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

[snowblizz]

In 806 I never got Elan's joke in the 10th panel. It was only now that I got "ohhhh… they're all hole-y words".

That strip reminds me of something I, not unreasonably, didn't notice until later. The spell fails because it's a tampered version Malack taught Durkon. Not sure I made the connection back when Malack's double nature was revealed.

[danielxcutter]

That strip reminds me of something I, not unreasonably, didn't notice until later. The spell fails because it's a tampered version Malack taught Durkon. Not sure I made the connection back when Malack's double nature was revealed.

If it was just because of that, Durkon wouldn’t have been able to cast it ever.

[Peelee]

If it was just because of that, Durkon wouldn’t have been able to cast it ever.

Yeah, Malack didn't tamper with it to fail, he tampered with it to be dispelled on command (albeit a command only Malack knew). Has nothing to do with it not going off there.

[snowblizz]

Yeah, Malack didn't tamper with it to fail,

That's not what I said.

I say the spell is now non-standard and the higher-ups have trouble parsing the the spell.

[Peelee]

That's not what I said.

I say the spell is now non-standard and the higher-ups have trouble parsing the the spell.

Sorry, that was unclear to me. Though I also don't think your actual interpretation is accurate either.

[Squire Doodad]

The most coherent explanation I have for that scene is that Durkon said it with a really deep accent (maybe like "Mass Deff Wourd"), and the celestials misheard it.

[Peelee]

Imean, in-comic, it's an invented spell that Durkon never tried before that Thor and his staff presumably never heard before. I have no problem with it failing through narrative with all that going on.

[Squire Doodad]

Sounds about right.

[locksmith of lo]

i just just noticed that roy's little brother is playing with black dragon toy foreshadowing the appearance of the black dragon 26 pages later.

[littlebum2002]

Imean, in-comic, it's an invented spell that Durkon never tried before that Thor and his staff presumably never heard before. I have no problem with it failing through narrative with all that going on.

So I guess in this universe, if a Cleric wants to learn a new spell, both them and their deity need to learn it for it to work, and Thor was probably just too lazy to learn it until after Durkon tried casting it for the first time.

[Dewin Dwl]

I've just noticed that in #809, where Roy is putting his armour back on, the shirt is two-dimensional and flat, as it it were an outfit for a paper doll.

[Ron Miel]

It isn't a shirt, it's armour. It has a front plate and a back plate. You can see the back plate as a blue line on Roy's left side.

[Dewin Dwl]

It isn't a shirt, it's armour. It has a front plate and a back plate. You can see the back plate as a blue line on Roy's left side.

I used the term "shirt" only to refer to the torso part (i.e. not the shoulders or legs). I wasn't thinking of a chain shirt, but it was a bad choice of words on my part.

But substitute the word "shirt" for "plate", and my point still stands: the front plate is drawn as absolutely flat with no curve to it, suggesting Roy has a similarly 2D torso. It sort of suits a stick-person, of course.

[Bookwyrm13]

Don't even know if this is intentional, or how common they would be in the first place, but I just realized that in 1170, Thor basically got Hel to concede the souls of any dwarves who theoretically might have been killed by Familicide.

[Mike Havran]

Don't even know if this is intentional, or how common they would be in the first place, but I just realized that in 1170, Thor basically got Hel to concede the souls of any dwarves who theoretically might have been killed by Familicide.

Given that the Giant said that the Draketooths were the only case of Black Dragon mating with a human (presumably also with a humanoid) and Dwarves do not usually inhabit Western continent, I think chances are that not a single Dwarf was killed by the spell.

[Bookwyrm13]

Given that the Giant said that the Draketooths were the only case of Black Dragon mating with a human (presumably also with a humanoid) and Dwarves do not usually inhabit Western continent, I think chances are that not a single Dwarf was killed by the spell.

As I recall, he explicitly said that black dragons *had* mated with other species of humanoid before, just not humans (and that other kinds of dragons had mated with humans as well)?

(I also recall it being a sort of off the cuff, spite-based Word of God retcon designed to shut up a rather tedious, nitpicky argument on another thread, but I understand that doesn't necessarily make it less canon)

But either way, yes, the odds are very low, but it's nice that any theoretical statistical outliers were saved.

[TuringTest]

This one probably has been said before, but:

In 330, panel 8 the Oracle is casually advancing two major plot points for both characters by half a book and two books respectively.

[hroþila]

I think he's just referring to the Cliffport side quest involving Nale and Julia.

[Fyraltari]

I think he's just referring to the Cliffport side quest involving Nale and Julia.

That depends if meant "a pair of family reunions" between the two of them or "a pair of family reunions" each.










Aren't prophecies fun!?

[TuringTest]

I think he's just referring to the Cliffport side quest involving Nale and Julia.

It could well be, but the former is far more ominous.

[dmc91356]

Not sure if this fits in here as it was certainly something I noticed, but did not give a tremendous amount of thought to:

In https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0830.html Redcloak takes Tsukiko's ring away from her because it was protecting her from the wights' touch. Anyone have any ideas on whether that will possibly give Redcloak some sort of protection if he winds up throwing down directly with Xykon?

[Peelee]

Not sure if this fits in here as it was certainly something I noticed, but did not give a tremendous amount of thought to:

In https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0830.html Redcloak takes Tsukiko's ring away from her because it was protecting her from the wights' touch. Anyone have any ideas on whether that will possibly give Redcloak some sort of protection if he winds up throwing down directly with Xykon?

Ooooh, I never thought of that. And I think you're absolutely on the right track.

[danielxcutter]

…I mean Redcloak can just cast Death Ward on himself but it might come into play yeah.

[Timy]

…I mean Redcloak can just cast Death Ward on himself but it might come into play yeah.

I am not very 3.5 savy but a death ward is just a delaying tactic against an epic lich with superb dispelling while (I think it works like that) a ring will continue to work unless it is specifically targeted.

[FeeFoFum]

Just spotted the names of the gelatinous cubes in the race in #1114

"Dessert Rider": possibly a reference to the near eastern desert Lokum,
which often is cube-shaped, gelatinous and half-transparent

"Jiggly Picasso": because Picasso was … a Cubist!

Brilliant

[TheWombatOfDoom]

Just spotted the names of the gelatinous cubes in the race in #1114

"Dessert Rider": possibly a reference to the near eastern desert Lokum,
which often is cube-shaped, gelatinous and half-transparent

"Jiggly Picasso": because Picasso was … a Cubist!

Brilliant

I thought Dessert Rider was just a reference to Jello.

[Ruck]

I've definitely noticed this before, but didn't figure out how to word it until now: I really like this strip for how the three particular members of the Order express their appreciation for Kenny Rogers, all for specific, perfectly-in-character reasons: Haley because she's a gambler; Elan because he's a bard; and Belkar because he has a sophisticated halfling palate.

[Peelee]

I've definitely noticed this before, but didn't figure out how to word it until now: I really like this strip for how the three particular members of the Order express their appreciation for Kenny Rogers, all for specific, perfectly-in-character reasons: Haley because she's a gambler; Elan because he's a bard; and Belkar because he has a sophisticated halfling palate.

Ohhh, I like that one. Subtle, but clever.

[Quebbster]

When Durkon retrieves the Hammer of Loki Sucks, he says "It's aboot time fer some destruction." Then, it turns out his plan to stop Hel hinges on actual destruction, in a very literal sense. Pretty neat way to fulfill the prophecy.

[Mad Humanist]

Just spotted the names of the gelatinous cubes in the race in #1114

"Dessert Rider": possibly a reference to the near eastern desert Lokum,
which often is cube-shaped, gelatinous and half-transparent

"Jiggly Picasso": because Picasso was … a Cubist!

Brilliant

I thought Dessert Rider was just a reference to Jello.

I have to admit I did not quite get the Jiggly Picasso thing. I found it funny at the time and that was enough. Thanks for actually spelling out the joke.

However I am pretty sure you are over-complicating the "Dessert Rider" joke. The phrase "Desert Rider" had a familiar ring to it. I suspect I heard it as an apparently rather unsuccessful racehorse: Desert Rider. I am not interested in racehorsing but I imagine I did hear the name back when I used to listen to the radio a lot.

I suspect the original reference is to desert racing.

However my guess is that the Giant was thinking of the 1923 Silent film.