Persuasion check
Kai and Kaya got each others back in every situation.
The first hybrid abilities I’ll be talking about soon are those of Kai and Kaya. I’m still cleaning up some sketches on the topic but I’ll be posting those on the extra tab of the website soon. Meanwhile, I got an exciting idea for march. I’m going to try a choose your own adventure starting on the first of march. There’s a catch though, I’ll be posting those every day on TopWebComics as a voting incentive. So it’s not a big catch, I just want your vote :p I think it’s going to be a fun experiment and it will help the comic gain some more readers in the progress. Stay tuned for the first one on the first of march!
I put the wallpaper version of the year of the dog with Benji up on gumroad for download. It’s in a ‘pay what you want’ format, so that means it’s free and you CAN pay me any amount that you think it’s worth, but only IF you want to. You don’t have to. Enjoy the wallpaper and any tips are really appreciated!
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They’re the heroes of the hour,
returning to town after a shower
to claim the cash for what they did;
finding the fella whose deed they did…
They took out his home, all things done,
wrecking their rep before they’ve begun.
It’s up to Kai to talk the old gent around
the ‘king of the talk’ is how he’s crowned.
Cleo lays the truth out for all to hear;
Rex is the strong, silent, type to fear.
The team’s got some things to make up
in their challenge to beat the master pup.
Master pup, deciding all your destinies at a whim. Truly a terrifying god :p
Another great poem. Thanks for always writing those ^^
No worries.
I regret not calling him the Dungeon pup.
I know another “master pup” always speeching ……. And doing nothing more , even while battling ^_^”
Who dat?
Goret , in “By the book”
A “Choose Your Own Adventure”? Is this going to be like “All Night Laundry,” where the comments section decides where/how the story goes?
A little bit different. I’m going to do at least one panel everyday on a post-it with a poll attached to it when it’s relevant. I don’t know how it will turn out, but I think the experimental layout and the fact that there will be votes could make it very interesting. It will go for the whole month and will be viewable on TopWebComics.
Hey I’m new! And I really love this comic! I searched for good dragon comics and this is what I found! You do amazing artwork and I love the plot, all around awesomeness! I do have a question. Did you make this website? Because I just got into webcomics, and now I really want to make one! So do you do this on an established comic website? Thanks!
Hey Shadowcraft, welcome to Twin Dragons 😀
I’m glad you like the comic. I made and host this website myself. If you’re just getting into webcomics and want to try it out first, I suggest trying some free webcomic hosting sites first, like Webtoon, tapastic or keenspace. Deviantart might also be a good place to try, but that’s not a webcomic only place so it’s harder to get noticed there. If you like it and decide to keep going, you can pay for hosting and make your own website. It’s not hard and you can come over here and ask for tips :p
I recommend Comicfury. Really great site and features.
Ha I love how fast they shifted the blame. It’s almost like they have a lot of practice.
maaaaaaybe that’s true :p
Just tell him it was the r.o.u.s.
Ps I have already posted is but it glitched up and I have no idea where the original post is
It somehow got posted on the very first comic. I’ll delete it there since you reposted here already.
It was that rat climbing on the lantern. “All those” …ahem… kerosene fumes and he went and struck a match!
See, a story like that alone should give modifiers if it’s plausible. “The rats were producing a major public health hazard like plague and demanded total extermination. It was either risk the house, or risk the lives of everyone in this town. We shall go to the magistrate together to ensure you are compensated for doing the responsible thing and containing the menace before it can spread.”
That, at least, should gain some positive cred in the long run, or else the Magistrate’s house would end up a glass crater.
You know you could just blame it on me since im a hydra and i tend to break stuff often, dont worry i wont be mad at you guys, it happends to all the time that i got used to it
Kaya: Noted!
Kai: Sis, don’t do that.
Must be very hungry rats for them to eat a hole house
Eaten out of house and home, literally!
they’re growing rats. Fully grown they go to a higher level area and become giant rats with more exp for adventurers. xD
Panel 2: I think you mean “figure of speech”. Also, you left off the period.
Thanks for catching that ^^ I meant figure of speech. I’ll have to change that.
Any day now?
Maybe on yearly anniversary?
And this is where the paladin rats them out.
badumbump
I’m here all week folks, tip your waitress and try the house special.
Also, have just remembered that the legendary Leeeroy Jenkins ™ was a paladin.
>:)
You know that explains so much…
And it’s just one more thing making having a Paladin in the party a tough choice. Yes they are good fighters, the plague of everything evil, and can heal on top of everything else. Pretty awesome, right? But then there’s their service to their God. This requires them to be Lawful, most probably good and unable to stand even the smallest and whitest of lies.
Lawful just means that they have a strict code, not necessarily that they follow laws
Oooh, comedy show, right here in the comments xD
Akiyama being staring to a damaged wall : her house ? How many homes you’ve damaged in the town , Kaya ? Trying to beat a record ? ^_^”
That’s a f**king explanation , twin dragons . For the fellow accepts it , you need a 30 on a D20 XD
That is quite the Charisma bonus there. Hmm, so that would require as Charisma of at least 30 to even have a chance of winning this argument. Didn’t they use D20 to determine their ability scores?
One of the classic roll methods is 4d6, drop the lowest. That keeps starting stats to 18 or lower.
…or maybe the Rogue might use their “Sneaky/Texterity”-skill to swap-out that “D20”-Icosahedron for a “D30”-Rhombic_Triacontahedron:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhombic_triacontahedron]
Is there an old record for collateral damage to homes? xD
During WW2 , “Karl” was able to destroy four or five houses together . But it had been used to directly raze houses to the ground : meaning a bombshell per house ……….. Kaya has let ruins of walls ^_^”
I would say Hiroshima or Nagasaki.
Ah yes, lying and persuading. This usually requires high charisma. Kai should be ok, charisma is a primary stat next to agility for rogues. For a wizard, less so. Should have gone sorcerer, that has charisma as primary.
You are forgetting another charisma powerhouse, the Paladin. Only problem is Paladins and lies doesn’t mix and he is liable to start spilling the truth any moment now. There is a reason you assign a party member to distract the Paladin when the situation requires a bit of creative alternative facts…
Cleric/Priest also benefit from Charisma as it affects their turn/rebuke undead ability. I also imagine being the business-savvy one, Cleo probably maxed out bartering and persuasion skill sets.
It also wouldn’t be hard or out-of-character to call her allies idiots and then offer up a more palpable explanation/lie to get them out of this mess.
Maybe cuteness can be interpreted as a stat :p
I like the wood beam sticking out of the building demonstrating how extensive the explosion was. Also the synchronized ears between Kai and Kaya.
Also also, the body language of their mouths. Kaya is going for flat-out lie while Kai is trying to nervously come up with SOMETHING plausible as an excuse.
Is Kaya upset in the Year of the Dog wallpaper because Benji is heavy, or because Kai got a much more flattering angle in the picture? 😛
Actually, Kaya is roaring because she’s carrying a dragon :p
thanks for the heads up about the spam comment. I removed it, and your comment on it went away as well of course, since that’s how the system works of course :p
https://youtu.be/7D0WC0KmOm0 I wonder if Kaya learned her magic at the same academy? xP Also, Cpt. Obvious does have a point there about the paladin. HE CAN’T LIE. Not in character, anyway. Maybe Rex will be nice enough to keep up the silent act for them though. Even if they are playing a game, I do feel kinda bad for that man though. He just wanted the rats killed and now he lost his whole house. I get the idea that wasn’t what he was going for. Ah well. Maybe Benji or Robin could use their powers to summon a hotel for him to stay at during repairs. Keep up the amazing work Robin! The attention to detail in these comics never ceases to amaze me, and the one week upload schedule only makes it that much more impressive.
Thanks Alpha, I try my best to keep the details in there ^^
Don’t feel bad for the man, he will be fine :p
Talking about the upload schedule, make sure to vote every day on TopWebComics starting from tomorrow, I’m doing a little experiment and will be uploading something new every day for the whole month of march.
Yeah no…. no one has the charisma or persuasion that high to even come close to pulling that off.
Maybe not, but don’t forget to factor-in the poor man’s IQ-&-gullibility stats as well, before you roll.
😉
🙂
Maybe someone has a hypnosis skill xD
Kaya or Cleo should, they’re both mages.
When somebody starts to explain a dragon’s “fire-breath” ability, I’m always reminded of R.A.Heinlein’s book: “Glory Road”:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_Road]
…at one point in the story, almost as a “throwaway notion”, a dragon’s ability to breathe fire is explained…
…in a way that I found (at the time) to be simultaneously the most (scientific / plausible / gross / hilarious) of any possible answer that I’ve heard on the subject — before-or-since!
Rather than spoil the surprise, I’m simply recommending the book to you, assuming you’ve not read it already.
I’ve read “Glory Road” multiple times and keep it on my shelf. I second your recommendation!
I haven’t actually read the book, so I can’t say how close the twin’s abilities are to those in the book. I’ll have to look it up :p
OK, I just discovered this comic an hour ago, and I must say it’s freaking fantastic.
As I’m fench, I thought it would be difficult tout read but no,
Just continue your work, it’s amazing
I wish I could see you streaming one day
*Aplause (Not sure of that world at all) from France *
i’m french too, and i really love that comic, and i gott say,
*applause and *word ,XD it’s okay dude, it took me like three whole years to be kinda good at english, but you sound really promising as a future bilingual, sur ce, à plus ;D
*gotta, psshhh so much for english as i mistype a word in the first sentence x)
Hey NeoRox, welcome to Twin Dragons 😀
I’m glad you like the comic so far. I’m actually in your timezone (I live in Belgium) so if you have time on Sunday, I stream from 15.00h to somewhere in the evening. Just join in if you feel like it ^^
First panel: Is Rex having second thoughts?? 🙂
Nah, just overhearing the conversation his friends are having :p
“You told us only to “terminate the rats”, but no more specifics, so if this is not the result, you wanted, then next time be more precise! And now, dearie, i think it’s time to talk about the reward…” *with an evil smile*
That would be Cleo right there xD
If the quest description didn’t specify keeping the house intact, they technically didn’t do any wrong. They just were more enthousiastic than most…
Homeless on a technicallity xD
Read the whole of the comic over the last 2 days and its amazing, cant wait for the next page.
i would love to get one of the wallpapers but im using 1440p ultrawide monitors T,..T
Hey Shado, welcome to Twin Dragons 😀
I’m glad you like the comic so far.
That’s a pretty wide resolution. I just tried to fit the image but I can’t do that without some characters being cut off at the top and bottom of the image. I’m afraid I can’t really accomodate this picture for that resolution well enough. If you want I can send you a preview and you can see if you still like it with the cut-off?
heh yea until ultrawides become more popular it really is an awkward resolution…
i’ll buy anyway since it will fit my laptop screen^^
Any amount is much appreciated ^^
Yeah, I imagine it’s a bit awkward. They keep making different resolutions but nothing follows along xD
My offer for the preview still stands, if you want to try and see what it’s like.
Omega Murder Blaaaast!!!! XD
I know the webcomic, but I can’t seem to remember the name right now. It was a high elf that had that attack, Zintiel I believe. Correct me if I’m completely wrong here xD
I think you’re looking for “Flaky Pastry”: [http://flakypastry.runningwithpencils.com/comic.php?strip_id=0]
Page_464 =”Omega Death Ray”, & I’m not sure which page has the “Omega Murder Blast”, sorry.
Wait…
…nope…
…found it — Pages_608 – to – 615
Is it this : http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Omega_Blaster ?
Robin,thanks so much for the post.Really thank you! Keep writing.
Hey HusztiD, I removed your links as they were quite questionable to me. Also, your comment seems like a standard line to me, especially since you refer to the comic as a post and tell me to keep writing. I give you the benefit of the doubt since you do not appear to be a bot, but please refrain from linking to that site again (I really doubt the readers of this comic are the target audience for that kind of thing) and keep the comments relevant and not so cookie cutter. Thanks for your understanding.
It would be hilarious if they succeeded, and Cleo was the one who played diplomat.
I think in this case the viable tactic is to backstab. Leave no witnesses.
you thinke you can add powers that are exclusive to mithacle hibreds that only start manifesting during puberty.
that spesl time when your body start going thue changes……
Sorry to say but methinks you’ve got a bot spammer Robin. :\
I think it’s an actual person. Bots tend to go fullout on the spam.
Now the problem is how to stop such messages. I already have a spamfilter in place for bots. Looking into it but for now I can only delete his message.
We now fear the house-sized rats who eat houses, or h-srweh for short.
Oh, they just moved the house. Over there. And over there. And over there…
Don’t you believe in R.O.U.S.s, sir? I’m with Benji on this one, they’re going to need a pretty high persuasion roll for this one.
Well, if they would be full dragons and not dragon hybrids, they MIGHT have charisma high enough to succeed.