OOTS #864 - The Discussion Thread

[Sparrow]

I was hoping he would sing about where V was as well.

"And V is stuck in a pit trap" sings Elan

Others: "Yeah...Wait, what?!?"

Also, thank you Giant for this update.

[Connington]

I almost wish he hadn't; the fact it advances the story arguably makes it worse in that this is how it advances it.

You do remember when Haley bypassed a tedious sidequest by climbing out of the comic and stealing a diamond from the cast page, right? Or when Haley cottoned on to Blind Pete's betrayal due to a dramatically appropriate cutaway panel? Or When Kazumi and Daigo survived by saying their names?

Anyways, you've got to love Rich for killing his thumb to bring us a joke panel with new artwork to make light of how much his thumb hurts.

[Lentrax]

Guys, I'm disappointed in you. It's been 3 pages and no-one's attempted to stat out the glass monsters yet. I'm guessing slashing damage will be a major feature of them.

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Glass shard
Construct

2hp, CR: 1/8, special.

Str 8
Dex 0
Con 0
Int 6
Wis 5
Cha 18

Attacks: +5, 1d4-1 piercing; +5, 1d2 slashing

Special: when attacking members of the digit family, all attacks gain +1d8 damage, an gain a 75% chance of incapacitating victim for 1d8 months.

How's that succubus? Just wrote that in like 3 minutes, not a good monster, but its a start.

[Mutant Sheep]

Now we know what Rich was doing these past few months. Writing a nice little diddy. I like it.

[TheSummoner]

Glad to see that bold Sir Thumb is riding again. Even if he's not up to full, it's good to know his adventure isn't over.

[PaulTheSamurai]

Welcome Back Rich!

[Doug Lampert]

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Glass shard
Construct

2hp, CR: 1/8, special.

Str 8
Dex 0
Con 0
Int 6
Wis 5
Cha 18

Attacks: +5, 1d4-1 piercing; +5, 1d2 slashing

Special: when attacking members of the digit family, all attacks gain +1d8 damage, an gain a 75% chance of incapacitating victim for 1d8 months.

How's that succubus? Just wrote that in like 3 minutes, not a good monster, but its a start.

Con should be - not 0, there's a difference between not having a stat (such as constructs and con) and having a stat of 0.

Similarly 0 dex would indicate that the things are incapable of moving or making physical attacks, so you need to give then a dex score.

[rewinn]

Is this the 1st cameo by The Giant? (... or at least The Giant's Thumb....)

And trivia: Sir Thumb's arms are "Or, a Chevron Gules" (I don't know whether the border is an additional element of the blazon or just a feature of the shield) Perhaps this postforeshadowed the interruption in the flow of gold that was occasioned by a bloody pointy intrusion. Or perhaps not.

[Leirus]

Best new year present ever.

[Gift Jeraff]

Oh neat. There are free comics on the sidebar? That's pretty cool.

[Manga Shoggoth]

That was hilarious.

Now that Belkar has requested being struck blind and deaf in the strip, are we going to see an assult on his other senses as well?

(More seriously - excelent strip, but don't push Sir Digit too far...)

[SteveDJ]

Am I the only one who read the song on The Hobbit's Lonely Mountain tune? I guess I've been listening to it for too long :/

I heard it to "Brave Sir Robin" from Monty Python

Seconded! Monty Python all the way -- in fact, I was getting a little upset that I couldn't keep the meter/rhythm matching all the way through.

And I, too, had to read it twice before I made the "thumb" connection... at first I thought it was just Elan being Elan, going off on a tangent that he was more interested in...

It is just sad that with all the backlog of work that The Giant has to do, here we are asking for the Digit Knight backstory. Yet, I too would love to see it in the same book's bonus material...

[EatAtEmrakuls]

Best update icon ever.

[Trixie]

Guys, I'm disappointed in you. It's been 3 pages and no-one's attempted to stat out the glass monsters yet. I'm guessing slashing damage will be a major feature of them.

Slashing/piercing

Some random mook who can fight Roy to a scoreless draw and still escape? Right...

You were saying?

Not draw, all 3 fights were lost to nameless mooks.

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Glass shard
Construct

2hp, CR: 1/8, special.

Str 8
Dex 0
Con 0
Int 6
Wis 5
Cha 18

Attacks: +5, 1d4-1 piercing; +5, 1d2 slashing

Special: when attacking members of the digit family, all attacks gain +1d8 damage, an gain a 75% chance of incapacitating victim for 1d8 months.

How's that succubus? Just wrote that in like 3 minutes, not a good monster, but its a start.

Nah, I'd use glass golem stats instead, just divide damage between slashing/piercing.

Is this the 1st cameo by The Giant?

Nope, he appeared twice before in comic.

Edit: here and here, for example.

[Karoug]

Thank you Giant for the wonderful New Year's present strip! Glad to learn you are getting better!

[Sparrow]

You were saying?

Not draw, all 3 fights were lost to nameless mooks.

I may be incorrect because its been a while since I read the first one, but it appears that Roy won it.

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Considering the guy was thrown over a cliff while trying to stay at AoO range with his spiked chain

[Eiremauve]

Am I the only one who read the song on The Hobbit's Lonely Mountain tune? I guess I've been listening to it for too long

I heard it to "Brave Sir Robin" from Monty Python

Oh, those are awesome songs! I read it to the tune of a weird version of Yankee Doodle.

[Trixie]

I may be incorrect because its been a while since I read the first one, but it appears that Roy won it.

Without conveniently placed Cliff of Doom he would have been killed, and that was as nameless mook as possible. So, unless Roy for some reason thinks only Tarquin can beat him now, that was odd logical jump to make.

[Somebloke]

New Comic!

Yaaaaaaay!

Hugs For All!

[Giggling Ghast]

Huzzah! All welcome the return of the brave Digit Knight!

Seriously, that second-last panel gave me the giggles.

[Morquard]

I'm so glad to see that Elan actually caught on to Tarquin, almost as a sidenote as if it was completely obvious (I mean for him as a Bard it probably is. Evil guy, who goes the extra mile to hide his identity can only mean it's someone close to him)

Also: Welcome back Giant! And don't worry, we waited for three months now, we will wait even longer for your hand to heal.

[joosy]

I always sing songs and poems that I do not know the tune for, to the Gilligan's Island theme.

That works for anything in ballad meter which means I can never read Emily Dickenson without giggling to myself. :)

http://xkcd.com/788/

[Sparrow]

Without conveniently placed Cliff of Doom he would have been killed, and that was as nameless mook as possible. So, unless Roy for some reason thinks only Tarquin can beat him now, that was odd logical jump to make.

Point Taken.

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Besides, if I remember correctly, it wasn't too long ago Roy got his butt kicked by Thog in the arena. The only reason he survived was because of his cross class ranks in knowledge: architecture and engineering.

[Ted The Bug]

I was scrolling aimlessly through twitter when I saw the Giant's tweet. My first thought was "Oh, a new KS update, I'll read it in a bit."
Then I realized it said "OOTS".
Day. MADE.

Congratz on the return, Rich!! Welcome back.

And I too would love the Adventures of the bold Sir Thumb.

[Kish]

I may be incorrect because its been a while since I read the first one, but it appears that Roy won it.

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Considering the guy was thrown over a cliff while trying to stay at AoO range with his spiked chain

And since when was Miko a nameless mook?

It's also a stretch to call "mind flayer knocks down Roy, the rest of the group doesn't get involved (other than Vaarsuvius complaining about not being chosen) before the lawyers show up" a fight.

[Sparrow]

And since when was Miko a nameless mook?

It's also a stretch to call "mind flayer knocks down Roy, the rest of the group doesn't get involved (other than Vaarsuvius complaining about not being chosen) before the lawyers show up" a fight.

Don't look at me, I'm not the one who called Miko a nameless mook.

[Caivs]

I heard it to "Brave Sir Robin" from Monty Python

Thank you for making me discover this song :D

[Doug Lampert]

And since when was Miko a nameless mook?

It's also a stretch to call "mind flayer knocks down Roy, the rest of the group doesn't get involved (other than Vaarsuvius complaining about not being chosen) before the lawyers show up" a fight.

Agreed, Miko isn't nameless, the half-ogre losses (and assuming he'd have won without a cliff is assuming something not in evidence, Roy might well have come up with something else), and the mindflayer fight is aborted without actually happening.

There's no evidence of Roy losing to nameless mooks.

Which doesn't neccessarily mean Roy can easily figure out T's presence, it isn't implausible that the Linear Guild could have found another fighter somewhere, they do keep finding kobolds after all.

But on yet another hand, it's also not implausible to figure out that other characters have teamed up.

[CloakedDancer]

HUZZAH!

[Draz74]

Overjoyed to see that Sir Thumb is in fact making progress, and will be able to start churning out new comics at a healthy, leisurely pace.

Bet It Would Get Funded on Kickstarter

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Wait...is it just me or did the comic title change? I thought it was just "bet it would", referring to the 500-stanza plan of Elans, and now I see it mentions Kickstarter funding and wondered if it was changed in response to The Succubus's post.

Nope, you just forgot to read the second line of it.