This one made me tear up a bit.

Same here.

I can't friggen wait till i have that kind of moment.

A few days ago when I realized we were approaching The Moment I went back and rewatched the relevant episodes. Still gives me chills and you, sir, have done The Moment proud.

So I've been wondering since this arc has been so great, what's future arc is everybody most excited for dragontamer to adapt? (Excluding enies lobby because obvious and op) personally I think I'm gonna have to go with Jaya for the Bellamy fight or marineford cause I'm interested in how he's gonna do the timeskip.

Well, the end of the Baroque Company arc is certainly going to be a number... And Corey taking on Whiskey Peak by himself is certainly going to be funny.

Then there's Luffy's execution... Really looking forward to see if GM does that Deus Ex Machina to save Luke or someone else does.

"I roll fortitude to survive the execution."
"You... he's literally executing you, you can't... you know what, fine. Just roll."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"...seriously?"

Provided the damage of the automatic critical that comes as part of the Coup-de-grace doesn't kill you outright, you ARE in fact entitled to a save vs death. =D

I can imagine whiskey peak being the GM present to cory after lot of RP and not enough fighting from logue town to reverse mountain and all.
Like "enjoy, Cory. a whole island worht of enemis for you."

Three words: Sharpshooting Warrior Sogeking.

Given that we now have new info on Sanji's backsrory, the Whole Cake Island Arc

Personally, I want to see Phil crank-up the Ham for Sogeking.
or the introduction of Ace. as i'm curious about how this comic will make it. and the end of Alabasta, for the moment where Luke save Robin. again, i want to see how it will play out.

I am curious how the Bellamy thing would go since I would think Gordon knows not to underestimate Luke's character by now and wouldn't send a boss that he could one shot by himself.

He probably wouldn't be a boss. More like a low level underling. Perhaps they were supposed to end up fighting the Black Beard pirates after stomping Bellamy but Luke and Corey derailed that plot with their roleplaying.

If he hadn't already used the story for DM's introduction I'd actually say Bellamy would be a player. Now I'm not so sure about it.

I could always be a lucky crit, ya know.

i imagine the Bellamy fight as Bellay being played by some kind of player who think he made such a great build and Luke is scared to go on PvP with him.
Then he discover that Luke could have stomped his character anytime, and was just roleplaying luffy, either for Nat or because he did'nt want to kill this guy's PC. (as Luke don't go PkP like that).
Cory will be forced to pass on the PvP because his PC can't go against Luffy's order.

Given Bellamy's attitude, that could even be one murderHobbo from one of Nat's old group. after getting his ass handled to him, he come back many session later, and he learned to roleplay and give his character a backstory. (which explain why Bellamy is more dramatic in the Dressrossa arc)

Bellamy wasn't a boss, he was a distraction on the way to Skypea.
Sadly, at the current pace I don't think this comic will ever get to Enies Lobby, but if we're dreaming I'd like to see Thriller Bark - Brook and Kuma...
Oh and this update was one of the best so far, and that's saying something!

Someone needs to update the tvtropes page tor this. Of course, along with the cast page, when doing so this has GOT to be a crowning moment of heartwarming.

Let's go and conduct some diplomacy!

How ... do you take the most tear-up-able moment in One Piece... and make it tear-up-able in its own right out-of-character in a goofy webcomic? Slow Clap, Sir. Slow Clap. Also pass the tissues.

Indeed. I love the table jumping. I was wondering how on earth Luke was supposed to replicate Luffy's actions there in a way that made it as dramatic both inside and outside the game without seeming silly. This was a fantastic solution. Well okay it was a bit silly but in an awesome way. Just walking away and shouting wouldn't have had the same impact.

You did good DT, moving that black text to here, I think that was the best move.

"You can't out-crazy these people."

So spot on to the spirit of the show, and a veritable angelic choir to anyone who feels cloistered and isolated.

So good.

...So good. :')

Honestly, this here? It cements what I think is the biggest strength of the webcomic. DM of the Rings started the trend, Darths and Droids put a lot of life into the players...

But I think of all the "What If [X] Were A Tabletop Game", Grand Line 3.5 is the one that shows the most of TTG culture.

Like... Dealing with player synergy, finding groups that you just WORK with... And ESPECIALLY the drama and baggage that comes from having a bad gaming group.

Plus, earlier arcs made me change my mind on munchin-y power gaming to its current stance: "Powergaming is something that nobody at the table should do, or EVERYBODY at the table should do"

Since yeah, Luffy and Zoro in this game are tweeked and munchkin'd out the Yin Yang... But that's expected up-front and the GM is fully onboard... And the other players are able to contribute in their fields of expertise. And hell, a game with a group of tweeked-out semi-broken PCs all acting against equally tweeked enemies the GM is fielding? That can be a blast, in a Disgaea way.

Pardon me, I need to go buy some more tissues. I only used up the entire box.

This is great! you took a awesome moment, and added a extra-layer of awesome in the way you integreted it in the RP.
you know, this is for this kind of thing that it's interesting that you campaign comic actually stick to the canon and reinterpret it as a RP campaign.

"Why are you getting on the table?"
Luke is crazy, this is great. my favorite character in this comic, he play mostly to habe fun, and he really care about making sure that the other player are having fun too.

You did well putting this texte here. that's where it fit the best.