Mortal Durkon was a Big Liar!

[Ron Miel]

I'd say Gannji's foot here is the biggest error in the comic.

What about Haley's three arms?


Or the fact that the spell accepts the keyword "gate" but nobody actually said the word.

[Akari Itagami]

Bah just move on! I'll take vampires in oots verse just got all their spell slots refreshed and that's just not important to me in anyway!

[Narren]

What about Haley's three arms?


Or the fact that the spell accepts the keyword "gate" but nobody actually said the word.

I thought that meant that ANY of those keywords would be accepted.

So instead of preparing spells, you can convert and get them instantaneously? We've been doing it wrong all those years. More joy in heaven for one convert than for a thousand righteous ones I guess.

Don't let the CharOp board get a hold of this info!

[Nimrod's Son]

I thought that meant that ANY of those keywords would be accepted.

Rich said at the time that the original script had one of the characters saying "Gate" as well, but the dialogue was rewritten and he forgot to make sure the word was reused elsewhere.

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[Cavenskull]

What about Haley's three arms?

That's not an error. Haley disarmed someone and held onto it to make sure they couldn't retrieve it and use it against the party.

[Ghosty]

I'm glad the Giant came in and clarified matters. If Malack's 'easy-bake vampire' spell also gave full spell slots, I'd consider that an extremely powerful spell, and one with a higher level than we've seen him cast before. It would seem to duplicate the cRPG popular use of Wish to make it as if you'd Rested and regained all of your spells. OTOH, if his staff could cast such a powerful spell, it would fit in with my views on the power of that staff,

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and the prospects of it being used in a Retributive Strike to blow up either this Gate or Kraagor's, probably by Belkar.

I handwaved the Detect Magic as that he was casting it from one of Malack's scrolls. It's what, a first level spell? Shouldn't the high priest, and one of the hexumvirate of the ruling power for the continent, have a practically rolling library of low-level spells like that? Similarly, I imagine Malack's been spamming Find Traps from scrolls the entire time he's been in the pyramid. I mean, would you trust Nale to find a trap before it blasted you?

[Kish]

Mortal Durkon was medium-sized like Vampire Durkon.

[King of Nowhere]

It's the sort of minor continuity errors that can be expected from those who don't have alhpa readers to review their writings.
But still it can be justified by saying that durkon got new spell slots for enhanced wisdom or something. Just because it''s an error it don't mean it cannot make sense if we want it to.

[Reddish Mage]

It's the sort of minor continuity errors that can be expected from those who don't have alhpa readers to review their writings.
But still it can be justified by saying that durkon got new spell slots for enhanced wisdom or something. Just because it''s an error it don't mean it cannot make sense if we want it to.

I think even when you get a new spell slot, you still need to wait to meditate and receive spells to use it.

[theinsulabot]

oh, hey, interesting note, rich was taking into account durkula's (lack of) higher level spell slots when having him cast that. as a result, we can surmise with a fair degree of certainty that both durkon and malack have not regained their spell slots. both of them have already cast a considerable amount today, if it comes to a fight their tank's will be pretty close to empty.

[King of Nowhere]

I think even when you get a new spell slot, you still need to wait to meditate and receive spells to use it.

Well, yes, but malack cast an homebrewed spell to make him fast vampirize, so it may as well have replenished some spell slot if we are looking for exceuses.

[Thomar_of_Uointer]

It's option 1. I forgot about that strip when I assigned which character would cast which divination spell. I tried to give Durkon the lowest-level spell specifically because he said in #875 that he had no spells above 4th level except for Thor's Might and Planar Ally. So he couldn't have had True Seeing, and Locate Object is not a cleric spell.

In other words, I remembered the more plot-critical spell issue from three months ago rather than the throwaway line from a year ago.

An easy fix could be to put a scroll in Durkon's hand in the fifth panel of 894. We could assume he got it from Malack or Zdrizzit.

[F.Harr]

I appreciate your directness, but I'm still going to claim he got an extra spell when he became a vampire and insist that you've never made a mistake ever.

(This humorously-intended post is meant to signify that I enjoy the comic.)

So say we all.

What about Haley's three arms?

Urlp!

Or the fact that the spell accepts the keyword "gate" but nobody actually said the word.

Well, it wouldn't need ALL the code-words, just a statistically-significant number of them. So, instead of an error, it's easily a more sophsticated spell. Obviously, one of his snot-nosed kids cast it.

That's not an error. Haley disarmed someone and held onto it to make sure they couldn't retrieve it and use it against the party.

Wow, that's hard core.

By the way, I also like the idea that it was prepared in anticipation of Elan's plan. But maybe not. The plot-critical is more important than the plot-throw-away.

[Akari Itagami]

Anyway I'm compelled to say this:

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Seeing all three of them cast spell synchronously is way cuter than being accurate & dull

[F.Harr]

That's true.

[rewinn]

Bah just move on! I'll take vampires in oots verse ...

There once was a cleric named Durkon
Who was vamped when he died, and did lurk wan.
But when he got free
He smacked evil with glee
For his duty he never would shirk on.

[Sunken Valley]

Locate Object is not a cleric spell.

Incorrect. Now Z can cast detect secret doors

[Roland St. Jude]

Sheriff: Thread necromancy is disfavored here.