Belkar piles up the corpses.
Cast[]
- Haley Starshine ◀ ▶
- Belkar Bitterleaf ◀ ▶
- Durkon Thundershield ◀ ▶
- Many Hobgoblins
Transcript[]
- Panel 1, Page 1
Belkar is fighting hobgoblins on both sides. He kills one with a stab to the heart while the second approaches from behind.
- Panel 2, Page 1
Without turning he severs the leg of the approaching hobgoblin while another approaches him from the front.
- Panel 3, Page 1
The hobgoblin with the severed leg falls. Belkar leaps up and stabs the third hobgoblin in the face, killing him. A fourth approaches.
- Panel 4, Page 1
Belkar tumbles in the air killing two more hobgoblins, as still more approach.
- Panel 5, Page 1
In the middle of killing a hobgoblin, Belkar is hit with an arrow.
- Panel 6, Page 1
Stuck with two arrows, the halfling falls on to the pile of corpses, and is struck with a sword by a hobgoblin.
- Panel 7, Page 1
Standing up, he kills a hobgoblin on either side of him.
- Panel 8, Page 1
He takes another sword blow to the face while killing still more hobgoblins.
- Panel 9, Page 1
Grim-faced and bloodied, Belkar is surrounded by hobgoblins attacking him.
- Panel 10, Page 1
The panel moves in closer. Belkar is surrounded by the corpses of the dead hobgoblins.
- Panel 11, Page 1
Still closer, Belkar bleeds from several wounds and wades through the corpses.
- Panel 12, Page 1
Even closer, the hair of his feet barely in the panel, Belkar grits his teeth as he slaughters more hobgoblins.
- Panel 13, Page 1
The panel shows only the dread face of the rampaging halfling covered in wounds.
- Panel 1, Page 2
Belkar stand atop a vast mountain of dead hobgoblins, victorious.
Belkar: I AM A SEXY SHOELESS GOD OF WAR!!!
- Panel 2, Page 2
This panel is a circle inset in the lower right corner of the previous panel, showing Haley and Durkon by the parapets of the Azure City wall.
Haley: So, do you want to be the one to tell him that he probably won't get any XP from any of them?
Durkon: Let's draw straws.
D&D Context[]
- Defeating creatures or encounters which are too low of a Challenge Rating (CR) does not earn any experience points (XP) for a high-level character. The CR of a hobgoblin is 1/2, meaning it would take two of them to make even a moderate challenge to a 1st level character. Belkar is approximately 13-14th level at this time. The number of hobgoblins should modify the CR, but even the Dungeon Master's Guide points out that barring exceptional circumstances, a character should not gain XP from an encounter with opponents that are individually eight or more levels below them, regardless of number.
Trivia[]
- First time Belkar describes himself as a "sexy shoeless god of war". He will refer to himself again thusly in #610.