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2020-04-27, 11:52 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1202 - The Discussion Thread
Okay, am I the only one who has no idea what the deal is with the title on this one?
It doesn't matter what you CAN do--it matters what you WILL do.
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2020-04-27, 11:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-04-27, 12:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1202 - The Discussion Thread
I've listened to "Such Great Heights" about a million times and I'm perfectly familiar with the vendor before the boss fight trope, and I still missed both. I'm embarrassing.
ungelic is us
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2020-04-27, 12:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1201 - The Discussion Thread
One would reasonably assume that since this "leave immediately" plan seemed pre-planned by Roy, he probably talked about it through with Julia during their "strategy discussion" session. I think it's likely that he'd already planned for her to cast sending to him (and then individual non-sending capable members of the order) should she not receive a reply from Roy.
When people told you that you were dumb, they were being nice.
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2020-04-27, 12:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-04-27, 12:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1201 - The Discussion Thread
Dream is a Bard spell, and even if Elan doesn't have it now, he'll certainly level up by the time this is over. Plus, there's always Haley's "Schrodinger's Wands".
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2020-04-27, 12:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1201 - The Discussion Thread
The bugbears "mine" the dungeon doors for food, i.e. slain monsters. As long as the OOTS survivors have a source of heat, they'd probably be okay for a long time. They might even be able to come to some agreement with the bugbears, trading their service for shelter; the bugbears strike me as pragmatists.
EDIT: The gods are keeping a close eye on these events, so I assume that they would be able to get a message across to some cleric that the OOTS survivors needed a pick-up.Last edited by bunsen_h; 2020-04-27 at 12:48 PM.
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2020-04-27, 01:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1201 - The Discussion Thread
That makes sense. Better yet, Julia's researched sending spell variant means that if she tries to contact him via it and it fails she knows that the Blood Oath must've been fulfilled, in which case a regular Sending failing would mean that he is dead, and she has to contact Bandana.
How would she be able to? A gag a few pages back was about how Julia didn't know who Belkar is, something I suspect extends to the rest of the Order save Roy & Durkon, and Sending requires familarity with the guy on the other end.
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2020-04-27, 01:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1202 - The Discussion Thread
Wow. I haven't seen that in years. Maybe even a solid decade. I didn't think it was there anymore, since after a while there was just text in its place.
I had not seen that one. Figures that if anyone wanders off the site map, it'd be the MITD.Last edited by Grey Watcher; 2020-04-27 at 01:34 PM.
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2020-04-27, 01:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1202 - The Discussion Thread
Love the final merchant! It's giving me og Zelda vibes.
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2020-04-27, 01:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1202 - The Discussion Thread
After they learned about the world inside the rifts from Durkon's passing comment, it seems unlikely to me that Odin and Thor would just drop the matter with a shrug. How would Thor be able to reach out to Durkon to get as much info as Durkon had, or possibly even send some info back if the gods were able to do some investigating themselves?
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2020-04-27, 01:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1202 - The Discussion Thread
It doesn't matter to the Order, but the crew on the Mechane probably let out a breath of relief because the belligerent sexual tension between those two was stewing for ages.
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2020-04-27, 01:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1202 - The Discussion Thread
Forum Wisdom
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2020-04-27, 01:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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* my emphasis
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Things that don't kill me make me strong
Things that do kill me leave me dead
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2020-04-27, 02:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1201 - The Discussion Thread
Is it just me, or does the kerning seem off when Elan says "long" in panel 6? It looks just fine when Roy says it in the same panel, but it looks kind of like Elan is saying "bng" instead.
If you didn't see that before and now you can't unsee it, then you're welcome.
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2020-04-27, 02:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-04-27, 02:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1202 - The Discussion Thread
No self-respecting villain could ever maintain their final boss status without providing a potion merchant and a save point.
They'd lose their license otherwise.
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2020-04-27, 02:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1202 - The Discussion Thread
Such Great Heights, by The Postal Service is a great song, so it nice to see it lyrics as the title. And must be tough for the potion seller if they have to teleport that far away in order to sell an basic potion.
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2020-04-27, 02:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1202 - The Discussion Thread
Nice to see Roy is still thinking about the crew's wellbeing.
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2020-04-27, 02:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1201 (not 1202) - The Discussion Thread
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2020-04-27, 03:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-04-27, 03:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-04-27, 03:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-04-27, 03:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1202 - The Discussion Thread
I thought the two crews are homosexual couple, until noticing that peg-leg is a male (square hips) while the hook-hand is a female (round hips and her chest is obscure by giant coat).
Badly drawn helmet avatar drawn by me.
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2020-04-27, 03:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1202 - The Discussion Thread
"If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
Ronkong Coma "the way of the bookhunter" III Catacombium
(Walter Moers "Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher")
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2020-04-27, 03:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1202 - The Discussion Thread
Good for you, random crew members. Good for you.
I'll be sad to see the Mechane crew go, but it makes sense to make room for other characters and subplots. I enjoyed the time we had with them.
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2020-04-27, 04:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1202 - The Discussion Thread
But this is a story, not a game.
I got the merchant gag, but I have similar feelings about "Such Great Heights." That really should have been right up my alley, and yet...
Also, I didn't get my usual Twitter notification for a new strip, so by the time I found out about this one the thread was already on page 4.
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2020-04-27, 04:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1202 - The Discussion Thread
Some say the Final Boss Merchant is just a mortal being like you and I. Others whisper that he is an immortal who needs neither food nor sustenance and can repair any item instantly. But only if your setting includes item wear Mechanics. . . . . .
"For you see, I theorize that the halfling does not possess a true sentient brain, like you or I, but rather a simple lump of nerve tissue that serves as a primitive "proto-brain" that can only process two emotional reactions to people: Hate or Lust."
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2020-04-27, 04:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1202 - The Discussion Thread
But the world's based on...
You know what? I'm fairly certain the Giant did that gag better.
Point is yes, it is unlikely to come up again in the story. That's the very reason I called it a bonus dungeon.
At best it will come up in the epilogue- either to be immediately dismissed, because it's empty anyway or as a "and the adventures continue" style send off for the order."If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
Ronkong Coma "the way of the bookhunter" III Catacombium
(Walter Moers "Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher")
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2020-04-27, 04:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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