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Because there aren't any tables or numbers in this comic. Dear god, that last panel cracked me up.
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HKR posted:How is it all of you fail at reading comprehension but know 3.5 like the back of your hand? Because I had forgotten the exact issue with Roy's request of the Oracle?
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Jun 7, 2009 01:05
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Nosy_G posted:Wasn't the point of the whole thing with the Oracle trying to convince Roy to ask him where the lich was going next that Xykon was currently AT one of the two gates that Roy mentioned in his question? No, its because Xykon was heading towards the third gate, in Azure City, and Roy specifically precluded it from his question by accident. We're lucky the Oracle of the Stick was captured by Miko and brought there because if they weren't... well I guess nothing would have changed but still.
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Jun 7, 2009 01:06
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HKR posted:How is it all of you fail at reading comprehension but know 3.5 like the back of your hand? read the LOST threads sometime and you'll be amazed at how many goons straight up suck at watching TV
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Jun 7, 2009 02:34
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bison wings posted:read the LOST threads sometime and you'll be amazed at how many goons straight up suck at watching TV No I did that with The Office thread and I'm not going to do it again.
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Jun 7, 2009 02:37
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pseudosavior posted:Dear god, that last panel cracked me up. Me too. I love Explosive Runes. It's near the top of my list of "awesome, but useless in most situations" spells.
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Jun 7, 2009 03:50
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Nosy_G posted:Wasn't the point of the whole thing with the Oracle trying to convince Roy to ask him where the lich was going next that Xykon was currently AT one of the two gates that Roy mentioned in his question? How the hell did you come up with that?
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Jun 7, 2009 04:25
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Schwarzwald posted:How the hell did you come up with that? I don't know why I keep coming back to this thread, what with the alignment argument, Gender argument, Phylactery argument . . . and then people like this are around. How about you read the comic, then come back to discuss it?
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Jun 7, 2009 07:40
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Pyre_89 posted:How about you read the comic, then come back to discuss it? He was asking how somebody came up with a wrong theory, that seems like a fair question. Xykon wasn't at one of the other gates when Roy asked his question, he was on his way to Azure City (or in the library with Serini's diary, or at a hobgoblin settlement) To clear up, There are 3 gates- one in Azure City, Girard's gate and Kraagor's gate. It seemed unlikely Xykon would go to Azure City, since it's a large city full of Paladins (while the other two are in a desert and ice cap), so Roy only asked the Oracle whether Xykon would first go to Girard's gate or Kraagor's gate. The Oracle answered that Xykon is going to Giarard's gate first (out of those two options). So Xykon will at some point go to Girard's gate and can't die here.
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Jun 7, 2009 09:08
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Schwarzwald posted:How the hell did you come up with that?
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Jun 7, 2009 11:01
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Affi posted:I think he could but you'd only be able to read the first one before the others were destroyed by that explosion I guess. And even if it weren't so then I guess you'd stop reading after the first one exploded in your face so just hope you're not a fast reader. I didn't think about that. drat. What if you cast it in a room full of mirrors, y'know, like in Enter the Dragon, so the target accidentally sees all the runes at once and gets hit by a chain of explosions and flying glass? And the mirrors have had cyanide splashed all over them?
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Jun 7, 2009 17:42
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Halloween Jack posted:What if you cast it in a room full of mirrors, y'know, like in Enter the Dragon, so the target accidentally sees all the runes at once and gets hit by a chain of explosions and flying glass? And the mirrors have had cyanide splashed all over them?
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Jun 7, 2009 17:54
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CapnAndy posted:Find the nearest dragon, I guess. He could probably use a clever trapmaker for his lair and you know the dude pays well. Or, you know, kills you as soon as you're done installing it.
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Jun 7, 2009 17:58
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CapnAndy posted:Find the nearest dragon, I guess. He could probably use a clever trapmaker for his lair and you know the dude pays well. Provided he doesn't pull an Ivan the Terrible and have you killed / blinded after creating the trap. ^^ DAMNIT! I would have been faster, but I had to confirm the Ivan the Terrible reference.
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Jun 7, 2009 18:01
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Honestly being a master trapsmith is the worst thing you can devote your life to because you're basically just begging to betrayed and killed.
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Jun 7, 2009 18:53
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Noonsaliwah posted:He was asking how somebody came up with a wrong theory, that seems like a fair question. Xykon wasn't at one of the other gates when Roy asked his question, he was on his way to Azure City (or in the library with Serini's diary, or at a hobgoblin settlement) That's some Hitchhiker's Guide poo poo right there.
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Jun 7, 2009 19:27
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Pope Guilty posted:Or, you know, kills you as soon as you're done installing it. Kramer posted:Provided he doesn't pull an Ivan the Terrible and have you killed / blinded after creating the trap.
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Jun 7, 2009 21:24
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If you're a master trapsmith, you just tell your client you'll send them the passwords to get past the traps in the mail, after payment.
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Jun 7, 2009 22:38
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Ograbme posted:If you're a master trapsmith, you just tell your client you'll send them the passwords to get past the traps in the mail, after payment. The best trapsmiths always disguise themselves with parallel illusions. This is so paranoid employers won't easily pursue them after they finish, and so the less scrupulous adventurers can't go after their family.
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Jun 8, 2009 00:40
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drat, this could be a hell of a campaign. A crew of master trapsmiths, going from job to job, where the adventure is to turn the lair into the very best deathrap you can possibly make it (or they'll pay for), get paid, and get out alive again. I'd absolutely play that.
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Jun 8, 2009 04:53
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CapnAndy posted:drat, this could be a hell of a campaign. A crew of master trapsmiths, going from job to job, where the adventure is to turn the lair into the very best deathrap you can possibly make it (or they'll pay for), get paid, and get out alive again. I'd absolutely play that. Getting paid could always be an issue, but getting out is as easy as ensuring each member of your team has a couple of scrolls of Plane Shift and the capacity to use them. Considering the best group of trapsmiths you could assemble would be Artificers, Rogues, Factotums, prestige-class-Trapsmiths, and actual, factual primary spellcasters, that's not too hard.
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Jun 8, 2009 06:23
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Jun 8, 2009 12:32
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from the panel it looks like it's heading to either the ocean or the sewage plant. Not as good as being in with the snarl, but I'll take it.
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Jun 8, 2009 13:00
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Well hell, now that nobody can get to his phylactery due to the difficulty of locating it, it might not be a bad idea for him to get himself killed so he can reform at his phylactery and go from there.
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Jun 8, 2009 13:06
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He or Redcloak can always use Discern Location to find where it is. If either V or Durkon can cast 8th level spells they could find it too.
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Jun 8, 2009 13:39
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DoctorTristan posted:He or Redcloak can always use Discern Location to find where it is. If either V or Durkon can cast 8th level spells they could find it too. Isn't the phylactery cloistered like Haley and Belkar?
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Jun 8, 2009 13:49
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Gyges posted:Isn't the phylactery cloistered like Haley and Belkar? Thought that only applies to living creatures?
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Jun 8, 2009 14:12
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He said that he's got so many abjurations on it that even he doesn't remember what half of them do. Some sort of protection from scrying is a pretty reasonable safeguard, since he'd probably assume that it'd be where he left it.
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Jun 8, 2009 15:01
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bison wings posted:from the panel it looks like it's heading to either the ocean or the sewage plant. Not as good as being in with the snarl, but I'll take it. Yeah, that's what Elrond thought about the One Ring after Isildur bought it, and look what happened there.
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Jun 8, 2009 15:38
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Hopefully that blue telepath Redcloak dredged up to read O-Chul's mind has a Seer friend, because probably nothing short of Hypercognition or Metafaculty is probably gonna find that thing for them.
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Jun 8, 2009 15:42
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Grimwall posted:Damnit, this just makes him harder to destroy than before; it's not like a lich cares if it wakes up at the bottom of the ocean. I was hoping that SOME good would come of this side trip.
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Jun 8, 2009 15:53
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Has no-one else noticed that the physical site of the most destructive power in this campaign just happens to look like a big hairy pussy?
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Jun 8, 2009 16:46
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I couldn't help it but I shouted out "YES!" at both the near miss and at Xykon being pissed off at the end of the strip.
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Jun 8, 2009 16:56
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CK07 posted:Has no-one else noticed that the physical site of the most destructive power in this campaign just happens to look like a big hairy pussy? So does every crack in reality ever depicted in any visual medium. It's a given that it's a giant glowing vagina. Just like all aliens are moist/slimy.
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Jun 8, 2009 17:01
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Sefer posted:I was hoping that SOME good would come of this side trip.
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Jun 8, 2009 23:06
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He just has to kill himself and he'll regenerate right where the phylactery is. No need to find it! I don't know how long it takes for him to reform though..
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Jun 9, 2009 00:02
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tripwood posted:He just has to kill himself and he'll regenerate right where the phylactery is. No need to find it! I don't know how long it takes for him to reform though..
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Jun 9, 2009 00:31
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Affi posted:I couldn't help it but I shouted out "YES!" at both the near miss and at Xykon being pissed off at the end of the strip. Edit: Like this one.. Nosy_G fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Jun 9, 2009 |
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Jun 9, 2009 00:40
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tripwood posted:He just has to kill himself and he'll regenerate right where the phylactery is. No need to find it! I don't know how long it takes for him to reform though.. If I'm a Lich I don't kill myself on purpose, hoping to reform in my Phylactery unless I know exactly where it is and who has it in their possession. There is really no reason to take that large of a risk just to speed up the process of finding the thing.
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Cliff Racer posted:It has allowed V to rescue O-Chul and probably make some sort of daring escape (and fight Tsukiko?) It also seems likely to in some way move the plot away from Azure City (thank God.) Speaking of which, am I the only one who thought that the last 150 or so strips were really starting to be dragged out with no plot advancement until just a month or so ago? The Roy-Golem and Thief Guild malarky really didn't do anything for me up until Sexy Shoeless God of War, and the armada/island was hit and miss, but since Belkar got his mojo back and V got some game it's been hitting a lot more .... baseball ... analogies. I'm Irish okay?
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