OOTS #318 - The Discussion Thread

[Farseer_George]

Resolve Haley and Elan, resolve it now!

The coded messages were a fun gimmick to begin with but they ceased to be that a long time ago. I don't appreciate having to decode the dialog in a comic strip and I am not wasting time doing it in order to get a joke which will -more often than not- not be all that funny anyway.

I know there are many out there who claim that they enjoy the cryptograms but these tend to be the same people that claim to fall of their chair laughing after every strip. As these people obviously have no sense of proportion then their opinions don't count.

On a positive note I thought the comic strip was mildly amusing (it wasn't funny but I don't suppose they all have to be) and I thoroughly support Roy having sex with the blue, winged chick.


Afterthought: If the cryptograms are going to be incoporated into the comic Rich could just add a decoded script at the bottem of the comic. Alternatively, if he had the technical know-how, he could include a flash animation in the comic that reverted the text to english when you moved the mouse over the speach bubble.

[CelestialStick]

Yes, but it would be easier to mooching a scroll of for a place far away than one for only a few days travel. :)

If you mean that they should save the mooching for when it really matters--as in travelling thousands of miles rather than a couple of hundred--then I agree. :)

[Akjara]

If you mean that they should save the mooching for when it really matters--as in travelling thousands of miles rather than a couple of hundred--then I agree. :)

Jep, that's what I meant. Sorry for not being clearer, English isn't my first language. :-[

[CelestialStick]

I know there are many out there who claim that they enjoy the cryptograms but these tend to be the same people that claim to fall of their chair laughing after every strip. As these people obviously have no sense of proportion then their opinions don't count.

There's no need to insult the people who do like cyrtograms to make the point that you don't like them. I don't like them either. And in any case the people who keep falling out of their chairs laughing are too busy getting back up to decrypt the cryptograms. ;)

Once while DMing my current group I did laugh so hard at something that I fell over backwards in my chair, sheering off the bolts that held the left armrest to the chair!

[Brother_Hood]

I feel somewhat obliged to point out that it's perfectly possible to spend the night with someone without anything more dodgy than that going on. And everyone knows that the dodginess of a situation is inversely proportional to how it looks to an uninformed observer.

Truer words have never been said.

We can hope, however :)

[CelestialStick]

Jep, that's what I meant. Sorry for not being clearer, English isn't my first language. :-[

No apology necessary. I'm sure it's tough to translate from goblinoid to English. ;)

I feel somewhat obliged to point out that it's perfectly possible to spend the night with someone without anything more dodgy than that going on. And everyone knows that the dodginess of a situation is inversely proportional to how it looks to an uninformed observer.

Nonetheless, it's nice to see :)

What's dodgy about them spending the night together? After all, they're two consenting adult creature types. ;)

[Kanashimi]

What's dodgy about them spending the night together? After all, they're two consenting adult creature types. ;)

Seconded. What consenting adults do behind closed doors is their business, so long as they don't hurt anyone or intentially pass communicable diseases.

And the tousled bed-head look definately works for Celia!

[Ing]

I have noticed something,
The oracle mentioned in the book is referred to as female, while this comic refers to the oracle as male.

No idea weather this is a mistake or important, but since i read the book this morning i had to mention it

Clearly this means that the oracle is V's husbawife!!!!!!

great joke with the explosive runes i can just imagine the posibilities

*Ooooh my head, need asprin. lets see, eye drops, yeast cream? ew...peptobismal, explosive rune brand iboprophen?....ah goddamn it!*

[charik]

And in any case the people who keep falling out of their chairs laughing are too busy getting back up to decrypt the cryptograms. ;)

Decrypting is what adventurers do when they hunt liches and mummies ;), cryptograms get deciphered.

I have to say I found the last joke less funny than the first: "Based on the proximity of that explosion..." ;D V's revenge is obviously carefully planned, I just wonder how many explosions it will take before Belkar learns to read nothing.

[Deuce]

Clearly this means that the oracle is V's husbawife!!!!!!

Or at least some sort of Elf.

[Keebler_the_Elf]

Has anyone else noticed that Haley is only in the first panel, even though she should be seen behind Elan. I know that not until the last panel is it obvious, but I think The Giant left her out on purpose.

[Master_Kindel]

Has anyone else noticed that Haley is only in the first panel, even though she should be seen behind Elan. I know that not until the last panel is it obvious, but I think The Giant left her out on purpose.

perhaps she has levels in shadowdancer and can hide in plain sight;) jk

[Keebler_the_Elf]

perhaps she has levels in shadowdancer and can hide in plain sight;) jk

I am just worried she ran off after seeing Elan again this morning, and is getting into trouble. Look at her face, she is still upset. Roy is the only one looking that way for most of the comic, and he could be distracted about hiding Celia. She is a rogue, she can sneak.

[CelestialStick]

Has anyone else noticed that Haley is only in the first panel, even though she should be seen behind Elan. I know that not until the last panel is it obvious, but I think The Giant left her out on purpose.

I noticed that she didn't appear beyond the first panel, but didn't think anything of it.

Decrypting is what adventurers do when they hunt liches and mummies ;), cryptograms get deciphered.

Humorous, but mistaken:

de·crypt vt
render an encoded text or message into plain language. See decode v. 1 See decode v. 2

Encarta® World English Dictionary © 1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

[bosssmiley]

Plot advancement, halflings taking an explosive runes to the face and a very dishevelled Celia. Again, this comic had everything. ;D

[Flak_Razorwill]

Protection spell much?

Okay, let's get this show on the road!!!

[Xenon]

see, this is why you want to have a decent spot check. so you can point and laugh more often :)

[Seerow]

"I TOLD you we should have used my place"

That really was what got it for me. Not the fact that he was hiding her, or the explosive runes, or really anything else. I read that part and couldn't help cracking up.

It's the first time I've seriously laughed at this strip in months.

[CelestialStick]

"I TOLD you we should have used my place"

That really was what got it for me. Not the fact that he was hiding her, or the explosive runes, or really anything else. I read that part and couldn't help cracking up.

It's the first time I've seriously laughed at this strip in months.

You really didn't laugh when Belkar kissed V?! That one actually had me laughing out loud!

[Zann]

SEVE- uh FIVE!

Thats what made me laugh last time.

I should have noticed that slight bulge in the curtains... ;)

[CelestialStick]

SEVE- uh FIVE!

Thats what made me laugh last time.

I should have noticed that slight bulge in the curtains... ;)

What made you laugh--Beklar kissing V?

[Pvednes]

Woo! Go Roy!

[Sabishii_Kouen]

Roy sure looks awake and must have gotten dressed quickly considering what he was doing last night.

Good job Giant, another excellent comic!

[Nerd-o-rama]

[Studio Audience]Woooooooooo![/Studio Audience]

[Suki_the_Pure]

*snicker* Lucky for Roy he's bald and heavy armor doesn't wrinkle.

Can't say the same for silky dresses, unfortunatly.

[Overlord Jack Chainer]

YO good job roy you lucky man you and poor elan and others there spot checks are very poor indeed lol

[tee_kay_one]

so, where did V hide the explosive runes this time? Who dares to guess?

My guess: after being blown up with the coffee Belkar decided to take a nice cold shower. So he went in, all naked and as the halfling-god created him and then he touched that water tap... BOOOOOOM!

[CelestialStick]

so, where did V hide the explosive runes this time? Who dares to guess?

My guess: after being blown up with the coffee Belkar decided to take a nice cold shower. So he went in, all naked and as the halfling-god created him and then he touched that water tap... BOOOOOOM!

Remember that it takes reading the runes to set them off.

[Genome]

This comic warrants an "I scored with an outsider" t-shirt, with Roy and Celia on it. ;D

She is technically an outsider, right? I'm not too familiar with creature types.

[silvadel]

I think Roy got a bonus for being a woman for a while recently also...

Celia seems to be a nice elemental also.