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Maldraedior posted:hey, Goblins has a guaranteed update on Friday! because he decided not to post the lastest two-pager all at once... I also guarantee he will have some computer issues come Thursday mid-morning.
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I think this last strip is a pretty clear sign that the party re-unification process is about to accelerate a bit. I think the Oracle did all of that for a reason other than to gently caress with Belkar. Or not. But I DO believe he is going to help get everybody back together.
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Jun 25, 2008 22:15
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Yes yes yes YES! I knew it!  Man this comic would've really sucked without that witty smack-talking oracle.  I'd have to think that the memory enchantment wouldn't affect Roy. As a ghost he exists partially on the ethereal plane... if fireballs and such can't affect him, neither should the memory thing.
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Jun 26, 2008 00:51
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ShadowCatboy posted:Yes yes yes YES! I knew it!
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Jun 26, 2008 03:33
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Zereth posted:He can also get out without traveling through the boundaries of the effect and triggering it. Hmmmm... now that I think about it, how did those lizard people go in and out, presumably without triggering the memory charm? Does it only kick in when you cross the line? Sounds like quite a hole in the Oracle's defenses. 
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Jun 26, 2008 07:29
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ShadowCatboy posted:Hmmmm... now that I think about it, how did those lizard people go in and out, presumably without triggering the memory charm? Does it only kick in when you cross the line? Sounds like quite a hole in the Oracle's defenses.
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Jun 26, 2008 07:41
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The oracle might be able to allow certain people to retain all memories at his choosing. Such as, say, friendly wizards and clerics who will raise him at agreed upon times. Plus, I bet Xykon could come and go as he pleases, seeing as undead are immune to mind affecting spells.
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Jun 26, 2008 08:53
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Mylan posted:The oracle might be able to allow certain people to retain all memories at his choosing. Such as, say, friendly wizards and clerics who will raise him at agreed upon times. Plus, I bet Xykon could come and go as he pleases, seeing as undead are immune to mind affecting spells. Xykon would forget for totally unrelated reasons.
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Jun 26, 2008 11:25
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I don't think it's really a hole in the defenses, since in order to teleport, you have to be familiar with the destination or risk going somewhere else. Though I'm wondering how they familiarized themselves with the destination to begin with... maybe went in, teleported out.
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Jun 26, 2008 19:37
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Or maybe they're carrying an appointment book and, had the Oracle needed to apprise them of any changes, they could have just written them down. You guys make this way too complicated.
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Jun 26, 2008 19:39
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Cabbit posted:Or maybe they're carrying an appointment book and, had the Oracle needed to apprise them of any changes, they could have just written them down. You guys make this way too complicated. But if it was that simple, what's keeping someone from writing things down on a second trip after finding out about the memory charm? I can't imagine the Oracle would have left that obvious a loophole in things.
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Idran posted:But if it was that simple, what's keeping someone from writing things down on a second trip after finding out about the memory charm? I can't imagine the Oracle would have left that obvious a loophole in things. For some spells you can specify certain people, classes, races, or whatever to not be effected. For a spell that big, I would assume that people who are specifically invited in by the Oracle are immune to the memory charm. And in most of the games I've played in, people always forget to buy parchment and quills before an adventure so they wouldn't be able to write it down.
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Jun 26, 2008 21:13
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I also wonder how the Oracle plans to gain that experience back - does he have a whole backyard full of appropriately-leveled creatures that he can just zap with a wand of fireballs until they die? He doesn't appear to have PC levels, so he probably can't fight.
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Jun 26, 2008 21:35
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He probably gains XP for every vision he has, and I bet whatever he's planning to do with Roy involves some sort of XP gain. That and he really doesn't need that kobold village anymore so a few fireballs would do the trick
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Jun 26, 2008 21:43
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Idran posted:But if it was that simple, what's keeping someone from writing things down on a second trip after finding out about the memory charm? I can't imagine the Oracle would have left that obvious a loophole in things. What memory charm? I remember having a great conversation with the dwarf. Any mention of the memory charm is removed by the memory charm.
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CK07 posted:I also wonder how the Oracle plans to gain that experience back - does he have a whole backyard full of appropriately-leveled creatures that he can just zap with a wand of fireballs until they die? He doesn't appear to have PC levels, so he probably can't fight. Role Playing.
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Jun 26, 2008 23:18
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goatface posted:Role Playing. Like anyone actually does that when there's mobs to kill.
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Jun 27, 2008 00:31
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ShadowCatboy posted:Hmmmm... now that I think about it, how did those lizard people go in and out, presumably without triggering the memory charm? Does it only kick in when you cross the line? Sounds like quite a hole in the Oracle's defenses.
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Jun 27, 2008 01:27
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PFlats posted:They probably cast it in the first place. The Oracle obviously doesn't have the ability to do it. Does that mean that if the Oracle left the tower, he'd forget all about himself? I presume it doesn't, but I'm going to pretend it does.
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Jun 27, 2008 03:49
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did he come up the the idea to put the memory charm on the valley or did he see himself do it in the future and swiped the idea from himself?
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Maldraedior posted:did he come up the the idea to put the memory charm on the valley or did he see himself do it in the future and swiped the idea from himself? Did he do it himself or did he wait until he did it, then copied himself? Maybe at some point, he realized it would be useful to have because of something he foresaw...
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Taerkar posted:Like anyone actually does that when there's mobs to kill. I know this is a far way away from TG, but I swear to christ that if any player in a D&D game I'm running refers to an enemy as a "mob" (unless it is a large group of enemies, complete with torches and pitchforks), or their character as a "toon", I will loving burn their character sheet in front of them. That being said, I also really want the group to get back together. This has had its share of ups and downs (and  ) but it has gone on a bit too long.
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pseudosavior posted:I know this is a far way away from TG, but I swear to christ that if any player in a D&D game I'm running refers to an enemy as a "mob" (unless it is a large group of enemies, complete with torches and pitchforks), or their character as a "toon", I will loving burn their character sheet in front of them. So, you'd aggro on anyone using those terms? 
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I think you're making the memory charm a lot more complicated than it is. The terms of the charm were you only remember the answer to a question you asked the oracle, and their question was to confirm the next time he'd need them. Literally all they did was rez him, ask when he'd need a rez again, and leave. It seems like a pretty simple solution to me.
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Jun 27, 2008 05:45
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New one up I don't remember that prediction, though I do recall him saying he wouldn't have too many more birthdays.
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Jun 27, 2008 15:49
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Enderwastaken posted:New one up
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Jun 27, 2008 16:05
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So, Belkar's going to become a sentient PC undead of some variety, then?
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ZorbaTHut posted:So, Belkar's going to become a sentient PC undead of some variety, then? Already happened.
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Jun 27, 2008 22:45
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I bet that Roy will forget about the Oracle once he is rezzed.
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Nosy_G posted:I bet that Roy will forget about the Oracle once he is rezzed. Yeah I can't believe that raised people would be allowed to retain everything they learned. It just doesn't seem to mesh with the restrictions on what ghosts are allowed to do and say to the living. Roy needs to remember some of this, though...maybe his dad will get the info to him somehow.
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SuperKlaus posted:Yeah I can't believe that raised people would be allowed to retain everything they learned. It just doesn't seem to mesh with the restrictions on what ghosts are allowed to do and say to the living. Roy needs to remember some of this, though...maybe his dad will get the info to him somehow.
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Sylphosaurus posted:Maybe the charm only works if you walk into it. Since Roy got teleported back to the heavens he might avoid the whole loss of memory deal once he's ressurected. The oracle probably didn't mess up and knows that once he gets raised he'll forget everything anyways.
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Jul 4, 2008 06:27
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Argh, I want a new strip. All those days of rapid updates spoiled me. 
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Gally posted:Argh, I want a new strip. All those days of rapid updates spoiled me. Both Dresden Codak and Erfworld have updated more recently than OOTS. It is sad.
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 New strip  Mirrored, just in case. IMJack fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Jul 7, 2008 |
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Jul 7, 2008 19:21
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IMJack posted:
Thanks for mirroring. That site goes down more than an aging porn star. This has potential, but I hope the next few updates come out quickly to keep the slow pace bearable.
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Jul 7, 2008 19:51
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Belkar is not looking good, looks like he has Mr. Scruffy to take care of him!
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Jul 7, 2008 19:52
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Greysky city... that's where Haley worked as a thieve's guild member in On the Origin of PCs, right? Guessing Haley's gonna have a showdown with the goth assassin finally.
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Jul 7, 2008 20:23
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I always forget that Belkar has that short orange hair and it freaks me out when he gets a close up.
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Yay for a fast grab on the mirror! But I noticed that in the mirrored version, they're the Boots of Spped. In the version up on the website, the Boots have been fixed to Speed.
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