‘Not A Villain’ Webcomic – Page 797

To the rescue?

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Unless the AI/Kat loaded up with at least one esone there isn’t much she can do apart from tripping or tackling them. With one however…*raises hands*

From the sound of things, she doesn’t just have one, she has SEVERAL.

http://navcomic.com/not-a-villain/page-779/

And the couple pages after it.

Even if it’s just the AI controlling her (which it probably won’t be at this point, and if it is, her AI is probably D), it looks like it’ll be a 100% Erbana with a ton of Esones against two people without Esones.

When she lost the esone, she stopped being Erbana.

No she didn’t. Her percentage was merely stuck.

She did lose her 100% though, what with the whole death-by-violence in her vicinity. S’why she freaked out about not being “the best” anymore.

Oh no!

Al/Kat can get them to be nice!

Beautiful page 🙂

Who wants to bet Bandit’s gonna die anyway?

Well, look at that! ?? If she gets there just in the
the nick of time, what does that make her?

A big d*** hero!

Ain’t she just.

Ain’t she just !!

In this case, censoring that word in this way makes it actually worse. XD

Since Kat is playing non-violent Erbana, I wonder if the AI has found a non-violent way to deal with the situation. It would make sense.

When she lost the esone, she stopped being Erbana.

Well, after I has her kick when they logged in I thought “she is SO not going to be non-violent”.

Her percantage is going to drop drastically I bet, but killing two dudes likely won’t raise her Morto alignment enough to make her change.

Also I wonder how big an Erbana’s no-kill zone is, seeing that the Dude killed at least two of them so far.

It would have to be within her sphere of influence. It wouldn’t be fair of a game that docked you based on something that you could not be stopped.

Pretend that said “have stopped.” instead of “be stopped.” >_<

Will do 🙂

While I agree that it wouldn’t be fair, I can’t really tell how fair this game is overall. Percentage drops are beyond ruthless, e.g. as a Demoli it drops if just a single one of your attacks fails by getting eaten by a plant monster named Mean Eater. If I struggled for survival I would SO not want to play a game with this many little things to watch out for, as my limited brain power would be required elsewhere. Another advantage for citizens I guess.

Morto is about killing, so you lose percentage if you fight and your target survives. Sounds like Demoli is about dealing damage, so you lose percentage if your attacks don’t connect.

BE NICE

RIP Erbana Kat, incoming Morto Kat.

Not having an Esone was never said to eliminate your alignment.
She’s still Erbana unless actions shift her alignment.
I personally think it’s really messed up that other people killing trashes Ebana alignment.
It’s like they were made to be griefer bait.

Since one of the AIs priorities is getting an Esone, I wonder if it’s succeeded yet.
Also, is it still the AI, or has Kat finally logged in?

Too bad we have to wait for more pages. After all, I’m not a doctor, I don’t need patience 😉 (intentional pun and not a typo)

the game has no concept of groups, so it won’t know friend from foe. so the penalty for others killing near by prevents the erbana from being “well, I can’t kill you. but he will..” *point at teammate*

Specifically, the “I can’t kill you, but he will” is a Mani alignment move.

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With regards to alignment change, it does sort of eliminate your alignment when you lose all your Esones: [ http://navcomic.com/not-a-villain/page-731/ ] – indicates that she doesn’t have the alignment anymore, just an indicator that before she lost her Esone, she *was* Erbana.

[ http://navcomic.com/not-a-villain/page-369/ ] – indicates that you can change alignment even with Esones, since Danni does want to change alignments.

Actually, looking further down the log, at [ http://navcomic.com/not-a-villain/page-533/ ] – Kat already lost her 100% as she died earlier, *but* she can’t shift alignment until she gets an Esone again.

Which, as I understand, AI Kat has now.

If she’s still AI Kat, that is.

Thanks for the sources. I didn’t remember page 731 and I’ve been thinking that without Esones you’re just stuck in limbo and can’t gain or lose points, because that was revealed shortly after Kat died.
http://navcomic.com/not-a-villain/page-533/
She’s stuck at her current percentage, but she still CAN use her plants.

So, I’m not really clear on how much of your alignment gets eliminated once you go down to 0. I can only assume that increasing your Esones from 0 to 1 gives you the option to set everything to 0? Or to 100/6%?

Yep, I missed that losing alignment bit. My bad.
Of course if you lose alignment when without an Esone, then the only way you can change alignment is when you have one.

Interesting point 🙂

We’ve already been told that she’s loaded with esones.

When?

A few pages back.

I’m sorry, but that’s incorrect.
It’s previously been stated that an AI without any Esones will prioritize obtaining them.

However Bandit was stating a worst case scenario was a pissed Kat with loads of Esones, NOT that she had them.
At that point, and even now, he still has no idea if she has any at all. We have no info that the Tenka console cheats even have that ability yet.

So at this point we have no idea if she has any.
Since this is an unknown area that had an Esone limit to get into, I’m not betting on their being a lot of them for it to potentially get in the first place.

Of course Tenka could have programmed the AI with an Esone seeker cheat script, but as they use it for non-Tenka players at times, I doubt it.
(Or it would at least be disabled if it’s “playing” a non-Tenka character)

http://navcomic.com/not-a-villain/page-779/
You’re welcome. As I said: A few pages back. 🙂

Don’t worry Danni, she’s combat ready

Alright! Here comes Kat; she’s gonna pacifist those guys into their place!

wondrer if turning players to toads or mice would be considered pacifist actions?

Doesn’t cause damage, sounds non-violent to me 🙂

But I doubt Erbana abilities do that.
Of course the Trees do imply they can have some kind of transformation powers.
So far though, they mostly look ephemeral (the storage ability), or plant based.
And the name is very suggestive of plants. Erbana = Herb + Anna.
(Speaking of which, what was Kat’s moms name? I wonder if it might be Chiana.)

With regards to alignment names, they all seem to be based around their themes.

Cardista – Has a thing about Cards
Demoli – Obviously Destruction
Erbana – As I mentioned earlier, Herbs/Plants
Kesti – Sounds rather similar to Questy (likes quests)
Mani – The Manipulators
Morto – Can’t guess which base word was used for sure, but most of them mean Death, Injury, or Killing/Murder in one form or another.

Anyway, thanks for reading my speculation and babbling 🙂

Those hunters are not going to be a-mew-sed.

Something in the hand suggests an erbana trick.

Not A Villain Webcomic

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‘Not A Villain’ Webcomic – Page 797