Night of the Devourer (graphics intensive)

[Ookami007]

This is a little project I'm working on. I thought I'd give everyone a preview.
http://www.mobile-hypnotist.com/notd-page1.jpg
http://www.mobile-hypnotist.com/notd-page2.jpg
http://www.mobile-hypnotist.com/notd-page3.jpg
http://www.mobile-hypnotist.com/notd-page4.jpg
http://www.mobile-hypnotist.com/notd-page5.jpg
http://www.mobile-hypnotist.com/notd-page6.jpg

[HelvanderSeries6]

well done look forward to more

[xxScoobyDooxx]

+1 for this ... I personally never read the messages/story lines thoroughly. If yo produced them all in this format I would definitely read them. excellent idea .. looking forward to more

[Ookami007]

http://www.mobile-hypnotist.com/notd-page7.jpg
http://www.mobile-hypnotist.com/notd-page8.jpg
http://www.mobile-hypnotist.com/notd-page9.jpg
http://www.mobile-hypnotist.com/notd-page10.jpg
http://www.mobile-hypnotist.com/notd-page11.jpg
http://www.mobile-hypnotist.com/notd-page12.jpg

[Ookami007]

Keeping this for more pages later.

[Battery]

nice work! +1 to you

[ddohombre]

Awesomesauce! +1

[Cordovan]

Very cool!

[danotmano1998]

Impressive work!

+1 to you.

[Arnhelm]

Oh great! Now I've got Jeets' "You ain't undead" stuck in my head... :p

Nice work. I hope you continue to refine it.

[junior_w]

Good work.

+1

[Seikojin]

Awesome indeed. You could do a whole webseries for it.

[slimkj]

Nice. :) Now, could you arrange for Jeets to meet a horrible fate after the Grotto please? If I hear that "Hoy" one more time whilst I'm rearranging the UI, I might do something unpleasant to my monitor.

[cdbd3rd]

Nice. :) Now, could you arrange for Jeets to meet a horrible fate after the Grotto please? If I hear that "Hoy" one more time whilst I'm rearranging the UI, I might do something unpleasant to my monitor.

Vet Status... Never have to deal with him again. ;)

/Props for the OP. Nice work.

[Kalari]

Awesome work as a comic geekette you made me smile happily keep up the good work :)

[donfilibuster]

Getting past the grotto would be a classic, but really wonder what would happen next. (spoiler alert)
Would Jacoby Drexelhand look suspicious to him?
Would he be ignored by the barkeeper because he forgot to talk to Kaja?
Would Jonitillus go solo or PUG? will he hear odd voices from the sunnyside? (shivers)
If grouping, would he be delayed because someone wanted to go check for Vekz Spluhr?
Maybe the villagers think the mephit by the river is just a myth, but people keep asking where to find 'Zeer'.
Would they be wondering why there's a blocked side passage in the Cannith Manufactury?
Would they the miss noticing the unfamiliar shape of the huge construct hanging from the ceiling?
More importantly, would they get Heyton killed the first time the Sahuagin find him? (oh noes)
And then there's always an old veteran from Stormreach too senile to remember to bind in Korthos Village
Will they split to get both levers that keeps Drusen imprisoned? Will someone get mad about it?
How many jumps and falls it'd take to get everyone to gather to put the Skeletal Mage to rest?
Is someone going to die in the trap at the Acueduct because of an overconfident rogue? (happens!)
Will the rat chase Jonitillus all the way to Misery's Peak only to get bored and turn back at the last moment?
Is Jonitillus waiting to hear the plan from Heyton or will 'figure it on the way'?
Will someone meet an untimely death by falling from the top of the big chamber?
Are they going to release Frostbite from the force barrier?
Is any of them going to try firing into the dragon from the other side of the chasm?
Is someone going get distracted by the dragon rushing below the ice floor and get ambushed by all the cultists?
Is the Ice Flenser going to be a climatic boss battle or some WF will axe him down in a couple swings?
Is Rinar d'Thuranni going to mention that you can find replacement necklaces in House Jorasco?
Will Jonitillus take the ship right away to seek the next challenge?

[slimkj]

Vet Status... Never have to deal with him again. ;)
Sadly, you still have to listen to him when you TR. Unless I'm missing something.

[Beldain]

Sadly, you still have to listen to him when you TR. Unless I'm missing something.

Only briefly.. pick the 'skip korthos storyline' option when you first click on him... unfortunately, if you misclick, you dont get a second chance and are stuck running thru the intro quest..

[KingOfCheese]

Wow! This is great.

[Tharlak]

Nice work!

[dunklezhan]

Such a simple idea I'm amazed it hasn't been done before - very nice job.

[Ookami007]

Thanks for the positive feedback. Working on more pages... going to take this issue up to the end of the Collaborator.

[katz]

awesome!

[holfrar]

+1 excellent work.

[Ookami007]

Posted Page 10.

[Aliss7]

Hoy! This is great!

(not that I was proofreading everything, but that should be "...storms swallow up ships..." in the first panel of cover)

[katz]

and gale. Gail is a name.

eagerly awaiting more :D

[Ookami007]

Added Page 11

[roryk27]

This is awesome!

/subscribed

[Ookami007]

Just added page 12.

[Yvonnel-1]

great work, but i want morrrrre :)

[Ookami007]

I've actually stopped production on this to protest the MASSIVE nerf to rogue dps in Update 11 with the new fortification.

This affect rogues MUCH more than ANY other class.

People will say it affects all classes, because it affects criticals.

Guess what, it affects the criticals of rogues (just like every other class) and IN ADDITION, it affects their sneak attack damage - THEIR MAIN SOURCE OF DAMAGE.

That's basically the equivalent of giving raid bosses immunity to 50-75% of spells, in the case of arcanes.... or reducing barbs and other melees STR by 50%.

And, instead of something useful for rogues in enhancements - like fortification bypass - we got a wand/scroll boost.

So... until the situation is fixed - the storyline in the comic WAS about a rogue - I will not be doing anymore work on this comic.

Thanks for all the encouragement and support. I really enjoyed making it, but I have to make this issue know somehow.

[nerdychaz]

Sorry to disappoint you, but sneak attack should not be your main source of damage as a rogue, but a nice perk. First off, we are the only class with access to opportunist. Second, Make sure you are breaking DR. Third, if you are dex based, make sure to have some strength to add to your base damage. Fourth, Bane weapons, DR Breakers, and elemental/alignment bursts should all be added to your collection.

If you are dexterity based, You need to find these bane weapons and burst weapons the most. If you are strength based, you should still be doing great base damage. If you are a two handed weapon fighter, you will be doing the most base damage of all.

The only thing you are doing is hurting your fans in this protest.

[DarkAlchemist]

WOW, I love it.

[DarkAlchemist]

I've actually stopped production on this to protest the MASSIVE nerf to rogue dps in Update 11 with the new fortification.

This affect rogues MUCH more than ANY other class.

People will say it affects all classes, because it affects criticals.

Guess what, it affects the criticals of rogues (just like every other class) and IN ADDITION, it affects their sneak attack damage - THEIR MAIN SOURCE OF DAMAGE.

That's basically the equivalent of giving raid bosses immunity to 50-75% of spells, in the case of arcanes.... or reducing barbs and other melees STR by 50%.

And, instead of something useful for rogues in enhancements - like fortification bypass - we got a wand/scroll boost.

So... until the situation is fixed - the storyline in the comic WAS about a rogue - I will not be doing anymore work on this comic.

Thanks for all the encouragement and support. I really enjoyed making it, but I have to make this issue know somehow.
I love your work and I am sad it has stopped but I can understand your reasons. I play a Mechanic so I feel it even more so than say an assassin.

[Ookami007]

Sorry to disappoint you, but sneak attack should not be your main source of damage as a rogue, but a nice perk. First off, we are the only class with access to opportunist. Second, Make sure you are breaking DR. Third, if you are dex based, make sure to have some strength to add to your base damage. Fourth, Bane weapons, DR Breakers, and elemental/alignment bursts should all be added to your collection.

If you are dexterity based, You need to find these bane weapons and burst weapons the most. If you are strength based, you should still be doing great base damage. If you are a two handed weapon fighter, you will be doing the most base damage of all.

The only thing you are doing is hurting your fans in this protest.

Since I have 5 capped rogues and understand them better than most, and since I have written the strength based rogue guide... we will have to agree to disagree.

All of my capped toons are STR based and all of them are DPS toons... not flavor builds. Most of their damage comes sneak attack - 17d6 + 12.

If you're a dps rogue (not a flavor build like mechanic or acrobat), then the majority of your damage SHOULD be sneak attack. If not, you've built it wrong.

And when the majority of your damage is nerfed in epic raids, it makes a HUGE difference in what you bring to the raid.

And so, my protest continues. With the nerfs to rogues, I just don't have the heart to continue the story about a rogue...

[SableShadow]

Sorry to disappoint you, but sneak attack should not be your main source of damage as a rogue, but a nice perk. First off, we are the only class with access to opportunist. Second, Make sure you are breaking DR. Third, if you are dex based, make sure to have some strength to add to your base damage. Fourth, Bane weapons, DR Breakers, and elemental/alignment bursts should all be added to your collection.

If you are dexterity based, You need to find these bane weapons and burst weapons the most. If you are strength based, you should still be doing great base damage. If you are a two handed weapon fighter, you will be doing the most base damage of all.

The only thing you are doing is hurting your fans in this protest.

I'm sorry, Chaz. I know you know your way around the class, but Ookami007 is spot on in his assessment of the impact this kind of a fort increase has. He and I may have disagreements on the details, but I've run with him, and this isn't his first picnic.

And, regardless, any time an artist we admire decides to take a stand on something, it reflects poorly on we as fans to not respect that. If you and I need to continue this debate, let's take it to PMs out of respect for the OP.

Thanks.

[Innara]

Awesome work. +1

[shaolaolint]

Not bad. I was seriously thinking of doing the same thing. However I was actually gonna draw it, and not take screenshots thru a photoshop halftone look. but hey, nice execution.