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Sock: Oct 8, 2001; Do me. Do me.

Erfworld updated, and Ansom is in for a whole new world of hurt.

# ? Jul 14, 2007 03:37

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# ? May 15, 2024 04:11

Ashcans: Jan 2, 2006; Let's do the space-time warp again!

Aren't bags of holding restricted by the size of the opening? I mean, you can fit a lot of stuff into them, but I always took that to mean a lot of small things, or maybe some long thin things. You can't just stuff a body in there because the opening to the bag is too small for, say, a torso to fit through.

# ? Jul 14, 2007 04:08

gothfae: Mar 28, 2004; There seems no plan because it is all plan. There seems no center because it is all center.

Sock posted:

Erfworld updated, and Ansom is in for a whole new world of hurt.

Someday we'll run out of "Huh? There's a rule I didn't know?!" "jokes".

maybe...

# ? Jul 14, 2007 04:34

bgaesop: Nov 1, 2005; by Y Kant Ozma Post

Ashcans posted:

Aren't bags of holding restricted by the size of the opening? I mean, you can fit a lot of stuff into them, but I always took that to mean a lot of small things, or maybe some long thin things. You can't just stuff a body in there because the opening to the bag is too small for, say, a torso to fit through.

Bags of Holding are, technically, 2 by 4 feet. It doesn't specify which direction those dimensions are, so it could be four feet wide. I typically think of them as large burlap sacks, so anything you could fit in one of those.

# ? Jul 14, 2007 05:08

Gunjin: Apr 27, 2004; Om nom nom

new strip's up:

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0475.html

I really want to see Belkars stats, his wisdom score must be hilariously low.

# ? Jul 14, 2007 12:41

Gyges: Aug 4, 2004; NOW NO ONE
RECOGNIZE HULK

That last pannel is just perfect.

# ? Jul 14, 2007 17:41

farraday: Jan 10, 2007; Lower those eyebrows, young man. And the other one.

I think Rich watched Ratatouille too many times.

# ? Jul 14, 2007 17:48

J.A.B.C.: Jul 2, 2007; There's no need to rush to be an adult.

Gunjin posted:

new strip's up:

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0475.html

I really want to see Belkars stats, his wisdom score must be hilariously low.

Did anyone remember that he multi-classed to Barbarian? Or was that just a passing phase? [That was way back when, back when we all thought Xykon was dead...or, re-dead, or whatever you call it when an undead dies.]

Then again, he can read, and I haven't seen him use Rage yet [through the Hobgoblin Hill was pretty close.], so maybe he decided not to at the last minute.

# ? Jul 14, 2007 17:56

Sefer: Sep 2, 2006; Not supposed to be here today

J.A.B.C. posted:

Then again, he can read, and I haven't seen him use Rage yet [through the Hobgoblin Hill was pretty close.], so maybe he decided not to at the last minute.

Multiclass barbarians can read. It's not like someone forgets how to read just because they become a barbarian after they've learned.

# ? Jul 14, 2007 18:05

J.A.B.C.: Jul 2, 2007; There's no need to rush to be an adult.

Sefer posted:

Multiclass barbarians can read. It's not like someone forgets how to read just because they become a barbarian after they've learned.

Sorry about that. The few barbarians i've seen in campaigns usually spent their time entering the tavern through the window, so i'm skeptical.

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0132.html
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0133.html

For anyone who wanted to see the Barbarian strips.

Go, Creature of Darkness! I can only hope that at one point we'll be able to see what's under it. My guess is it is either an Infant Terrasque or some sort of Fay.

Or a hopped-up Demon Roach, though I haven't seen any fire.

# ? Jul 14, 2007 18:19

Nosy_G: May 6, 2007

J.A.B.C. posted:

Go, Creature of Darkness! I can only hope that at one point we'll be able to see what's under it. My guess is it is either an Infant Terrasque or some sort of Fay.

Or a hopped-up Demon Roach, though I haven't seen any fire.

At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if we never find out what sort of monster it actually is. I think the character's spent too much time under the umbrella for any reasonable monster to properly satisfy the expectations of the reader. The character has most likely simply evolved beyond the point that it needs to be revealed what sort of beast it is, and I'd say that given the 7th panel of this strip, along with how easily it defeated Miko earlier on in the story, the author is alluding to the fact that the Creature of Darkness has immense powers without needing to reveal what sort of beast it actually is. Either that, or it's just a running gag that will never be resolved.

# ? Jul 14, 2007 18:35

Vicissitude: Jan 26, 2004; You ever do the chicken dance at a wake? That really bothers people.

Gunjin posted:

new strip's up:

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0475.html

I really want to see Belkars stats, his wisdom score must be hilariously low.

Probably a 6 or 7. That's a -2 Wisdom bonus.

# ? Jul 14, 2007 20:21

Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

J.A.B.C. posted:

Go, Creature of Darkness! I can only hope that at one point we'll be able to see what's under it. My guess is it is either an Infant Terrasque or some sort of Fay.

Or a hopped-up Demon Roach, though I haven't seen any fire.

It's a Flumph.

# ? Jul 14, 2007 21:32

Piell: Sep 3, 2006; Grey Worm's Ken doll-like groin throbbed with the anticipatory pleasure that only a slightly warm and moist piece of lemoncake could offer; Young Orc

Vicissitude posted:

Probably a 6 or 7. That's a -2 Wisdom bonus.

It has to be at least 9, since he only needed a single Owl's Wisdom to use scrolls of Cure Serious Wounds, which as a third level spell requires a 13 wisdom.

# ? Jul 14, 2007 21:34

Doug Lombardi: Jan 18, 2005

Really Pants posted:

It's a Flumph.

Flumphs are Lawful Good though.

# ? Jul 14, 2007 22:29

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

Piell posted:

It has to be at least 9, since he only needed a single Owl's Wisdom to use scrolls of Cure Serious Wounds, which as a third level spell requires a 13 wisdom.

See, this is a line we shouldn't be crossing.

# ? Jul 14, 2007 23:13

Schwarzwald: Jul 27, 2004; Don't Blink

Endrite posted:

Flumphs are Lawful Good though.

You can't tell over the darkness, but it's wearing a helm of opposite alignment.

# ? Jul 15, 2007 00:24

Factor_VIII: Feb 2, 2005; Les soldats se trouvent dans la v�rit�.

Endrite posted:

Flumphs are Lawful Good though.

It has such low Intelligence and Wisdom scores that it thinks Xykon is Lawful Good and thus obeys him. As for its great power, that can be easily justified if that flumph has the Paragon template.

# ? Jul 15, 2007 00:49

tsob: Sep 26, 2006; Chalalala~

Schwarzwald posted:

You can't tell over the darkness, but it's wearing a helm of opposite alignment.

Or it's just too stupid to tell it's on the wrong side. Would that even be allowable, out of interest?

# ? Jul 15, 2007 00:49

Factor_VIII: Feb 2, 2005; Les soldats se trouvent dans la v�rit�.

tsob posted:

Or it's just too stupid to tell it's on the wrong side. Would that even be allowable, out of interest?

I don't see why not. If someone thinks he's doing good then I don't see why his actions would conflict with his alignment. Unless it's a cleric or a paladin of course, since in these cases the deity granting the character his power will probably be judging his actions as well and might deny him of his powers if his actions have evil results.

# ? Jul 15, 2007 00:52

Robot Bastard: Jul 14, 2004; by Ozma

OH JESUS IT'S THE ALIGNMENT DISCUSSION AGAIN NYAAAAAAARRGGGHH

# ? Jul 15, 2007 02:28

Sam Hall: Jun 29, 2003

Piell posted:

It has to be at least 9, since he only needed a single Owl's Wisdom to use scrolls of Cure Serious Wounds, which as a third level spell requires a 13 wisdom.

okay now lets all argue about how you're supposed to pronounce thaco for 5 pages
i say it's with a short "a" sound like in "farmer"

# ? Jul 15, 2007 03:56

Piell: Sep 3, 2006; Grey Worm's Ken doll-like groin throbbed with the anticipatory pleasure that only a slightly warm and moist piece of lemoncake could offer; Young Orc

Sam Hall posted:

okay now lets all argue about how you're supposed to pronounce thaco for 5 pages
i say it's with a short "a" sound like in "farmer"

So like taco with a th- sound? It should clearly be Thay-co.

# ? Jul 15, 2007 04:04

Robot Bastard: Jul 14, 2004; by Ozma

Piell posted:

So like taco with a th- sound? It should clearly be Thay-co.

No, more like "tack". "Thack-o", sort of thing.

# ? Jul 15, 2007 05:13

The Midniter: Jul 9, 2001

Robot Bastard posted:

No, more like "tack". "Thack-o", sort of thing.

I agree with the robot. And we all know that robots will crush us puny fleshies, so I'd agree with him if I were you.

# ? Jul 15, 2007 05:51

greatn: Nov 15, 2006; by Lowtax

It is To Hit A C Zero

A pronounced "Ae". Therefore, Thaco is pronounced Thay-Coe

# ? Jul 15, 2007 05:57

Sam Hall: Jun 29, 2003

greatn posted:

It is To Hit A C Zero

A pronounced "Ae". Therefore, Thaco is pronounced Thay-Coe

It is To Hit Armor Class Zero. You can't have an acronym stand for another acronym, that's just retarded. The A should be pronounced the same way as it is in "armor".

# ? Jul 15, 2007 06:32

bgaesop: Nov 1, 2005; by Y Kant Ozma Post

The Midniter posted:

I agree with the robot. And we all know that robots will crush us puny fleshies, so I'd agree with him if I were you.

I agree completely.

# ? Jul 15, 2007 06:36

Gassire: Dec 30, 2004; "They're people. Deeply flawed, yes, but deeply human too. And maybe that's saying the same thing."

We always pronounced the "TH" as fitz the "AC" as bun and the "O" as wallah

# ? Jul 15, 2007 06:37

404GoonNotFound: Aug 6, 2006; The McRib is back!?!?

Gassire posted:

We always pronounced the "TH" as fitz the "AC" as bun and the "O" as wallah

So it's pronounced Dinglebert Slaptyback?

# ? Jul 15, 2007 06:41

bgaesop: Nov 1, 2005; by Y Kant Ozma Post

404GoonNotFound posted:

So it's pronounced Dinglebert Slaptyback?

It's spelled Dinglebert Slaptyback, but it's pronounced Raymond Luxury Yacht.

# ? Jul 15, 2007 06:44

404GoonNotFound: Aug 6, 2006; The McRib is back!?!?

bgaesop posted:

It's spelled Dinglebert Slaptyback, but it's pronounced Raymond Luxury Yacht.

That was actually what I was going to say before going the Eddie Izzard route.

# ? Jul 15, 2007 06:48

Vicissitude: Jan 26, 2004; You ever do the chicken dance at a wake? That really bothers people.

bgaesop posted:

It's spelled Dinglebert Slaptyback, but it's pronounced Raymond Luxury Yacht.

I thought it sounded a bit more like Frimptypoo Frumptypants, personally.

# ? Jul 15, 2007 06:50

Robot Bastard: Jul 14, 2004; by Ozma

It's like those stupid arguments about how "GHOXI" actually is pronounced "fish"...

# ? Jul 15, 2007 07:24

bgaesop: Nov 1, 2005; by Y Kant Ozma Post

Robot Bastard posted:

It's like those stupid arguments about how "GHOXI" actually is pronounced "fish"...

"gh" as in "tough" "o" as in "women" and "xi" as in... I dunno. I normally hear "ti" as in "nation."

# ? Jul 15, 2007 07:35

Gunjin: Apr 27, 2004; Om nom nom

Piell posted:

It has to be at least 9, since he only needed a single Owl's Wisdom to use scrolls of Cure Serious Wounds, which as a third level spell requires a 13 wisdom.

But he claims to have a negative ability modifier to his cooking check which is wis based, so it can't be 9.

# ? Jul 15, 2007 16:42

Noonsaliwah: Sep 5, 2006; Shizne

Having a wis of 9 would give you a -1 ability mod.

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/theBasics.htm#abilityModifier

So he has a wis of 9 and you can move onto another topic! (I hate lurking the thread when it gets onto stat/alignment discussions!)

Noonsaliwah fucked around with this message at 16:57 on Jul 15, 2007

# ? Jul 15, 2007 16:53

Gunjin: Apr 27, 2004; Om nom nom

Noonsaliwah posted:

Having a wis of 9 would give you a -1 ability mod.

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/theBasics.htm#abilityModifier

So he has a wis of 9 and you can move onto another topic! (I hate lurking the thread when it gets onto stat/alignment discussions!)

Ha don't I feel dumb, I thought negatives started below 8, but I haven't touched anything D&D related other than this comic since I was a little kid.

# ? Jul 15, 2007 18:45

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

Dude, there's been a whole new edition.

# ? Jul 15, 2007 19:39

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# ? May 15, 2024 04:11

DaveWoo: Aug 14, 2004; Fun Shoe

Halloween Jack posted:

Dude, there's been a whole new edition.

A new edition? All the cool nerds are playing D&D Sixth Edition now :colbert:

# ? Jul 15, 2007 19:41

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