OOTS #490 - The Discussion Thread

[The Giant]

New comic is up.

Sorry about the delay this week; I'll newspost about it later, hopefully. The short version is: Health + computer meltdown = week without comics.

[Pepz]

Now that's exactly the kind of comment we'd like you to cut back on Priceless :D and I loved the back and forth in the interview :D great one Giant!

[Funzy]

very nice giant i was getting worried

[Chirurgie]

Great banter and priceless look on you-know-who's face at the end

As long as your health is well and comics come eventually, I have no problems with delays Giant. Keep up the excellent work

[rankrath]

Nice, I agree with Roy in the last panel. Great comic, well worth the wait.

[Hopeless]

Any chance of having that sequence where Roy comments on his dad's reaction being done on T-shirts?
Just saying I'd buy a copy!

Nice to see you back, with episodes like this you have nothing to apologise for, for some of us you're singlehandedly giving d&d a good name instead of the mess thats been transpiring over certain decisions a certain company has been making...

Sorry had to be said, even once a week is fine if it keeps you in good shape!

[Finn Solomon]

Ahhhhhhhhhhh. Roy's back.

[Tamburlaine]

Proof indeed that the gods love a tryer

[phlip]

Hooray for Roy, I knew you'd make it!

And as for Eugene... well, I can't say I'm sorry for you...

"But think how many fewer punchlines I would get" = classic.

[Harry Joy]

I got more laughs out of that than I expected halfway through. Ended on a real "up" note. :)

[kamikasei]

Awesomesauce.

Now I'm intrigued. Title of the next comic: "The 2d4 people you meet in heaven".

[Yeril]

Awesome comic

I hope this doesn't get me in trouble..

[Fitzclowningham]

I guess the vow Roy made when he got his sword back wasn't binding.

Boo-yah, Eugene!

[Pantler]

I heve SO been waiting for this!

It really didn't seem probable to me that Roy would be held from entering the Celestial Realms in the first place. After all, it was Violet's great-granddaughter who fulfilled her oath, and we didn't seem any of her descendants held back, which would imply that the restrictions imposed by the blood oath are not inheritable.

[Max_Sinister]

Gather and rejoice all, OOTS is back!

Wow... I hadn't expected this, really. Yes, the look on Eugene's face is great. Roy'll have a good time in Paradise. (Will we get pictures?)

Still I hope he'll return to the world later.

[Arakune]

Haha, that look of Roy's dad was priceless!

[kierthos]

Bwahahahaha... Poor Eugene. Bwahahahahahahahahaha

[PirateMonk]

I heve SO been waiting for this!

It really didn't seem probable to me that Roy would be held from entering the Celestial Realms in the first place. After all, it was Violet's great-granddaughter who fulfilled her oath, and we didn't seem any of her descendants held back, which would imply that the restrictions imposed by the blood oath are not inheritable.

But if it doesn't effect descendants, then it doesn't give them the incentive to fulfill the Oath, which seems to be the main reason to get one in the first place.

Anyway, great comic.

[Mugen Nightgale]

HA! There it is! Roy is lawful (in his own twisted way) and good! Suck it up!

Nice to see that ur fine giant.

[Doran]

Hah, hah! looks like all those people were right! Now we get to see something that was previously mentioned in SoD!

[kierthos]

But if it doesn't effect descendants, then it doesn't give them the incentive to fulfill the Oath, which seems to be the main reason to get one in the first place.

Anyway, great comic.

Yes, but given Roy's experiences with it (he assumed that the Blood Oath would keep him out of the Celestial Realm based on what his father told him), it doesn't seem to exactly be common knowledge how the things work.

Plus, it's a fantasy trope that you want to fulfill the oath your father / mother/ grandfather/ uncle/ third cousin twice removed made but never fulfilled on their own.

[Kriel]

Ha! Owned, Eugene! OWNED!

[ralphmerridew]

Brilliant.

I was wondering: What happens if somebody not connected to Roy destroys Xykon permanently?

[Ronsian]

Very funny, glad I popped on to see if there was anything cool. Does this mean he won't get rezzed?

[cheesecake]

Haha, I love it Roy leans towards chaotic :-D

[kierthos]

Brilliant.

I was wondering: What happens if somebody not connected to Roy destroys Xykon permanently?

Eugene gets stuck in the foyer of the Celestial Realm for all time?

[Aerysil]

Har har to Ray's dad. Har har ha- *ZAP*

Crap.

As for getting rezzed, the only thing stopping it is Roy not wanting to return (I think).

[SoD]

As brilliant as that is, I can't help but wonder whats happening to the rest of the order. Still, in your own time, Giant.

And I'm curious about the rest of the conversation that was ended in the first panel.

[Green Bean]

Ah, Durkon, your accent is full of humorous moments.

[Bayar]

Nice comic! Can we all have a 50 feet marble statue with his look on his face?

Also, was thinking about hardware malfunction....