OOTS #876 - The Discussion Thread

[The Giant]

New comic is up.

[Scowling Dragon]

Oh.....Crap. This is intense.

[Theo333]

No "holy"? Now would be a good time...five minutes ago.

[Raineh Daze]

Snake tail!

Also, lesson to be learnt: never turn something someone helped you with against them if they have any cynicism in them.

[Ifni]

I thought that was going to be a moral challenge to Durkon for a moment (I helped you when it was actively disadvantageous to me) and then... yeah. Spell backdoors. Heh. Sneaky Malack.

[hamishspence]

Looks like Durkon's getting vamped.

[SaintRidley]

Well, Durkon getting munched on was a leading thought.

Poor guy. He did so well, too.

[Valley]

Interesting debate about free will in there somewhere.

Note to self - make sure to keep moving next time I explain my plans to the Hero.

[Brennan1214]

Probably missing the point, but that's a yes on the snake-thing thing.

EDIT: WOW. 1 post, 7 ninjas.

[Timeless Error]

Oh boy. This is not good news for Durkon, no it is not.

[MeanMrsMustard]

So we're agreed then? No legs?

[Paseo H]

...

So...Malack intended to vamp Durkon from the very beginning?

It's official.

I am impressed.

[ThePhantasm]

Oh no. This cliffhanger is killing me with the suspense even more than Belkar's vamp-out cliffhanger. Yikes!

[Zea mays]

Oh No Durkon! Durkon!

You're just teasing us again Giant, right?

Right?

[GnomeGninjas]

First Malack's alignment, and now his legs. With a few more comics any question we ever had about Malack will be answered.

[Raineh Daze]

No legs. Yuan-ti?

This also severely curtails any possible aid, because Durkon won't heal from the damage as easily as Malack.

[Angelus-alvus]

So we're agreed then? No legs?

Yeah this page is the confirmation Malack is some kind of Naga.

[Samalpetey]

All I could think seeing that last panel was "poo" (though not in those words )

[oppyu]

Oh... oh damn. Poor Durkon

[ThePhantom]

Well, this looks bad. And it can only get worse, as somewhere Team Evil is on their way.

[rgrekejin]

Well, Malack has no legs, and Durkon is in pretty serious trouble. I'd suspect this is the end for him, but, as we've been shown in the past few pages, speculating on events at this point is completely pointless. There's always one more twist coming. I eagerly await whatever happens (hopefully) tomorrow!

[Caivs]

Woah...And I thought people were wrong when they said Malack wouldn't teach even a new friend a spell that could be used against him, but it seems he's a LOT more similar to Tarquin that we thought.

Also, I am quite thrilled by the fact ever since a few strips, the question we ask ourselves at the end of a strip is not ''Will something turn the tables'' but more ''Will something NOT turn the tables''. Does this one finally seal the outcome?

[Feddlefew]

Ooooh so he had coiled his entire tail under that robe. That.... Actually explains a lot. Like why his tail kept inexplicably changing lengths from comic to comic.

[Amidus Drexel]

Ooh, not looking good for Durkon.

No legs. Yuan-ti?

Possible. It seems to fit him best, anyways. An abomination, maybe.

[Chantelune]

Woah, Durkon is being hacked something bad.

[MeanMrsMustard]

I'm wondering if there's any signifigance in the bite Malack's using. With Belkar, he chomped down on the head, but here, it looks like he's going for the "standard" neck bite.

[Arkanist]

I'm surprised he could pronounce the counterspell. Maybe he uses his forked tongue?

Also, I love how the Giant manages to answer questions in the most intense possible manner. Awesome.

[hamishspence]

Yeah this page is the confirmation Malack is some kind of Naga.

More likely a legless Yuan-ti half-blood or abomination- Naga's generally don't have arms, either.

[Samalpetey]

Only Belkar can save Durkon now! ... He's screwed.

[Raineh Daze]

Yuan-ti would fit... but it runs afoul of the OGL/product ID thing, so the above stated naga is much more likely, since they're mythological entities.

Either way, he gets a bonus to grapples, I think.