July 26, 2013: Licked

[Sockmonkey]

All I can think of is that the spider must be stroking Forgath with it's pedipalps.

[Greg]

All I can think of is that the spider must be stroking Forgath with it's pedipalps.

That just sounds...naughty..

[0z79]

Wow, cool!

I don't think I could handle the licking ("THEN WHAT IS HE LICKING ME WITH!?") but it would be very cool to have a gigantic spider-buddy like that. I used to catch and keep hunting spiders in the wintertime, and release them when it started to warm up. it was pretty cool watching them get fat and happy, and their colors come back to life.

Then again, I basically have a soft spot for any animal...

[0z79]

Awww, Symun is so cute and cuddly. Maybe our Forgath gets to keep him? (He probably wouldn't like the idea, but I don't care about that. I want more to see more of this spider in the future! )

Also... "this piece seems to be connected to teleportation AND RECONSTRUCTION." Hello? How come the Kins didn't come up with the idea to reconstruct... oh I dunno... somebody's friggin missing tail for example?
I thought they were supposed to be super smart.
Maybe it's because Yuan-ti have some hibernation mode in which Kin could regrow her tail on her own someday. But even if so ... why wait?



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There might be a natural biological process for her regrowing her tail, which has already started... but regenerating it by magic might interfere with the process.

That's just kind of a guess though, and probably way off - they JUST mentioned the regeneration part of the psi-machine in this comic. Because of the spider's introduction, they didn't have a chance to get any further than "Hey, look at what THIS does!"

[Kennerly]

Fun fact: Spiders taste with their feet!

[Sockmonkey]

Guess what the pedipalps are for.

[napslikecat]

The spider is like a cute fuzzy 8-legged friendly leg-humping dog. Except when you climb instead of walking on the ground, you're not limited to humping just legs. Well played. It makes the spider more 'normal' because it is behaving like a well known and loved companion animal. And I love the bemused expression on the goth kin's face, she seems to know spider anatomy.

It does sound like Forgath is the one saying "The dwarf would like to get out of the air now". It is a very dwarvish phrasing.

[spiderwrangler]

All I can think of is that the spider must be stroking Forgath with it's pedipalps.

That just sounds...naughty..

Well... it kinda would be. As Sockmonkey seems to know, male spider pedipalps are their 'penises'... that's right, plural.

Fun fact: Spiders taste with their feet!

Kinda, sorta... they have sensory hairs all over, but not quite taste as we are used to thinking of it. The hairs are especially dense on the palps, so if Symun is rubbing them on F, while they are his copulatory structures, they are also his way of chemically exploring the world. What do you think dwarf 'tastes' like to a spider?

I'm hoping Symun becomes a permanent party member and it's RS that has to get over it.

[Wolfie]

Dawww he's so cute! And almost as much comic relief as Minmax getting dressed

[deathofbarney]

I really like the happy kin panel (1).
Would make a good t-shirt

[RJJ7]

I think that this page gives some subtle reinforcement to the idea that we will see Psimax again. I highly doubt that we're going to get a bunch of shots of the kins doing stuff with the machine with no opposition, and since they are apparently friendly (I failed my predictions there ), we are left without a villain. However, the fact that Thunt is still referencing 'unknowns' about the machine makes me think that he has some more twists to come related to it, requiring some sort of hostile force. I therefore think that in the next few pages we'll again get to see my absolute favorite Psion in the comic.

The alternative is that the maze starts falling apart, and the 'opposition' comes from natural elements.

[brnforce]

Spoiler prediction!!!

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The spider laid eggs on Forgath!!! We will have a pet of our own soon!!!

[Liesmith]

Reconstruction?

Hmm...


Followed by the return and remurder of Psimax. Oh happy days!


I also hope that Symun remains on as a permanent member of the party. He's so ADORABLE.

[Insane Kitty]

I am going to guess that reconstruction is rebuilding the maze, and they are going to rebuild psimax's counter and make it indestructible and resetting only him back to level 1 (leaving his party members at their current level and memories), while destroying their own counters so they will be able to remember the maze.

[Sleeping Bear]

And not to appear sexist, but interesting to recall that Forgath is played by a girl.

This made the page even funnier

[Morrack]

Haha, I love how Forgath reacts to Symun in panel 11. It's like a dad holding his kid with a wet diaper .

[Mytical]

There is something else that can be reconstructed, anybody remember

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Splished Keys?

[Dendr]

Know what? As far as I understand Tarol's style, bringing Minmax back also means bringing a big mess. Really big.
Even if it'll be the 156th MM only.

[Happy Demon]

Looks like our Kin still haven't tied up her leash yet, she might want to do that soon.
Could they use the machine to dispell all the cursed collars? PsiMax might have made something related to that variable.

[RidcullyJack]

The three keys from the tower room may not be what they need to open the door to the treasure room. Choosing the correct key from that room was the mechanism for lifting the tower up to the roof opening.

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As others have noticed before me: the key for the treasure room is already in the lock; you can see its shadow.

[T' Northerner]

All I can think of is that the spider must be stroking Forgath with it's pedipalps.

That just sounds...naughty..

Well... it kinda would be. As Sockmonkey seems to know, male spider pedipalps are their 'penises'... that's right, plural.

Fun fact: Spiders taste with their feet!

Kinda, sorta... they have sensory hairs all over, but not quite taste as we are used to thinking of it. The hairs are especially dense on the palps, so if Symun is rubbing them on F, while they are his copulatory structures, they are also his way of chemically exploring the world. What do you think dwarf 'tastes' like to a spider?

I'm hoping Symun becomes a permanent party member and it's RS that has to get over it.

good grief. Is there any apendage spiders don't have a freakish amount of? This is all more evidence that they come from some lovecraftian dimension with eldritch geometries.

[JustRight]

prior quotes about pedipalps and spiders having multiple penises...

Fun fact: Spiders taste with their feet!

Kinda, sorta... they have sensory hairs all over, but not quite taste as we are used to thinking of it. The hairs are especially dense on the palps, so if Symun is rubbing them on F, while they are his copulatory structures, they are also his way of chemically exploring the world. What do you think dwarf 'tastes' like to a spider?

I'm hoping Symun becomes a permanent party member and it's RS that has to get over it. [/quote]

good grief. Is there any apendage spiders don't have a freakish amount of? This is all more evidence that they come from some lovecraftian dimension with eldritch geometries.[/quote]

No need to cross branes - just normal polydactyly found on Barsoom.

[sunphoenix]

...yes. Where sexy Red Martian princesses lay eggs.

[WhispersToSquirrels]

And here I thought that Symun was Onyx's familiar. I wonder if her Forgath was a Druid?

[Liesmith]

I think this page was the plot development that Tarol was talking about: the adoption of Symun. It has clearly divided the fanbase more than even Chief's death.