Comic 290 - It's not nice to steal
2nd Feb 2015, 12:00 PM
in Chapter Five
Average Rating: 5 (11 votes)
(Please click to go to the DA journal entry that describes this in more detail :)
Hahah oh my god I love this guy already. He's so cute. And wow, so fast to catch Nemi!
That worry about them being bandits...Too cute! And those expressions! :D
(Ohhh, the re-done page! Awesome...:D)
Hurray, I'm glad you like Renault! XD; The catching Nemi thing was more of a perception thing than a speed thing, btw. :) His perception roll was high enough to detect Nemi's stealth, which is no mean feat. Fluke? Maybe? XD;
And thank you re:re-done page! XD; I do feel like progress is slow on that but slooowly getting there! (2 done, 19 more to go ~_~...)
Yup, deff evil. At best he's a bandit himself and is going to backstab them or set them up for his team. At worst he's working for Able. Either way there is no way he is what he seems.
When it comes to detecting whether someone is trying to steal from you, it depends on your perception rather than speed to see if you have the reflexes to catch the thief. :) So basically Renault has a high perception score, if Nemi's thieving abilities are considered top-rate. Or maybe Renault rolled a fluke crit XD who knows?
I mean, I see what your saying that speed and sneak don't go hand in hand and it could be that if she moves a bit slower she can be even sneaker... however you'd think if he started moving to grab her hand she would notice and with her supper speed move away... unless he's quicker. It could be luck... Or things could not be as they seem. As you noted below I'm scoring 95% chance for a "things are not as they seam" roll. ;)
Maybe he's not evil. It's true he could just be a simple merchant with a high perception to stop thieves at his stand. However he is effectively getting the whole party to lower it's guard and putting himself in a great position to backstab them. He's also skilled enough to stop Nemi from looking at his items and finding something incriminating... If he's not working for Able then Able should hire him.
Also. What type of shrewd businessman is so wimpy? Even if he's not evil it must be an act to get them to help. If he was such a pushover he'd go out of business. I think we saw the real him for a sec when he caught Nemi. That face seems more in line.
(hehe... so happy IKTH is updating again btw <3)
Personally, I'm imagining him spinning around and flailing well out of range of things, trying to not get hit more than anything... and thus getting so dizzy he falls down. Of course, this turns on his internal frustration waterworks :P
Poor Nemi... look at her face getting caught... *hugs her*
(...and wow, early update...)
PS: @alt text: I believe it is the latter because Kylie would have been also quite interested in what Renault is hiding...
Nemi has very rarely been caught at thievery so this has been a bit of a shock to her system, is all. XD;
Who says Renault is hiding anything? ;)
However, everything from someone getting amputated to a Thowmp on the unlucky merchant is still fair game.
Little band of 'heroes' indeed...
EEEEVIIIILLLL!!! XD
To be fair, Renault knew she was trying to steal because she was reaching for the item bag I didn't draw in the panel LOLOL XDD Sorry... *hides*
But yes, it seems the general consensus is that Renault must be evil. All he's done so far is apologise, cry tears of gratitude and then stop Nemi from committing a crime, and he has been branded. XD;;;; Poor Renault.
Great job in the redone pg 2 as well! :D
I liked drawing the last panel, too XD <333
I'm happy you like him though XD it's good to have a balanced(?) opinion of him from the reader comments ahahaha
Three pages and he's already making people stare at him XD (many in suspicion lol)
Nevermind though, the new old pages look great by the way.
And hurray, I'm glad you're liking the new old pages~~! XD;
Could you kindly let me know your email address so I can send you stuff? :) You can PM it to me on CF, or email me it (same email as Paypal account).
...THANKYEWSOMUCH*hugsagain*
Okay.... I have a feelin this new guy miiiiight just be a bad guy >___>
There are a lot of things that make me think this XD (which will be hilarious he's really a good guy XDD)
Poor Nemi!! Her little face awww <3333-- how embarrassing!
This new guy has been stoned by readers already so hard. XD;;; Poor Renault...
And Nemi is a little shell shocked at having been caught, hahaha XD she's rarely ever caught! But a little failure will probably go a long way in making her an even sneakier thief. XD;;;