Order of the Stick Trivia XXII: Find Me An Original Question

[ByzantiumBhuka]

This is the 22nd edition of the Order of the Stick Trivia thread, still going strong after almost 15 years!

Here are the rules for any newcomers:



The first player to answer a question correctly, asks the next one.
If that player doesn't have a question immediately in mind, then state "Open Question" ("OQ") and let someone else ask.
Questions have to have an answer that is demonstrated by at least one, and no more than three, canon online strips. (No bonus material, either online or in the books.)
No counting questions with more than 3 parts. For example, "How many times has Roy said 'the'?" violates this rule.
If the answer given is not the answer expected, but still technically answers the question, allow it. You can rephrase and ask your question again later.
There's a difference between rephrasing—finding a different, more precise way to word the question so it has a smaller number of possible answers—and just simply rewriting to rule out the last answer. Don't do the latter. (If you are unsure, just ask.)
If an answer is given that in no way is correct, then players can call attention to the fact. At that point, there may be 2 questions occurring at the same time. The 1st question that was incorrectly answered is the valid question. The second question may be answered, but for no prize (aka asking the next question).
If your response is ninja'd, that is if someone beats you with the correct answer, please edit your post stating, "ninja'd, please answer above question".
After 24 hours without an answer, please provide a hint. After an additional 24 hours pass, please provide the answer and take pride that you have stumped us all. If you won't be around to provide a hint (hiking Mt. Everest or doing some other activity without internet), rot-13 (https://rot13.com/) is a good way to hide your hint so you can post it in advance.
Recognize that this is a game. It is supposed to be quick and fun. If a question seems to go beyond the rules, assume that the author is not familiar with the rules, and point them out. If the author affirms that the question is allowable within the rules, then continue with the game. If the question turns out to be not allowable, it becomes an open question. Groan and move on.
Questions along the lines of "when was the first time X happened/was mentioned" are not allowed because to prove that they never happened before, one would have to link to every strip before it, which is unreasonable and would break the no-more-than-three-strips rule. They are permitted if the answer is in the first three strips, however.




XXI. Order of the Stick Trivia XXI: Find Me an Epic Thread! (https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?626604-Order-of-the-Stick-Trivia-XXI-Find-Me-an-Epic-Thread!)
XX. Order of the Stick Trivia XX: Naturally (http://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?591610-Order-of-the-Stick-Trivia-XX-Naturally)
XIX. Order of the Stick Trivia XIX: It's Always the Demon Roaches (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?573914-Order-of-the-Stick-Trivia-XIX-It-s-Always-the-Demon-Roaches)
XVIII. Order of the Stick Trivia XVIII: Yay! Three Sixes (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?553137-Order-of-the-Stick-Trivia-XVIII-Yay!-Three-sixes!)
XVII. Order of the Stick Trivia (Edge of) XVII Just like the Blackwing dove (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?505950-Order-of-the-Stick-Trivia-(Edge-of)-XVII-Just-like-the-Blackwing-dove)
XVI. Order of the Stick Trivia Millennium Edition (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?431350-Order-of-the-Stick-Trivia-Millennium-Edition-(Quiz-Part-XVI))
XV. OOTS Quiz part XV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?278096-OOTS-Quiz-part-XV)
XIV. OOTS Quiz part XIV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?246764-OOTS-Quiz-part-XIV)
XIII. OOTS Quiz XIII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?213552-OOTS-Quiz-XIII)
XII. OOTS Quix XII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?188609-OOTS-Quix-XII)
XI. OOTS Quiz XI (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?169993-OOTS-Quiz-XI)
X. OOTS Quiz X (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?152475-OOTS-Quiz-X)
IX. OotS Quiz IX (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?138246-OotS-Quiz-IX)
VIII. OotS Quiz VIII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?125018-Oots-Quiz-VIII)
VII. Oots Quiz VII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?112379-Oots-Quiz-VII)
VI. Oots Quiz VI (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?87210-Oots-Quiz-VI)
V. OotS Quiz V (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?69695-OotS-Quiz-V)
IV. OotS Quiz IV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?52938-OotS-Quiz-IV)
III. OOTS Quiz III (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?45294-OOTS-Quiz-III)
II. OOTS Quiz II (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?35468-OOTS-Quiz-II)
I. OOTS Quiz Come in and know me better man (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?29273-OOTS-Quiz-Come-in-and-know-me-better-man)

2006-12-10 OOTS Quiz: Come in, and know me better, man. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?29273)
2007-02-20 OOTS Quiz II (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?35468)
2007-05-25 OOTS Quiz III (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?45294)
2007-08-06 OotS Quiz IV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?52938)
2008-01-16 OotS Quiz V (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?69695)
2008-08-08 Oots Quiz VI (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?87210) (56 pages)
2009-05-23 Oots Quiz VII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?112379)
2009-09-14 Oots Quiz VIII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?125018)
2010-01-12 OotS Quiz IX (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?138246)
2010-05-14 OOTS Quiz X (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?152475)
2010-09-28 OOTS Quiz XI (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?169993)
2011-02-24 OOTS Quix XII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?188609)
2011-08-30 OOTS Quiz XIII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?213552)
2012-06-17 OOTS Quiz part XIV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?246764)
2013-03-29 OOTS Quiz part XV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?278096) (48 pages)
2015-08-01 Order of the Stick Trivia: Millennium Edition (Quiz Part XVI) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?431350)
2016-11-12 Order of the Stick Trivia (Edge of) XVII: Just like the Blackwing dove... (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?505950)
2018-03-09 Order of the Stick Trivia XVIII: Yay! Three sixes! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?553137)
2018-11-16 Order of the Stick Trivia XIX: It's Always the Demon Roaches (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?573914)
2019-06-30 Order of the Stick Trivia XX: Naturally (http://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?591610-Order-of-the-Stick-Trivia-XX-Naturally)
2021-02-05 Order of the Stick Trivia XXI: Find Me an Epic Thread! (https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?626604-Order-of-the-Stick-Trivia-XXI-Find-Me-an-Epic-Thread!)

From the last thread, courtesy of ShadowSandbag: Find me a fire escape plan.

[Squire Doodad]

In case of fire, use stairs for looting (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0645.html)


Who - apparently - wants to be just like Belkar when they grow up?

[b_jonas]

Ho Thanh, #522 1st. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0522.html) OQ.

[Mike Havran]

Find a proof, unrelated to Vampire Durkon, that Dracula exists in OotSverse.

[Jasdoif]

Find a proof, unrelated to Vampire Durkon, that Dracula exists in OotSverse.Bookending a spectrum with Julio. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0389.html)

OQ.

[Ron Miel]

The Giant's work contains a few trivial spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, incorrect punctuation, and so on. Find one such apparent error, that later turned out to be correct and deliberate.

[Peelee]

The Giant's work contains a few trivial spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, incorrect punctuation, and so on. Find one such apparent error, that later turned out to be correct and deliberate.

The red color really should have been a clue (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0871.html).

OQ

[Squire Doodad]

Find me a red flowerpot. It just needs to be some sort of red-colored container with flowers in it.

[b_jonas]

That's still the flower vase from #727 first panel (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0727.html) that we saw just ten pages ago (https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?626604&p=24937584&viewfull=1#post24937584). OQ.

[enq]

Find me Elan making music with his lute, without singing along to it.

[Onyavar]

Find me Elan making music with his lute, without singing along to it.

Does #0001 (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0001.html) count? He doesn't have a speech bubble or text there.
It's repeated in #0034.

If that's a win, OQ.

[enq]

Oh jeez. Well, FWIW, in the one I had in mind he doesn't even have his mouth open. But yeah, those'll do.

[Metastachydium]

Oh jeez. Well, FWIW, in the one I had in mind he doesn't even have his mouth open. But yeah, those'll do.

(Was it this one (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0851.html)?)

[enq]

This one (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0898.html), although yours meets the "full" criteria too.

[Metastachydium]

I was close enough (quite literally), then!


♣

Anyway, a question: find 30 tree trunks on a single panel!

[b_jonas]

Metastachydium: I understand you say trunks because some of the forest scenes around the bandit camp show a lot of trees, but without their trunks. But 30 is a lot. The only one I can think of is the splash panel of the goblin city in GDGU p. 91. There's the gate of the dam made of 9 trunks, plus we can see a wall and a gate with about 45 plants that we can individually count, and each of those big planks must have taken at least half a tree trunk to make.

[Metastachydium]

Metastachydium: I understand you say trunks because some of the forest scenes around the bandit camp show a lot of trees, but without their trunks. But 30 is a lot. The only one I can think of is the splash panel of the goblin city in GDGU p. 91. There's the gate of the dam made of 9 trunks, plus we can see a wall and a gate with about 45 plants that we can individually count, and each of those big planks must have taken at least half a tree trunk to make.

It's 30 tree trunks (all of them belonging to happy trees that are very much alive), in a single panel, no less. Main, online comic. I counted them.

[Squire Doodad]

There's at most 6 shown in Cliffport, so sadly it's not there.

[Peelee]

It's 30 tree trunks (all of them belonging to happy trees that are very much alive), in a single panel, no less. Main, online comic. I counted them.

Do the trunks themselves need to be visible, or would 30 individual happy trees that are very much alive (which obviously must have trunks) suffice?

[Metastachydium]

Do the trunks themselves need to be visible, or would 30 individual happy trees that are very much alive (which obviously must have trunks) suffice?

Happy Stickverse trees without visible trunks are a bit difficult to count, but if you find 30 happy and countable trees without visible trunks, it'll sure do.

[enq]

I claim that the penultimate panel here (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1136.html) has 14 trees in the foreground and ~24 in the background.

[b_jonas]

Found it! #584 18th panel has 31 tree trunks. 11 of them are close in color to the background so they're hard to see, but they are there. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0584.html) OQ.

{scrubbed}

[enq]

I claim that my trees, on the cusp of invading Valhalla, are way happier than b_jonas's trees, having a fiery demon devil in their midst.

(OQ from me anyway)

[Peelee]

Happy Stickverse trees without visible trunks are a bit difficult to count, but if you find 30 happy and countable trees without visible trunks, it'll sure do.

Well, since the trunks seem to have been found, be happy in the knowledge that there totally is a panel with over 30 individual happy Strickverse trees without visible trunks (34 by my count, but it gets hard to tell at some point).:smallwink:

ETA: Dangit, missed that enq already pointed it out.

[Metastachydium]

Found it! #584 18th panel has 31 tree trunks. 11 of them are close in color to the background so they're hard to see, but they are there. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0584.html) OQ.

That's the one (although if there's a tree no. 31, I can't seem to find it), so good job!


I claim that my trees, on the cusp of invading Valhalla, are way happier than b_jonas's trees, having a fiery demon devil in their midst.

(OQ from me anyway)

That's a fair point, you know, so even better job!


be happy in the knowledge that there totally is a panel with over 30 individual happy Strickverse trees without visible trunks (34 by my count, but it gets hard to tell at some point).:smallwink:


I am happy!

[ShadowSandbag]

Apologies if I'm missing one, but it looks like its an Open Question:
Find me a Spell that makes a "Slurp" sound.

HINT
At least 2 people have cast this spell, one of them is Durkon.

ANSWER
Sometimes you just get Slurped up by the earth. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1216.html)

OQ

[Wintermoot]

Apologies if I'm missing one, but it looks like its an Open Question:
Find me a Spell that makes a "Slurp" sound.

HINT
At least 2 people have cast this spell, one of them is Durkon.

ANSWER
Sometimes you just get Slurped up by the earth. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1216.html)

OQ

the meld into stone sound effect is sPlurp, not slurp.

Q: Go here: https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0433.html

See that hobgoblin? The first one Belkar calls "Duck"? Where do we see him again? (not in the same strip)

[enq]

In the last panel here. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0703.html)

Find me three strips featuring graffiti.

[Ron Miel]

1) Xykon sucks. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0029.html)

2) Boom (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0092.html)


3) Defaced dwarf (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1211.html)


OQ

[Squire Doodad]

Find me mention of a magically-oriented olympic sport.

Qarr saying he's missing them doesn't count, this is a magic thing.

[Mike Havran]

Synchronized spellcasting! (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0691.html)

Find a visibly damaged book.

[Mike Havran]

Looks like a hint time: The book was damaged on screen, by an animal.

[ShadowSandbag]

Would This happen to be what you were thinking of (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1021.html)? Tricky if so, I thought about the scene but had discounted actually looking it up since it was a scroll that was used and destroyed, not thinking of the collateral damage.


Find me a panel where exactly 3 creatures have Swirly Eyes.

[enq]

I hope page 2, panel 1 counts (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1173.html), even though there are more dominated dwarves in that panel, just not with visible eyes.

Edit: If it doesn't, then the first panel here will do it (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1157.html), featuring three dominated dwarves, though not all with their eyes visible.

Find me an active campfire with exactly three sticks of firewood in it.

[Metastachydium]

Find me an active campfire with exactly three sticks of firewood in it.

Here (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0214.html) you go!

[ShadowSandbag]

I hope page 2, panel 1 counts (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1173.html), even though there are more dominated dwarves in that panel, just not with visible eyes.

Edit: If it doesn't, then the first panel here will do it (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1157.html), featuring three dominated dwarves, though not all with their eyes visible.
.

While those certainly both count, I was thinking of something a little more recent. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1242.html)

[Metastachydium]

Okay, a question: Find me a mean and bad person who intends to harm/let harm come to some innocent lichen!

[enq]

Miko (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0224.html), who is mean according to Elan (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0231.html). Can't think of a strip stating she is bad too.

[Metastachydium]

Miko (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0224.html), who is mean according to Elan (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0231.html). Can't think of a strip stating she is bad too.

I don't think anyone needs much proof that Miko is bad (or mean, for that matter). I was only looking for the first strip you linked, so bonus points for going the extra mile!

[enq]

Going to take a page out of Wintermoot's book. Gazeth ye upon the blond bandit woman here (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0151.html). Now find someone who looks just like her (different clothing is allowed) in a strip unrelated to this whole bandit camp business.

[Timy]

Going to take a page out of Wintermoot's book. Gazeth ye upon the blond bandit woman here (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0151.html). Now find someone who looks just like her (different clothing is allowed) in a strip unrelated to this whole bandit camp business.

Does "Peroxyde" here count ?

https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0382.html

[enq]

In the answer I have in mind, the woman has the same bangs (or w/e you call the hair that goes over her forehead), and I'll be holding alternate answers to that standard too. So, no, sorry :P

[Ron Miel]

She was staying at the inn. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0238.html)


OQ.

[enq]

Find me someone washing laundry.

[Metastachydium]

Find me someone washing laundry.

I'll give you that, and throw in someone not washing laundry anymore! (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0843.html)

[homersolo]

I'll give you that, and throw in someone not washing laundry anymore! (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0843.html)

Since it appears to be open, find me an Onomatopoeia that is misspelled, but a crossword clue for the word that was used might be "An elongated slow moving body of water?"

[homersolo]

Since it appears to be open, find me an Onomatopoeia that is misspelled, but a crossword clue for the word that was used might be "An elongated slow moving body of water?"

Hint, while it is a long time from a member of the Linear Guild's death, it is not a long distance from the place of this death.

[Metastachydium]

Since it appears to be open, find me an Onomatopoeia that is misspelled, but a crossword clue for the word that was used might be "An elongated slow moving body of water?"


Hint, while it is a long time from a member of the Linear Guild's death, it is not a long distance from the place of this death.

Is it perchance a creeeeeeeek (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0843.html)?

[Squire Doodad]

Taking the OQ:
Find me someone in the Order who isn't Elan being fond of stringed instruments

[b_jonas]

Squire Doodad: #184 eighth, Haley (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0184.html). OQ.

[Bedinsis]

Who is making five sandwiches?

[homersolo]

Is it perchance a creeeeeeeek (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0843.html)?
It 'twas creeeeeeeeeeek.

It was the rare back-to-back same strip answer.

[enq]

Who is making five sandwiches?
Doh! It's Minrah's mother (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1184.html).

Find me three cases of Roy admitting to not knowing/understanding/remembering some D&D combat rule/mechanic.

[ShadowSandbag]

Well he's not great at Bull Rush (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0288.html) or Charging (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0176.html) but I can't find a 3rd one for the life of me.
EDIT: Here is the last one. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0216.html) The whole time I was thinking there was one about opportunity attacks but could not find it.

Find me an example of Roy using his Knowledge: Architecture skill outside of the Thog fight in the coliseum.

[Ron Miel]

The gallery should overlook the nave, apparently. In Gothic architecture, at least.

https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0994.html


OQ

[b_jonas]

The third one is #895 12th panel (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0895.html) by the way.

[enq]

:thog: find thog correcting someone.

[Metastachydium]

:thog: find thog correcting someone.

:thog: thog's name is thog. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0791.html)

[enq]

:thog: thog could have asked for three examples.

Find me a speech bubble containing a sentence with fifty or more words. The answer I have in mind has nearly a hundred words (and while we're at it, no commas) so if you find it, you won't really need to count to confirm.

[Wintermoot]

:thog: thog could have asked for three examples.

Find me a speech bubble containing a sentence with fifty or more words. The answer I have in mind has nearly a hundred words (and while we're at it, no commas) so if you find it, you won't really need to count to confirm.

why, that's the defining Vaarsuvius moment

https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0010.html

Although, not sure if that qualifies as a speech bubble so much as a speech block.

Q: We all know Goblin's proclivities for losing eyes. But can you find me an Orc with a cyclopean disposition?

[enq]

The format is fine, but there isn't a fifty word sentence in there by my estimate. As in, fifty words before a period, exclamation point or question mark appears.

Checked wiki, 48 at best. This isn't a good question, so I'll throw in a hint to help you find my intended answer.
a corkscrew.

[yokyok]

The format is fine, but there isn't a fifty word sentence in there by my estimate. As in, fifty words before a period, exclamation point or question mark appears.

Checked wiki, 48 at best. This isn't a good question, so I'll throw in a hint to help you find my intended answer.
a corkscrew.

That would be #389.

#314 might also count, being a sentence with 497 words, though not all of them are shown in the strip or even in the same speech bubble.

For the question I'll copy the unanswered one from a few posts ago:

Q: We all know Goblin's proclivities for losing eyes. But can you find me an Orc with a cyclopean disposition?

[Metastachydium]

Q: We all know Goblin's proclivities for losing eyes. But can you find me an Orc with a cyclopean disposition?

Actually it should be an orc thing. Anyway, easy one (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0551.html).

[ShadowSandbag]

There is at least one on this Eye-Land. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0551.html)

EDIT: And once again between finding the strip and posting my answer, someone swoops in.

[Metastachydium]

And once again between finding the strip and posting my answer, someone swoops in.

BUT! You can have the next question if you want it (mostly because I don't)!

[enq]

Let's see if I can phrase this one well...

Go through all of Serini's appearances. In one of them, Crystal would find her extra rewarding to assassinate. Which and why?

[ShadowSandbag]

Let's see if I can phrase this one well...

Go through all of Serini's appearances. In one of them, Crystal would find her extra rewarding to assassinate. Which and why?

Well, she might get a free newspaper (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1244.html) but I think Serini has a bit more HP than a councilman. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0608.html)

Side note: It is only now upon looking at these I notice her name is not "Seniri".

Find me two separate instances where Roy mentions taking a class for exactly two semesters.

[enq]

Archery (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0904.html) and animal husbandry (specifically, goat herding) (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0141.html).

Find me someone other than Julia with a green streak in their hair.

[Metastachydium]

Archery (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0904.html) and animal husbandry (specifically, goat herding) (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0141.html).

Find me someone other than Julia with a green streak in their hair.

And Eve (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0135.html) has a matching hairstyle too!

[enq]

What's both holy and tasty?

[Metastachydium]

What's both holy and tasty?

Wafers. Very tasty wafers. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0968.html) (Hm. That one church has a lot in common with Belkar (khm, Yokyok, khm), in fact.)

[enq]

Who killed a stone giant?

[enq]

:thog: thog kill so many things off-panel.

[Cicciograna]

Who killed a stone giant?

One with PC class levels, nonetheless. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0782.html)

Find me a faceless PC.

[TuringTest]

Find me a faceless PC.

Is it enough if we can't *see* the face? (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0611.html) (panel 4)

[Cicciograna]

Nope, what i have in mind is a PC whose facial features should be clearly visible, but they are not there.
To add further details: the face of the PC is not missing for any light condition, spell or effect, it's likely that Rich just forgot to draw it in.

[Cicciograna]

So, I know that it's not 24 hours since the question, and I am sort of :cool::cool::cool::redface:, I give the hint now because I don't know if I'll be able to do it later.

HINT: The PC is Belkar.
2x HINT: He'd really like to speak his mind!
3x HINT: 10ft!
C-C-C-CCCCOMBO BREAKER!

I love you all.

[b_jonas]

Does Belkar as a green line in #605 last panel count as faceless? (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0605.html)

[Cicciograna]

Let's say that it counts, although it's not the one I had in mind.

OQ
Actually not, in that strip he's faceless for a very specific effect, partly triggered by a spell.
So no.

[Ron Miel]

Is it the time Roy covered B's face with a bag of tricks critter?
Can't find the strip offhand.

[Cicciograna]

Nawp. Belkar's face should clearly be visible, his head is only slightly covered, but his facial features - eyes, eyeborws, mouth and general expression - should be perfectly visible.

[Aa602213x1023]

Nawp. Belkar's face should clearly be visible, his head is only slightly covered, but his facial features - eyes, eyeborws, mouth and general expression - should be perfectly visible.

Comic 250, panel 8.

OQ

[Metastachydium]

(Well, his mouth is there, but I'm not sure about his feet.)

[Peelee]

(Well, his mouth is there, but I'm not sure about his feet.)

Yeah, it looks like he just has his head turned the wrong way for some reason. Still, fits perfectly with the question.

[enq]

Find me a pitchfork. Minimum three prongs.

[Ron Miel]

Does a trident (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0274.html)count?

If not, we'll just have to look for a demon, I suppose.

[enq]

Yeah, that counts. Frankly, if I hadn't seen demons sporting them in my intended answer (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0640.html), I probably would have called them tridents.

[enq]

Find me Elan being suspected of something Vaarsuvius would do.

[yokyok]

Would raising his intelligence score count (#382, top of page 2)?

[enq]

That works. Thread is open for a new question.

In the meantime, anyone who wants to continue with my old one, have a few hints:

It's Vaarsuvius' primary "prank".
The person being suspicious of Elan is suspicious of nearly everyone.
You didn't figure yourself for the kind of person to require three hints, but you were wrong.

Thinking of it, while the answer I have in mind is "very Vaarsuvius", I have to say you probably found the most "very un-Elan" instead :D

[yokyok]

Here it is: #941.

Find two languages Nale can't communicate in.

[b_jonas]

yokyok: Ignan and Gnoll, according to #384 5th panel. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0384.html) I thought of Infernal first, mentioned in #393 10th, (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0393.html) but we can't tell from that whether Nale speaks it. OQ.

[enq]

Find me three strips in which Haley and Roy make or settle a bet. It has to be three different bets.

[TuringTest]

Find me three strips in which Haley and Roy make or settle a bet. It has to be three different bets.

Elan captures Nale (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0069.html), Thinking like a rogue (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0666.html) (my favourite), Resurrection wouldn't work (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0844.html) (How is it that Haley always win these?) :smalltongue:

And just as a bonus, The Bet Not Taken (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1237.html).

[TuringTest]

My first attempt on a question!

Which member of the Order asks to have his manhood (and adultness) carefully examinated? (And who passes on it?)

[yokyok]

Belkar (and Roy) in #140.

Find a complex Nale-like plan with multiple steps in the making being developed by Elan.

[TuringTest]

Find a complex Nale-like plan with multiple steps in the making being developed by Elan.

If it was this one (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0389.html), that was a memorable one!

OQ

[petersohn]

Find someone eating paper.

[Cicciograna]

Find someone eating paper.

OW! I goh a pahpuh cut righ ohn muh tonng! (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0375.html)

Find me a very tiny disgusted green face.

[Cicciograna]

HINT: the face is not attached to any body. It's rather a decoration.

[Cicciograna]

High save DC, Constitution damage, the works. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0435.html)

OQ

[TuringTest]

High save DC, Constitution damage, the works. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0435.html)

OQ

That was hard! How does people usually find that kind of thing? :smalleek:

I'm hoping this one will be easier. Though not *too* easy! :smallwink:

How much time is enough to raise a forgotten prestige class to a reasonably competent level?
(i. e. not simply "exceeding expectations"; though you get bonus points if you point out the two strips where it's described that way).

[Cicciograna]

That was hard! How does people usually find that kind of thing? :smalleek:

I'm hoping this one will be easier. Though not *too* easy! :smallwink:

How much time is enough to raise a forgotten prestige class to a reasonably competent level?
(i. e. not simply "exceeding expectations"; though you get bonus points if you point out the two strips where it's described that way).

Two days and two nights? (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0391.html)

If that's correct, OQ.
Actually I have a question, but I will wait for confirmation of my answer.

[TuringTest]

Two days and two nights? (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0391.html)

If that's correct, OQ.
Actually I have a question, but I will wait for confirmation of my answer.

Those are fake days and nights, so no. (Though that was one of the two bonus strips).

Somebody mentions at some point an imprecise amount as the total duration of the process, which is longer than twenty minutes.

Sorry, my bad! Although I had some other answer in mind (which I'll post tomorrow if no one finds it), I didn't notice that "two days and two nights" is a valid answer to the question, not because of the montage panels but because Julio explicitly states it as the duration of the flight.

So, that's correct! You may place a new question or set it as OQ as you wish.

[Cicciograna]

Those are fake days and nights, so no. (Though that was one of the two bonus strips).

Somebody mentions at some point an imprecise amount as the total duration of the process, which is longer than twenty minutes.

Actually I was not referring to the fake montage scene, but rather to what Captain Scoundrel tells Elan in the first panel, so I assumed that, after two days and night (which conclude in the following strip) Elan has reached the 1st level of Dashing Swordsman, a rather obscure prestige class.

But that's okay, the question still stands then. Time to dig again in thhe strips!

[TuringTest]

Actually I was not referring to the fake montage scene, but rather to what Captain Scoundrel tells Elan in the first panel, so I assumed that, after two days and night (which conclude in the following strip) Elan has reached the 1st level of Dashing Swordsman, a rather obscure prestige class.

But that's okay, the question still stands then. Time to dig again in thhe strips!

Since your answer is valid under the rules of the game, I feel satisfied, so you may make a new question an leave my solution as an extra alternative.

Certainly the learning process can be no longer than the length of the journey, and the answer I was looking for is way more imprecise than that. (And of course the Dashing Swordsman is the competence gained in that process in order to "become reasonably competent" !)

[Cicciograna]

As you wish, then.

Find me a sourcebook that can be unequivocally identified as a 4th Edition manual.

[enq]

I don't know if it fits the bill, but it seems a sourcebook of some kind is being read in the last panel here (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0572.html).

[Cicciograna]

I don't know if it fits the bill, but it seems a sourcebook of some kind is being read in the last panel here (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0572.html).

That is certainly a sourcebook, but based on the context that is probably from 1st Edition. The one I am referring to can unambiguously be identified as a 4th Edition handbook.

[Yxylu]

That is certainly a sourcebook, but based on the context that is probably from 1st Edition. The one I am referring to can unambiguously be identified as a 4th Edition handbook.

Kubota is reading the DMG (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0562.html).

OQ

[Metastachydium]

Takin' it: Find me at least two instances of extraplanar vegetation!

[PartyOfRogues]

Takin' it: Find me at least two instances of extraplanar vegetation!

Here’s (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1136.html) some traitorous trees

[Metastachydium]

Here’s (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1136.html) some traitorous trees

That was the easy one! Now, where's the other?

[enq]

It feels like Celia and her sylph boyfriend would live on the Plane of Air (that's what it's called?), but the dialogue here (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0269.html) doesn't make me think she plane shifted to visit him. Anyway, trying.

[petersohn]

It feels like Celia and her sylph boyfriend would live on the Plane of Air (that's what it's called?), but the dialogue here (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0269.html) doesn't make me think she plane shifted to visit him. Anyway, trying.
It's technically a correct answer, so, your question I guess.

[Metastachydium]

So not what I was thinking of, but good job nonetheless! I can't find a good reason to discount it, so I won't. The question is yours, enq.

[enq]

Really? And here I didn't think that answer worked.

Find me two strips in which it's suggested that swimming and armor don't mix.

[Metastachydium]

Really? And here I didn't think that answer worked.

Well, I'd be delighted to see the strip I was referring to found, so feel free to keep looking if you'd like!
Until then,


Find me two strips in which it's suggested that swimming and armor don't mix.

Guys in heavy armour say "no (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0902.html), you fool!" (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0594.html)

[Lord Torath]

Well, I'd be delighted to see the strip I was referring to found, so feel free to keep looking if you'd like!
Until then,
Guys in heavy armour say "no (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0902.html), you fool!" (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0594.html)Also: "I live onna boat an wear heavy armor. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0561.html)"

Regarding the Extra-planar vegitation, does the presence of broccoli (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0802.html) count? I mean, you can't see any, but the semi-elemental mentions it. Oh! A few strips later Belkar finds some (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0834.html)!

Open Question.

[Metastachydium]

Oh! A few strips later Belkar finds some (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0834.html)!


That's the one! You're good!

[petersohn]

Find a pregnant male.

[Cicciograna]

Find a pregnant male.

Do I...push? (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1147.html)

(Just for the record, to be honest I am not really comfortable in assigning that deva a masculine gender, I realize that I am probably assuming they are male based on their clothes, and on the slightly amusing implication that they would actually be a pregnant male. Of course if this is the wrong answer just disregard it.)

[Metastachydium]

(Female devas are depicted with clearly discernible secondary sex characteristics and this one doesn't have those. Of course, I'm not entirely certain D&D angels reproduce sexually, so the distinction might indeed be meaningless.)

[Cicciograna]

(Female devas are depicted with clearly discernible secondary sex characteristics and this one doesn't have those. Of course, I'm not entirely certain D&D angels reproduce sexually, so the distinction might indeed be meaningless.)

Yes, you are right, my thought immediately goes to the one Roy spoke to when he died. That specific deva exhibits secondary sexual traits compatible with a feminine gender, but it's still better to err on the side of caution.

[petersohn]

According to the Monster Manual, devas have gender. Whether they reproduce sexually or it's just for the show I don't know though. Anyway, your question.

[Cicciograna]

Find me a tongue piercing.

[Metastachydium]

Find me a tongue piercing.

It comes up (out?) in an important context (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0580.html).

[homersolo]

It comes up (out?) in an important context (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0580.html).

I will take the open question (upon which there may be many many correct answers....)

find me a cracked plate.

[Cicciograna]

I will take the open question (upon which there may be many many correct answers....)

find me a cracked plate.

Durkon Allotrope Thundershield! (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0963.html)

(but I am curious about the "other" plates)

[Ruck]

Durkon Allotrope Thundershield! (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0963.html)

(but I am curious about the "other" plates)

I thought of this one, but it seems everything dropped is a bowl. (And that's not getting into semantics like "cracked" vs. "shattered.")

[Metastachydium]

How 'bout a cracked full plate? (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0526.html)

[homersolo]

I thought of this one, but it seems everything dropped is a bowl. (And that's not getting into semantics like "cracked" vs. "shattered.")

You are correct, that plate is not cracked. There is a plate (not plate armor) that is cracked but still whole. The hint: It is a strip that features a memory.

[petersohn]

Here. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1121.html)

Find a magnesium elemental.

[Metastachydium]

Find a magnesium elemental.

I'm reasonably certain that I've answer (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1028.html)ed this question before.

[TuringTest]

Certainly the learning process can be no longer than the length of the journey, and the answer I was looking for is way more imprecise than that. (And of course the Dashing Swordsman is the competence gained in that process in order to "become reasonably competent" !)

Oh BTW I forgot to post my original answer (busy week), if anyone was still wondering, it was only a few days (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0931.html).

The other bonus strip was Nale recognizing that Elan had become reasonably competent in a fight (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0393.html).

[enq]

Find me an OotS member drawn as a single colored silhouette.

[Metastachydium]

Find me an OotS member drawn as a single colored silhouette.

If Belkar was a belker he would look a lot like this (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0611.html)!

[enq]

Oh, well done. Until someone claims the OQ, feel free to look for another one, as that was not the one I had in mind.

[Metastachydium]

Hm. How about four (plus Miko (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0199.html) (everything is better with Miko!))?

[enq]

Haha, guess these were more common than I thought.

:roy: I am ambushing someone.

[petersohn]

Find a sleeping angler.

[enq]

Right here (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0964.html). OQ.

[enq]

Who finds their own mother pretty?

[Cicciograna]

Does Roy count? (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0494.html)

If so, I'd like to take the OQ, but I'll wait for confirmation.

[enq]

No, the opinion that the mother in question is pretty is explicit. In fact, pretty is the word used. Roy is only describing what his mother looks like here - not if he finds it attractive.

[TuringTest]

No, the opinion that the mother in question is pretty is explicit. In fact, pretty is the word used.

Are you sure you didn't mean petty? (panel 8 (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0751.html)) :smalltongue:

(Just kidding. That strip doesn't match at all the question) :smallwink:

[enq]

And yet, incidentally, that is the mother in question ;)

[Ruck]

And yet, incidentally, that is the mother in question ;)

Heh, I thought it would be Elan, but I could not find a strip. ("The nicest, kindest person in the whole village (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0050.html)" is not the same.)

[littlebum2002]

Thanks for that last hint. It's Elan's mom (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0333.html) who is almost as pretty as a kobold.

Find me 3 guys wearing green armor fighting 4 guys wearing pink armor

[petersohn]

An Unsung Legend. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0644.html)

Find a town that has a mountain inside its walls.

[enq]

Ville Evilgasm (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0197.html)? OQ if correct.

[petersohn]

That's correct.

[enq]

Find me three strips in which a beverage is unintentionally spilled.

[Metastachydium]

Find me three strips in which a beverage is unintentionally spilled.

I'd argue that it's actually (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0505.html) five (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0730.html) beverages (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1095.html).

[petersohn]

One more for completeness' sake. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0810.html)

[littlebum2002]

I'd argue that it's actually (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0505.html) five (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0730.html) beverages (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1095.html).

You missed the same drink being spilled again (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0507.html) lol

[petersohn]

No question? Find the sound effect "unzot", then.

[Ruck]

No question? Find the sound effect "unzot", then.

I knew it had something to do with summoning proxies, but it took me a bit to find the right one:
https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1173.html

OQ for now, but I'll look for something.

[TuringTest]

OQ for now, but I'll look for something.

Do you mind if I take it? I have one prepared...

Find me a travel plan to a lovely place.

[Metastachydium]

Do you mind if I take it? I have one prepared...

Find me a travel plan to a lovely place.

It might not be lovely all year round, though. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0649.html)

[Ruck]

It might not be lovely all year round, though. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0649.html)
I don't see any mentions of travel plans or loveliness in here.


Do you mind if I take it? I have one prepared...

Find me a travel plan to a lovely place.

I believe the correct answer is Julio's thoughts about Arborea (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0943.html).

OQ again; I still don't have anything. (So, yes, if you have one in mind or prepared, by all means feel free to take it.)

[Metastachydium]

I don't see any mentions of travel plans or loveliness in here.
Panel no. 8:
V: I shall need to travel to the Plane of Elemental Earth (…)
Ganonron: It's lovely this time of year.

[Ruck]

Panel no. 8:
V: I shall need to travel to the Plane of Elemental Earth (…)
Ganonron: It's lovely this time of year.

Aha, nice. That's on me for not looking for dialogue that wasn't in the speech bubbles. Hey, I guess there are two such references in the comic, neat.

[Ron Miel]

I don't see any mentions of travel plans or loveliness in here.

V: I shall need to travel to the plane of elemental Earth
Soul splice: I hear it's lovely this time of year


I believe the correct answer is Julio's thoughts about Arborea.


Yours is good too.


Edit: Nnja'd

[TuringTest]

I don't see any mentions of travel plans or loveliness in here.



I believe the correct answer is Julio's thoughts about Arborea (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0943.html).

OQ again; I still don't have anything. (So, yes, if you have one in mind or prepared, by all means feel free to take it.)


Yup, I was thinking of V's travel to acquire material components, but Julio's letter fits perfectly so both are correct. I guess I remembered that sentence subconsciously because Rick has used it more than once.

Metastachydium found it first though, so it's your turn.

[Cicciograna]

Find me triangular earrings.

[Cicciograna]

Hint, somewhat earlier: even if we don't know if she's winning, she is getting something out of it.

[Cicciograna]

DING! Sweet! (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0581.html)

OQ

[ByzantiumBhuka]

Find three strips with business cards.

[PartyOfRogues]

Here’s (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0632.html) probably the easy one

[Cicciograna]

Here's (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0804.html) another one.

[Metastachydium]

And here (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0257.html)'s the last (first?) one! (Man, that must be one cramped business card, though!)

[Kornaki]

I could have sworn there was a strip where the lawyers have a business card, but was not able to find it.

[enq]

:durkon: Find me two examples of other party members sincerely fighting trees or at least plants that are taller than they [the party member in question] are.

[Cicciograna]

FIRE! LIGHTNING! SONIC! (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0345.html)

and

We are searchin', yeah, searchin' lows and highs! Lookin' for our future beneath orange skies! (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0692.html)

OQ

[Kornaki]

Find a bag of gold with a single ruby in it.

[watersnap]

Find a bag of gold with a single ruby in it.

Feminine Products- giantitp.com/comics/oots0029

Find me evidence that one of Tiamat's heads has the ability to breathe lightning.

[b_jonas]

watersnap: Lee from the IFCC is called to the phone by Tiamat in #667, with five kinds of breath coming out of the phone, (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0667.html) then Lee returns with his robe still burning in #668 (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0668.html). OQ.

[Cicciograna]

Find me an orange mouth gag.

Edited for clarification.

[Lord Torath]

Find me an orange gag.Ummm... is that a joke involving an orange and/or the color, or an orange rag shoved in/tied around someone's mouth?

[Cicciograna]

Ummm... is that a joke involving an orange and/or the color, or an orange rag shoved in/tied around someone's mouth?

The latter.

Which is interesting, because now I immediately thought about an instance of the former.

[Cicciograna]

Hint time: so, the gag is needed for mechanical reasons. But philosophically speaking it is...almost unnecessary :smallwink:

[watersnap]

Hint time: so, the gag is needed for mechanical reasons. But philosophically speaking it is...almost unnecessary :smallwink:

So, the gag in #822 fits your hint. But it is red, not orange, right?

[Cicciograna]

Yeah, that fits the hint but it's not orange. Which is...weird.

I double-checked the hex color code of the one I'm thinking of (e07445 (https://icolorpalette.com/color?q=e07445)), I would say that it is more orange than red (although one specific website defines the color as a shade of red-orange (https://encycolorpedia.com/e07445)).

[Cicciograna]

Huh. I'm surprised this went unanswered, you were zeroing on the solution.

ɹnoɟ ןǝuɐd 'oʍʇ ǝbɐd (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0808.html)

OQ

[Metastachydium]

Huh. I'm surprised this went unanswered, you were zeroing on the solution.

ɹnoɟ ןǝuɐd 'oʍʇ ǝbɐd (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0808.html)


(…
Checking that comic was one of the first things I did. I have no idea how or why I came to the conclusion that the panel I was remembering isn't actually there.
(Also, is that a voiced palatal plosive there? Neat!))

[watersnap]

Find me a goblin species that is not represented on Gobbotopia's flag
(and don't say Norkers or Nilbogs!)

[Cicciograna]

Find me a goblin species that is not represented on Gobbotopia's flag
(and don't say Norkers or Nilbogs!)

Apparently we ARE using psionics in this world. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0546.html)

OQ

[enq]

I don't know how I'd verify they're not on the flag, but the aquatic goblins in panel three here (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0823.html) always stood out to me.

[watersnap]

@cicciograna
That wasn't even the one I was thinking of! Nice job.
@enq
That was the one I was thinking of, though you got beat to the punch.

[Rogan]

Taking the OQ.

Find my V talking like a sith.

[Mike Havran]

Taking the OQ.

Find my V talking like a sith.

Give in to your anger, young Greenhilt (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0179.html)

For that matter, find two instances that somebody explicitly says V is, or was, right about something.

[enq]

Maybe this counts (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0667.html)? Though I'd say Durkon saying he was wrong is not the same as him explicitly saying V was right.

[Metastachydium]

This (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0385.html)should be one.

[Mike Havran]

Maybe this counts (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0667.html)? Though I'd say Durkon saying he was wrong is not the same as him explicitly saying V was right.Indeed. This does not count


This (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0385.html)should be one.This one does, even though I did not have it in mind. I guess V is right even more often than I thought :smallsmile:

[petersohn]

Find a burning feather.

[Metastachydium]

Find a burning feather.

Super-advanced flying stealth dinosaurs ROCK! (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0797.html) (I like birds.)

That said, we still owe Mike an instance of V being validated.

[enq]

We're in overtime, but panel five (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0642.html). OQ.

[Rogan]

OQ.

You already found V talking like a Sith. Now find me V talking like a modern Scientist.

[Rogan]

She responds to a term by adopting the scientific meaning and using other modern terms.

It is a misunderstanding.

Non related question:
Is this a valid/ legal use of a double post?
I used to edit my hints to the post with the question, but that way they are more easily overlooked.

[Peelee]

Non related question:
Is this a valid/ legal use of a double post?
I used to edit my hints to the post with the question, but that way they are more easily overlooked.

The Mod on the Silver Mountain: not really, no.

[Rogan]

The Mod on the Silver Mountain: not really, no.

In this case, I'm sorry. In the future, I will edit the post again. Thanks for the answer.

[Ron Miel]

Seriously, what does it matter if someone posts twice in a row? How does it disrupt the thread? Who is damaged? What is the point of the rule in the first place?

[Peelee]

Seriously, what does it matter if someone posts twice in a row? How does it disrupt the thread? Who is damaged? What is the point of the rule in the first place?

Fortunately there is a dedicated section of the Forum (https://forums.giantitp.com/forumdisplay.php?25-Board-Site-Issues) just for questions like this!

[truemane]

Seriously, what does it matter if someone posts twice in a row? How does it disrupt the thread? Who is damaged? What is the point of the rule in the first place?
Metamagic Mod: Peelee is correct that the best place to ask these kinds of questions is in Board/Site Issues. However, because we get questions like this frequently, and because I wish more people knew the answer, in brief: one person posing twice in a row in one thread harms no one. A thousand posters posting a thousand times in a row in a thousand threads destroys the forum. Therefore a line must be drawn. Since a line must be drawn, the best place to draw it is at 0. Anywhere else just shifts the problem sideways for no benefit (https://xkcd.com/1113/). In the grander scheme of things, the rules need to succinctly manage a large number of users across a large number of individual use cases, of which it takes only a vanishingly small percentage of bad actors to cause widespread problems. Not everyone agrees with every rule but they are neither arbitrary nor capricious. They were each given serious thought by conscientious people and they all exist for good reasons.

NOTE: I know I started it, but please do not continue to discuss the rules in this thread. If anyone has questions or concerns about any rule, like Peelee says, the place to ask is in Board/Site Issues or by PM'ing a Moderator. We're happy to answer questions about them.

[Cicciograna]

You already found V talking like a Sith. Now find me V talking like a modern Scientist.

A × B = C (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0838.html)

OQ

[enq]

Hmm, I don't feel that suits it, other than being a reference to a relatively modern branch of science. This strip (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0335.html) feels closer to using scientific language, but I bet there is an even better example.

(If I'm correct the OQ still stands)

[Rogan]

A × B = C (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0838.html)

OQ

This was the intended answer.


Hmm, I don't feel that suits it, other than being a reference to a relatively modern branch of science. This strip (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0335.html) feels closer to using scientific language, but I bet there is an even better example.

(If I'm correct the OQ still stands)

This is another good fit, at least for the question. The hints are fitting better to the first answer.

OQ still stands.

[homersolo]

This was the intended answer.



This is another good fit, at least for the question. The hints are fitting better to the first answer.

OQ still stands.

Find me a panel with a reference to a villain in the Darkwing Duck series, a pop-star with a song that was really popular about 22 years ago, and possibly a member of the Brady Bunch?

[Rogan]

Find me a panel with a reference to a villain in the Darkwing Duck series, a pop-star with a song that was really popular about 22 years ago, and possibly a member of the Brady Bunch?

All those things in a single panel? Or one panel for each of those things?

[enq]

Find me a panel with a reference to a villain in the Darkwing Duck series, a pop-star with a song that was really popular about 22 years ago, and possibly a member of the Brady Bunch?
Ok, I had to google some Darkwing Duck villains, then it became easy. It has to be the name suggestion panel here (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1030.html).

Nega-dwarf -> Negaduck
Greg -> Brady Bunch
and the song is...
Whiskers in the Dark -> Whispers in the Dark (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whispers_in_the_Dark_(Skillet_song))? I don't think it was popular enough, and the timeframe is wrong.

Anyway, OQ if correct, whether or not I figured out what the song was.

Edit: Oh yeah, we were supposed to find the artist, not the song. Still drawing blanks here.

P.S. Love how V joins the Clown Choir every time something needs a stupid name.

[Ron Miel]

Edit: Oh yeah, we were supposed to find the artist, not the song. Still drawing blanks here.


The Artist Formerly Known As Prince (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4K9kPX2fjU), with the song 1999 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rblt2EtFfC4)

enq found the panel, it's his question.

[enq]

Find me Mr. Scruffy asking a question.

("Meow?" or similar)

[b_jonas]

enq: he asks a question immediately the first time that we see him in the comic, in #266 11th panel. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0266.html) Also in #272 10th (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0272.html) and #283 9th panel (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0283.html). He asks questions quite often, but I didn't bother to look further than that. OQ.

[watersnap]

Find me a soap box

[b_jonas]

Watersnap: #389 last panel, next to the skis (https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?278096&p=15172105#post15172105). OQ.

[watersnap]

Find me a doorknob that is on the left side of the door in one panel, and then moves to the right side in the next panel.

Hint: Now that you have a hint, you have no reason to stall.

[PartyOfRogues]

Here (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0087.html) you go, switches between panel 4 and 5
OQ

[TuringTest]

Here (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0087.html) you go, switches between panel 4 and 5
OQ

I'l take it...

Find me at least three (potential or actual) job interviews. That shouldn't be too dificult! :smallbiggrin:

Edit about the answers: #100 is not really an interview, more a college application, but it fits the theme. All the others are OK.

I was thinking of #71, #446 (and its coda, #457 panel 6), and the offer to Belkar in #520 panel 7. But it's a common theme, I've heard they even have some in the prequels! ;-) I was sure someone would come up with some more.

[Rogan]

She needs actual work experience (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0071.html)
Evil Ivy League has strict requirements (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0100.html)
The Linear Guild, not so much (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0254.html)

OQ, if they are all valid.

[watersnap]

I'l take it...

Find me at least three (potential or actual) job interviews. That shouldn't be too dificult! :smallbiggrin:

#71
#446
#253

Ninja'd

[Rogan]

#71
#446
#253

Ninja'd

Ah, yes. 446. It's a great example.
You can still ask a question if you like.

[enq]

Not sure if this (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0520.html) counts as a potential job interview, but this (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0446.html) and this (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0071.html) should qualify for actual.

I really need to learn to refresh the damn thread before posting :D

[watersnap]

Ah, yes. 446. It's a great example.
You can still ask a question if you like.

No thanks. OQ.

[enq]

Find me Redcloak not wearing his red cloak.

[Cicciograna]

He could have simply vanquished the current Supreme Leader. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0149.html)

OQ

[homersolo]

He could have simply vanquished the current Supreme Leader. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0149.html)

OQ

Find me someone attacking a monster in a way that would kill a zombie, but seemingly only annoys the monster in receipt of such attack (and we see further annoyance from a team member helping the failed attacker).

[enq]

I feel like it must be this (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0968.html), though I cannot infer from that strip that the cleric would be powerful enough to destroy a zombie with turn undead.

Edit: Actually it's way off, the annoyed team member is supposed to be on the attacker's side, not the victim's.

[TuringTest]

Find me someone attacking a monster in a way that would kill a zombie, but seemingly only annoys the monster in receipt of such attack (and we see further annoyance from a team member helping the failed attacker).

Last panel, (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0200.html) though I don't think Roy is that bad :smallwink::smalltongue:

Just joking, just joking. I'm sure that's not the answer? :smallbiggrin:

P.S. (Even though we're all somewhere in the monster manual (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0640.html), I've heard humans don't have an entry there anymore (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0530.html)) :smallbiggrin::smallbiggrin::smallbiggrin:

[enq]

Alright, how about this one (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0398.html)? Though the would-definitely-kill-a-zombie evidence remains absent.

[Metastachydium]

There's also this (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0374.html). The Monster is a monster, he would prefer not to be tickled and the slashing damage would overcome the DR of a zombie. Sole problem is, Windstriker seems more alarmed than annoyed.

[homersolo]

There's also this (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0374.html). The Monster is a monster, he would prefer not to be tickled and the slashing damage would overcome the DR of a zombie. Sole problem is, Windstriker seems more alarmed than annoyed.

Apparently there are way more examples of this than I was thinking of. The one I was thinking of would have definitely killed a Zombie in Walking Dead.... With so many plausibly correct answers, I guess I will just say I was thinking of this one with the knife to the brain....
https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0960.html

Open Question.

[Bacon Elemental]

Find me a gift of an unusual flower.

[Metastachydium]

Find me a gift of an unusual flower.

Elan is a monster. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0692.html)

[Bacon Elemental]

Elan is a monster. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0692.html)

That would be the one!

[homersolo]

Elan is a monster. (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0692.html)

find me a cell phone ringing.

[enq]

Right here (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0903.html).

:thog: find thog speaking grammatically correct sentence. capitalization doesn't matter. minimum three words.

(Might be a bit of a vague thing to ask, but at least you can rule out anything where names are used instead of you/I/me. The answer I have in mind is in no way a flawed sentence except for the lack of capitalization.)

[PartyOfRogues]

Here’s (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0388.html) one

OQ

[Ruck]

Here’s (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0388.html) one

Took me a while-- "what's a 'fenix'?"?

[enq]

:thog: exactly what thog had in mind!

[Ruck]

Well, OQ, and I haven't done one in a while, so... I searched at random and I don't remember having done this question before:

Find me a suicide king (https://www.wopc.co.uk/cards/suicide-king).

[Metastachydium]

Well, OQ, and I haven't done one in a while, so... I searched at random and I don't remember having done this question before:

Find me a suicide king (https://www.wopc.co.uk/cards/suicide-king).

Here's four (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0606.html).

[Ruck]

Here's four (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0606.html).

Well, only one we can be completely sure about, but, yeah, that's it.

[Rogan]

Meta, do you want to ask a question?


I'm looking for two pages.
One Person gets something (one page) very similar to a thing someone else wants (the other page)

[Peelee]

Meta, do you want to ask a question?


I'm looking for two pages.
One Person gets something (one page) very similar to a thing someone else wants (the other page)


OOOOOOO, I love how you worded that, because here is an accurate answer that I can almost guarantee is not what you're looking for!

Elan gets love (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0393.html), which was all Tsukiko wanted (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0830.html). BOOYAKASHA.

Do chains even work on someone without arms? Find me evidence that they apparently do.

[Rogan]

OOOOOOO, I love how you worded that, because here is an accurate answer that I can almost guarantee is not what you're looking for!

Elan gets love (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0393.html), which was all Tsukiko wanted (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0830.html). BOOYAKASHA.

Do chains even work on someone without arms? Find me evidence that they apparently do.

Strictly speaking, your answer is not valid since I asked for something very similar, while your answer is the same thing, love. :smalltongue:

Does this monster have arms? (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0526.html)

[Metastachydium]

Strictly speaking, your answer is not valid since I asked for something very similar, while your answer is the same thing, love. :smalltongue:
[/URL]

(So how about this: Tsukiko wanted to become intimate with a creature that is not alive anymore (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0830.html); Eugene succeeded in that task with a very different kind of creature that is not quite alive anymore (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0039.html).)

[Rogan]

(So how about this: Tsukiko wanted to become intimate with a creature that is not alive anymore (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0830.html); Eugene succeeded in that task with a very different kind of creature that is not quite alive anymore (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0039.html).)

Okay, this is not what I meant, but this has to count.

Your Question, please.

[Peelee]

Okay, this is not what I meant, but this has to count.

Ain't Tsukiko grand? :smallbiggrin:

[Rogan]

Ain't Tsukiko grand? :smallbiggrin:

She was of average size, now she is approximately non existence. :smalltongue:

Now, remind me to clarify I am talking about a grand physical thing the next time I ask my question, please :smallwink: