OOTS #808 - The Discussion Thread

[Phishfood]

Hahaha, excellent as always.

Thog ain't dead. We can't see his eyes, therefore there are no Xs in them. Therefore he is fine.

[Pronounceable]

These internets haven't seen such epic smackdown since Redcloak got owned.

[Roland Itiative]

Then, to punctuate the victory and visual masterpiece, a call-back to an earlier part of the fight. Truly an awesome spectacal.

There was more than one call-back, actually.

No, it was about using Thog's rage to break the pillars.

But he was already raging, so Roy just needed to move around like he did... Well, I'm probably reading too much into it anyway, not every move needs to have a game rules-related utility, after all.

[Killer Angel]

Thanks Giant
I now know what to do with my arcane archer's cross class skill points in Knowledge Dungeoneering

Now, You only had to find a raging barbarian to punch and beat you.

[theinsulabot]

My literal new favorite comic.


WONDERFUL
AMAZING
HILARIOUS


I can't praise this one enough.

[Morty]

But what exactly did all the puppy trash-talk aim to accomplish? Thog was already laying the smackdown on Roy anyway, did all that trash talk somehow made Thog's rage run out faster? It certainly seems Roy was counting on that, considering he probably wouldn't be able to push Thog in position had he not been "confused".

I believe he wanted to make Thog mad so he'd hit harder and do more damage to the columns, which he needed to drop the ceiling on him.

[Asthix]

Really well done, The Giant does it again! Even the wordless look at Zz'Dtri being carried away in chains says so much.

[factotum]

Zz'dtri out of the way, Thog out of the way...Nale doesn't realise it yet, but the Linear Guild are in trouble now! Wonder if Roy will be able to escape from the big hole he finds himself in now?

[*.*.*.*]

Roy's plot armor shines through yet again, sooooo awesome

[potatocubed]

That was beautiful.

[Burner28]

Love the last part!

[coyote]

Well played! I loved how Roy initiated the plan by warning away peasants from the section he intended to collapse on Thog. Fast thinking under pressure and true leadership qualities.

Good one, Giant!

[Shale]

"Stop talking." YES.

[dextercorvia]

So awesome! I love the bit about cross class skill ranks...

[lothos]

Heh, cross-class architecture and engineering.

Brilliant!

+1

That really made me laugh. Perfect comeback to an enraged barbarian half-orc who dumps intelligence.

[Sandman]

Thog ain't dead. We can't see his eyes, therefore there are no Xs in them. Therefore he is fine.

Schrödinger's thog ?

[gibbo88]

Dude......Duuuuuuuude!

[Gandariel]

LOVED IT!!!!! great comic, made me laugh so much!! and, i really love how Roy DID manage to use his Int score for the battle. GREAT, great comic!

[Faramir]

Brilliant!

So Elan's dad has now gotten Roy to defeat Thog for him so his popularity will drop and he can be executed.

He got V to weaken Z enough that he can be carted off in chains.

And he's gotten Nale and Sabine about to engage with Durkon, Elan and Haley so Malack can step in and get his revenge once they're weakened.


Oh, and Roy was pretty smart too.

[Deuce]

Wonderful comic - Roy notches another Crowning Moment of Awesome.

I don't know if Thog is dead. He may indeed be finished, but his "death" reminds me of advice given in the Dragonlance modules from Pen and Paper D&D - something to the effect of "Some characters have a special role to play at some point in the adventure. If you can not avoid them being killed, be sure that they die in such a way that their body is lost, or never found/seen for sure by the party".

Of course, in a world with Raise Dead, this could make for a pretty temporary absence from life anyway, just ask Roy.

[Wanderer]

Excellent. I don't think I've enjoyed an unorthodox method of defeating an enemy this much since Durkon used Control Weather to smite some trees with thunder. Well done!

[pendell]

That ... was FANTASTIC!!

In addition, having just played 'Knights of the Old Republic', I now have a better feel for what 'class' and 'cross-class' mean in terms of building (for the non-player: Every level-up a player gets X skill points to spend on different abilities. It takes 1 point to raise a 'class' skill and 2 points to raise a cross-class skill. INT directly bears on how many skill points a player gets, with a minimum of 1 and a max of about .. 4 ? At INT level 18).

At any rate that's a tremendous lot of skill points spent on a fluff skill rather than core warrior specialty. But I guess that's because he's supposed to be a 'real person' rather than an ultra-optimized combat guy.

Why would Roy do that? Does he plan to become a civil engineer when he retires from adventuring?

Roy's plot armor shines through yet again, sooooo awesome

That's not fair. He's already been killed once and spent the entire last book DEAD. I'm willing to believe both he and Thog have hit points out the wazoo and , anyway, I'm in no mood for ANOTHER humongous detour to get him raised again.

Sorry for the extra long delay on this one, the extra pages took a long time.

Thank you. I accept your apology.


Respectfully,

Brian P.

[137beth]

I hate puppies!
Huh...Thog didn't come running after me...

[Mono Vertigo]

Intelligence, witch.
It works.
*thunderous applause*

[Julian84]

Worth the wait, awesome work, Giant!

[Golden Ladybug]

That was fun. I was a bit worried that we hadn't gotten a strip in about a week, but the wait was well worth it.

Hats off to you, Giant. Hats off to you...

[Shahadet]

Rich, as an engineer and someone who likes to play fighter types, THANK YOU! This strip is simply the AWESOME!

[HandofShadows]

Roy for the WIN!

[dish]

Of course Thog isn't dead. He's a named secondary antagonist. I'm sure he's got a few more fights in him yet. But, this particular one was rather epic. It is true.

[Ancalagon]

Nice.

Thog dead now.