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The Rooster posted:In fact, there wouldn't even be a need for a D&D parody comic if it weren't for the inherent contradictions and nonsensical stuff within the system. I would like to say that it's not the dumb rules that drive the parody OOTS has of D&D, but the cliches, and their subversion. But that's starting to sound a little too  , so I'll stop while I'm ahead.
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OOTS is kinda TVTropes-caliber in a lot of ways, especially earlier on.
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Jul 14, 2013 05:56
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Danzou posted:OOTS is kinda TVTropes-caliber in a lot of ways, especially earlier on. You take that back. 
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Jul 14, 2013 07:59
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Danzou posted:OOTS is kinda TVTropes-caliber in a lot of ways, especially earlier on. The forums, on the other hand...
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Jul 14, 2013 09:48
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So is Roy dead again?
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Jul 14, 2013 16:35
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pseudorandom name posted:So is Roy dead again?  NEW COMIC!!!!?Don't think so.
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Jul 14, 2013 16:47
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Toplowtech posted:You mean in the Oh well, NOW what the Hell?
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Jul 14, 2013 16:47
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navyjack posted:Oh well, NOW what the Hell?
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Jul 14, 2013 16:49
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Nice Indiana Jones 4 reference with the cockroaches.
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Jul 14, 2013 16:52
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Interesting. The view from Azure City's gate was a distant planet, now it seems to have zoomed in a lot. Explanation A: each rift is at a different point of the Snarlworld, so distances might vary. Explanation B: each gate destruction brings the Snarlworld closer. (Probably the more interesting option of those two.)
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Jul 14, 2013 17:07
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I like how Belkar is actually the one to be insightful here.
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Jul 14, 2013 17:12
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I love the nonchalant reveal of what happened to Xykon. Course as a lich I suppose it doesn't really matter too much? Though he took long enough to regenerate last time so that could be the key to the order escaping this situation.
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Jul 14, 2013 17:24
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I love that the MitD's battle damage is shown as damage to his umbrella. That is hilarious.
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Jul 14, 2013 17:31
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Order seems pretty hosed here if they bad guys push it. It's not like Xykon can't just fly up and start nuking them from above. Sort of wondering if they're going to have to jump through the rift to get away.
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Jul 14, 2013 17:34
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What spell did Roy just get hit with, a disintegrate? That's what, a d8 per caster level or something?(wrong eye is destruction domain)
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Jul 14, 2013 17:35
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greatn posted:What spell did Roy just get hit with, a disintegrate? That's what, a d8 per caster level or something?(wrong eye is destruction domain) It's disintegrate. 2d6 per level.
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Jul 14, 2013 17:36
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FMguru posted:Nice Indiana Jones 4 reference with the cockroaches. One even has the hat and whip!
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Jul 14, 2013 17:37
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Colonel Cool posted:It's disintegrate. 2d6 per level. It's a Fort save for half damage, too, and that's easily Roy's best save. There's no way he bites it from a single disintegrate. Hell, it might take three or four.
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Jul 14, 2013 17:39
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ConfusedUs posted:It's a Fort save for half damage, too, and that's easily Roy's best save. There's no way he bites it from a single disintegrate. Hell, it might take three or four. Disintegrate actually has a special save. A pass completely neuters the spell by reducing it to 5d6 damage.
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Jul 14, 2013 17:44
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Cliff Racer posted:I love the nonchalant reveal of what happened to Xykon. Course as a lich I suppose it doesn't really matter too much? Though he took long enough to regenerate last time so that could be the key to the order escaping this situation. Clearly he was hit by Vorpal debris!
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Colonel Cool posted:Order seems pretty hosed here if they bad guys push it. It's not like Xykon can't just fly up and start nuking them from above. Sort of wondering if they're going to have to jump through the rift to get away. I had to go back and check, but yeah he still has his hands. The lower half of him was blown off, but yeah, hands+ voice is all he'd need, I guess. Half a lich is as dangerous as a whole one, I suppose. Also, would he regen his body as he is, or would the rest have to be destroyed and regen out of the amulet? I'm going to say he can regen as he is, mostly because it is waaay too early for that reveal. But yes, the Order is in a pretty bad spot between a (pissed) high level cleric and a half of a lich(also pissed). Not to mention, that unless haley has the flying carpet in her bags, then they are stuck weeks into the desert with no means of transportation, no food and no water. Of course, this being a comic, I am sure something will happen to solve these problems. Johnny Aztec fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Jul 14, 2013 |
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Jul 14, 2013 17:48
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Johnny Aztec posted:I had to go back and check, but yeah he still has his hands. The lower half of him was blown off, but yeah, hands+ voice is all he'd need, I guess. Half a lich is as dangerous as a whole one, I suppose. I don't think he is going to regenerate, he is literally trying to pull himself together.
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Jul 14, 2013 17:50
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There's no way they can have this fight right now without V and Durkon, and with their best two fighters in terrible shape. They'll jump through the Rift to the other world.
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Jul 14, 2013 18:04
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Colonel Cool posted:Disintegrate actually has a special save. A pass completely neuters the spell by reducing it to 5d6 damage. Even better, for Roy. I guess that explains why O-Chul was able to take so many to the face. His Fort save is going to be as good as Roy's, if not better.
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Jul 14, 2013 18:04
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I think it's just about time for Tarquin to show up with whatever his plan is.
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Jul 14, 2013 18:07
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Cliff Racer posted:I love the nonchalant reveal of what happened to Xykon. Course as a lich I suppose it doesn't really matter too much? Though he took long enough to regenerate last time so that could be the key to the order escaping this situation. Liches don't really need bodies.
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Jul 14, 2013 18:09
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Terror Sweat posted:Liches don't really need bodies. I guess this makes him a hemi-demilich? 
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Jul 14, 2013 18:20
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where'd the roaches and that case come from?
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Jul 14, 2013 18:32
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The important thing isn't whether Xykon can fight with half a body, but whether he will. I wouldn't want to chase heroes around a desert to realise I don't know where I left my other limbs. The Order might beat a hasty retreat while he's distracted.
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Jul 14, 2013 18:35
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spoon daddy posted:where'd the roaches and that case come from? The Land of Sight Gags and Pop-Culture.
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Brannock posted:There's no way they can have this fight right now without V and Durkon, and with their best two fighters in terrible shape. They'll jump through the Rift to the other world. Going from being stranded in the middle of a desert(with an angry cleric and lich) to being stranded in the middle of an alien ocean. I think they have a better chance fighting it out. Edit: Okay , this has been bugging me. The time frame for the Soon adventure just doesn't seem to add up. Okay, in the flash back , it says the gates were made 65 years ago. However, in this comic: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0277.html it shows Soon as a white haired old man, giving leadership to Shojo's father. Shojo himself is a small child. IN the scenes of Soon while making the gates, he is shown as a younger man. At the least, there is no gray in his hair, so maaaaybe middle age. Shojo says that after his father died, Shojo ruled for 47 years. Shojo is portrayed as an old man who's mind has left him. Demented. Both that, and how he is drawn says "Old man" to me. More than 60, I would say. In his 70's or even 80's. If he was made ruler when he was 15, that would be 62 years. However, where the hell did Soon find the time to become a wizened old man? We know that Soon and the rest actually existed, but I'm with Belkar. Someone is yanking a chain. Also, go back a few comics, Soon was on a diplomatic mission to the elven lands, from Azure city. Actually, looking back myself, it shows that the castle they are in wasn't built yet, and the tiny tiny rift was way up in the air, so okay I can see how that would escape notice. Johnny Aztec fucked around with this message at 19:50 on Jul 14, 2013 |
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Johnny Aztec posted:Shojo is portrayed as an old man who's mind has left him. Demented. Both that, and how he is drawn says "Old man" to me. Shojo was a lot of things but he was anything but demented. The whole thing was just an act to throw off assholes like Kobuta who wanted to off him and take the crown for themselves.
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Well, yeah. That's what I meant. He portrays himself as that, but I use that to say he is old, because an old man being demented is more believable to the general populace.
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Jul 14, 2013 20:25
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Hey, Redcloak knows who Roy is!
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Jul 14, 2013 21:30
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Can I just go ahead and be the one to say I'm really surprised it wasn't Belkar who was disintegrated? It'd be a horrific cut-short on his arc... which could have been used to make his death actually shocking. And, with a few good strips, it could actually work well with his 'accidental redemption' arc.
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DoctorTristan posted:I guess this makes him a hemi-demilich?  spoon daddy posted:where'd the roaches and that case come from? The roaches break the fourth wall all the time. And Indiana Jones sheltered in a lead fridge from an atom bomb in the last movie. Colon V posted:Can I just go ahead and be the one to say I'm really surprised it wasn't Belkar who was disintegrated? There have been about fourteen Belkar death fake-outs, so you can chuck it on the pile - it would have been an excellent one though. sebmojo fucked around with this message at 22:58 on Jul 14, 2013 |
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Jul 14, 2013 22:49
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sebmojo posted:The roaches break the fourth wall all the time. And Indiana Jones sheltered in a lead fridge from an atom bomb in the last movie. It also lampoons the fact that the order lampoons the fridge-nuking scene by hiding in Girard's casket.
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nimby posted:It also lampoons the fact that the order lampoons the fridge-nuking scene by hiding in Girard's casket. I'm sure there's some joke about the rift between Girard's buttcheeks hiding in there somewhere.
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Jul 14, 2013 23:08
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Colonel Cool posted:It's disintegrate. 2d6 per level. Not Finger of Death?
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Pope Guilty posted:Hey, Redcloak knows who Roy is!
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