Return of the lime green boots of speed!

[shadzar]

YES! 675 brings back another magic item for Hailey, and she gets them upgraded with a color enhancement!

What other magic items of the past are people looking forward to seeing in the desert arc? (if any)

[Optimystik]

All their combat gear. I want to see them fight as a party again, even though very little short of Team Evil or the LG can challenge them at this point.

I wonder, will Elan take a position near the front with Roy and Belkar now, or hang back and sing like he used to?

[Alteran]

The Girdle of Femininity/Masculinity? :smallbiggrin:

[shadzar]

The Girdle of Femininity/Masculinity? :smallbiggrin:

:smallconfused: Didn't Durkon destroy that when removing it from Roy? Elan probably found another though for use with Hail......~transmission interrupted~

[DarthCyberWolf]

10 gold says that the boot's enchantment makes it immune to dye.

[JT Jag]

10 gold says that the boot's enchantment makes it immune to dye.I'll take that bet.

[shadzar]

10 gold says that the boot's enchantment makes it immune to dye.

I got 20 electrum pieces that says the boots take the dye.

[Xesirin]

I got 20 electrum pieces that says the boots take the dye.

............. So now we're betting currency that doesn't exist, which doesn't even matter since none of us even have any imaginary currency? :smallconfused:

I bet a Belt of Arcane Protection on the premise that the boots combust when dyes are applied, and that it becomes a major plot point.

[Thanatosia]

REAL fake Money has too much value (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0541.html)

[shadzar]

............. So now we're betting currency that doesn't exist, which doesn't even matter since none of us even have any imaginary currency? :smallconfused:

I bet a Belt of Arcane Protection on the premise that the boots combust when dyes are applied, and that it becomes a major plot point.

So we end up with Hailey as a painted lady? :smalleek: I guess it might be easier to pick pockets when the pockets aren't being worn.

[Katana_Geldar]

Remind me, when did we see them last?

[Whynn]

Remind me, when did we see them last?

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0003.html

Comic 3! :smalleek:

[Lira]

Remind me, when did we see them last?
#608 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0608.html) was the first time (and the only time other than 675) that we actually saw the boots of speed.

[shadzar]

#608 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0608.html) was the first time (and the only time other than 675) that we actually saw the boots of speed.

Yup. First seen there, and first heard in #3. Maybe we will finally get to see how good they are when Crystal comes to chase Hailey.

:smallconfused: Do boots of speed work in sand? Would they become boots of sand storm?

[Katana_Geldar]

I reckon they would help, speaking as a person who has tried to run in sand.

[Andraste]

They were also mentioned in 573 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0573.html)

[Aristeidis]

I would give anything to see the bag of tricks back in action!

[Richard J.]

Ooh, I've hoped to see those actually get some use! Slowly but surely the whole Order is getting ever more badass.

[alegollama]

What other magic items of the past are people looking forward to seeing in the desert arc? (if any)

Maybe... those rocks that everyone got when splitting up the gold will come in.
Like, as rocks you can throw at evildoers.

[Haven]

I have to admit I'm surprised to see them back. I'd gotten the impression that, being displeased with their color, Haley elected to sell them which is why we hadn't seen them since.

Though I guess it's possible she just left them in Greysky when she quit the Guild, and picked them up off-screen before the teleportation.

[Morgan Wick]

I have to admit I'm surprised to see them back. I'd gotten the impression that, being displeased with their color, Haley elected to sell them which is why we hadn't seen them since.

Though I guess it's possible she just left them in Greysky when she quit the Guild, and picked them up off-screen before the teleportation.

BONUS STRIP IDEA ALERT!

[Linkavitch]

I have to admit I'm surprised to see them back. I'd gotten the impression that, being displeased with their color, Haley elected to sell them which is why we hadn't seen them since.

Though I guess it's possible she just left them in Greysky when she quit the Guild, and picked them up off-screen before the teleportation.

Or, it's possible she stored them in one of her six bags of infinite extra-planear/dimensional/whatever place-thingies.:smallsmile:

[Dancing_Fox]

10 gold says that the boot's enchantment makes it immune to dye.

I say that the dye takes effect, but that the boot's speed enchantment is destroyed/altered.

But as I don't have the strength of conviction that this will actually happen (I think that "dye takes effect, boots retain speed" is the most natural outcome), I'm not going to bet my monopoly money on the outcome. Nor two Scrabble tiles of "G.P"s.

EDIT: The other possibility is that the dye takes effect, the enchantment holds, but that the colour ends up as something even more horrible than lime green.

[Nimrod's Son]

Maybe... those rocks that everyone got when splitting up the gold will come in.
Like, as rocks you can throw at evildoers.
Yes, it's important to establish that the order already has a supply of rocks before we see them throw one at a bad guy.

Very hard to come by, rocks.

[The Odor]

Yes, it's important to establish that the order already has a supply of rocks before we see them throw one at a bad guy.

Very hard to come by, rocks.

Do you play any rpg`s. I have had a dungen master that didnt allow me to pick up sand in a dessert...

[daggaz]

I cant believe nobody has brought up the obvious tho..

Was Haley morally justified in having the lime-green boots of speed dyed to match her new outfit??

I mean, honestly. Ok they are lime green, its a horrible affront to the universe.. but they were made that way. Some might even say born. At the very least, they should be given the choice. They need a chance to redeem themselves, before it is forced on them.. Haley might as well have just cast Mindrape or a balm of opposite-pigment or something, the way it is now. And what about their kids?? I mean..damn. What are the chartreuse slippers of spiderclimbing going to think when they see their mom? Not to mention, any future kids in shades of lime-green, who might have gone on to protect the feet of a hero who saves the world, who will never be born ..erm, i mean made, because of this wanton act of fashion nazism on the part of Haley. Its wrong, I tell you. Wrong.:smallmad:

[Murderous Hobo]

There is tea up my nose. Thanks.

[Sampi]

[de-lurk]

Whoo, fun recap on the first three strips with strips 673-675.
#1 - #673 getting oriented
#2 - #674 picking parties
#3 - #675 The LGBoS

[/de-lurk]

[Manga Shoggoth]

I say that the dye takes effect, but that the boot's speed enchantment is destroyed/altered.

The dye takes effect, but is left behind the first time she uses the boots.

[Tyrrell]

What other magic items of the past are people looking forward to seeing in the desert arc? (if any)
Haley's two gemstones that her mother gave to her.
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0123.html

[pflare]

Of course the boots are back they were a total Chekhov's gun. If something has emphasis placed on it then it will at somepoint be important to the story, like the girdle of masculinity/femininity.

[AxeD]

YES! 675 brings back another magic item for Hailey, and she gets them upgraded with a color enhancement!

What other magic items of the past are people looking forward to seeing in the desert arc? (if any)

Celia's mobile phone (used in #53 to be lectured by her mum)

Also, Belkar's 'Swanky new leather hat - 100% kobold leather!' (#69)

OH! OH! And all of the prototype armours shown in #138! How awesome would the final battle between good and evil be, if those showed up again! The first two could totally be used by undead!

[Moriato]

Maybe we will finally get to see how good they are when Crystal comes to chase Hailey.



Umm... did you miss a comic?

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0648.html

[Sewblon]

The Girdle of Femininity/Masculinity? :smallbiggrin:

Yeah, I want to know what Elan was going to do with it in the first place. Also, show Belkar using the ring of +20 jumping while whoring.

[hamishspence]

Umm... did you miss a comic?

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0648.html

Haley's last words to Crystal seemed to be presuming Bozzok would resurrect Crystal, and that he would want to send somebody- maybe her- to kill Haley because of her actions.

[mizzim]

The dye takes effect, but is left behind the first time she uses the boots.

Definitely! 1 "K" (scrabble piece) says this happens.