OH NO! Is richard OK?

I hope so. This doesn't look good.

Based on kills, eh? So THAT'S how he gets all his titles. Sweet.

Richard's gonna feel a little crispy, perhaps, but how could that do any serious damage? The man's already dead!

Seeing him pray was.... creepy.

I feel a little insensitive; maybe I should ask if Gaten's son is okay?

We assume that becuase of his undead state, Richard's 'unlife' will not be ended. The child may be a different story. There is the off chance he survives by being forced into Richard's chest cavity. The purple sphere of magical mightiness may cause the talismen to break, or perhaps, alter Richard's curse somehow. Perhaps a change of power, but the same size, or the same and alter of size. These are only speculations. But if Richard size and power are returned to him, calculation state that Richard may earn another title very soon.





And isn't it Monday?

10 to 1 the explosion will turn him back. And is that..character development on Richard's part? O.o

I for one am thrilled. It just proves that Richard does in fact, pour his entire identity into his abilities.

Hmm, a thought occurs, if Richard is sucessfully transformed back to normal, it may be considerably hilarious if he continued to pray for various horrible things to occur. Such as a person spontaniously combusting, or having someone's heart explode.

Hmmm... that's entirely possible. if Richard needs to have his body "regenerated" or seriously healed in any fashion, it makes more sense that it would come back in its original (taller) form.

Hctib will be furious!

But didn't Gid heal him after he got squashed by that elemental (flaming for that matter)? Shouldn't that be considered "seriously injured"? If so, he was still in his same small state, even after being healed.

I have a feeling that that magical blast will somehow counteract the curse, therefore reverting Richard to normal. Maybe...

Just seems to convieniant that Richard was saying "what am I without my powers?" at the same time a giant ball of purple magic smashes into the temple. I lol'd inside but started to think of the different plot twists this could take. One is that he gets his powers back but stays minature sized. Two is that he goes back to normal and the boy dies, this giving Richard a chance for a witty remark and pun. Or three, the boy's life is transfered to Richard giving him back his own life thus changing the way his powers work, or the way he thinks. Who knows.

I can picture it now. "Oh, Lord, give me the power to burn many innocent people and other living things today." *lol*

OH Dear heavingly father giveth me the strength and power to Smiteth thy solem orphanage in flame and chaos, in your name I pray amen.

I'm wondering if somehow Richard is going to end up accidentally saving the kid. Then everybody will be telling him what a hero he is and Richard will try to kill himself, only to realize that he's already dead.

Also, I did a complete double-take when I first saw the kid. At first glance, I thought he looked just like a little humanized version of Cale.

We can visualize him preforming seppuku and failing at it. With his green ichor shooting out of the wound in a manner similar to that of Kill Bill.

What happened to Richard's bunny mount? Did he eat it?

Mistakes noticed in panel two and then again in panel seven, Richard's green tattoos disappear.

Wait. On the last page, Richard made Sooba eat the pendant. He told Benny he was "waiting for the results". But on this page, he has the pendant again. Does that mean...EWWW!

Eww is right.

Or maybe Rich got lucky and Sooba horked it up with a hairball.

oh...oh thanks ugh now either way that image is going to be in my head >.<

oh noez!! i hope Richard is alright!!! i was really suprised that he didn't kill Gaten's son at first, but it was cute how he showed Richard how to pray

Yet another cliffhanger. I wonder where the magic ball came from anyway.
Anywhoo, I'm half expecting richard to be back to his old self holding the kid under one arm, a raised flaming hand in another and looking mighty pissed.
Or he could still be tiny and under a lot of rubble and they'll have to make hctib turn richard back to normal.
Either way.

Better yet, I'm waiting for richard to come out of the rubble using the boy as some type of shield.

Or...
The magic somehow freakishly fused Richard and the boy together, so Richard will no longer suffer from power shortage.
But, it will be under the price that he would be mortal, and has a NEW family O_O

That would be so scary!

Richard with a Mommy and Daddy.

And a bedtime.

That means Sooba, wise as he is, simply refused to eat the cursed metal thingy. Richard is trying to destroy it and, dropping it into a nearby volcano not being a viable option, tries other available means. The blast can destroy the pendant or at least dispel the curse, but I'm not betting on it.


Lar draws heroes and commoners differently.
Commoners:
http://lfgcomic.com/page/2 - father and son
http://lfgcomic.com/page/71 - the mob
http://lfgcomic.com/page/91 - Milos
http://lfgcomic.com/page/97 - Milos again and the elderly woman
http://lfgcomic.com/page/102 - Jarl (he's possessed, but still a commoner)
On the other hand, Aelloon, Tavor and other elves and Gaten (not to mention the main characters) are drawn in a 'heroic' style. So is that kid. Therefore, it's unlikely he gets killed, though I won't even try to predict the details.

The images that created in my head arent as disgusting as they seem incredibly painful for Sooba... OWCH!

Whoever made a bet on richard praying earned very good money I guess...

As Richards first question pops to mind: "Does that work?" It kind of insinuates that he doesn't even know the meaning of the world prayer...

Even then i couldn't resist a little chuckle when a man like him got on his knees and talk to "the gods", desperate times call for desperate measures i suppose.

I fear drama will overtake the comic for a while... Gaten's son blasted away... Cale and Pella eaten, and so forth. Something also tells me even though all of this is happening, Sohmer and Lar always manage to make me crack a smile, am I a little sadist? In any case, keep up the good work, this is the most impressive comic I've read in a while. (I mean the comic as a whole ofcourse).

I like the build-up with the dual streams of dialog, and I must say, this doesn't seem out of place, even with Richard not seeming the 'prayer' type.

Anyone else think that the spell looks a bit odd, with how its effecting the house?

My power is who I am. Who am I without it?

I think that is the most honest self-reflection we've ever seen in Richard!

I know, right? Who says the comic relief can't have a little character development?

Is that a short joke I'm sensing?

In truth though, it shows what he is, and why he seems one dimensional at times. His power is who he is, how he expresses himself, its his everything, and right now he is without it...its like he has been stolen from himself.

It was such a pleasant surprise! It's cool to know there's more to Richard than just a dark sense of humor and a lust for carnage. Make him feel more... real.

He's been different since he was small-ified, and not just physically. He's been saying things he never would have said before!

Is there anything I can do to help?

Why am I here? (which, I know he was saying because he woke up in a bed, but if you choose to take that a different way, it's a highly deep question )

And then today's bit about prayer and self-worth... I'm impressed! ♥

Yes, excatly! Nicely put, John.

Wow. I can't believe Richard actually had an introspective moment.

Also, does anyone else think there should be a Wiki where the "Codex" link is?

first time post here so be gentle

Richard's remark about the titles based on kills reminds me of the old honor system from WoW
I know LFG is not WoW but it just reminded me of it

And about Richard coming back after this, my best bet is that he will return to normal but will be very angry about the spell hurting his new 'friend' (most things Richard does not kill outright he considers friends am i right?)

Yes, Richard doesn't kill anything he considers his friend, but it could also be that the kid wasn't really annoying him at the time.

I have a new theroy! What if, while the house was being zapped, Richard immediatly casted a shield spell on the boy.

I know, it seems SO un-like Richard to save a mortal, but it'd be cute to see him attempting to do some warlock magic to demonstrate why he's the "Lord of Darkness".

It will be so cute if Richard ends up saving the kid, and perfectly in keeping with the changes he's been going through during this story arc. I can just see him walking out of the wreckage normal-sized and very casually handing the kid to his dad before joining Krunch.

Krunch: Warlock, did you..?

Richard: What? I cast a shield spell and he happened to be standing next to me.

Krunch: Riiight.

Richard saving an innocent child?

That would be completely bizarre.

But awesome.

Doesn't he consider Cale a friend? He DID kill him outright.

I would not be surprised if he felt attached to the little blighter, if he got back his powers, after all, he'd likely link the kid to regaining his powers, and that would mean the kid gave him his life back. Besides, we all know that Richard's just a teddy bear deep down inside...really, really, really, really deep, and the teddy bear has a flamethrower and a love of destruction.

@ nothingbroken - You explained it just as well as myself darling, if not better, I just hit send a bit before you. Perhaps this has shown him that he and his powers are separate, that one can exist without the other, that maybe there is more to himself than the ability to make jokes and blow things up. Though, he will always make lots of jokes and blow lots of things up, no matter what this teaches him.

He DID kill Cale pretty quick! Although, before that happened, Cale tried to kill Richard.

You know it's a good relationship when you can attack each other with lethal force and then still stay friends.



Ooh, true enough! Once Rich gets his power back, he'll be catching up on all his FWOOMing! He's been missing out on a lot of experience points lately!

Just have to finish that one up...

Cale: "Remember when you saved that kid? That was rather entertaining."

What would be the least likely thing Richard would do? Save the kid

So...Hctib would know that. What would the chances be of Richard being able to have the curse lifted if in order to lift it he had to do an act of selflessness, such as saving a child from death...

Then again, I suspect the kid is dead.

They had a few seconds (one panel) between the time the magic "missile" hit the house and the time that it blew up. Enough time perhaps, that Richard could see what was about to happen and try to do something about it.

But will richard really WANT to do something about it? Maybe he thinks it is just one of the gods coming down to offer his opinion on the current wreck that is the house?

Why isn't the kid a little more weirded out by Richard suddenly appearing at the window and then coming into his bedroom? Even in his small size, the warlock's a kind of odd-looking.

Gaten raised a very friendly child!

Hmm, I wonder if we find out that Richard actually saves the boy, and it turns out that to counteract the curse he has to actually save humans rather than kill them...

Hey, we're seeing Cale in a 'I used to be all righteous and happy, but then I killed an innocent and now I'm moody and badass' light, maybe the same will happen to Richard, but in reverse...

hmmm... Richard found religion..

lets hope he doesnt start acting like Bender when he found religion, i'd hate a nice, unsinful Richard

I dont know but I have this feeling that this magic bolt will result into an exchange of bodies+powers between the child and Richard, which can also help in character development

P.S. Hi! I am a newly registered member but I am around since page 1 and I read the forums right after each update

Don't think Richard's abilities can actually "save" anyone. due to he is a warlock most his powers are offensive and there inlies the problem, i betting hctib knew this when he got that pendent. i think Richard going to have a discovery of sorts on how to use his powers to protect the child...