Warhammer Fantasy Battles is a popular table-top wargame that started in the early '80s (hence the prominent mohawks) and spun off into dozens of different games, books, comics, etc. over the years. The punked-out dwarf berserker aesthetic has been a part of the game since pretty much the very beginning. Trollslayer is the first novel in the Grotek and Felix series of adventures set in the Warhammer fantasy setting, but isn’t the source for the “dwarf slayer” concept, or even the first novel that used the Warhammer fantasy setting.
Technically, the description says the spell provides Food and water to sustain three humans or one horse/level for 24 hours.
Vampires are neither humans nor horses. Granted, elves, orcs and dwarves aren’t human either but they eat the same sort of thing which you can’t say about vampires. I wouldn’t assume that you can use it to summon up a bucket o’ blood. Granted, it also says “simple fare of your choice” but I guess it would be up to the DM how far you can stretch the definition of food.
Nice touch that the shower curtain is being held up by the two blind clerics. Apparently, the northern Gods have a sense of propriety.
The first Dwarf Slayer minis were released in the mid-80s, first appearing as just “beserkers” in '84, and morphing into Slayers over the next 3 years, being firmly entrenched as such by '87. They predate the Gotrek and Felix book series by more than a decade.
Actually only one, the high priestess of Hodor on the right, is blind. The one on the left and the pointy hat girl above are just blindfolded; we saw them earlier with their sight.
I predict that you’re going to shut down my infinite wealth xorn priest right out of the Gate, aren’t you?
Well, my Aurumvorax priest seems to be doing okay. Not as well as my Disenchanter priest though 
I once played a female dwarven character and at an inn a human PC kept trying to peek at her (long story). She finally told him, “You won’t like what you see; I’m too… blocky for your taste.”
Just curious, what race is skull-on-his-head-eats-children dude supposed to be? He seems to be several skin shades (or is that his costume?) and I think he has a tail (or is that also his costume?).
Bugbear, maybe? He looks goblinoid.
I think it’s his tail; at least, in a close-up it’s the same color as his skin and not the rest of his costume. I don’t think any goblinoids have tails and his ears look different from Oona’s.
Ah, I forgot we’ve already met bugbears.
Some kind of lycanthrope, maybe?
New strip :
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Yay - another team member!
I was pondering the other day, now that we’re wrapping up the biggest part of Durkon’s arc, who’s next in the firing line. The fact that we’re adding a new member at the same time that Belkar’s demise is virtually overdue suggests that we will be -1 very shortly (or very shortly in comic time - in real time it’ll probably be 2022).
Catfolk - different subspecies from Jacinda, though.
…and NO regurgitation!
Neat. Guess Minrah is taking the slot that Burlew intended Bandanna to fill. I imagine she’ll have titanic plot armor, as a, what 6/5 Cleric/Fighter or something like that, adventuring in a party with characters having a bunch of levels in the mid to high teens?
I suspect Minrah is going to be very important at convincing RedCloak or the Dark One to play ball. Or RedCloak’s niece.
This book is definitely winding down quickly.
Uh, Bandana was busy with another project? Burlew and her agent couldn’t come to terms? Characters pretty much do what their writers tell them to.
Which one was Bandanna?
Maybe Burlew figured she wasn’t interesting enough and decided to go with Minrah instead.