OOTS #636 - The Discussion Thread

[The Giant]

New comic is up.

[Bedinsis]

This is looking good for Vaarsuvius. Good comic.

[Rion]

Nice look on the dragons face. It looks really surprised.

[Zerg Cookie]

The ABD's screwed

[Rockphed]

I wonder how this will turn out bad for V. Will his family disown her, or will he simply be unable to stop herself?

Also, OotS rocks.

[Ridureyu]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I want I want iwantiwantIWANT V's family to be horrified at his/her appearance, and V to kill them before regaining sanity! PLEEEEAAAAAAAASE!


Really. It would pretty much wreck the character as much as needed.

[Yehomer]

Oh, man, now we're gonna have to wait to see if ABD made that save :X I hope not, so all hell would break loose!

On the other hand, looks like one the epic mages took a feat for a 10th level spell slot :D Quickened disintegrate...

[Lazaro]

It'd be ironic if V kills her using disentegrate

[timothyx]

V is for Vendetta.. rofl

[Blanth]

Nice use of HTML-esque comments. :)

Also, Quickened Disintigrate; for when it absolutely, positively must be blowing in the wind.

[Draz74]

Hmmm, not what I expected at all.

No Epic Spellcasting to pierce right through the AMF.

Still using Disintegrate instead of nasty necromancy like Heightened Finger of Death or something.

And no real humor mixed into the action. Usually OotS has a punch line even during the dramatic climax episodes.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and shouldn't V's first Quickened spell have been Dimensional Anchor? Because the Dragon might just Greater Teleport away before it's in real trouble. Then again, I guess with the soul splice V could just Scry-and-Die it anyway.

[tcrudisi]

The quickened disintegrate was an interesting choice considering all the powerful spells available. I'll chalk that one to V's own personal style.

The look on the dragon's face was priceless. I loved it. Great job, Rich!

[Eloel]

Epic V = Epic win.
AWESOME

[BlueWizard]

I love disjunction! My favorite spell against cocky high level PCs.

[charl]

That was awesome.

[X2]

Oohhhhh!!!!

More Please!

[Zanaril]

V's smile in the last panel is somehow very worrying.

[Highwarlord]

So . . .

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Like traditional "superman" types, he now has the power to go epic-divination find Xykon, then greater teleport in and end the A plot.

Just sayin' is all.

[Waspinator]

Well, that dragon is toast. I get the feeling we'll spend a lot of time dealing with the aftereffects of these events on the family, though.

[Porthos]

OK, the Ancient Black Dragon needs to die. It doesn't need to be "Horribly and Painfully"...

But it should would help matters.

[Raging Gene Ray]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I want I want iwantiwantIWANT V's family to be horrified at his/her appearance, and V to kill them before regaining sanity! PLEEEEAAAAAAAASE!

I'm hoping for something similar. Something along the lines of V gloating about killing the dragon's son and hir mate/kids saying they think V provoked the attack...then V getting mad at them, horrifying them so more, disowning hir family for being so ungrateful, spitting on hir mate for being an ignorant baker instead of pursuing the respectable art of magic...and then some sort of beating.

I don't want V to kill hir family. I'd like hir to do something so horrible that even after regaining sanity, shi still must live knowing they are alive and well and wanting nothing to do with hir.

EDIT: Just noticed after reading a second time...V's mate is nailed to the tree. How'd the dragon do that...magic or just picking the little Baker-Elf up with one hand and slamming a few sharp spikes in there with the other...either way...nice touch.

[Frosty]

V's CL must be thru the roof as now, as is his CR. He is also epic inside because he has access to 10th level spell slots.

[Trazoi]

Still using Disintegrate instead of nasty necromancy like Heightened Finger of Death or something.

Probably part V's style, part poetic justice. Gotta finish the dragon off with the same spell that killed her son.

I've got to see what happens in the rest of this arc before passing any more judgement on how awesome or not the story is . I do like the colour composition on this particular strip however. The background of the forest looks really nice (well, gloomy, but nicely gloomy). I'm not sure what those puddles of green are though - can black dragons breathe acid? (I'm not super knowledgable about the minute of D&D )

[BigFatLion]

The dragoness wasn't expecting that. This is going to hurt for everyone involved.

[spite48]

I like V's soulspliced look. I like the use of the panel insets. I like the content of these latest developments. I don't know where it is going, but I trust Rich to take it somewhere interesting.

Thanks.

[Zebasiz]

Hmmm... I sense dark times ahead...

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Both her kids legs are broken, and her husband is nailed to a tree. Since she has no access to divine magics, perhaps she will be convinced to "heal" them using the necromantic powers she now posesses.

[TBone]

pure awesome.

[Broler]

the look on the dragons face: priceless

[charl]

Probably part V's style, part poetic justice. Gotta finish the dragon off with the same spell that killed her son.

I've got to see what happens in the rest of this arc before passing any more judgement on how awesome or not the story is . I do like the colour composition on this particular strip however. The background of the forest looks really nice (well, gloomy, but nicely gloomy). I'm not sure what those puddles of green are though - can black dragons breathe acid? (I'm not super knowledgable about the minute of D&D )

Black dragons do breathe acid.

[RMS Oceanic]

This would be a Big Damn Heroes moment, if it wasn't for the fact V made a deal with the Devil/Demon/Daemon to get to this point. Still, an awesome comic.

Now for the comedown where we see how repulsed V's family is by h** new look.