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2007-03-14, 10:42 PM (ISO 8601)Giant in the Playground Administrator
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OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
New comic is up.
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Now Available: 2023 OOTS Holiday Ornament plus a big pile of new t-shirt designs (that you can also get on mugs and stuff)!
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2007-03-14, 10:46 PM (ISO 8601)Bugbear in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
Hmm... let the speculation begin.
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2007-03-14, 10:46 PM (ISO 8601)Pixie in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
So that new necklace is an artifact that splits a person into a wimp, an overconfident maniac, and himself... I could use this information...
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2007-03-14, 10:46 PM (ISO 8601)Dwarf in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
Haha. I can see the forums explode already.
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2007-03-14, 10:47 PM (ISO 8601)Troll in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
Too bad the comic's last panel didn't end with a dramatic *DUN DUN DUN!* from Elan. :D
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2007-03-14, 10:47 PM (ISO 8601)Ettin in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
So I guess everyone was both right and wrong about it being a real and fake Xykon
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2007-03-14, 10:48 PM (ISO 8601)Dwarf in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
One cliffhanger would have been enough. Now we have to wait to see not only what the Order is going to do, but also what V's plan is. I'm pumped.
Thanks to Kalirush for the awesome Book avatar.
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2007-03-14, 10:48 PM (ISO 8601)Bugbear in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
Crossbow bolt through a wet character sheet.
One of the best lines yet
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2007-03-14, 10:48 PM (ISO 8601)Dwarf in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
Nice. I liked it. Im thinking the one in the back is the real one?
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2007-03-14, 10:48 PM (ISO 8601)Barbarian in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
I would hope that would put the bed that lame theory that Redcloak just took lead of Team Evil and Xykon was so stunned that he is now cowering in submission. But, alas, I know the posters here too well.
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2007-03-14, 10:49 PM (ISO 8601)Pixie in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
Just love it! Elan, I think maybe it's Quiet Time while the grown-ups think, Ok?
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2007-03-14, 10:49 PM (ISO 8601)Dwarf in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
Sweet. I wonder where the real Xylon is... also, I don't think the guy in the back is Xylon because he doesn't know who Roy is. Great comic, and I love the heroic defence of the Azure city soldiers.
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2007-03-14, 10:49 PM (ISO 8601)Dwarf in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
Speculation: It has nothing to do with the amulets themselves, they're just color coated so Redcloak and the real Xykon can remember who is the wimp, who is the psychopath, etc.
Speculation: Perhaps none of the three are the real Xykon? We shall know soon.Current Characters:
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2007-03-14, 10:50 PM (ISO 8601)Ogre in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
That's a pretty big leap of logic. It could just as easily be that Redcloak selected two lackeys, one that's a coward and one that's a maniac, and cast illusions on both of them, and the amulets are just so we can tell them apart (or give some other magic defense so they don't get killed in 2 rounds). Originally Posted by Dumavion
Congratulations, you can link to TV Tropes. This does not mean you have special insight into the storytelling process, much less the author's mind. Stories don't need to fit into neat boxes, you know.
Originally Posted by The Giant
Originally Posted by Grasilich
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2007-03-14, 10:50 PM (ISO 8601)Halfling in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
So... many... theories! My head hurts. Now I know how Elan feels.
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2007-03-14, 10:50 PM (ISO 8601)Banned
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
I think the two fakes are aspect of Xykon's personality. His cowardness and his bloodlust. The one in the bact is real
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2007-03-14, 10:50 PM (ISO 8601)Dwarf in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
Great comic, 1-0 for all those who found out it was a decoy!
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2007-03-14, 10:50 PM (ISO 8601)Pixie in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
If you look back a couple of comics, then Xykon is wearing the Orange amulet, so I want to bet on that one being the real one. Of course, this is just speculation, so. . .
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2007-03-14, 10:50 PM (ISO 8601)Ogre in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
Xykon never remembers who Roy is, he calls him "Bluepommel" and such. Originally Posted by asqwasqw
Congratulations, you can link to TV Tropes. This does not mean you have special insight into the storytelling process, much less the author's mind. Stories don't need to fit into neat boxes, you know.
Originally Posted by The Giant
Originally Posted by Grasilich
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2007-03-14, 10:51 PM (ISO 8601)Pixie in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
A V cliffhager. Whoo!
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2007-03-14, 10:51 PM (ISO 8601)Dwarf in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
Eidolon?
I hope not...that's just, er, evil...
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2007-03-14, 10:51 PM (ISO 8601)Pixie in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
You can use the amulets to figure out which one is the real Xykon. Just look back a few strips to see what he wears.
EDIT: Oops, by the time i wrote this, Xanadu had already said that.Last edited by Hasmik; 2007-03-14 at 10:52 PM.
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2007-03-14, 10:51 PM (ISO 8601)Halfling in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
Gasp! Could this be impending doom for
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2007-03-14, 10:51 PM (ISO 8601)Orc in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
Score one for the side that predicted the wimpy Xykon lookalike was a fake.
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2007-03-14, 10:51 PM (ISO 8601)Orc in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
Ooh. I'm liking all these war strips. How badass does Xykon look on a skeletal steed?
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2007-03-14, 10:52 PM (ISO 8601)Troll in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
The back Xykon seems the most like him, but I do see some sort of personality splitting effect on the amulets.
Unless non of them are real. DUN DUN DUN!Thanks Uncle Festy for the wonderful Ashling Avatar
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2007-03-14, 10:52 PM (ISO 8601)Pixie in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
So, uh, about those differently-coloured amulets...
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2007-03-14, 10:52 PM (ISO 8601)Dwarf in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
If tis' any of them it's the guy in green,,,,duh.
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2007-03-14, 10:53 PM (ISO 8601)Ogre in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Xanadu
... Originally Posted by Hasmik
You have completely missed the point of that strip, haven't you? The Xykon in that strip, with the orange amulet, was a decoy, not the real Xykon. That explains why Redcloak suddenly bossed him around. We, the readers, just didn't know it yet.Last edited by SPoD; 2007-03-14 at 10:54 PM.
Congratulations, you can link to TV Tropes. This does not mean you have special insight into the storytelling process, much less the author's mind. Stories don't need to fit into neat boxes, you know.
Originally Posted by The Giant
Originally Posted by Grasilich
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2007-03-14, 10:53 PM (ISO 8601)Pixie in the Playground
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Re: OOTS #426 - The Discussion Thread
Giant, are we going to see a d20 write up of the amulets when this is over?
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