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Parable - 30 - HD
🕑 Added 2019-11-07 01:39:16 +0000 UTCCommentary
There are two reasons I decided to have Tensaided do a sales pitch:
1 - Fun!
2 - I thought it would let me work ahead.
These three panels took me longer than most story comics.
I fail at strategy.
Cosmetic potions
I've mentioned before that curvy = magic in this because I didn't want to imitate what Fable 2 actually does (blue lines that make me think of veins all over your character), and because I knew possibly a few readers might like it, and because I liked the idea even though I had near immediate regrets upon realizing how out of hand it could get given how curvy I made Susan at level two when there are supposed to be five levels.
(Incidentally, here's confirmation that those three Susans in panel one represent each skill one its own at level five.)
Fable 2 strangely added potions that could change height and weight, but did nothing about the other two cosmetic things associated with skills. It just seemed weird to give control over that, and not over other cosmetic effects.
A potion you'd think I'd remember
I've been reminded that there was a male-female swap potion in the game, which is something one would expect me to remember. The reason I forgot, however, was that its inclusion horribly done, and I never used it myself.
1 - There's only one such potion.
2 - The game likes to autosave.
3 - You can only have one save per character.
4 - The potion is an easter egg in a location you can only get into late in the game.
So imagine playing the game for hours, stumbling upon this potion, trying it out for fun, switching from male to female or female to male, and being unable to reverse it.
Unless one knows about the potion in advance and have made it the goal of the character to get said potion, that doesn't feel like a fun easter egg to me. That feels like pranking the player. It certainly telegraphs what's going to happen if the potion is drunk, but all the same, I think if it was mishandled.
Now, if they did that, and then the potion was unlocked in potion shops, that would be another matter entirely.
Comments
Joe Blue
and the need for new pants :P
IvyReed
Perfectly understandable and positively delightful!
Dan Shive
Bishonen-esque with oversized pectoral muscles and flowing romance novel cover hair. Also, certain other things I won't elaborate on and would have to be understated if shown in the actual comic.
Dan Shive
Definitely intentional ;)
IvyReed
Wait! What does a level 5 magic user, who is also male look like?
Doomed
I am tickled that to me panel two looks like they are looking down on a shrunken person
John Trauger
Appropos of nothing I always gravitate to magic users in game...
Dan Shive
I modded so many transformation guns into Fallout 3. One annoying thing was facial hair was persistent and couldn't be dynamically removed, so it took a mod just abolishing facial hair if you didn't want those to stick around post-TF.
Copper Hamster
I remember a modded weapon for, iirc, Fallout New Vegas. Actually a pair of weapons. They fired an energy 'burst' that changed the gender of all beings in the AOE to one or the other. You could zap a bunch of Legion into ladies then go in with your Lady Killer perk bonuses.
Vasadariu
I love that the curvier form has such different lips
Orcus
Are there potions that modify all stats at once?
gaybunny
okay, now I wanna see how the weight potion interacts with each of these shapes
ZekeStaright
MMM, Lvl 5 Mages ♥
Desy
And also, what does a 5-5-5 look like? :D
Stephen Gilberg
His exact words were "exorbitantly expensive." Still, who would have more incentive to buy them than someone whose freedom or life depended on it? They might just have enough ill-gotten gains. And that's assuming they don't simply steal the potions.
Fenrir
This would work with several cast members as well, although I would prefer Susan because she's my favorite cast member.
Fenrir
Didn't Tensai-er, I mean Dea Elsie say that these potions are ludicrously expensive? I admit I'm not actually scrolling back to check before posting this though, so I could be wrong...
IvyReed
Ashley needs to get her feet wet on this transformation nonsense she hasn't had any of the dessert yet, and she's surrounded by cake!!! (Yes, you interpreted my thoughts exactly) I mean I know V5 Ashley is ready and waiting in sketchbooks, and previous NP comics, but still...
Dan Shive
If I'm interpreting this correctly, you want to see "Magic Skill L5" equivalent (or V5) in the main story canon?
Kyman201
I'd like to politely request Panel One in High Rez. For reasons. Hell, if we still more Transformation Sequence Comic Pinups, Susan shifting from Levels 1-5 in all Stats would be a nice theme.
IvyReed
Oh how I long for the day when MC L5 (vs TF V5 :P) Ashley is wrought in the story universe as revenge for the mall date.
Adama
Possibly a few readers, yes. :-)
Stephen Gilberg
It must be hard to track wanted criminals in this world.
coredumperror
Now THIS is more like it! It does seem to foreshadow that Susan may opt for a less busty figure in her future, but hopefully not *un*busty. I think it's quite nice in her current default form, actually. :)
McZed
A) OMG GUNSLINGER SUSAN YES B) That is one beefy Tedd. Like. Jollyjack beefy, almost. I mean, I approve wholeheartedly, but Tedd needs to learn to tone down his bluffs. C) Sarah's look of palpable disgust is amazing.
Matt R
Honestly, I don't think readers would mind seeing curviness levels 3-5 just out of curiosity.
M.
More level 5 magic-user Ashley, please. :)
Dan Shive
I'm sure it works out well for him.
SynthyK
Ted, honey..... what are you doing
