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Let's celebrate the countdown for the Tarnished Edition of Elden Ring with a storytime of some manga adaptations.
Manga #1: Elden Ring: Distant Tales Between, is a collection of side stories about various Elden Ring characters like Patches, Rya, or Millicent. Generally comedic, it is an episodic series of stories without any real continuity between installments.
Manga #2: Elden Ring: Road to the Erdtree, is a continuous comedy narrative about one Tarnished's misadventures on the way to becoming Elden Lord.
Daily, starting between 1:00-2:00PM EST.
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Snek Snek Snek
I'm sure you noticed the captcha issue.
If I disappear partway through the storytime, just know it probably means I've killed myself out of annoyance.
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A nice hot evil woman to brighten up your day.
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>>287465637
Something close
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Look at her go.
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>>287465726
Its up in stores, finally.
But the release date seems to mostly be a placeholder.
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>>287465864
Its gnarly right now, lmao
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A serpent never dies, not does she quit or give up!
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Part 2
An incredible face right there.
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Precious.
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Be sure to thank your local Crucible Knight for their service.
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She done fucked up.
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>>287466172
I like Rykard for mage classes because he lets you really test the FP/Damage efficiency of your build.
He's not as good as the original Storm Ruler fight, but he's better than the Yhorm fight.
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>>287466281
Yeah, they are actually good at their job. It isn't just phoned in.
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She's dead....
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Part 3
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She's not a step-mom, she's the mom that stepped up!
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>>287466244
The dramatic presentation and the build-up to and for the original Storm Ruler gimmick fight, the battle against the Storm King in Demon's Souls, is still the best IMO. However, the Rykard fight is easily the best dramatic gimmick fight that's also a fight. This is a full-on battle with a behemoth.
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>whew, i don't have to drug my kid
Tanith....
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<3
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https://litter.catbox.moe/vpsr8a6qioqc0qw8.cbz
I won't be able to finish the dump. I didn't think it would take this long, even with the slow captchas.
If someone can do it for me, that'd be tight.
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There's only a couple pages left, so I'll pick it up
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Tanith never quite figured out to have Rya equip a correctional corset to better blend in with other tarnished. Scoliosis is a bitch, even though it doesn't take away from Rya's cuteness
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And credits.
Is anyone here a recusant true? Or did you beeline straight to Rykard, eager to leave Zorayas an unfortunate orphan? 4/5 invaders are Mohg's bloody fingers. If you or your friend were molested by White Mask Varre, there's resources out there to help you and your close ones.
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>what the fuck am i reading?
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>>287467073
Are you truly so easily bought with the promise of infinite albinauric runes? Volcano Manor offers you recompense much more valuable. True power is for the taking by ye who do not falter; slay the gods, skin their hides, devour their flesh and take their runes. The Manor will be your shield and your cloak in your righteous work.
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>>287466799
Thanks a million, man.
Hopefully the captcha issue is cleared up and it won't take so long in the future.
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>>287466982
you wouldn't a snake....
would you?
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it's a good birthday
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>>287466952
I honestly really like the concept of the Recusant questline.
Some of the game's best equipment and even the 'John Tarnished' armor are locked behind it.
So you have to willingly embrace being a villain to get the most out of the game. You gotta be a ruthless killer of your kindred to access everything.
It is a cool dynamic.
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>>287466442
Tanith should be super happy that she's not Rya's actual mother.
Daedicar got fucking skinned alive by Rykard and seems to have actually liked it, even.
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>>287467458
Np man, captcha is still shitting itself as I can see but I've time with my employment-lite
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I don't find them to be that villainous to be fair, the only target of theirs who probably didn't deserve it was Istvan. Rileigh himself most likely wiped out hordes of tarnished for wrongthink, and Juno Hoslow is... Just kinda there?
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>>287466952
What I find super interesting is this: If you "sequence break" by jumping down into Volcano Manor proper from where you wake up after the Raya Lucaria abduction, you can get to and beat Rykard without ever meeting anyone from Volcano Manor. The devs accounted for this because Tanith shows upmunching on Rykard's corpsewithout having to ever talk to her. She even has dialogue asking who the hell you are.
Anyway on topic, Mohg is just a better boss. Varre is a faggot but Ansbach carries the whole faction's reputation on his back.
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>>287466952
Of all the unfinished questlines, i really wish there was more to Rya's
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>>287468481
Brother, imagine being a Sellen simp like me.
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>We don't know that at all. He could easily just be squatting in the church or be in the process of hijacking the giant skin when we arrive.
His blackflame monks outside are also on the same team as the rest of Volcano Manor and won't attack each other.
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What's the new meta everyone is abusing today? I only know the blood builds from launch.
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>>287466109
I'm impressed by the artist's ability to convey Tanith's emotions through just her eyes.
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The highly detailed and accurate crucible knight next to the chibi Rya amuses me greatly.
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>mfw Aseo is still smarter than Miquella
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>>287466952
I generally dislike that you can, and are encouraged, to be an absolute covenant slut in order to see places. It'd be one thing if there was in anyway some kind of parity between things, but there's simply no (normal) way into the Manor to Rykard without joining up with the cultists. In general Elden Ring is lousy about wanting you to just be everyone's confidant and then only later having the ability to fuck them over. The only way to "Stop" Sellen is to do everything she wants then kill her at the end.
Makes everything feel way too gamey in a way other games from Fromsoft weren't with this stuff.
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I'm not too much of a fan of Mohg.
Even if you don't have the special tear for him, he's a big, fat, and kinda slow dude, without a lot of defense.
His main challenge comes from getting to his area early, and getting stat checked by his scaling. It is really easy to get to him >50 levels and a few upgrade tiers early, and he's just hard because you do no damage, lol.
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>>287468041
>Varre is a faggot
I fucking wish they let him have his endgame stats in Limgrave and his meaner early access lines. It'd be so fucking funny watching him spawncamp players who try to kill him for talking shit.
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>>287476078
Its really funny that the Tarnivorous Armor is locked behind the ass-end of the hitman questline so almost no one will ever actually get the set.
Especially when the guy you kill is super weird, even if you're an autistic lorefag like me.
>godslayer greatsword
>armor that talks about wanting to become a shadow to his favorite empyrean
Like I think you have to kill the last human Gloam Eyed Queen follower for the set and this is just never really pondered or elaborated on.
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The game is weird what it likes to expand on and what it just sort of keeps you in the dark about. Its makes sense why he is on the list from Tanith's perspective, finishing off a potential threat once and for all. We on the other hand just follow the order if we want and are just left with a bit of info from the armor.
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>>287467614
i would a guise
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>>287470402
nothing has changed much for pve, bleed builds still rape the game, but obviously rivers of blood is the weakest of blood build options
for pvp there's like a good dozen of meta builds, i think the most hip thing right now is a single lance thanks to its r1, crouch r1 and r2 mixups
for invasions nothing is stronger than int and faith builds because they can instawipe entire cooper groups, vanilla ass comet for example will melt any idiot stuck in his l2 awesome button animation and you will encounter a billion of them
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>but obviously rivers of blood is the weakest of blood build options
It is funny that Rivers of Blood is worse than just putting Double Slash on an occult Uchigatana or Washing Pole.
Genuine noobtrap for the first time some shitter discovers that a weapon can inflict a status, 80% of the way through the game.
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>>287476943
I think ER had too much shit in it and too many plots going in too many directions for Fromsoft's typical vagueposting style of storytelling to work.
There is some interesting material in there, no doubt. But too much is left up to pure interpretation that everyone that tries to understand the plot comes away with totally different interpretations to the point that it is hard to discuss everything.
Like sure, Dark Souls had people that thought the giant raven was Velka and stuff, or people that argue over what Gwyn's plans were or Havel's stuff. But in Elden Ring it goes way beyond that where the basic order of events in the plot are hotly debated.
Probably mostly an artifact of a very hard development cycle. Even more than DS3, Elden Ring had a lot removed or heavily redone soon before release. Closer to DS2 in certain ways.
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It seems like the upload today is even worse than yesterday, to the point that at least I can barely make a post.
The storytime might miss a day because of that, I'm on another tight schedule today and can't do >3 minute waits for a post.
If it clears up soon, that would be great.
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Total Miquella Love for all Tarnished.
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>>287484447
I agree.
The setting and cast is small enough that it comes together mostly coherently even when you don't try and make being a lorefag your personality.
You basically know most of the main characters well enough from just playing to have reasonable discussions with strangers without both of you needing to list out your massive headcanons before either could say anything.
Like compare Lady Maria, who has a clear character arc she experienced and who lived an actual life, to almost anyone in Elden Ring or even Dark Souls.
Even the weird fucks like Brador have more context to them than a lot of characters in other games.
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>>287484787
Also fromsoft's storytelling lends itself really well to a more lovecraftian or eldritch storytelling than it does standard fantasy.
The most interesting parts of the elden ring lore is the frenzied flame and the whole thing with the mother of fingers losing contact with the outer gods and just making shit up
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>>287484833
Being able to unironically say that >its all a dream bro, and for that to be a satisfying answer to a lot of questions about the game or how things work, is pretty outstanding.
Perhaps the smartest set up Fromsoft ever had for one of their worlds.
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>>287483274
Hehates Tarnished so much he cursed them with the worst attempt to make another Sword Saint Isshin I've ever seen. Next time he resurrects an optional diseased mid game warmonger, he should commit and slice himself or at least the hair.
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It's a no brainer.
Mohg
>literal virgin basement dweller.
>talked big about his new dynasty, yet did nothing to actually realize that ambition.
>oppressed by the racist Golden Order, yet did nothing to oppose them.
>his only willing followers are a murderhobo who spawn-camped you just to call you a virgin (derogatory), and an old retired boomer. The rest were all kidnapped and brainwashed into following him.
>one of the followers was actually a Dragon Communion practitioner and possibly planned to kill him.
>offered no significant reward for joining him.
>bloody edgy DeviantArt-tier aesthetic.
Rykard
>total chad. The dude clapped so many cheeks he created a whole new species of man-serpent.
>most active faction actually fighting Marika's oppressive regime, still going at it to this day.
>loved his family, kept a huge painting of his big brother hanging in his mansion and helped his little sister with her nefarious scheme.
>didn't discriminate based on status, literally married a low-born dancer (translatror note: dancer means prostitute) from a foreign land.
>his brother-in-arms, Bernahl, was a badass champion worthy of becoming Elden Lord. He ventured alone into the ancient capital of the dragons to battle the Black Beast of motherfucking Destined Death.
>Bernahl also taught you the Arts of War, arguably one of the most important NPCs.
>Rya is just the most precious.
>Joining his faction lets you hunt down other Tarnished for their cool-looking and useful equipment.
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>>287487910
Disregard cults
Consume shit
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>>287487910
If you are a slacker at work, like I am, then Rykard, 100%.
Look at Patches. He's a loser that pawns off his jobs to whomever he can convince to take them, and he's a proud Recusant.
I don't think that Varre and Ansbach would accept Bloody Fingers that don't do their jobs very well.
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He's only doing this to get on Tanith's good side.
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>>287494249
i suppose you can consider him to be a deceptive snake
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CUUUUUUTE
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>>287465398
It seems that the upload is fixed today. Lets hope it stays stable.
Today we start the first half of a two parter, the ballad of the gallant Iron Fist Alexander.
A song of highs and lows, of success and failure.
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Genuinely pure cancer.
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look at him go
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Nah, I'm good.
Just had to step away to mess with something for a min.
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Ekzykes deserves worse.
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The Guy.....
How many of you all ate shit against the Tree Sentinel on your first run?
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A nice old-fashioned slugfest.
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Total Jarburg Love.
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Wow, literallyme is so cool....
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>just run past all the enemies
You don't do this.... do you?
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Credits
Alexander is a jaunty boy, lets all seek to emulate his spirit.
How many of you sickos killed him for the talisman in Limgrave?
Be honest, the statute of limitations has passed by now.
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I don't think a lot of people could take out Tree Sentinel their first time around. Nowadays after several playthroughs, sure, I can probably take him with bare fists, but fresh off release? Yeah I ate metric tons of shit
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>>287498272
Thanks, OP.
I would never. I didn't finish his quest in my first playthrough, but I've always given him his due.
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First run? Yeah, I gave it a couple tries, ate shit and ran away. I came back fairly soon after exploring around Agheel Lake though, it was bothering me.
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>>287497822
When you first encounter him with a fresh character the stats are stacked against you massively and you actually have to go nearly hitless to whittle him down. With just a few extra healing flasks, levels (for that flat defense gain) and weapon upgrades it immediately becomes doable, much like Margit.
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Only when I rarely play an "evil" character, not purely for the sake of the talisman.
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>>287498398
>not a frenzychad
You're not invited to the annual Tikkun Olam meetings.
Last time we fed Hyetta our grapes for hours. Guess what you'll never get to do now?
May your credit score forever suffer.
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Are there any comics that feature the albinaurics?
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I had him down to 1hp on my first try but Elden Ring on PC was such an unoptimized buggy piece of shit on release that the horrible frame lag tripped me up and he killed me. I'm still salty years later. The terrible frames and half the npcs being invisible made it a bad experience, I probably should've waited until it was patched up.
Nightreign is tons of fun though, even if it's a clunky piece of shit that actively makes living miserable.
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>>287497652
his dialog definitely throws a couple hints and in both cases he has excellent taste
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>>287497652
Yes, but it was doomed to fail. It does crack me up that when you find him later on in the shithole castle, he tells you to give her a set of castanets, essentially sending her the message to go back to her dancer gig.
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yes please, i think i'm addicted to turtle meat. its 4 in the morning of the lands between, and again im staring at this Pickled Turtle Neck like its my best friend and worst enemy at the same time… promised myself id only have two but before i knew it, i already devoured dozens of them, the turtle pope probably hates me but the voices get so loud without it you know? i can't cast my unga bunga lightning spear without running out of stamina, so i need these turtle meat man, i keep telling myself one more turtle neck wont hurt, everyone needs it to cast more spells, right? it's not my fault, Marika's tits!!!! how does a single lightning spear drain me stamina more than a swing of colossal sword, it makes no sense, and i told my girl Lansseax i was clean, fuck why do i keep lying to everyone, sorry Lansseax, i can't sleep without the daily dose of turtle meat and spell casting, maybe i'll pay Florissax a visit, since we both can't sleep anyways, but won't that be cheating? im a proud Dragon Cult member, just like Vyke-senpai, i cannot be caught fooling around with a priestess of Dragon Communion, aaaaasaaaaaa Marika helps me, i swear to her tits ill quit for real tomorrow i swear… just not tonight. cant tonight