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oobey posted:I don't think acknowledging the source of the theft counts as some sort of "get out of criticism free" card. No, it just makes the criticism redundant.
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Yeah I don't really care for this at all and would rather we discuss things only to do with the comic.
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greatn posted:Could we not do this? I remember when the thread was full of complaining about Erfworld. If it isn't OOTS, go to the wrbcomics thread general or start a new thread. Seriously, this. I know we're all a bunch of comic book nerds and telling us not to argue is pointless; but, please do it elsewhere for non-OotS stuff.
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terminal mehmet posted:Seriously, this. I know we're all a bunch of comic book nerds and telling us not to argue is pointless; but, please do it elsewhere for non-OotS stuff. HKR posted:cool alignment debate guys Okay. So, we're not allowed to talk about comics besides Order of the Stick, but we're not allowed to debate anything relating to alignment, religion, or overly debated plot points. Hey guys, how about that Durkon? What a dwarf, am I right?
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Mar 1, 2012 20:04
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Right now Durkon is definitely noticably present and doing things. Lord knows that wasn't always the case.
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Mar 1, 2012 20:12
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Is Durkon naturally bald, or does he shave his head? If the latter, is it a cleric thing?
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Mar 1, 2012 20:16
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My Lovely Horse posted:Right now Durkon is definitely noticably present and doing things. Lord knows that wasn't always the case. How many times has Durkon not been noticeably present and then turned up to save the day? I think it is many.
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Mar 1, 2012 20:16
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You know, just because somebody complains about you talking about a thing doesn't mean you need to stop. Unless the dude has a star next to his name, it is not really A Thing. Edit: Not that we should have a sixteen page alignment debate, when the issue of Durkon's realness attribute is a hot topic.
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Mar 1, 2012 20:27
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Durkon has been Girard's illusion all along
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Mar 1, 2012 20:52
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Durkon is actually a time-travelling Belkar, using magic and items to pretend to be a dwarf. When he took his "last breath ever," it was actually after he entered into a time loop in order to save the other members of the Order of the Stick. "Durkon" will die, but not before revealing the truth to Belkar who will continue the loop. Afterwards, he'll be returned to his Halfling homeland, a redeemed hero.
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Mar 1, 2012 21:04
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Ashcans posted:Is Durkon naturally bald, or does he shave his head? If the latter, is it a cleric thing? No he's bald (for forty years). http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0754.html
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Mar 1, 2012 21:38
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Really I'm digging the Drakentooth is the statue theory. Consider this. It's a easy ticket to immortality for starters. Spend most of your time turned to stone, have your cult turn you back once every few years to keep you in the loop and in emergencies too. It should probably stop anyone from scrying on him, it should also stop spells like V's from affecting him too. He loves illusions. also I get the feeling he's not a big enough egomaniac to keep a statue of himself around for show.
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Mar 1, 2012 22:50
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The only downside if you gotta make a system shock each time, and Con isn't gonna be a high stat for illusionists.
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Mar 1, 2012 22:52
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Well he's a Multiclassed Ranger/Illusionist, so he probably has some decent physical stats.
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greatn posted:The only downside if you gotta make a system shock each time, and Con isn't gonna be a high stat for illusionists. I think that's only a thing in 2e, not 3.5. Plus he's an epic character with millions of gold. He can afford a Belt of Magnificence +12, or take a feat to increase his con if its really an issue. And he's part Dragon at least, which usually buffs con.
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Zore posted:I think that's only a thing in 2e, not 3.5. For flesh to stone? Yep. From the d20 SRD quote:The subject, along with all its carried gear, turns into a mindless, inert statue. If the statue resulting from this spell is broken or damaged, the subject (if ever returned to its original state) has similar damage or deformities. The creature is not dead, but it does not seem to be alive either when viewed with spells such as deathwatch. That last bit could be pretty relevant, as someone pointed out previously.
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Wouldn't True Seeing show the statue's "true form" though?
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wdarkk posted:Wouldn't True Seeing show the statue's "true form" though? Nope, you truly are a stone.
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greatn posted:Could we not do this? I remember when the thread was full of complaining about Erfworld.  EDIT Wasn't being creepy the point? The divide between "cute, somewhat uncanny-valley art style" and "horrors of war"? girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Mar 2, 2012 |
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Mar 2, 2012 01:26
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Colon V posted:Why would someone complain about Erfworld? It's not like having it on GiantITP made OotS update slower. It was creepy and weird and was trying too hard to be seen as serious
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Mar 2, 2012 01:33
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New Kickstarter update. The magnets for the $10-14 pledges should start shipping after March 9, and he's mostly been working on the colouring book. That's about all the news.
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rotinaj posted:Okay. So, we're not allowed to talk about comics besides Order of the Stick, but we're not allowed to debate anything relating to alignment, religion, or overly debated plot points. We went over this a couple years back. Some folks have a giant stick up their rear end if you talk about any other web comic than OoTS in here.
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Mar 2, 2012 02:57
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Speaking of baldness: does Roy shave his noggin, or did he lose all his hair early?
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Speedball posted:Speaking of baldness: does Roy shave his noggin, or did he lose all his hair early? Minor rear end spoiler from On the Origin of PCs: He decided to "beat heredity to the punch" and shaves it.
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Affi posted:It's a easy ticket to immortality for starters. Spend most of your time turned to stone, have your cult turn you back once every few years to keep you in the loop and in emergencies too. If your cult completely dies off, or gets killed off by a bunch of roving monsters or adventurers or something and you don't get un-stoned, you're hosed.
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rotinaj posted:If your cult completely dies off, or gets killed off by a bunch of roving monsters or adventurers or something and you don't get un-stoned, you're hosed.
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Colon V posted:Contingency spell, casts Stone to Flesh every few years. Contingency only lasts one day/caster level.
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Idran posted:Contingency only lasts one day/caster level. Really, really epic caster!
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Colon V posted:Contingency spell, casts Stone to Flesh every few years. Can you cast a secondary Contingency spell to cast your primary life-saving Contingency every X number of days?
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JosephWongKS posted:Can you cast a secondary Contingency spell to cast your primary life-saving Contingency every X number of days?
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Strudel Man posted:Each contingency spell can only fire once. More than that, you can only have one contingency spell at once. If you cast another, it dispels the first automatically. For reference for the people less familiar with the system; there's mechanics-speak in here, yeah, but it's better than nothing. Actually, with the brief talk earlier about if system knowledge gives greater enjoyment of the comic, it might be a good idea to link SRD stuff whenever people talk about things like this, I think. For the sake of people that don't know D&D 3.5 but still read OotS and might be curious. Idran fucked around with this message at 04:34 on Mar 2, 2012 |
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Idran posted:More than that, you can only have one contingency spell at once. If you cast another, it dispels the first automatically. Unless you have Craft: Contingency of course! Then you can have as many as you have hitdice. Not in the Core rules though, so I highly doubt anyone in the comic is actually going to use it.
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Can't an epic level caster just make an epic level version of either Contingency or Flesh to Stone to cover the issue?
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Or, like ... Wish to be immortal? oh god i said something really stupid didnt i i can feel your stares
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Sefer posted:Can't an epic level caster just make an epic level version of either Contingency or Flesh to Stone to cover the issue? Probably not a useful one without being an obscenely high level or chain gating Solars. Epic Magic is sort of weird in that its totally loving useless, if you use it to create spells without blatantly abusing the mechanics, or the single most broken thing in the entire game. Like, you can use it to create a shittier version of Fireball that does less damage and has less range, but costs you millions of gold and XP and takes months to research. Or! You can learn to use effects to negate the costs. Things like having people under you sacrifice a spell slot for the day with more power the higher the level of spell slot sacrificed. And since there is a ninth level spell called Gate which lets you summon and control things like Solars who have Ninth level spell slots, and they can summon more Solars to control you can get an insane chain pyramid scheme going that lets you make virtually any spell you want as there are literally an infinite number of Solars. Rich probably isn't going to show off Chain-gating, and the few Epic spells we've seen have been very situational or just metamagic'd lower level spells, so I doubt we'll get anything too out there. Edit: You could also Wish for immortality, but it would probably backfire pretty hard because that isn't one of the 'safe' options. Zore fucked around with this message at 05:35 on Mar 2, 2012 |
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Nilbop posted:Or, like ... Wish to be immortal? That's a great way for your dick DM to mess with you.
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Nilbop posted:Or, like ... Wish to be immortal? That's like asking a genie to make you a sandwich.
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"*Poof*, you're a sandwich!"
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Isn't there that old D&D urban legend about some attorney who played actually coming up with a perfect Wish for immortality, even fitting it into one sentence to fit within the spell's rules?
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404GoonNotFound posted:Isn't there that old D&D urban legend about some attorney who played actually coming up with a perfect Wish for immortality, even fitting it into one sentence to fit within the spell's rules? I feel perfectly confident in saying there's no way to phrase something that a DM couldn't gently caress you over with, if only due the law of unintended consequences. "Congratulations, your form is now immutable and everlasting, immune to all external manipulation. Gravity relinquishes it's dire hold on you, and from the perspective of those still in it's grasp you appear to fly off into space as the planet continues it's orbit around the sun."
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