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Gwyneth Palpate posted:Is this OOTS or Dwarf Fortress? Well, right now, OOTS is in a temple fortress of the dwarves, so...
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Dog Kisser posted:(who's that) It's Hilgya.
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Nov 13, 2017 19:02
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Dog Kisser posted:(who's that) Hilgya, the Cleric of Loki who was in Nale's party from alllll the way back at the very start of the comic that Durkon had a one-night stand with when they got split up from the rest of their respective parties.
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Nov 13, 2017 19:03
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ImpAtom posted:I am going to assume that Durkon was turned into a vampire at the exact moment the child was born, thereby preserving OotS's theme of Bad Fathers. I don't even care that the timelines don't match up Maybe the comic has been building up to this moment of one good father
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Nov 13, 2017 19:09
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New page, I feel safe dropping the spoiler tags. It would have been criminal not to have Hilgya return given the circumstances of this arc. I completely expected her to pop up eventually. I had a hunch it might be her now in the very first panel. When the vampire boss started talking about "her" it became practically a certainty. And yet still, I completely and 100% did not expect this.
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Nov 13, 2017 19:11
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Oh God, he literally used Comic Sans. Why, past Rich, why?
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Nov 13, 2017 19:12
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Gosh the old art style is jarring.
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Nov 13, 2017 19:15
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Hilgya, I expected. The rest, not so much.
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Nov 13, 2017 19:16
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PMush Perfect posted:Oh God, he literally used Comic Sans. Why, past Rich, why? it's an honest mistake, it has "comic" in the name 
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Nov 13, 2017 19:16
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He'd still be using it but it stopped working properly with Illustrator iirc.
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Nov 13, 2017 19:20
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Guys, guys. We have a solemn duty to perform: She used to command undead, but now she turns them, so she can't be Evil. But she's moved by the desire to murder (not kill) Durkon, so she can't have become Good. Since Loki is chaotic evil, Hilgya must be Chaotic Neutral. Discuss.
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Nov 13, 2017 19:22
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Now that's one happy looking baby.
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Nov 13, 2017 19:26
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That was an excellent reveal and I am 120% down for baby-on-board murdering.
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Nov 13, 2017 19:30
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This is one of the most awesome comics of all time.
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Nov 13, 2017 19:32
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NihilCredo posted:Guys, guys. We have a solemn duty to perform: Can't evil clerics still turn on dead, it's just the result is called "rebuke" or something? Same result otherwise. And they command instead of destroying, (but both are still considered turning)?
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Nov 13, 2017 19:35
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PMush Perfect posted:Oh God, he literally used Comic Sans. Why, past Rich, why? It's an actual comic. This is what Comic Sans is FOR. If he used Times New Roman, that would be a travesty.
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Nov 13, 2017 19:36
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Gwyneth Palpate posted:it's an honest mistake, it has "comic" in the name It gets it's name from the fact that it was based on text in comic book (the dark Knight returns?) bubbles, hand lettered. To that end, I think generic comic sans hate of the internet has gotten ahead of the legitimate reasons not to use it. It's fine there.
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Nov 13, 2017 19:37
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Belkar visibly wincing as Protection From Evil is cast on him is a nice touch. Also, it looks like V got some level drainage. Hope Hilgya knows Restoration!
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Nov 13, 2017 19:40
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I will always love Belkar grimacing his way through Evil-targeting area spells. Also adding my voice to the chorus of aww what a cute dwarf baby.
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Nov 13, 2017 19:52
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GlyphGryph posted:Can't evil clerics still turn on dead, it's just the result is called "rebuke" or something? Same result otherwise. Rebuked undead cower rather fleeing.
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Nov 13, 2017 19:54
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Lol, just realized the baby, under stupid rear end d&d rules is only at risk if explicitly targeted by a sunder attack in melee combat.
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ikanreed posted:Lol, just realized the baby, under stupid rear end d&d rules is only at risk if explicitly targeted by a sunder attack in melee combat. wow way to spoil the gag on the next strip
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Nov 13, 2017 20:48
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ikanreed posted:Lol, just realized the baby, under stupid rear end d&d rules is only at risk if explicitly targeted by a sunder attack in melee combat. Was about to say, it seems awfully irresponsible to be carrying a baby on your chest when you're going to be bashing heads.
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Nov 13, 2017 20:50
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Just the fact that people were suggested to use spoilers kinda spoiled what, or rather who, would happen. 
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Truly, in the end the spoiler tags themselves needed to be spoiler tagged. [spoiler][/spoiler]
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Nov 13, 2017 21:08
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I've gotten into the habit of checking the site when I only see a bunch of new posts here.
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RandallODim posted:I will always love Belkar grimacing his way through Evil-targeting area spells. Actually it's the protection from evil cloak clasp he bought way back in the Tinkertown.
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Nov 13, 2017 21:47
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PMush Perfect posted:Oh God, he literally used Comic Sans. Why, past Rich, why? Well most of the time, Rich is sans comic....
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Nov 13, 2017 23:25
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I was genuinely convinced for a while that the voice was V throwing an illusion out as a distraction. This is much better. I'm also wondering what role Chekhov's Baby is going to play. It kind of feels like Durkon's relationship with Hilgya and the existence of his son are two more pieces that somehow slot into the weakness where vampires don't properly understand human emotions and where their captives can selectively pick which memories to show them.
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Nov 13, 2017 23:42
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Whybird posted:I was genuinely convinced for a while that the voice was V throwing an illusion out as a distraction. This is much better. Will Durkon try to convince Durkula he doesn't actually care by only showing him when he gave Hilgya the brush-off, and not the single tear afterwards?
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Nov 13, 2017 23:53
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ikanreed posted:It gets it's name from the fact that it was based on text in comic book (the dark Knight returns?) bubbles, hand lettered. Yeah, Dark Knight Returns and Watchmen.
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Nov 14, 2017 00:08
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Yyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeesssss!
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Whybird posted:I was genuinely convinced for a while that the voice was V throwing an illusion out as a distraction. This is much better. yeah, nice catch. I think he's building something quite elaborate in the conversations between the durks.
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A pretty deft move by Loki, too -- he just so happened to have a high level cleric with a personal stake in the whole matter.
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I admit, I was expecting Celia at first. About half-way through, I remembered the Hilgya speculation and began to suspect her, but that last panel? OH MY THOR.NihilCredo posted:
Could the baby have cast it?
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I mean, is Hilgya even evil? She could be chaotic neutral, which would let her choose whether to turn or rebuke undead. Especially considering how many cure spell she can cast... (now it is time for me to lament the fact that i just totally grognardded over a gag strip in a stick figure comic augh)
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GlyphGryph posted:Can't evil clerics still turn on dead, it's just the result is called "rebuke" or something? No, you’re thinking of Tsukiko.
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Gwyneth Palpate posted:I mean, is Hilgya even evil? She could be chaotic neutral, which would let her choose whether to turn or rebuke undead. Especially considering how many cure spell she can cast... She doesn't have a funky speech balloon so she's probably not evil. Or is that only supernatural creatures that get that? Edit: Oh, right, Belkar doesn't either. Never mind.
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Good clerics turn or destroy undead, and cast cures spontaneously. Evil clerics command or rebuke them, and cast inflict spontaneously. Neutral clerics choose one or the other, but the choice is permanent. Some cleric domains allow additional turn/rebuke style effects on other types of creatures, such as the Fire domain that Hilgya used to bypass the fire critters in Dorukan's dungeon.DrakePegasus posted:No, you’re thinking of Tsukiko. Wasn't she a mystic theurge? She was a cleric and a wizard.
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