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*** Since part of Haggar's plan was to have their column operate under the pretense of being just too far enough away to help, it could be that some of the column didn't have the move to engage the Gobwin Knob column when their hand was forced.
** Prince Sammy was attacking on Charlie's instruction, with exactly the forces Charlie told him to use. Charlie did not intend him to beat the column, only beat it up to the point where Jillian could attack it in relative safety.
*** Sorta. Charlie's plan seemed to be centered around ridding himself of both Ansom and Sammy [[Playing Both Sides|at the same time]]. He forced Sammy to charge headfirst into a column led by Ansom (though Sammy's bonus is unspecified, it's likely not on Ansom's tier) without the support of Haggar's heavy units, and instructed Sammy to make a personal mad rush down the center to assassinate Ansom, where he (Sammy) would then most likely [[Never Say "Die"|get croaked]] seconds after by Ansom's support units. Of course, [[Spanner in
* When Wanda tried to convince Stanley to spend the 500,000 Shmuckers on the Summon Perfect Warlord spell, he argued that it would completely empty Gobwin Knob's treasury to do so, but Wanda remained adamant that it was for the best. However, if the treasury had been emptied, how would their side pay upkeep for all of their units- including Wanda herself?
** Cities produce Shmuckers; after they burned through their savings, they could just use the Shmuckers produced by Gobwin Knob to pay upkeep.
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* I know this is going to sound overly cruel, but it bothers me anyway. Does anyone remember when this was a COMIC, rather than a novel with occasional comic pages? I'd be fine with it if it chose either style, but it seems schizophrenic when it tries to keep two sides of the plotline going in different writing styles. It almost feels like one isn't reading a single work anymore.
** You could always...not read the text updates. Its not like they're that critical to the story.
*** I disagree entirely. You can't skip things in this story. Almost every detail given is important to the setting. Just as one couldn't just skip the Parson's Klog pages (Which bugged me a lot less for some reason, possibly because at least there it was in-character) in the first book, one can't really skip these and still have a full understanding of what's going on... The plot would likely rely on them, turning it into an [[All There in the
*** I actually prefer the text updates, because they can show things in a manner than the comic itself cannot, i.e. characters' internal thoughts and impressions, background information, alternate viewpoints, etc. The comic provides one view of the story and the setting, while the text updates provide a different perspective that would be missing without them.
* Were Jetstone and the other coalition members ever aware of the fact that Transylvito was in the process of essentially throwing out its own Royalty system?
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* During the [[Last Stand]] in Gobwin Knob "everything but the dungeon" was wrecked and the whole surface part of the fortress was taken over. Shouldn't that have counted as the garrison falling?
** Dungeon is a Garrison Zone. As long as they held the dungeon, they still controlled the garrison.
* In TBFGK page 5, Wanda mentions that Gobwin Knob only has less than two hundred living men remaining among their forces to advance as warlord. And yet... not only are none of these ever seen, but apart from Stanley, Maggie, Sizemore, Wanda, Jack and Misty, ''no'' humans are ever seen among Gobwin Knob's forces. Even Stanley's personal knights are exclusively hobgobwins. And Stanley's later suggestion of demoting and replacing Parson doesn't lead to any indication of where any other warlord would have actually come from. So [[What Happened to
** According to Parson's Stupid Meal there are some 250 Gobwins alone as of Stanley's departure so chances they aren't counted among the candidates for chief warlord what with them being "natural allies" but the list also notes 15 Knights, 32 Archers, 48 Stabbers and 135 pikers which equals roughly 300 and probably represents the chief warlordable pool. Or rather, that number minus the hobgobwin natural allies.
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*** Those were popped after the Gobwin Knob battle. At that point, the only survivors of the GK side were the units Stanley took when he fled (himself, Jack, some hobgobwins and dwagons), the units in the Magic Kingdom (Parson, Wanda, Sizemore, Maggie), and [http://www.erfworld.com/book-1-archive/?px=%2F142.jpg a few rock golems and uncroaked].
* Parson spends a significant amount of time in the first book wondering just how much free will anyone has in Erfworld. Then comes the second book: Wanda has a cool new tool that lets her resurrect a croaked unit. The unit is 100% loyal to her, even if it was formerly an enemy warlord. Can I get a [[Broken Aesop]]?
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