OOTS #318 - The Discussion Thread

[CelestialStick]

Well, according to Celia herself, she's a paraelemental

http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/Gian...tscript?SK=268

Bah. That was just a play on 'paralegal.' I'm sure she's really a fey. ;D

[CelestialStick]

Hmm, that's almost a good reason to assume the definition is buggy ;D .

Gotcha! ;D

Anyway, the words decipher, decrypt and decode can be used synonymously. Nontheless, this knowledge won't prevent from using this new meaning of de-crypt in a campaign : "Let's go de-crypt the countyside!" :D

I'm thinking it'd be easier to decrypt the masoleum than the countryside. ;)

hahahahaahhahaha!! good thing they didn't find Celia or it would've been curtains for her!

Heh. Clever. Now go help Solmage decrypt the masoleum. ;)

[Gregor_LeBlaque]

your tolerance for it and the tolerance for it of others are obviously not on the same setting, gregor.

My point really didn't have much to do with anyone's tolerance level. In a thread called "Cryptograms, love 'em or hate 'em?" people could discuss whether or not they like cryptograms until 2010 and I wouldn't make a peep. But in the thread about strip 318 (not to mention 317, 315, 314, 313, 312, 311, and 310), a strip in which there is not a single encrypted word, I don't see the point in even bringing it up.

[CelestialStick]

My point really didn't have much to do with anyone's tolerance level. In a thread called "Cryptograms, love 'em or hate 'em?" people could discuss whether or not they like cryptograms until 2010 and I wouldn't make a peep. But in the thread about strip 318 (not to mention 317, 315, 314, 313, 312, 311, and 310), a strip in which there is not a single encrypted word, I don't see the point in even bringing it up.

If you're referring to the following comments, I would point out that he was disappointed by not finally having a resolution of her speech problem. He didn't say a thing about the current strip containing a cryptogram.

i'm becoming increasingly frustrated w/ the dramatic plateau re: haley's speech. please for the love of pete, either have it wax or wane!

ed

[Melnor]

Wow, Roy is the last one that I thought would be getting action....did I mention he's my new personal hero? ;D
I was going to ask why Roy's hair is fine but his lover's is messed up when I realized.....Roy doesn't have any hair!

[ed]

thank you, celestial stick: that was precisely my concern.

ed

[Hithrome]

Good strip.

Some thoughtworthy pieces:

Definitely liked Celia's bed-hair and her shoulder strap having fallen off her shoulder. The subtext being that they agreed to rendezvous at Roy's room at a given time and Roy and Celia overslept. Nice.

On Celia joining the party: Hook me up with that. It'd be great to see her around all the time. Plus that means that we finally have a good excuse to get rid of Belkar, the bane of the Order of the Stick both as a group and as a comic.

Death to the scribble monster!

[BlythraB]

If a guy asks a girl out, it's usually for a little action.

not usually I hope.

] hope she does, because if they should run into the Linear Guild we could have a huge rant from Nale about how much effort he's put into the whole "evil opposites" thing just for them to get a new member...[/Spoiler]

I like it!

Also as Celia mentions the previous day that "since [they're] both leaving tomorrow morning," I suspect that she will not be joining the Order.

That was before today's strip. I'm still betting, now more than ever, that Celia gets pregnant.

[Shea Landford]

Very good comic. I wonder what the explosion in this one was, unless V left another hidden explosive runes waiting for Belkar. And all I can say is, way to go Roy. ;)

[theKOT]

Oh, I sure hope Celia doesn't join the party. She isn't very interesting at all, and her main role is Roy's lover. It typically hurts stories if someone whose only role is romantic interest becomes part of the ongoing story.

[Magnus_Samma]

Woohoo! Go Roy!

I love the way V is handling Belkar. Revenge is a dish best served with explosive magic script. :D

[Ronald_saveloy]

Definitely liked Celia's bed-hair and her shoulder strap having fallen off her shoulder. The subtext being that they agreed to rendezvous at Roy's room at a given time and Roy and Celia overslept. Nice.

Well, I rather imagine this scenario:
Roy and Celia spend the night together in Roy's room. The morning, the rest of the gang heads to Roy's room, probably ringing Roy and Celia out of bed. Both are taken completely by surprise, get quick in some clothes and Celia hides behind the curtain (Hehe - sounds a bit like this classic lover-being-caught-red-handed-thingy). This would perfectly explain the condition of Celias hair and dress. I can hardly imagine, that she would wear her evening gown, while being in bed with Roy.

[Winged One]

I know I should have been expecting the last panel, but somehow I wasn't. ;D

[Evik]

HA HA HA
Thats just awesome.
I failed my spot check too lol
Celia looks like she had an energetic night....good thing Roy doesent have hair huh.
and yes Belkar is still paying for his drunken revelry.
Great comic! good to know things will be on the up-swing now :) cant wait

[Thortok2000]

I like her bed hair in the last comic, it's actually kinda attractive.

[5tephen]

Rock on!

(More fodder -or confirmation for- this slightly analy retentive thread)

But more than anything, VERY FUNNY.

I LOVE the Celia's-bum shaped lump in the curtain in the first panel. It must be said, that one of the funniest ongoing joke themes in OOTS is the 'Spot Check' one.

[allxmyxsins]

nice touch with the sex hair.



woot to be on the 12 page. no one ever gets credit for jumping on the band wagon.

[Hithrome]

Funny story regarding readin explosive runes:

In an RPGA scenario, we had discovered that a powerful wizard was the culprit and were storming his tower to take him down. We found the outer door unlocked and went in. The inner door had explosive runes etched on it.

Unfortunately it was my 9th level Barbarian who was in front. So the GM said, "There's something written on the door." So I said. "That's nice, 'Hey other people, there are words on this door,' then I open it."

The GM cackled his little laugh and said "Bwa ha! The explosive runes go off."

"How?" I replied, "I have nothing but barbarian levels, I couldn't read it even if I wanted to."

One quick perusal through the rules led to the discovery that yes, explosive runes must be read. And since barbarians are very specifically illiterate unless they spend points or take other classes, the ruling was that the runes didn't go off.

The GM handled it well though. We totally caught the Wizard off guard. "Where's the kaboom? There's supposed to be a PC shattering kaboom!" Without his big trap to soften us up, we cleaned his clock pretty thoroughly.

The lesson here: READING IS BAD FOR YOU. :-P

[Amotis]

Hehe, cute and sexy.
Nice comic, The Giant.

[Valda, Adlav and Samiam: the Jacked-Up Trinity]

Funny story regarding readin explosive runes:

In an RPGA scenario, we had discovered that a powerful wizard was the culprit and were storming his tower to take him down. We found the outer door unlocked and went in. The inner door had explosive runes etched on it.

Unfortunately it was my 9th level Barbarian who was in front. So the GM said, "There's something written on the door." So I said. "That's nice, 'Hey other people, there are words on this door,' then I open it."

The GM cackled his little laugh and said "Bwa ha! The explosive runes go off."

"How?" I replied, "I have nothing but barbarian levels, I couldn't read it even if I wanted to."

One quick perusal through the rules led to the discovery that yes, explosive runes must be read. And since barbarians are very specifically illiterate unless they spend points or take other classes, the ruling was that the runes didn't go off.

The GM handled it well though. We totally caught the Wizard off guard. "Where's the kaboom? There's supposed to be a PC shattering kaboom!" Without his big trap to soften us up, we cleaned his clock pretty thoroughly.

The lesson here: READING IS BAD FOR YOU. :-P

That's hilarious!

[High-Chancellor]

Why is it that in comic form, everybody seems perfectly happy with how things turn out.

I'm sure if it was in life I wouldn't be the only one bringing up the fact that it was only their first date. :/

[Bilbo27]

Roy and Celia sitting in a tree-----and now this, love it.

Here comes Xykon Whoohoooo!!!

[Thray]

Why is it that in comic form, everybody seems perfectly happy with how things turn out.

I'm sure if it was in life I wouldn't be the only one bringing up the fact that it was only their first date. :/

Tolerance? Even in real life, it's not uncommon, especially among people who have known each other for quite a while.

[Amotis]

Why is it that in comic form, everybody seems perfectly happy with how things turn out.

I'm sure if it was in life I wouldn't be the only one bringing up the fact that it was only their first date. :/

But not their first time meeting. And they really clicked. But what do I know. ::)

[High-Chancellor]

How does meeting TWICE before qualify as having known eachother quite a while, pray tell?

[Amotis]

How does meeting TWICE before qualify as having known eachother quite a while, pray tell?

They were serious situations, I think. Involves more emotion then just running in to each other at the mall.

[Thray]

Because, at least in real time (and I assumed in comic time) quite a bit of time had passed. And again, this sort of stuff is not uncommon on the first meeting irl, and especially not on the second. That's probably why most people aren't that disturbed about it-things like "one night stands" are so common that this certainly seems tame in comparison.

[Amotis]

Because, at least in real time (and I assumed in comic time) quite a bit of time had passed. And again, this sort of stuff is not uncommon on the first meeting irl, and especially not on the second. That's probably why most people aren't that disturbed about it-things like "one night stands" are so common that this certainly seems tame in comparison.

Indeed. Sad but true. I've seen far too many "friends with benefits" and casual sex so I'm acutally glad these characters have feelings for each other. :D

[High-Chancellor]

Honestly I couldn't care less, generally...

But that's probably one reason that I'm mildly disturbed. They could have some kind of deep connection going and their being all "Woo! Wild Fling!" with responses of "Go Roy! You da man!"

Hoi vei...

[Thray]

Honestly I couldn't care less, generally...

But that's probably one reason that I'm mildly disturbed. They could have some kind of deep connection going and their being all "Woo! Wild Fling!" with responses of "Go Roy! You da man!"

Hoi vei...

How does sleeping together immediately stop that? I know of couples that started with quick hook-ups/FWB and lasted several years (in particular, one has lasted for 14 years, and the members are married to each other).