Rusty & Co.

Monstrous Misadventures! Updated every Wednesday at noon, EST.
  • Archives
  • Arcade
    • Rusty Runner
    • Dinkum’s Random Magic Item Generator
    • Summon-A-Horror
    • Tiles of the Forge
  • Vote
  • Store
  • About
    • F.A.Q.
    • Cast Page
    • Monster Guide
    • Gnome-Prizes!
    • Community
    • Contact
    • Commissions
  • Loot
    • Banners
    • Cryptic Crosswords
    • Inktober
    • Paper Minis
    • Wallpapers
    • Fan Art
  • Patreon
Twitter RSS
An entrance. And an exit.

RSS Rusty & Co.

  • Level 14: #49

Follow Rusty & Co.!




‹‹ First ‹ Prev Comments(32) Random Next › Last ››

Level 14: #47

Chapter: Level 14 — The Mother of Invention
Comments RSS

Discussion (32) ¬

  1. Lettuce Man
    April 1, 2026, 11:46 am | # | Reply

    So apparently the Python also flipped off the plot armor into a red shirt.

    8
    • Noncredible
      April 1, 2026, 11:57 am | # | Reply

      You mean a red *smear*

      1
    • Mary Catelli
      April 1, 2026, 11:28 pm | # | Reply

      Maddie also died. On stage.

      3
      • Lettuce Man
        April 2, 2026, 2:30 pm | # | Reply

        Maddie did so at the end of a major encounter for a heroic sacrifice.

        Unless the sonic attack attempt at the edge of the silence zone managed to get to someone else out of silence range, her “sacrifice” accomplished no tactical advantage.

        Still, highly unusual that someone in the MC gang gets folded with no contribution while nameless soldier losses are still at two.

        (click whirr)

        Of the 117 people on the castle, we only lost three, but Roxxane was among them. We already lost a core member before we needed to use a second hand to count casualties.

        Rounding errors are going to bet his guy’s downfall but so far his math is mathing, at 2.56% losses she was the rounding error he ancipated.

        2
        • Will
          April 2, 2026, 6:33 pm | # | Reply

          We don’t know for sure that she’s dead. Modrons want efficiency, so after putting her to 0HP he probably doesn’t care whether she stabilizes or not, as she’s no longer a hindrance to his mission.

          1
    • Dreadaxe
      April 2, 2026, 2:49 pm | # | Reply

      Maybe they needed the belt of genre changing to turn the story into a dark fantasy.

      2
  2. Athaic
    April 1, 2026, 12:49 pm | # | Reply

    🙁

    11
  3. Zero
    April 1, 2026, 1:36 pm | # | Reply

    She’s fine.

    1
  4. tor
    April 1, 2026, 3:16 pm | # | Reply

    Is this universal idiot ball day?
    A bard moving into melee range of a 3 meter golem?
    Troops failing to understand a silence spell is an attack?

    6
    • Radiant
      April 1, 2026, 3:53 pm | # | Reply

      I suppose regular troops lack the knowledge skills to immediately recognize a Silence spell.

      5
      • Jessica J
        April 1, 2026, 11:33 pm | # | Reply

        Wouldn’t the Python reverse that though?

        • Radiant
          April 2, 2026, 2:01 am | # | Reply

          It probably _could_, but you’d need to use it on itself first.

          1
        • Mary Catelli
          April 2, 2026, 5:57 pm | # | Reply

          The Python reverses this trait or that one, not a general mirror effect.

          2
    • Mary Catelli
      April 1, 2026, 11:44 pm | # | Reply

      The Python is at work.

  5. Isenoxyd
    April 1, 2026, 4:32 pm | # | Reply

    I’m kinda …speechless!

    4
  6. Scryer
    April 1, 2026, 6:01 pm | # | Reply

    Well. Robespierre’s going to be absolutely apoplectic and they’ll need a new diamond.

    7
  7. DoobleDeeDooble
    April 1, 2026, 6:21 pm | # | Reply

    Welp. So, about that stuff going on in the afterlife…

    4
    • Mary Catelli
      April 2, 2026, 12:17 am | # | Reply

      Why have we had no report from the White Knight? Are the memory problems for everyone?

      1
    • Brandon
      April 2, 2026, 4:30 am | # | Reply

      Skippy: “Yo. Pretty gnarly, huh?”

      4
      • Mary Catelli
        April 4, 2026, 6:00 pm | # | Reply

        Now that’s an unpleasant reunion.

        1
  8. 627235
    April 1, 2026, 8:19 pm | # | Reply

    Remind me, is Rusty&Co doing April Fools stuff?

    • Beni-Kujaku
      April 2, 2026, 4:51 am | # | Reply

      … Yes. Don’t worry, she’s fine. She’s just going to the farm.

      4
  9. Micha
    April 2, 2026, 6:16 am | # | Reply

    Silence denying a bard’s dying words.
    How cruel. :-0

    10
  10. Tom
    April 2, 2026, 10:11 am | # | Reply

    Time to eat metal!

    1
    • Puppeteen
      April 2, 2026, 12:55 pm | # | Reply

      Roxy’s a D&D bard with a lute. She doesn’t play metal.

      1
      • Brandon
        April 2, 2026, 11:11 pm | # | Reply

        She handled rock well enough though.

        • deliverything
          April 3, 2026, 10:09 am | # | Reply

          Possibly relevant: a video called “Doth My Lute Hath The Courage To Shred?”
          https://youtu.be/1iGHJsuczOQ
          Also, turns out there are medieval covers of lots of songs on YouTube, though few seem to be lute-only.

  11. Nerva
    April 4, 2026, 12:19 am | # | Reply

    OW. Okay, yeah, considering that Roxy just got OHKO’ed here, I think I called it when I said those poor guards got pulped in one hit each.

    I hate to say it, but plate-for-a-dome here is probably going to go on a tear unless someone or something throws a wrench into his plans. It would be delightfully ironic for his meticulously plotted scheme to fail due to one miniscule unforseen detail.

    1
    • Mary Catelli
      April 4, 2026, 6:01 pm | # | Reply

      He’s already tempted fate. He said that luck was not involved when Miss Happ is on the other side.

      1
      • Verycoolname
        April 7, 2026, 9:13 pm | # | Reply

        What about bad luck? He does have the Python after all…

  12. Demarquis
    April 7, 2026, 5:21 pm | # | Reply

    One of three things is going to happen:
    1) Roxy isn’t dead
    2) Roxy is dead, and part of this story arc takes place in the afterlife, the resolution of which resurrects her
    3) Nearly every protag is going to die, before the last survivor hits a reset button.

    2
  13. Oldarmourer
    April 8, 2026, 10:48 am | # | Reply

    Even minor head wounds can make for a LOT of blood, we can always hope she just got her bell rung instead of tolled.

Comment ¬ Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Rusty and Co. and rustyandco.com is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or specifically approved by Wizards of the Coast LLC. For more information about Wizards of the Coast or any of Wizards’ trademarks or other intellectual property, please visit their website at Wizards.com



If you like Rusty & Co., you may also like...


Facet

Rising Sand

Handbook of Heroes

Clown Corps

Marblegate

Val and Isaac

Order of the Stick

Whomp!


These are not paid advertisements. These are just comics I find entertaining and think you should read, too!

©2009-2026 Rusty & Co. | Powered by WordPress with ComicPress | Subscribe: RSS | Back to Top ↑