OOTS #1137 - The Discussion Thread

[The Giant]

New comic is up.

[Forikroder]

hes such a cool guy

[Deuce]

Little slip of the old Godly tongue there. Like a DM trying to the the party moving.

[endiku]

I wonder if Durkon & Minrah will remember more than Roy did?

[pentagram]

I can really get used to this update schedule... And Thor is an awesome deity!

[Lord Torath]

Oh, Minrah! She has such a crush on Thor, doesn't she!

Thanks, Rich!

[leon666]

Lost it at "Rebel trees", "God ride" and the whole of the last panel.

Brightened what's been a loooong feeling week.

Thanks as always Giant.

[Forikroder]

I wonder if Durkon & Minrah will remember more than Roy did?

the whole point of this is for him to remember so id like to think so

[RatedArgh]

Expo-riffic!

[Lethologica]

Time for bookies to lower the payout on Minrah rez bets.

[Rockphed]

Keep knocking it out of the park, Giant. I do not mind having to read all these awesome pages at all.

And I am losing it over "I have literally had this dream at least a dozen times." Why do I feel like Minrah is going to be slightly let down when she gets into Valhalla.

[Peelee]

Called it!

...well, one part of it. The most obvious part. Still, though.

[Eldritch Queen]

Oh! Minrah's comming back after all? Sounds like a plan!

[Snails]

And I am losing it over "I have literally had this dream at least a dozen times." Why do I feel like Minrah is going to be slightly let down when she gets into Valhalla.

Maybe. But a little namedropping about whose shoulder she godgot to ride on is probably never going to get old. Literally never.

[Rockphed]

Oh! Minrah's comming back after all? Sounds like a plan!

I'm not sure why people keep assuming that Minrah is going to get rezzed. I see her getting this information as a sort of "here is what you died for, now go enjoy Valhalla knowing that your death had purpose."

[Peelee]

Time for bookies to lower the payout on Minrah rez bets.

I'm not sure why people keep assuming that Minrah is going to get rezzed. I see her getting this information as a sort of "here is what you died for, now go enjoy Valhalla knowing that your death had purpose."

Especially since they practically say as much in the comic.

[knag]

a) Excited to see the Astral Plane!!!
b) Bummed we won't be exploring Ysgard...

Think we'll see any Githyanki?

[chy03001]

I bet Thor and Elan would get along great ;-)

[KishouTheBadger]

I'm surprised Thor would let the Xykon secret fortress thing slip, lol. Guess the gods keep tabs on everyone and everything like the world is their television show or something.

But I can't wait to hear more about the Snarl. That evil's long overdue for some more exposition methinks.

[Snails]

Nice pacing on The Giant's part. It feels like every recent comic is sort of answering our questions, but we end up feeling like something an even more important is hanging at the end of the installment.

[hamishspence]

a) Excited to see the Astral Plane!!!
b) Bummed we won't be exploring Ysgard...

Think we'll see any Githyanki?

Traditionally, when D&D gods die, they manifest as huge stone corpses in the astral plane. Perhaps we'll see the deceased Eastern Pantheon?

[The Guardian]

I'm surprised Thor would let the Xykon secret fortress thing slip, lol. Guess the gods keep tabs on everyone and everything like the world is their television show or something.

But I can't wait to hear more about the Snarl. That evil's long overdue for some more exposition methinks.

I imagine it was on purpose given the way he put it. Maybe the secret fortress will be some kind of after-the-quest quest? Or they can use their knowledge of its existence to worry Xykon or something.

[PracticalM]

I know the reveal will take sometime to fully come out but still the anticipation of what Thor will reveal is building to a crescendo that wants me to time travel to the future so I can read all of it already.
Either that or go into hibernation for a bit and wait until more updates come out.

The gods sure love their loop holes though. I can only imagine how terrible the universe would be if they didn't though.

[Fyraltari]

It a been a while since I laughed like that.

Thor is great.

[Merlin the Tuna]

I'm surprised Thor would let the Xykon secret fortress thing slip, lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XSh8i46W0Q

[Snails]

But I can't wait to hear more about the Snarl. That evil's long overdue for some more exposition methinks.

My guess is it is going to be less about the Snarl and more about the gods in general, at least at first. Remember that us D&Ders can mostly understand the cosmology, but non-D&D Readers might need a bit of background before understanding what is going on.

[Yendor]

I imagine it was on purpose given the way he put it. Maybe the secret fortress will be some kind of after-the-quest quest? Or they can use their knowledge of its existence to worry Xykon or something.

Or, given the strip title, it's not going to be relevant at all?

[Sylian]

Haha, Thor is awesome, "Oh, I probably wasn't supposed to mention that."

I think he's probably Neutral Good or Chaotic Good though, he doesn't seem to be a huge fan of following the rules to the letter, or being very Lawful in general. Also, Valhalla strikes me as rather Chaotic, they even have Chaotic Good outsiders (bariaurs).

[Forikroder]

I'm surprised Thor would let the Xykon secret fortress thing slip, lol. Guess the gods keep tabs on everyone and everything like the world is their television show or something.

But I can't wait to hear more about the Snarl. That evil's long overdue for some more exposition methinks.

the fortress is empty, Xykon only thinks his phylactery is in there so the OoTS have no reason to take it

[Bubble181]

I keep liking Thor more and more. But yes, he's clearly a bit chaotic and "absent-minded" to cover it up.