Things You Never Noticed VII: Wait, This Isnt the MitD Thread?

[Peelee]

In 1013 we can see only one bed in that room.

V is an elf, and thus does not require a bed. They may use one to trance on if one is available, but it's by no means necessary.

[Darth V]

And in the fifth panel here V said they summoned Belkar to their room. So they didn't share the room before. I still can't wrap my head around Belkar and V sharing a room!

[WanderingMist]

https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0763.html

Panel 8. Tarquin is more than a little prophetic, isn't he?

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In panel 3, Redcloak says "no pun intended", but I just realized I don't actually know what pun he made. The only thing Google gives me is Lions Bay, a town of 1300 in British Columbia, but somehow I dont think that's it.

This is from a few pages back, but I wanted to explain that "at bay" in the original sense means "pursued by hunting dogs".

[Kish]

https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0763.html

Panel 8. Tarquin is more than a little prophetic, isn't he?

I'm pretty sure the story's going to have an end.

[Lord Torath]

This is from a few pages back, but I wanted to explain that "at bay" in the original sense means "pursued by hunting dogs".

To expound further: "The baying (barking) of the hunting dogs".

In more modern usage it means kept away, usually by force or threat of force. And they're standing at the edge of a bay.

I also never noticed NotDurkon waving mockingly to Roy as the sword is inbound.

[Ron Miel]

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Panel 8. Tarquin is more than a little prophetic, isn't he?

In what way? I don't know what you're driving at.

[Jasdoif]

Just realized this: after the fight with the ogres (during which all the ogres were killed) Roy could have just picked up the greatsword the one with class levels carried, but for some reason he sticked with his club.

Ogres are large, and thus presumably their weapons are appropriate for their size:

Inappropriately Sized Weapons
A creature can’t make optimum use of a weapon that isn’t properly sized for it. A cumulative -2 penalty applies on attack rolls for each size category of difference between the size of its intended wielder and the size of its actual wielder.

Roy may have preferred to not incur in the penalty over a bit more damage.

GW

More seriously, he couldn't use it:

The measure of how much effort it takes to use a weapon (whether the weapon is designated as a light, one-handed, or two-handed weapon for a particular wielder) is altered by one step for each size category of difference between the wielder’s size and the size of the creature for which the weapon was designed. If a weapon’s designation would be changed to something other than light, one-handed, or two-handed by this alteration, the creature can’t wield the weapon at all.

A greatsword is a two-handed weapon, so a greatsword sized for a Large creature can't be effectively wielded by a Medium creature. Unless that creature wasted a feat on Monkey Grip or something, anyway.

[Darth V]

In what way? I don't know what you're driving at.

I guess a thinly veiled attack against the author regarding Things We Are Not Allowed To Discuss Here with the "storyteller" who "stops talking" being meant to be The Giant himself.

Just ignore it, it's a **** move.



*Richard

[WanderingMist]

I guess a thinly veiled attack against the author regarding Things We Are Not Allowed To Discuss Here with the "storyteller" who "stops talking" being meant to be The Giant himself.

Just ignore it, it's a **** move.



*Richard

What? I meant Tarquin is predicting the end of his own arc. Instead of the climactic final showdown against his son ending in his death that he wanted, his son just leaves him partially stranded in the desert, giving him no satisfying conclusion. I don't know how you're getting "attack on the author" out of that.

[Darth V]

What? I meant Tarquin is predicting the end of his own arc. Instead of the climactic final showdown against his son ending in his death that he wanted, his son just leaves him partially stranded in the desert, giving him no satisfying conclusion. I don't know how you're getting "attack on the author" out of that.

Woops, I am terribly sorry if I misinterpreted you. I had read too many passive-aggressive posts on The Giant's Twitter and Kickstarter recently with people whining about lack of updates and missing Kickstarter rewards. Seeing someone focus on that single speach with "storyteller" looked like the same context to me. I apologize if I had your intentions mistaken.

[Ionathus]

I know this is perhaps verging on "fan theory," but I just noticed that in 1171 while debating souls with Hel, Loki says "Fine with me. Hardly any of these are mine anyway."

It's established that dwarves don't really worship Loki very much, probably due to that whole "live & die with honor" requirement for a happy afterlife. OR maybe Loki does have dwarven worshippers, and Hilgya's convoluted, insane troll logic plan actually works to satisfy the "honor" requirement?

[Peelee]

I just realized the reason Drawmij's Instant Summons is on yellow paper is because it was written on a legal pad.

[danielxcutter]

I just realized the reason Drawmij's Instant Summons is on yellow paper is because it was written on a legal pad.

A legal what?

[Rogar Demonblud]

A type of notebook so named because it was meant to be used by lawyers. You can find a picture if you look at the online storefront for pretty much any office supply company.

[Peelee]

A type of notebook so named because it was meant to be used by lawyers. You can find a picture if you look at the online storefront for pretty much any office supply company.

Or an image search in any online search engine with the phrase "legal pad". Also, they are notable for overwhelmingly using yellow paper.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

A type of notebook so named because it was meant to be used by lawyers.

Also LE rogues with too much skin in the game to be comfortable with continuing the game.

GW

[Peelee]

Also LE rogues with too much skin in the game to be comfortable with continuing the game.

GW

Well, the different shade kind of pokes a hole in my theory, then.

[Rogar Demonblud]

Nah, they come in all shades. Undyed is becoming popular for obvious reasons.

[danielxcutter]

Personally I always thought Hank was LN, though I could be wrong.

Edit: Oh, he's TN. Anyways, not LE.

[Ionathus]

Why the heck was the Exarch of the Creed of the Stone carrying around a scroll of Horrid Wilting at the Godsmoot?

[danielxcutter]

Why the heck was the Exarch of the Creed of the Stone carrying around a scroll of Horrid Wilting at the Godsmoot?

Good question; neither religions actually have domains with Horrid Wilting on them.

[Rogar Demonblud]

Simplest explanation is he'd use it to get rid of all those yucky plants covering all the pretty stone he's about to rework into something else. Like a giant single-use cathedral.

[danielxcutter]

Simplest explanation is he'd use it to get rid of all those yucky plants covering all the pretty stone he's about to rework into something else. Like a giant single-use cathedral.

The problem is that he really shouldn't be able to use that spell, though.

[Fyraltari]

Why the heck was the Exarch of the Creed of the Stone carrying around a scroll of Horrid Wilting at the Godsmoot?

Killed an evil adventurer some time before?

[Metastachydium]

The problem is that he really shouldn't be able to use that spell, though.

How about this: he had a single level dip in sorcerer, a CHA score of 18 and he made the caster level check.

Simplest explanation is he'd use it to get rid of all those yucky plants covering all the pretty stone he's about to rework into something else. Like a giant single-use cathedral.

If he did the above just so that he can hurt poor planties, I'm afraid I have to conclude that HE WAS EVIL ALL ALONG.

[littlebum2002]

Good question; neither religions actually have domains with Horrid Wilting on them.

The only core domain I can find with that spell is the Water domain, which seems like a strange choice for someone who (basically) worships stone. The spell also doesn't seem to be on the spell list for any divine prestige classes.

Non-core domains with this spell are:

Thirst
Blight-Bringer
Pestillence
Suffering

None of these seem very appropriate for the Exarch unless he, like *Durkon's other vampire companion, had some pretty dark thoughts hiding beneath the surface.

[Lord Torath]

I suppose it's possible he defeated a rival cleric of a faith that has access to that spell, and that cleric happened to be carrying the scroll at the time.

How long would it take for a cleric to create such a scroll? Could he have spent some time at Firmament writing it?

[Rogar Demonblud]

It's also possible he simply bought it somewhere.

[Jasdoif]

The problem is that he really shouldn't be able to use that spell, though.

Unless he has archivist levels and/or ranks in UMD.

[Rogar Demonblud]

Or Rich simply doesn't care about the rules minutia anymore.