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Y0ssarian posted:it doubles the crit range. 15-20 I believe. A shame it doesn't stack with Improved Critical any more.
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So Elan hits crit range 25% of the time or so, and does at least 1d6+7 the rest of the time. For somebody with his BAB, that's pretty badass.
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tsob posted:I'm beginning to think we'll never find out what's under that umbrella. And after 400 + strips about it, I don't think anything he could reveal would be all that good at this stage, either as a climax, or an anti-climax. I think that if we see a real final battle against Xykon then that thing may well appear. Of course such a conflict may well not appear for a couple of hundred more strips.  Wanderer posted:So Elan hits crit range 25% of the time or so, and does at least 1d6+7 the rest of the time. For somebody with his BAB, that's pretty badass. He still needs to be able to roll higher than his enemy's armor class in order to even check for a critical hit. Therefore if he's fighting against an enemy with a high AC he'll only ever hit on a 20 despite his increased threat range. His low BAB therefore still puts him at a disadvantage, though that is admittedly mitigated to an extent by his Charisma bonus to hit.
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tsob posted:I'm beginning to think we'll never find out what's under that umbrella. And after 400 + strips about it, I don't think anything he could reveal would be all that good at this stage, either as a climax, or an anti-climax. I assumed we would never see what it was. Imagination being better than, blah blah blah. However with the latest turn of events, wouldn't it be interesting as far as Miko was concerned, if it was some angelic looking evil outsider?
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HitTheTargets posted:Belkar and Miko, alone together. 
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tsob posted:Hmmm...must have been thinking of something else so in that case. Either way, the werle it was meant as a joke, not as a serious suggestion which I was demanding the author take or I'd hunt him down and egg him or something. You're probably thinking of how buddy had the sheath attached to the body and neck of the guitar in the first part of the movie.
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Doodles posted:Imagine the erotic fan fiction! I am!  No wait, I'm thinking that a strip or two will be spent seeing Miko pissed off about being in jail with Belkar egging her on. One or both might escape, they could fight, or Miko could try some cockamamie last ditch Atonement.
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HitTheTargets posted:I am! I don't see Atonement. The way she is now, Miko is still utterly convinced that everyone is wrong and at fault except her. For an Atonement to work, she'd actually have to be sorry and repentant, but she's still content to blame everyone else.
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Yea, if a bolt of lightning from on high AND the loss of her Paladin powers doesn't make her reach for atonement I don't think a chat with Belkar and/or a few days in a jail cell will do anything for her. She's going someplace dark before she's going anywhere nice and bright.
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I bet Miko thinks the gods are evil and only the Snarl is truly good and tries to release him because he'd make everything just again.
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Detetsu posted:I bet Miko thinks the gods are evil and only the Snarl is truly good and tries to release him because he'd make everything just again. That's close to my theory. I figure she'll learn about the Snarl, and decide that, since nobody wants to admit that she's right and not at fault in any way, she'll use the Snarl to recreate earth in such a way that she is right since it's based on her own sense of morality. And since new earth will be governed by her sense of morality, it will completely clear her of all her wrongdoing since it will now be justified.
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Factor_VIII posted:He still needs to be able to roll higher than his enemy's armor class in order to even check for a critical hit. Therefore if he's fighting against an enemy with a high AC he'll only ever hit on a 20 despite his increased threat range. His low BAB therefore still puts him at a disadvantage, though that is admittedly mitigated to an extent by his Charisma bonus to hit. If it's within threat range, it's an automatic hit.
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High Altitude Hair Stylist posted:If it's within threat range, it's an automatic hit. Almost certain that's only a natural 20, otherwise weapons with high crit ranges and feats/spells that increased them would be entirely too powerful.
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Vomax posted:Almost certain that's only a natural 20, otherwise weapons with high crit ranges and feats/spells that increased them would be entirely too powerful. You are correct, sir.
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purkey posted:Ha, that really would make her Parallax. A white lock of hair would make her one sexy little stick figure.
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SuperKlaus posted:You are correct, sir. Furthermore, a vorpal weapon does not cut your head off except on a 20, and keen and improved crit no longer stack, so you can't auto-kill someone on a 12-20 anymore. 
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bgaesop posted:Furthermore, a vorpal weapon does not cut your head off except on a 20, and keen and improved crit no longer stack, so you can't auto-kill someone on a 12-20 anymore. Awww. But my favorite was getting a jewel-edged, keen, vorpal rapier with improved crit, which would knock it down to 10-20. There was another way to knock it down to 6-20, but if you hit, the weapon would shatter.
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HitTheTargets posted:I guess I didn't pick up on it earlier, but Belkar is going back to prison now that Hinjo overheard Roy & the dead guy talking about the ruse. Him and Miko alone while the rest of city fights off a hobgoblin hoard, an evil mage, a lich, and something under an umbrella. Belkar and Miko, alone together. Is he going back to prison, or are they just not counting him because of the geas upon him that prevents him from killing someone within a city?
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TheHeadSage posted:Awww. But my favorite was getting a jewel-edged, keen, vorpal rapier with improved crit, which would knock it down to 10-20. What's Jewel-Edged from? What's that other way? I love these weird DnD things.
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TheHeadSage posted:Awww. But my favorite was getting a jewel-edged, keen, vorpal rapier with improved crit, which would knock it down to 10-20. And people still wonder how OGL nearly destroyed the pnp rpg industry.
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Gassire posted:And people still wonder how OGL nearly destroyed the pnp rpg industry.
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bgaesop posted:What's Jewel-Edged from? What's that other way? I love these weird DnD things. I forget the source book, but it was a WotC book. I haven't played D&D since v3.0 was released. 3.5 come as a surprise when I was checking it out later on. I remember the sole purpose of the mini-campaign was to create the most overpowered characters ever. While 3rd edition can be broken, it's nothing like Second Edition Players Option. That was breakage at the highest level. Gassire posted:And people still wonder how OGL nearly destroyed the pnp rpg industry. Oh god yes. There is too much crap and it bogs down everything. All the campaigns I had either run or participated in were pretty much "Only sourcebooks allowed are: Core Rules, Manual of the Planes, ect".
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Son of a bitch, it pisses me off so much when it takes him this long to update, considering he had the whole weekend to work on the loving thing < >
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Calaveron posted:Son of a bitch, it pisses me off so much when it takes him this long to update, considering he had the whole weekend to work on the loving thing < Yeah, gently caress that guy who gives us free comics of high quality  I'm dying for a new strip too, but unless you're mailing him checks shut up.
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Hehehe... Oh, collectable miniature games, how we love thee, but how thou torments us with your randomness that laughs in our face.
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The Werle posted:Yeah, gently caress that guy who gives us free comics of high quality The least he could do is stick with his current schedule but say "updates Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday". That way it'd be wholly accurate. I mean, he updates 3 times a week, just about a day later than when he says he will.
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Oh god I'm sorry Rich everything is forgiven  Love the combination of DnD jokes, characterization, and that little bit of slapstick in that final panel.
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Fuego Fish posted:The least he could do is stick with his current schedule but say "updates Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday". That way it'd be wholly accurate. He's been consistently on time for the last month or two, at least if you're not running off European moonclocks. And the only times I've noticed him being late are when he's doing double or triple length comics like we have today. "Updates Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays before midnight (Eastern Standard Time). Usually." Dude has a proviso, his rear end is covered.  Azure City really should have just sniped some ebay auctions or something, leaving yourself at the mercy of booster packs is just a waste of cash.
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Fuego Fish posted:The least he could do is stick with his current schedule but say "updates Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday". That way it'd be wholly accurate. Well, no, the least he could do is stop making the comic 
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The Werle posted:He's been consistently on time for the last month or two, at least if you're not running off European moonclocks. And the only times I've noticed him being late are when he's doing double or triple length comics like we have today. European moonclocks are Swiss made and by drat they keep the finest moontime in all Christendom!  High Altitude Hair Stylist posted:Well, no, the least he could do is stop making the comic Technically, yes, the act of physically stopping would be the action with the least amount of effort involved. But dealing with the colossal nerd rage backlash that it would incite would make it even more effort than actually continuing the comic.
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Fuego Fish posted:The least he could do is stick with his current schedule but say "updates Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday". That way it'd be wholly accurate. I have felt this way forever I honestly really do treat it like a T/T/S comic. Ever since Rich has really gone all out on cliff hangers and dramatic plots (to better effect than most webcomics), I've found it's better for my acute sense of nerd rage not to check in M/W/F. Honestly, I'm surprised he's lasted this long with such a decent track record considering he's a member of increased updates crew.
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Cowcaster posted:If he changed it to say "updates Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday" then he'd probably just end up doing them after midnight again anyway so it'd actually be Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. Well when that happens he can just change the update schedule to that then 
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 New strip is uphttp://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0414.html
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The first rule every GM learns: when in doubt, ninjas!
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404GoonNotFound posted:The first rule every GM learns: when in doubt, ninjas! I never learned that rule, maybe that's why my brief tenure as a dm was so lame If nothing else, it leads me to think that either the paladins are going to be on their own and this strip is meant to fill us in on that detail, or that it's going to be a battle on two fronts since ninja's are actively going to be after Hojo before, during and after the fight. Plus, I wouldn't be surprised if I see some of those lords walking around as zombies or something after they try to cut Xykon a deal.
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I figure it's time for everyone to play the baseless prediction game: The schism in town means Lord Evil Bad Guy Xykon will win. Hinjo will go with the Order as penance/to prevent it from happening again, filling out the role of Miko's opposite when she joins the Linear Guild.
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