicon elemental. Or is that too obvious?

Thought they only had her for like 20 minutes or so. Timing should be about right I think (and it's a comic strip, so who knows how much time's really passing anyway). I suppose it would be too easy though and would allow them to compare notes and actually maybe figure stuff out. So they'll probably be saved/captured by the Linear Guild instead, leaving V to pop out alone in the middle of the desert wondering where the hell everyone went. Oh! And Belkar has to be turned into a Vampire at some point, right?

It was something more like 45 minutes total. Two of the fiend guys were in it for 20 minutes each, the other was severed early on in during the fight with Xykon.

But they may not use their entire allotment at one time and just burn through one 20min period. The Gate is destroyed which is what they most wanted there anyway.

Edit: Comic in question. It doesn't actually specify though whether "me and him" are cumulative or separate. I guess the fight was short enough that it could have been 3.x minutes for the one and 10.x minutes each for the other two (10 minute fight total)

Edited, Jul 26th 2013 8:29am by Jophiel

Ah, good. I thought that was the case but nice to have it definitive.

SpoilerI was thinking Durkon becomes horrified at what he's turned into and runs off.

That, or Obscuring Mist or Deeper Darkness. Although I would not be the least bit surprised if Nale and Z both had Gust of Wind, fire magic and Daylight available.

Yo.

Damn when this strip updates, it updates.

I imagine now that the main vampire is gone that Thrall Durkon will revert back to Normal Durkon.

Edited, Jul 29th 2013 12:40pm by lolgaxe

Don't know how vampirism works in D&D actually, but isn't it possible Durkon would revert to being a normal human if his creator is destroyed within a given time of being vamped? Cause that's one of the ways you can reverse it in lots of movies and whatnot. Even if that's not the case normally in D&D rules, since Malok used some kind of spell to speed up the normal "3 days in the grave" thing, maybe that gets undone somehow (since it still hasn't been close to 3 days).

Or... He gets left as a vampire. Cause... drama! Either way, as Joph pointed out, he's still going to be an enemy to Nale and Co. I also didn't see that little twist coming. Guess that's what makes this strip interesting. Stuff never happens as you'd expect.

Oh. Also didn't think about the whole thing with Durkon and the prediction. Posthumously doesn't quite have the same meaning in a world where folks can get resurrected.

Killing the vampire that created the spawn in D&D just frees them to be normal vampires or vampire spawn, as appropriate. It's under the Create Spawn description for vampires. Durkon is definitely > level 4, so he was created as a vampire.

Edit: For slight wording clarification.

Edited, Jul 29th 2013 9:41pm by Ravashack

SpoilerIf he gets his accent back when he's free-willed, does that mean he's faking it?

Heh. Wonk.

Scottish, duh. Also this is the best time to take out Z since he just used his only Greater Dispel Magic spell, and Durkon has the backup cast with the staff.