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Captain Oblivious posted:Pathfinder also has a large area that is literally just “Thundarr the Barbarian basically”. Barbarians with laser swords and technomancers. Does it have Ookla the Mok?
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Schwarzwald posted:Does it have Ookla the Mok? Tragically no  Lots of evil wizards who use technology to punch tho.
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Mister Olympus posted:They called the “permanently the french revolution” country Galt, that’s the quality of setting you get in pathfinder Yeah it's loving great
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Jun 28, 2021 01:48
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Jun 28, 2021 02:55
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Mister Olympus posted:They called the “permanently the french revolution” country Galt, that’s the quality of setting you get in pathfinder for years people have asked me, who is john pathfinder
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Rigged Death Trap posted:lts also been a century+ of time since the party disbanded. People change. Soon may have been the impulsive Lawful Stupid type and mellowed out and gained some wisdom after generations as a guardian spirit. Serini may have started out bright eyed and optimistic but the permanent soul death of her friend and her time since would have jaded her. While I wouldn't doubt hanging around Celestia would temper even the most rigid paladin's justice with mercy, there's something to be said for treating someone you feel sympathy after they fell short of your ideals differently from someone who you've spent years with and who has done nothing but mock and flout your ideals. Being kind to the former doesn't mean you have to have much patience for the latter.
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Capfalcon posted:While I wouldn't doubt hanging around Celestia would temper even the most rigid paladin's justice with mercy, there's something to be said for treating someone you feel sympathy after they fell short of your ideals differently from someone who you've spent years with and who has done nothing but mock and flout your ideals. Being kind to the former doesn't mean you have to have much patience for the latter. Eh, one of the viewpoints of Soon came from a guy who was convinced that he was a hypocritical tyrant who wanted control of all of the gates. Yet we saw him and the order he created uphold his oath in the most restrictive interpretation possible, keeping not only to the letter, but also the spirit of the agreement, even though the world might have benefitted from a looser interpretation. I'm not buying the notion that Soon was significantly different in the afterlife compared to who he was while alive.
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Jun 28, 2021 13:09
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New strip - https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots.html
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Jun 28, 2021 14:03
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Jun 28, 2021 14:10
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Hey, I remember Sunny. Does this count as the character that has only ever been in one other strip?
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Jun 28, 2021 14:12
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The only raw evidence we have of soon being a dick was "cast it now" v "not until you're both clear" Literally everything else is direct description by other characters.
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Jun 28, 2021 14:27
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Gwyneth Palpate posted:Hey, I remember Sunny. That's a good catch, might be! Did Beholders get added to the SRD or...?
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Jun 28, 2021 14:31
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Gwyneth Palpate posted:Hey, I remember Sunny. Odds are good.
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Jun 28, 2021 14:44
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This is actually quite similar to how I theorycrafted how a non-epic 20th level Wizard could with preparation go up against Elminster; albeit a level below what I decided on.Gwyneth Palpate posted:Hey, I remember Sunny. This is amazing.
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Jun 28, 2021 14:56
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Same eye color and everything. Nice! Sunny and the MOTD are gonna be such good friends and do so much learning and confused awakening, when they cross paths. 
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Jun 28, 2021 14:58
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Gwyneth Palpate posted:Hey, I remember Sunny. haha holy poo poo no way
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Gwyneth Palpate posted:Hey, I remember Sunny. 
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ikanreed posted:The only raw evidence we have of soon being a dick was "cast it now" v "not until you're both clear" Even in that instance, it seems like he was doing a self-sacrifice that went wrong, possibly killing his teammate and surviving himself jolted him. Dont know if a side book has gone into it but it seems possible that even if he was a dick to the others he might have mellowed out after that happened
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Jun 28, 2021 15:16
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It's been a while, what's the thing about a character that's only appeared in one panel prior to now?
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Jun 28, 2021 15:18
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Gwyneth Palpate posted:Hey, I remember Sunny. Seriously did no one guess this?  What a great callback. ArchRanger posted:It's been a while, what's the thing about a character that's only appeared in one panel prior to now? At the end of the previous book (or thereabouts) Rich said that a character who only appeared in one panel would be important to the plot in the final book.
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Jun 28, 2021 15:23
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ArchRanger posted:It's been a while, what's the thing about a character that's only appeared in one panel prior to now? In one of the book's commentary pages, Rich said that there would be a character that plays a role in this story that had only appeared once in other books. It's been kind of a running gag for years to try and guess who that character was. The Beholder definitely fits the bill, as far as I can tell.
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Jun 28, 2021 15:24
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SKULL.GIF posted:Seriously did no one guess this? I braved the OOTS forums to see, and it indeed looks like one person did. They weren't very confident, though.
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Jun 28, 2021 15:28
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I can't believe you racists think all beholders look the same. They don't all know each other, either. And don't use "eye tyrant". That's offensive.
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Joking aside I wonder if there's some metacommentary going on here that virtually nobody guessed that a monster would be the returning character (because we don't consider monsters to be characters, whereas Serini has an explicit history of treating monsters well).
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Now THAT is an excellent callback. What do we think Mimi is, that they can shapeshift and turn into what looks like a wall? e: Would make sense if Mimi was a Mimic. habeasdorkus fucked around with this message at 15:55 on Jun 28, 2021 |
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habeasdorkus posted:Now THAT is an excellent callback. What do we think Mimi is, that they can shapeshift and turn into what looks like a wall? Looks like an earth elemental.
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habeasdorkus posted:Now THAT is an excellent callback. What do we think Mimi is, that they can shapeshift and turn into what looks like a wall? Rich called them a mimic on twitter based on the fact that mimics can change into other things than just a treasure chest. That, and an earth elemental would be stone :P
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I sure hope that Elan remembers he specifically took Neutralize Poison.
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SKULL.GIF posted:Joking aside I wonder if there's some metacommentary going on here that virtually nobody guessed that a monster would be the returning character (because we don't consider monsters to be characters, whereas Serini has an explicit history of treating monsters well). ...huh.
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Taciturn Tactician posted:I sure hope that Elan remembers he specifically took Neutralize Poison. Not that he can cast it inside the anti-magic cone that Sunny is likely using.
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Cup Runneth Over posted:2 strips in 4 days? is Rich okay?
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So... They're a bit over leveled for a beholder, but considering that save DCs are plot based, someone is turning to stone for a while.
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Lol, Mimi the mimic and a yellowy sphere monster (with beams) called Sunny.
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ultrafilter posted:They're not over leveled for Serini. I know, just what the beholder's effect is gonna be, since it brings so many different effects to bear. Hold person: powerful and effective, but not especially dramatic Charm: we just got a charm Slow: belkar will get hit just because he will hate it and it'll be funny Fear: good for a one liner too Sleep: callback to "elf" "oh right" Telekinesis: good for an "oof" panel Moderate wounds: boring, just damage, will happen, won't matter Disintegrate, finger of death: very dramatic, only belkar is on the table for those Flesh to stone: very dramatic, not too permanent, someone will get hit by it
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I think there's something about Beholders and some limitation on the Anti-Magic cone that I vaguely recall from fighting a whole room of them but I don't quite remember what. Albeit this was in 5e.
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Raenir Salazar posted:I think there's something about Beholders and some limitation on the Anti-Magic cone that I vaguely recall from fighting a whole room of them but I don't quite remember what. Albeit this was in 5e. In 3e, the primary restriction is that the anti-magic cone affects the Beholder as well. Since nearly all of the beholder's attacks are magical in nature, unless it wants to gnaw you to death (+2 to hit, 2d4 damage, a beholder's bite attack is much less scary than a goblin with a spear) it's going to have to turn the magic back on during much of the fight. A high level rogue with a variety of ranged poison attacks on top of a beholder is a very dangerous foe.
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Not knowing much about D&D besides what permeated through general nerd culture and this comic, how dangerous would this trap be to Xykon? Can a beholder shut down an epic lich?
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nimby posted:Not knowing much about D&D besides what permeated through general nerd culture and this comic, how dangerous would this trap be to Xykon? Can a beholder shut down an epic lich? Epic magic can punch through an anti-magic field (as seen with V during the Soul-Splice arc) which is probably why Serini has been observing Team Evil instead of luring them in with a trap like she did with the Order.
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