Comic #68: FF (Patreon)

Originally published: Nov 25, 2006.Hey look, it's Narya again! I think at this point he...

Originally published:  Nov 25, 2006.

Hey look, it's Narya again! I think at this point he had not shown up for about 20 comics. His robes are also purple now, which I think is supposed to be the tier 2 set. It's also the first time his mustache is actually colored in, instead of being two whiskers coming out of his face.

The joke in this comic is based on the Final Fantasy game series. In those games, phoenix downs were consumable items that would revive a fallen hero. However, they could also be used on enemies, and for undead enemies, they would act like holy damage. So a potion would damage an undead enemy instead of healing, and a phoenix down would kill them. In some cases difficult bosses could be defeated by simply using one phoenix down.

I feel like half the time I referenced other games in these early comics it was Final Fantasy. I played a LOT of those games. I would basically cycle between playing 6, 7, and 10, over and over.

Also... Comic Sans! I had mistakenly thought I had used Comic Sans starting with comic #2, but only realized later I was using Tempus Sans. This is the first comic to actually use Comic Sans, which would continue all the way to comic #246.