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Rusty & Co updated!

http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-7-22/

And they get a Clue. Presti may not know why she's exempt from kill on sight, but it's kinda important.

(For those who aren't reading it, it's a look at how life could be for monster adventurers.)

Checked out a few. Great concept and it seems to have a fun sense of humor. Will definitely read more when I have time.

The summary at the beginning of this strip made me crack up.

A fault not limited to monster adventurers!

lol. Very true!

Ok, I've blown through 5 "levels." This is really amusing stuff.

I love the mindflyer mafia.

http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-7-24/

No plan survives contact with the enemy -- but this one had the disadvantage of contact with the allies, as well.

Finished level 6. Samurai Cube is awesome. Really amusing use of the vampires here. The stop lopping off my head runner was fun and there was a lot of great action like on this page.

This comic is way over the top but it revels in it and the humor works. And things are unusually dire for our "heroes" going into the next chapter.

Oh, yes. And level 7 is still in progress. . . .

Caught up. Nice to see more from the supporting cast. Presti and Stabs make an amusing "team."

Nevermind the plan surviving contact with the enemy -- it didn't survive contact with the allies!

Heh - very true. Although I'm not sure "the Chewbacca technique!" qualifies as much of a plan here. ;)

It does have the advantages of simplicity and elegance.

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I always like the sound effect of Presti's spells.

"You're either really good at this or really bad at this." Priceless.

Hadn't really noticed them before for some reason, but now that you mention it they are pretty amusing.

Melf's Acid Arrow has one of MELF!

Update!

http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-7-26/

Fortunately, explanations are quick. Unfortunately, to explain is not necessarily to fix.

I like the way this fight starts:
http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-7-27/

lol. Can't say Presti didn't kind of have that coming. Should be an interesting fight. And the ringmaster is definitely up to something behind them in panel 5.

Mary wrote: Fortunately, explanations are quick. Unfortunately, to explain is not necessarily to fix."

I had picked up that she was not really Madeline, but hadn't caught the armor clue. It's a nice touch.

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Presti deduces things.

Which is perhaps unfair to her, since we could deduce it last week, owing to the angle we had that she didn't.

o my

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Presti wasn't just sitting around in the tavern while our little crew was dealing with vampires.

You know you could see this coming: set a signal of an explosion, and lo and behold you will get an explosion.

Probably just as well.

http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-7-30/

Fell behind a couple and caught back up.

I love the rhino launcher. And I can't wait to see what Stabs has to say about Presti blowing them up.

Dear me. . . while you were waiting, did you anticipate Presti making things worse?

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Oh that was GREAT. I can't stop laughing. No, I didn't see that coming. Yet somehow I'm not terribly surprised.

Stabs is going to fillet her someday...

mice, men, derro -- plans.

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"If she fires an angry dwarf at me with a cannon... wait, WHAT?!"

He's remarkably calm for being stabbed through the hand. And like Stabs wouldn't have done that on a "normal" day...

Knowing each other's faults makes for an interesting day.

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Interesting. A nice and unexpected exchange of psychology. As the strip unfolded I was sure Stabs was going to say something like "that was before I was fired out of a cannon" or "that would be true on a different day" and stab him in the knee.

Stabs is a rather pragmatic soul.

UNTHOK!

http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-7-34/

Somehow it just seems suitable that he shows the most pain when it comes out.

http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-7-35/

Glorious revenge for Stabs.

Let us hope it's out of her system.

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And quite useful. They did after agree that the signal was an explosion or something, and then signaled, so they did need a distraction.

Nothing keeps Madeline away!

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The direct approach is awesome.

If step 22 is watching the guards for a couple hours, I can't imagine the painstaking boredom of the first 21.

Maddie as well as Mimic remembers a certain rap battle.

Roxy just remembers being told of it.

http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-7-39/

... I'm finding I don't remember the certain rap battle. And I'm reasonable sure I'd like to. Guess it's time for some rereading.

It was back in level 2.

Good heavens -- Roxy's plan worked!

http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-7-40/

Mary wrote: "It was back in level 2."

Found it. Thanks! Quite amusing (again). Love the twist in this later strip that the absurd "exaggerated" story actually did happen.

Mary wrote: "Good heavens -- Roxy's plan worked!"

Strangely enough.

... is she serenading Maddie?

Looks like Presti isn't saving the fireball this time.

http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-7-43/

She does seem a little high strung at this point. Love the ringmaster's remark about the big X.

Fortunately enough control left. . . .

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Well, kinda fortunately. Between Presti looking at the potion funny, deciding not to drink it, and accepting a lame excuse for Stabs not having the bazooka I'd wager that's not Stabs, and Presti knows it. Should've blasted "her".

Yes, but this way, she can get some intelligence because the fake doesn't know it.

And -- she decides not to get it -- and we end up with an embarrassment of Stabs.

http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-7-45/

Totally should've blasted her. It would've frightened the remaining non-Stabs more.

Methinks she's a little unnerved by her experiences.

http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-7-46/

has become?

Stabs, was that ever NOT your battle cry?

http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-7-48/

do not underestimate the pug

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