OOTS #845 - The Discussion Thread

[The Giant]

New comic is up.

[Quild]

Nice, just when I was checking!

Ok, I'm always checking :(

[Sunken Valley]

bang bang boom.

Edit: doesn't speak with dead have a 10 min casting time. Plus, Roy has at least 4 more questions left.

[sam79]

So, simple buttock-related comedy, or a real clue that the rift is located in the statue's backside?

[RMS Oceanic]

Hmm, I've never heard it called "rift" before.

[Sriad]

Suddenly familicide seems... a lot less evil.

[Haruspex_Pariah]

Well, were they expecting any different?

Based on my reading of Speak with Dead, the Draketooths must have been drilled from birth to respond in such a way. Or maybe this individual didn't know?

[Killer Angel]

eheheh... the last laugh, indeed.
OK, it's a little rude, but what kind of comedy you'd expect from a corpse?

[fergo]

Corpse: 1, OotS: 0.

[Armitage]

Soooo... the statue has buttcheeks, right?

[Orzel]

I called Speak with Dead last comic thread.

Matbe Durkon isn't a moron

[Thornus67]

OK, it's a little rude, but what kind of comedy you'd expect from a corpse?

All I know is the delivery has to be deadpan.

[RMS Oceanic]

Much like the Oracle, you'd probably have to word your question exactly right to get what you want, like "What directions would I take from this room to reach the interdimensional rift located in the Desert on the western continent which Girard Draketooth defended with his family?"

I'm sure someone could even twist this.

[Kgw]

It seems that Girard's family shared his disdain for LG characters (who might be paladins ).

Wow, first page. :p

[Tundar]

Fart/ass jokes never gets old :D

But kinda daft questions for one with Roy's INT score.

[Kish]

Suddenly familicide seems... a lot less evil.

Whatever your opinion of Girard's family...

Don't forget all the innocent dragons.

[lothos]

All I know is the delivery has to be deadpan.

Meh, I find that sort of humour a little stiff.

Great strip, as usual :-)

[Mynoduesp]

I can just imagine the first few pages of the next comic, where they proceed to check Girrad's buttcheeks.

[Pheldagriff]

when I read the title of this strip, before actually clicking on the link, my first thought was: "omg, this is the strip where belkar will draw his last breath"

phew, I've never been so glad to be wrong before.

[Giggling Ghast]

Jerk. If he wasn't dead, I'd kill him again.

[mirtexxan]

Lol! Great line from Elan!
Anyway I guess the corpse is not lying...
Girard's staue here we come!

[Dandria]

Oh boy, do I hope this is about the statue and not. . . well, I can't actually think about anything else, but I'm sure it would be something terrible.

EDIT:

"What directions would I take from this room to reach the interdimensional rift located in the Desert on the western continent which Girard Draketooth defended with his family?"

I'm sure someone could even twist this.

Sure thing. For example: "the right ones".

[River]

Much like the Oracle, you'd probably have to word your question exactly right to get what you want, like "What directions would I take from this room to reach the interdimensional rift located in the Desert on the western continent which Girard Draketooth defended with his family?"

I'm sure someone could even twist this.

Why, of course. You would take the right directions. Or wrong directions, depending on the interpretation of the question's wording. Or even random directions as they would not tell you the right ones (or any, for this matter).
They could spend all day speaking with dead like that.

But kinda daft questions for one with Roy's INT score.

Well, probably he just doesn't want to ask too specific questions after the second last visit to the Oracle.

[OPM]

So, simple buttock-related comedy, or a real clue that the rift is located in the statue's backside?

I must have failed a spot check because I just got ninja'd.

Yeah, I too suspect that it might be in the sort of place chaotic types would be "reasonably sure they wouldn't search" (c.f. Belkar & Azure City's solitary confinement + ring of jumping +20).

[Megaduck]

So, simple buttock-related comedy, or a real clue that the rift is located in the statue's backside?

That would be my first guess actually. If the rift is small then it would make sense to hid it where no one would think to look for it. The Azure City rift was hidden over the rulers throne. Girard seems to have more of a sense of humor so he might have hidden it between the statues butt cheeks assuming it would be the last place anyone would look. After all, when searching, how many people are going to look up the statues ass?

[Stormlock]

You'd think the spell would allow, you know, actual speaking with the dead to communicate some rather important information, instead of just questions. Things like; 'your entire clan is dead, you should let us resurrect you to help defend the gate', or 'We can just rez all of you guys if you tell us where you're keeping the insane loot hoard we know you've been accumulating', or 'Is there anything Girard wants us to know now that you're all dead and we're the only ones left to do his job?'

[Chess Tyrant]

We can't be sure if there's any plot-relevant information regarding the gates themselves here, but there is one very important clue: the corpse says Girard's rift lay between his buttcheeks. Past tense. Since the corpse's knowledge is limited to what it knew in life, we can assume this mean Girard died some while ago.

[RMS Oceanic]

You'd think the spell would allow, you know, actual speaking with the dead to communicate some rather important information, instead of just questions. Things like; 'your entire clan is dead, you should let us resurrect you to help defend the gate', or 'We can just rez all of you guys if you tell us where you're keeping the insane loot hoard we know you've been accumulating', or 'Is there anything Girard wants us to know now that you're all dead and we're the only ones left to do his job?'

You don't speak with the soul, you just speak with the body's imprint of the person's mind. If you cast Speak with Dead the day after Roy died, the Roy climbing up the Celestial Mountain would be completely unaware of what his body said and would have no memory of it when revived.

[Surfing HalfOrc]

I'll bet there is a much larger statue of Girard somewhere else... With a gem holding the Gate snugly placed... In between the butt cheeks.

[sam79]

After all, when searching, how many people are going to look up the statues ass?

Wait, that's NOT the first part of a statue that you look at? ('Kay, perhaps second part, if it's a statue of a female) No? Just me then...