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    For 1252 Tied Up Nicely:

    Belkar Bitterleaf +1 (1251, 7 Jan 2022) +4 words
    Durkon Thundershield +1 (1242, 18 Aug 2021) +0 words
    Elan +1 (1246, 14 Oct 2021) +85 words
    Franklin +1 (1245, 4 Oct 2021) +0 words
    Haley Starshine +1 (1251, 7 Jan 2022) +61 words
    Lutely the Lute-tastical Lute +1 (1244, 16 Sep 2021) +0 words
    Minrah Shaleshoe +1 (1242, 18 Aug 2021) +11 words
    Roy Greenhilt +1 (1242, 18 Aug 2021) +0 words
    Serini Toormuck +1 (1251, 7 Jan 2022) +71 words
    Sunny +1 (1246, 14 Oct 2021) +62 words
    Vaarsuvius +1 (1251, 7 Jan 2022) +0 words

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    Roy is firmly in first place with 64,781 words.
    Haley is in 2nd place with 40,496 words.
    Elan is in 3rd with 35,877
    Belkar is in 4th with 34,517.
    Vaarsuvius is in 5th with 28,672.
    Durkon is 6th, with 22,952 words.
    Minrah stays in 25th place with 3,409, keeping her between Malack (3,528) and Bandana (3,266).
    Serini pulls ahead of Crystal (1,915) into 39th place with 1,981, right behind Ian Starshine (2,022).
    Sunny jumps from 161st place to 136th with 285 words, landing between the Sea Witch from Pier Pressure (287) and a tie between the Female Dwarf Vampire and the Team Peregrine Commander (284).
    Lutey and Franklin remain silent, in a 910-way tie for 1,106th place.

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    This comic pushes us just past 100,000 on-screen appearances of characters. Just about 1 in 6 of those appearances are by Hobgoblin Warriors, including the two panels with the highest number of characters: 463, panel 1 with 2,245 Warriors and July of the Tenth Anniversary Calander with 2,129 of them.

    One more bit of trivia is that this is only the 95th comic ever to come out on a Saturday. That makes up 7.59% of the total. Only Sunday has fewer, with 74 (5.91%).
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    Malack's holding onto his spot for now - but Minrah's coming in real fast, and I don't expect it to stick around for long.
    The only possible escape for Malack is a sudden reappearance this book! But after his sudden existence injury in BTRitF, he's unlikely to get back in the game.
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    For 1253 Catching Up:

    Belkar Bitterleaf +1 (1252, 22 Jan 2022) +40 words
    Durkon Thundershield +1 (1252, 22 Jan 2022) +0 words
    Elan +1 (1252, 22 Jan 2022) +16 words
    Haley Starshine +1 (1252, 22 Jan 2022) +36 words
    Lien +1 (1251, 7 Jan 2022) +28 words
    Lutely the Lute-tastical Lute +1 (1252, 22 Jan 2022) +0 words
    Minrah Shaleshoe +1 (1252, 22 Jan 2022) +44 words
    Mr. Scruffy +1 (1242, 18 Aug 2021) +1 word
    O-Chul +1 (1251, 7 Jan 2022) +0 words
    Roy Greenhilt +1 (1252, 22 Jan 2022) +62 words
    Serini Toormuck +1 (1252, 22 Jan 2022) +44 words
    Sunny +1 (1252, 22 Jan 2022) +68 words

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    Roy is firmly in first place with 64,843 words.
    Haley is in 2nd place with 40,532 words.
    Elan is in 3rd with 35,893.
    Belkar is in 4th with 34,557.
    Durkon is 6th, with 22,952 words.
    O-Chul, with no words, stays in 10th place with 10,137, behind Tarquin (11,366) and ahead of Hinjo (9,240).
    Lien remains in 21st place with 4,196 between Thor (4,331) and Right-Eye (3,761).
    Minrah stays in 25th place with 3,453, keeping her between Malack (3,528) and Bandana (3,266).
    Serini pulls just barely ahead of Ian Starshine (2,022) into 38th place with 2,025, behind Sigdi Thundershield (2,130).
    Sunny jumps from 136th place to 119th with 353 words, landing between Daesuk from Pier Pressure (359) and High Priestess Rubyrock (351).
    Mr. Scruffy (123) breaks his 237th place tie, placing him below Brother Hiram (124) and above Adolescent Black Dragon and Weary Traveler Worker (122).
    Lutey remains silent, in a 910-way tie for 1,106th place.

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    This is one of three comics with the title Catching Up, with the others being 412 and 1073. Another comic, 925, is called Catching Up with Family; close, but not quite.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yxylu View Post
    Roy is firmly in first place with 64,843 words.
    Haley is in 2nd place with 40,532 words.
    Elan is in 3rd with 35,893.
    Belkar is in 4th with 34,557.
    Durkon is 6th, with 22,952 words.
    O-Chul, with no words, stays in 10th place with 10,137, behind Tarquin (11,366) and ahead of Hinjo (9,240).
    Lien remains in 21st place with 4,196 between Thor (4,331) and Right-Eye (3,761).
    Minrah stays in 25th place with 3,453, keeping her between Malack (3,528) and Bandana (3,266).
    Serini pulls just barely ahead of Ian Starshine (2,022) into 38th place with 2,025, behind Sigdi Thundershield (2,130).
    Sunny jumps from 136th place to 119th with 353 words, landing between Daesuk from Pier Pressure (359) and High Priestess Rubyrock (351).
    Mr. Scruffy (123) breaks his 237th place tie, placing him below Brother Hiram (124) and above Adolescent Black Dragon and Weary Traveler Worker (122).
    Lutey remains silent, in a 910-way tie for 1,106th place.
    I find it kinda surprising that despite have the 15th most pages Tarquin is at #9 for words, I mean it makes sense that Mr. Scruffy has very few words but I would’ve thought at least one of Blackwing, Hinjo, O-Chip and Durkula produced more words than him.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Schroeswald View Post
    I find it kinda surprising that despite have the 15th most pages Tarquin is at #9 for words, I mean it makes sense that Mr. Scruffy has very few words but I would’ve thought at least one of Blackwing, Hinjo, O-Chip and Durkula produced more words than him.
    Tarquin was extremely chatty the whole time he was around. Over 77% of his panels had him speaking in them. He appeared in 731 panels, with 15.55 words per panel.

    Mr. Scruffy only spoke in 8.7% of his 953 panels, with only 0.13 words per panel.

    Blackwing spoke in 38.6% of his 845 panels, with 5.33 wpp.

    Hinjo spoke in 67.4% of his 830 panels, with 11.13 wpp.

    O-Chul spoke in 60.86% of his 1,004 panels, with 10.10 wpp.

    Durkula spoke in 60.2% of his 665 (so close!) panels, with 9.42 wpp.

    Only 2 characters in the top 100 of words spoken have over 20 wpp: Shojo with 21.05 and Illusionary Girard with 23.74.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yxylu View Post
    Tarquin was extremely chatty the whole time he was around. Over 77% of his panels had him speaking in them. He appeared in 731 panels, with 15.55 words per panel.

    Mr. Scruffy only spoke in 8.7% of his 953 panels, with only 0.13 words per panel.

    Blackwing spoke in 38.6% of his 845 panels, with 5.33 wpp.

    Hinjo spoke in 67.4% of his 830 panels, with 11.13 wpp.

    O-Chul spoke in 60.86% of his 1,004 panels, with 10.10 wpp.

    Durkula spoke in 60.2% of his 665 (so close!) panels, with 9.42 wpp.

    Only 2 characters in the top 100 of words spoken have over 20 wpp: Shojo with 21.05 and Illusionary Girard with 23.74.
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    I like that there's actual evidence now for Tarquin having loved the sound of his own voice. (Though to be fair, he probably does have a pretty pleasant voice.)
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    The Greenhilt sword is enough of a character that we should count it in this thread. Let me bootstrap the count. This was an interesting experience because I had the preconception that Roy almost always appears together with his sword, so I'd just have to count a few strips with Roy without the sword and subtract it from Roy's number, but this is far from the case.

    The Greenhilt sword appears in these online strips. "+1" means that the sword appears in two pages within the strip, imagine it's in blue.

    #1, #2, #4, #5, #6, #7, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #20, #21, #22, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35, #36, #37, #41, #43, #44, #45, #46, #47, #48, #51, #54, #55, #56, #57, #59, #60, #64, #67, #69, #70, #71, #72, #75, #78, #80, #85, #86, #87, #88, #90, #91, #92, #93, #94, #95, #96, #97, #98, #99,
    #101, #102, #104, #105, #106, #110, #112, #113, #114, #115, #116, #118, #119, #120 +1, #122, #123, #124, #125, #127, #129, #130, #131, #134, #136 +1, #139, #140, #141, #142, #143, #144, #146, #150, #151, #152, #153, #162, #163, #164, #170, #171, #172, #173, #175, #176, #177, #178, #179, #180, #181, #182, #183, #185, #186, #187, #188, #198, #199,
    #200 +3, #201, #202, #203, #204, #206, #207, #209, #210, #211, #212, #213, #214, #215, #216, #219, #220, #221, #222, #223, #224, #225, #226, #250, #251, #284, #285 +1, #287, #288, #289, #290 +1, #291, #292, #293, #294, #295, #296, #297, #298 +1, #305, #307, #308, #318, #320, #321, #322, #323, #324, #325, #326, #327, #328, #329, #330, #331 +1, #332, #333, #334, #336, #337 +1, #338, #340, #341, #342, #343, #349, #355, #356, #358, #359, #360, #361, #362, #363, #364, #366, #377, #378, #379, #380, #388,
    #401, #402, #403, #404, #405, #406 +2, #407, #408 +1, #409 +1, #410, #411, #413 +1, #414, #418, #420 +1, #421, #422, #424, #425, #426 +1, #428 +2, #429 +1, #430, #431, #434, #441, #442 +2, #443 +1, #444, #460, #474, #475 +1, #476, #477 +2, #478, #483 +1, #484, #497, #499 +1,
    #523, #524, #526, #527, #534, #537, #538, #539, #570, #573, #574, #575, #578, #580, #600 +1, #601, #670 +1, #671, #672 +1, #673, #674, #676, #682, #683, #684, #686, #687, #688, #689, #690, #691, #692, #693, #694, #695, #696, #697, #698,
    #728, #729, #730, #731, #739, #798,
    #809, #813, #814, #815, #816 +1, #817 +1, #818, #834, #836, #837, #838, #839 +1, #840, #841 +1, #842 +1, #843, #844, #845, #846, #847, #848, #849, #850, #851, #852, #853, #855, #858, #860, #861, #862, #863, #864, #865, #867, #880 +1, #881 +1, #885, #886 +1, #887, #889, #890, #891, #892, #893, #895 +1, #896 +2, #897, #898, #900,
    #901 +1, #902, #904, #909, #910, #911, #912, #916, #917 +1, #919, #920, #922 +1, #923 +1, #925, #926, #927, #928, #929, #930, #931, #932, #933, #934, #937, #938, #939, #944, #945 +1, #946 +1, #948, #951, #952, #953, #954, #955, #956, #958, #960, #961, #963 +2, #964, #965, #966, #968, #982, #983, #984, #985 +1, #986, #987 +1, #989, #990, #992, #993, #994 +1, #997, #998 +1, #999 +1, #1000 +3,
    #1001, #1002, #1003, #1004, #1005, #1006, #1007 +1, #1008, #1009, #1010, #1011, #1012 +1, #1016, #1017, #1018, #1019, #1022, #1023, #1024, #1025, #1026, #1027, #1028, #1029, #1030, #1045, #1046, #1047, #1048, #1049, #1050 +1, #1051 +1, #1053, #1060 +1, #1061, #1063, #1066, #1067 +1, #1078, #1090, #1091, #1092, #1093, #1094, #1095, #1096, #1097, #1098, #1099, #1100,
    #1101 +1, #1102 +1, #1103, #1104, #1105 +1, #1106, #1107, #1108, #1109, #1110, #1113, #1115, #1116 +1, #1117 +1, #1118, #1122 +1, #1123, #1124, #1125, #1126 +1, #1127 +1, #1128 +1, #1149, #1150, #1151, #1152, #1153 +1, #1154, #1160, #1161, #1162, #1163, #1164, #1165, #1168, #1175, #1179, #1180, #1185, #1186, #1187, #1191, #1192, #1193, #1195, #1196, #1197, #1198, #1199, #1200,
    #1201, #1202, #1203 +1, #1204, #1218 +1, #1219, #1220, #1221, #1222 +1, #1223 +1, #1224, #1230, #1233, #1234, #1235, #1236, #1237, #1238 +1, #1241 +1, #1242, #1253.

    The following strips have Roy but not the sword.

    #38, #39, #40, #89, #165, #166, #167, #227, #231, #232, #233, #234, #235, #236, #237, #240, #241, #242, #244, #245, #246, #248, #249, #260, #263, #264, #265, #266, #267, #268, #269, #271, #272, #277, #278, #280, #282, #283, #310, #313, #315, #316, #436, #473, #485 +1, #486, #487, #488, #489, #490 +1, #491, #492, #493, #494, #495, #496, #498 +1, #500 +2,
    #510, #525, #528, #529, #530 +1, #531 +1, #532 +1, #533, #565, #566, #567 +1, #569, #571, #572, #576, #602 +1, #603, #604, #610 +1, #613, #617, #645, #646, #649, #650, #664, #665, #666, #669, #733, #734, #736, #738, #741, #744, #745, #746, #748, #750, #753, #758 +1, #768, #769, #770, #771, #772, #773, #774, #777, #779, #782, #783, #786, #787, #788, #791, #795, #796 +1, #803 +1, #808 +3, #888, #905, #908,
    #1068, #1069, #1070, #1071, #1073, #1074, #1075 +1, #1076 +1, #1077, #1182, #1188, #1239.

    The following strips have both Roy's sword and Roy appear, but Roy appears on more pages, thus giving extra blue pluses to Roy.

    (#284) +1, (#798) +1, (#889) +2, (#1078) +1.

    The following strips have the Greenhilt sword appearing but not Roy. (There are quite a few near misses for this earlier.)

    #537, #538, #539, #570, #573, #574.

    Notes about certain strips.
    • #89: All characters are invisible. Roy is there in the dialog, presumably with his sword, but we don't see it. I count this as Roy but no sword.
    • #114 and more: the sword is broken, but the hilt and part of the blade is enough to count.
    • #388, #739: Roy appears only in Elan's fantasy, but I think that counts.
    • #429, #817, #896, #923, #1076, #1101, #1117: The pluses may be double-counting where Roy and the sword appears both in the last half-page in #428 and the first half-page of #429, similarly in the other examples.
    • #1076: similarly, the pluses may be double-counting because Roy appears in the last half-page in #1075 and the first half-page in #1076.
    • #442, #443: I haven't bought the book yet so I've no idea how these are layed out on pages, so the pluses may be wrong.
    • #444 and more: I'm counting Roy's corpse or skeleton or golemed skeleton as an appearance of Roy for the purposes of this thread only.
    • #484: the sword appears only on the second page, while Roy appears only on the third page.
    • #526: I also count Roy's ghost as an appearance of Roy for the purpose of this thread.
    • #537: However, I don't count Roy's corpse when it's not visible because it's completely covered by that blue blanket.
    • #578: Roy appears on both pages but the sword only on the second page.
    • #580: Roy and his sword appear on the cover of the comic book in the last panel.
    • #1078: the last panel in the first page shows some green glow in the air, and these are probably the glow from the sword's magic ability, but I don't count this as an appearance of the sword.


    The final tally up to #1253 inclusive is:
    The Greenhilt Sword (526+80)
    Roy Greenhilt (653+104)

    I've almost certainly made several errors in this. If you can find the errors, please point them out to me and I'll fix the count. If you're one of those obsessive people who keep a spreadsheet of all appearances of everyone, I'd be glad if you could cross-check it with my strip numbers.

    The official tally for Roy up to #1253 is 670+110, which is 17+6 greater than my tally. My tally for Roy up to #590 is 333+38, while the official tally up to #590 is 343+40. This means that there's 7-2 difference between my tally and the official tally since #590, and I should be able to hunt down those differences by examining the past threads; while the other 10+2 difference is old and may be mostly before the moratorium. I should look up the differences later, because they would help make the tally for the Greenhilt sword more accurate.

    I have not counted bonus appearances (red) for now, those are to be determined later.

    Unrelated to this, but #146 should count as another appearance of Rich Burlew, only I'm not sure if we can add him because of the moratorium for strips before #371.
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    Quote Originally Posted by b_jonas View Post
    If you're one of those obsessive people who keep a spreadsheet of all appearances of everyone, I'd be glad if you could cross-check it with my strip numbers.
    You rang?

    I’ve started going through and tallying up the appearances of the Greenhilt Sword, the Mechane, Xykon’s Crown, and Xykon’s Phylactery. It’ll be a while, though, because I count panels, not comics. So far, I’ve done the print-only things besides the board game, and I’ll get to the books as time permits.

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    Yxylu: I was mostly hoping that you could cross-check the appearances of Roy, not the sword. If I made mistakes, they'll mostly be in the same places.

    Update 2022-02-21T02:45Z: thank you for the list of Roy's appearances, I'll check that with my list later.
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    Quote Originally Posted by b_jonas View Post
    Yxylu: I was mostly hoping that you could cross-check the appearances of Roy, not the sword. If I made mistakes, they'll mostly be in the same places.
    Here’s what I have for Roy.

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    655 (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 64, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 78, 80, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 98, 99, 101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 108, 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 118, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125, 127, 129, 130, 131, 134, 136, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146, 150, 151, 152, 153, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 206, 207, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 239, 240, 241, 242, 244, 245, 246, 248, 249, 251, 260, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 271, 272, 273, 276, 278, 280, 282, 283, 284, 285, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 305, 307, 308, 310, 313, 315, 316, 318, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 336, 337, 338, 340, 341, 342, 343, 349, 351, 355, 356, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 366, 377, 378, 379, 380, 388, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 418, 420, 421, 422, 424, 425, 426, 428, 429, 430, 431, 434, 436, 441, 442, 443, 444, 450, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 483, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 510, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 536, 537, 538, 539, 565, 566, 567, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 578, 580, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 610, 613, 617, 645, 646, 649, 650, 664, 665, 666, 669, 670, 671, 672, 673, 674, 676, 680, 682, 683, 684, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 695, 696, 697, 698, 728, 729, 730, 731, 733, 734, 736, 738, 739, 741, 744, 745, 746, 748, 753, 758, 768, 769, 770, 771, 772, 773, 774, 777, 779, 782, 783, 786, 787, 788, 791, 795, 796, 797, 798, 803, 807, 808, 809, 813, 814, 815, 816, 817, 818, 834, 836, 837, 838, 839, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, 845, 846, 847, 848, 849, 850, 851, 852, 853, 855, 858, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 865, 867, 880, 881, 885, 886, 887, 888, 889, 890, 891, 892, 893, 895, 896, 897, 898, 900, 901, 902, 904, 905, 908, 909, 910, 911, 912, 917, 919, 920, 922, 923, 925, 926, 927, 928, 929, 930, 931, 932, 933, 934, 937, 938, 939, 944, 945, 946, 951, 952, 953, 954, 955, 956, 958, 960, 961, 963, 964, 965, 966, 968, 982, 983, 984, 985, 986, 987, 989, 990, 992, 993, 994, 997, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1053, 1060, 1061, 1063, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1073, 1074, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1080, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1113, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1122, 1123, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1151, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163, 1164, 1165, 1168, 1175, 1179, 1180, 1182, 1185, 1186, 1187, 1188, 1191, 1192, 1193, 1195, 1196, 1197, 1198, 1199, 1200, 1201, 1202, 1203, 1204, 1218, 1219, 1220, 1221, 1222, 1223, 1224, 1230, 1233, 1234, 1235, 1236, 1237, 1238, 1239, 1241, 1242, 1252, 1253)
    173 (0003-A, 0013a, 0023a, 0023b, 0034a, 0122a, 0150a, 0150b, 0150c, 0174a, 0280a, 0304a, 0323a, 0333a, 0416a, 0642g, 0642h, 0665a, 0665b, 0743a, 0801a, 0837a, 0855a, 0864a, 0938a, 0967a, 0993a, 1052a, 1169a, Bonus-1, Bonus-2, Bonus-4, Bonus-6, BRitF-R01, BRitF-R05, BRitF-vi, BRitF-viii, Cast Page, DCF-050, DCF-072, DCF-124, DCF-B, DCF-C, DCF-D, DCF-E, DCF-F, DCF-G, DCF-H, DCF-R2, DM-#338, DM-#340, DM-#341, DM-#342, DM-#344, DM-#346, DM-#347, DM-#348, DM-#349, DM-#351, DM-#353, DM-#354, DM-#355, DM-#356, DM-#357, DM-#358, DM-#359, DStP-Extra, DStP-iv, DStP-R1, DStP-R9, DStP-vi, DStP-viii, EW-01, EW-02, EW-03, EW-04, EW-05, EW-10, EW-11, EW-13, EW-14, EW-16, EW-17, EW-19, EW-20, EW-21, EW-22, EW-CP, HJ-01, NCftPB-260, NCftPB-262, NCftPB-i, NCftPB-R01, NCftPB-R05, NCftPB-R08, NCftPB-R09, NCftPB-vi, NCftPB-vii, NCftPB-viii, OtOoP-27, OtOoP-28, OtOoP-29, OtOoP-30, OtOoP-31, OtOoP-32, OtOoP-33, OtOoP-34, OtOoP-41, OtOoP-42, OtOoP-43, OtOoP-44, OtOoP-45, OtOoP-46, OtOoP-53, OtOoP-54, OtOoP-55, OtOoP-58, OtOoP-59, OtOoP-60, OtOoP-61, OtOoP-62, OtOoP-63, OtOoP-64, OtOoP-65, OtOoP-66, OtOoP-67, OtOoP-68, OtOoP-69, OtOoP-70, OtOoP-71, SA-17, SoD-019, SoD-025, SoD-026, SoD-080, ST-01, ST-02, ST-03, ST-04, ST-05, ST-06, ST-07, ST-08, ST-09, ST-10, ST-11, ST-12, ST-13, ST-19, ST-20, ST-21, ST-22, ST-23, ST-24, ST-25, ST-26, ST-27, ST-28, ST-29, ST-30, ST-31, ST-32, ST-33, ST-34, ST-35, ST-36, ST-37, ST-38, UD-vii, WaX-ix, WaX-R2, WaX-vii, WaX-x)
    (plus 98 Cards, the Cover Art, Quick Start Guide, Rule Book, and Shortening Rules from the Board Game, all 7 Calendars, the Coloring Book, the Cast Page, several Kickstarter Update messages, all of the book cover pages except SoD and GDGU, and all of the Wallpapers except -09 and -10)

    122 (120, 136, 200-2, 200-3, 200-4, 250, 277, 284, 285, 290, 298, 316, 331, 337, 406-2, 406-3, 408, 409, 413, 420, 426, 428-2, 428-3, 429, 430, 442-2, 442-3, 460, 473, 475, 477-2, 477-3, 484-2, 484-3, 485, 490, 498, 499, 500-2, 500-3, 530, 531, 532, 567, 578, 600, 602, 610, 670, 672, 698, 750, 758, 795, 796, 798, 803, 808-2, 808-3, 808-4, 816, 839, 841, 842, 880, 881, 886, 889-2, 889-3, 895, 896-2, 896-3, 901, 916, 917, 922, 923, 933, 945, 946, 948, 963-2, 963-3, 985, 987, 994, 998, 999, 1000-2, 1000-3, 1000-4, 1007, 1009, 1012, 1026, 1050, 1051, 1060, 1067, 1075, 1075, 1076, 1078, 1101, 1102, 1105, 1116, 1117, 1122, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1149, 1150, 1153, 1202, 1203, 1218, 1222, 1223, 1238, 1241)
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    For 1254 Changed Circumstances:

    Character
    Count
    Last Appearance
    Words
    Total Words
    Rank
    Durkon Thundershield
    +1
    1253, 18 Feb 2022
    +0
    22,952
    6
    Elan
    +1
    1253, 18 Feb 2022
    +33
    35,926
    3
    Haley Starshine
    +1
    1253, 18 Feb 2022
    +10
    40,542
    2
    Lien
    +1
    1253, 18 Feb 2022
    +11
    4,207
    21
    Lutely the Lute-tastical Lute
    +1
    1253, 18 Feb 2022
    +0
    0
    1,106
    Roy Greenhilt
    +1
    1253, 18 Feb 2022
    +190
    65,019
    1
    Serini Toormuck
    +1
    1253, 18 Feb 2022
    +159
    2,184
    36
    Sunny
    +1
    1253, 18 Feb 2022
    +40
    393
    108

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    Lien is between Thor (4,331) and Right-Eye (3,761).
    Serini moves ahead 2 places, ahead of Gin-Jun (2,156) and behind Zhou Bo (2,196).
    Sunny is between 4th Edition Vaarsuvius (396) and the various Flumphs (392).
    Lutey remains silent, in a 914-way tie.

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    I have started counting up the Greenhilt Sword appearances, which includes this comic, but that count is still a work-in-progress, so I don't have much to report about it at the moment.
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    For 1255 And Poorly Lit Signs:

    Character
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    Words
    Total Words
    Rank
    Belkar Bitterleaf
    +1
    1253, 18 Feb 2022
    +38
    34,595
    4
    Durkon Thundershield
    +1
    1254, 16 Mar 2022
    +94
    23,046
    6
    Elan
    +1
    1253, 18 Feb 2022
    +0
    35,926
    3
    Lien
    +1
    1254, 16 Mar 2022
    +17
    4,224
    21
    Roy Greenhilt
    +1
    1254, 16 Mar 2022
    +210
    65,229
    1
    Serini Toormuck
    +1
    1254, 16 Mar 2022
    +106
    2,290
    35
    Sunny
    +1
    1254, 16 Mar 2022
    +0
    393
    108
    Vaarsuvius
    +1
    1252, 22 Jan 2022
    +15
    28,687
    5

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    Serini moves ahead 1 place, ahead of Zhou Bo (2,196) and behind Hilgya Firehelm (2,348).

    No one else moved in the ranks.
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    Serini’s gotta be a contender for one of the most talkative characters if she’s this far in words
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    Quote Originally Posted by Schroeswald View Post
    Serini’s gotta be a contender for one of the most talkative characters if she’s this far in words
    Here's a chart with the top 50 characters in order of words spoken. Serini is certainly up there in percentage of panels with speech, and eighth in words per panel.

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    # Character Name Words Percentage Appearances Panels Words per Panel Percentage of Panels Percentage of Panels with Speech
    1 Roy Greenhilt 65,229 12.76% 6211 6135 10.63 26.73% 69.68%
    2 Haley Starshine 40,542 7.93% 4761 4681 8.66 20.40% 62.91%
    3 Elan 35,926 7.03% 4409 4388 8.19 19.12% 65.22%
    4 Belkar Bitterleaf 34,595 6.77% 3956 3928 8.81 17.12% 61.56%
    5 Vaarsuvius 28,687 5.61% 3023 3006 9.54 13.10% 57.85%
    6 Durkon Thundershield 23,046 4.51% 3049 2942 7.83 12.82% 57.51%
    7 Redcloak 18,940 3.71% 1484 1478 12.81 6.44% 73.48%
    8 Xykon 15,180 2.97% 1238 1235 12.29 5.38% 76.19%
    9 Tarquin 11,366 2.22% 733 731 15.55 3.19% 77.15%
    10 O-Chul 10,137 1.98% 1007 1004 10.10 4.37% 60.86%
    11 Hinjo 9,240 1.81% 832 830 11.13 3.62% 67.35%
    12 Nale 8,584 1.68% 815 810 10.60 3.53% 69.75%
    13 Celia 6,982 1.37% 588 588 11.87 2.56% 71.43%
    14 Eugene Greenhilt 6,859 1.34% 454 446 15.38 1.94% 83.18%
    15 High Priest of Hel 6,265 1.23% 680 665 9.42 2.90% 60.15%
    16 Shojo 6,211 1.22% 315 295 21.05 1.29% 82.03%
    17 Miko Miyazaki 5,825 1.14% 656 647 9.00 2.82% 58.42%
    18 Monster in the Darkness 5,143 1.01% 575 574 8.96 2.50% 75.78%
    19 Blackwing 4,500 0.88% 850 845 5.33 3.68% 38.58%
    20 Thor 4,331 0.85% 273 272 15.92 1.19% 76.47%
    21 Lien 4,224 0.83% 457 456 9.26 1.99% 63.60%
    22 Right-Eye 3,761 0.74% 412 412 9.13 1.80% 60.68%
    23 Therkla 3,626 0.71% 344 343 10.57 1.49% 66.47%
    24 Malack 3,528 0.69% 310 310 11.38 1.35% 69.68%
    25 Minrah Shaleshoe 3,453 0.68% 471 471 7.33 2.05% 52.02%
    26 Bandana Secundus 3,266 0.64% 295 295 11.07 1.29% 69.83%
    27 Sabine 3,203 0.63% 440 426 7.52 1.86% 57.51%
    28 Qarr 2,815 0.55% 260 259 10.87 1.13% 65.64%
    29 Tsukiko 2,656 0.52% 199 189 14.05 0.82% 82.54%
    30 Julio Scoundrél 2,494 0.49% 166 161 15.49 0.70% 87.58%
    31 Kazumi Kato 2,482 0.49% 257 257 9.66 1.12% 68.87%
    32 Saha Kapoor 2,420 0.47% 270 270 8.96 1.18% 55.56%
    33 Daigo 2,393 0.47% 314 314 7.62 1.37% 62.42%
    34 Hilgya Firehelm 2,348 0.46% 286 284 8.27 1.24% 55.63%
    35 Serini Toormuck 2,290 0.45% 164 164 13.96 0.71% 81.10%
    36 Zhou Bo 2,196 0.43% 266 266 8.26 1.16% 60.90%
    37 Gin-Jun 2,156 0.42% 168 167 12.91 0.73% 73.05%
    38 Sigdi Thundershield 2,130 0.42% 215 201 10.60 0.88% 68.66%
    39 Ian Starshine 2,022 0.40% 158 158 12.80 0.69% 81.01%
    40 Crystal 1,915 0.37% 315 285 6.72 1.24% 64.56%
    41 Kubota 1,888 0.37% 113 113 16.71 0.49% 72.57%
    42 Gannji 1,815 0.36% 139 139 13.06 0.61% 77.70%
    43 Oracle of Sunken Valley 1,680 0.33% 110 110 15.27 0.48% 79.09%
    44 Demon Roach 1,665 0.33% 705 424 3.93 1.85% 49.53%
    45 Hel 1,424 0.28% 87 85 16.75 0.37% 81.18%
    46 Bozzok 1,408 0.28% 135 134 10.51 0.58% 63.43%
    47 Bureaucratic Deva 1,401 0.27% 73 73 19.19 0.32% 86.30%
    48 Thog 1,397 0.27% 367 366 3.82 1.59% 49.45%
    49 Andromeda 1,394 0.27% 136 136 10.25 0.59% 69.12%
    50 Roy's Archon 1,298 0.25% 186 186 6.98 0.81% 33.33%
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    Thog has fewest words per panel. Nice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crimsonmantle View Post
    Thog has fewest words per panel. Nice.
    He’s got nothing on the cat. Mr. Scruffy is all the way down at 0.13 words per panel. 123 words in 953 panels.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yxylu View Post
    He’s got nothing on the cat. Mr. Scruffy is all the way down at 0.13 words per panel. 123 words in 953 panels.
    Thog prefer puppies, but I'm a cat person myself. Of course none of these people got anything on the cat.
    (Seriously: I realize the flaw of basing the statement on a list of 50 characters with the most words rather than the most appearances, but a non-commonspeaker has an unfair advantage anyhow. How many words per panel for Bloodfeast?)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crimsonmantle View Post
    Thog prefer puppies, but I'm a cat person myself. Of course none of these people got anything on the cat.
    (Seriously: I realize the flaw of basing the statement on a list of 50 characters with the most words rather than the most appearances, but a non-commonspeaker has an unfair advantage anyhow. How many words per panel for Bloodfeast?)
    Bloodfeast has a grand total of 5 words in 87 panels, so a mere 0.06 WPP. Three here, one here, and one in the Monsters Calendar, in August.
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    For 1256 Eye to Eye:

    Character
    Count
    Last Appearance
    Words
    Total Words
    Rank
    Belkar Bitterleaf
    +1 +1
    1255, 30 Mar 2022
    +89
    34,684
    4
    Durkon Thundershield
    +1 +1
    1255, 30 Mar 2022
    +27
    23,073
    6
    Elan
    +1 +1
    1255, 30 Mar 2022
    +5
    35,931
    3
    Haley Starshine
    +1 +1
    1254, 16 Mar 2022
    +36
    40,578
    2
    Lien
    +1 +1
    1255, 30 Mar 2022
    +76
    4,300
    21
    Minrah Shaleshoe
    +1
    1253, 18 Feb 2022
    +0
    3,453
    25
    O-Chul
    +1 +1
    1253, 18 Feb 2022
    +22
    10,159
    10
    Roy Greenhilt
    +1 +1
    1255, 30 Mar 2022
    +206
    65,435
    1
    Serini Toormuck
    +1 +1
    1255, 30 Mar 2022
    +264
    2,554
    30
    Sunny
    +1 +1
    1255, 30 Mar 2022
    +13
    406
    104
    Vaarsuvius
    +1
    1255, 30 Mar 2022
    +0
    28,687
    5

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    Serini moves ahead 5 places, ahead of Julio Scoundrél (2,494) and behind Tsukiko (2,656).

    Sunny moves ahead 4 places, ahead of Empress of Blood and Soon Kim (401) and behind Vampiric Half-dragon Half-troll Lycanthropic Fiendish Phrenic Snail (414).

    No one else moved in the ranks.

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    This comic had 738 words. The last time we had that many was comic 1000, with 745. That was almost seven years ago. That number also puts 1256 in 22nd place for most words per comic.
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    Okay, so, an apology: I semi-recently took a job with the IRS and it's been taking up both huge amounts of my time and much of the mental space I usually use for this thread. This in combination with a methodological issue has meant that I've repeatedly put off updating this thread while I sort out said issue.

    After a lot of going back and forth on the issue, I decided that I may as well punt the question to the community: How should we count characters who appear on multiple online pages that are later consolidated into one page in their "final" form in print? For instance, #1251 begins with what will undoubtedly be the second half of the page that begins as part of #1250. It seems rather absurd to treat a character who appears on each half-page as appearing on two separate pages, even though those half-pages will eventually wind up being the same page, yet that's currently what we seem to do, if past threads are a reliable guide. In fact, I suspect this practice accounts for many of the discrepancies between this thread's count, Yxylu's and b_jonas's.

    What does everyone think? Should we treat each half-page as being part of the same page for the purposes of counting how many pages a character is credited with appearing on? The number of actual online strips each character appears in shouldn't be affected, only the +1s.

    (I have a draft of the main thread update waiting in the wings, but am waiting to post it because the final results will depend in part on what we collectively decide.)
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    Player: Well, Bob thinks it. And since Bob has high Int and Wis, and a lot of points in Dungeoneering, he would probably know a thing or two about how to open vault doors.
    Ah yes, the Dungeon-Kruger effect.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Emanick View Post
    I suspect this practice accounts for many of the discrepancies between this thread's count, Yxylu's and b_jonas's.
    Nah, the discrepancies are mostly because I've been lazy and haven't checked anything since my posts, even though there are plenty of leads for what I should cross-check. And in any case, that would only change the blue numbers, not the more important black numbers, since the latter only care about online pages.

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    Quote Originally Posted by b_jonas View Post
    Nah, the discrepancies are mostly because I've been lazy and haven't checked anything since my posts, even though there are plenty of leads for what I should cross-check. And in any case, that would only change the blue numbers, not the more important black numbers, since the latter only care about online pages.
    I don’t have a strong opinion on this. I guess if I had to decide, I would leave it as-is, where the character gets counted on both half-pages. I know it’s a little odd when considered in the context of the books, but OotS is primarily an online comic.

    That being said, I won’t shed any tears if you decide to go the other way. I have a finer resolution with my count, since I go by panels, not comics, so my stuff isn’t substantially affected by our decision.

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    For 1257 Mental Block:

    Character
    Count
    Last Appearance
    Words
    Total Words
    Rank
    Blackwing
    +1
    1223, 22 Jan 2021
    +85
    4,585
    19
    Elan
    +1
    1256, 26 Apr 2022
    +30
    35,961
    3
    Haley Starshine
    +1
    1256, 26 Apr 2022
    +2
    40,580
    2
    Roy Greenhilt
    +1
    1256, 26 Apr 2022
    +160
    65,595
    1
    Serini Toormuck
    +1
    1256, 26 Apr 2022
    +25
    2,579
    30
    Sunny
    +1
    1256, 26 Apr 2022
    +61
    467
    98
    Vaarsuvius
    +1
    1256, 26 Apr 2022
    +25
    28,712
    5
    Xykon
    +1
    1228, 8 Mar 2021
    +21
    15,201
    8

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    Sunny moves ahead 6 places, ahead of Iron Mage Host (465) and behind Hobgoblin Outpost General (476).

    No one else moved in the ranks.

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    This was the first appearance of Blackwing and Xykon in over a year. It also had the most necessary use of censoring in a comic to date.

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    Don't forget about Sunny's drawings, which we now see in close-up. The one with him and Serini doesn't add anything new, since they're both visible in the flesh in the same strip. But we also see one with what appears to be Serini, Kragor, and a dragon, and one with the Snarl. Even if we decide that that's not them, and can't identify the dragon, those pictures (and hence the characters within them) have previously appeared in 1225 and 1226, and possibly also some of the recent ones I didn't check
    Time travels in divers paces with divers persons.
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    For 1258 Operational Security:

    Character
    Count
    Last Appearance
    Words
    Total Words
    Rank
    Belkar Bitterleaf
    +1
    1256, 26 Apr 2022
    +38
    35,970
    3
    Blackwing
    +1
    1257, 13 May 2022
    +9
    4,594
    19
    Durkon Thundershield
    +1
    1256, 23 Apr 2022
    +32
    23,105
    6
    Elan
    +1
    1257, 13 May 2022
    +9
    35,970
    3
    Haley Starshine
    +1
    1257, 13 May 2022
    +78
    40,658
    2
    Lien
    +1
    1256, 23 Apr 2022
    +0
    4,300
    21
    Minrah Shaleshoe
    +1
    1256, 23 Apr 2022
    +21
    3,474
    25
    Mr. Scruffy
    +1
    1253, 18 Feb 2022
    +1
    124
    236
    O-Chul
    +1
    1256, 23 Apr 2022
    +48
    10,207
    10
    Roy Greenhilt
    +1
    1257, 13 May 2022
    +128
    65,723
    1
    Serini Toormuck
    +1
    1257, 13 May 2022
    +85
    2,664
    29
    Vaarsuvius
    +1
    1257, 13 May 2022
    +27
    28,739
    5

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    There was also a sound effect, the first since January. It's the 24th time we've seen a "BONK," so one more and we would have a full Sending.

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    For 1259 By Size, Color, and Number of Holes:

    Character
    Count
    Last Appearance
    Words
    Total Words
    Rank
    Belkar Bitterleaf
    +1
    1258, 25 May 2022
    +0
    35,970
    3
    Durkon Thundershield
    +1
    1258, 25 May 2022
    +9
    23,114
    6
    Elan
    +1
    1258, 25 May 2022
    +32
    36,002
    3
    Haley Starshine
    +1
    1258, 25 May 2022
    +74
    40,732
    2
    Lien
    +1
    1258, 25 May 2022
    +13
    4,313
    21
    Minrah Shaleshoe
    +1
    1258, 25 May 2022
    +33
    3,507
    25
    Mr. Scruffy
    +1
    1258, 25 May 2022
    +0
    124
    236
    O-Chul
    +1
    1258, 25 May 2022
    +42
    10,249
    10
    Roy Greenhilt
    +1
    1258, 25 May 2022
    +181
    65,904
    1
    Serini Toormuck
    +1
    1258, 25 May 2022
    +51
    2,715
    29
    Sunny
    +1
    1257, 13 May 2022
    +0
    467
    98
    Vaarsuvius
    +1
    1258, 25 May 2022
    +19
    28,758
    5

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    No one moved up in the ranking this time. Elan broke 36,000 words, which is a fairly big deal, I guess.

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    For 1260 Stew You:

    Character
    Count
    Last Appearance
    Words
    Total Words
    Rank
    Demon Roach
    +1
    1189, 2 Dec, 2019
    +47
    1,712
    43
    Monster in the Darkness
    +1
    1189, 2 Dec, 2019
    +124
    5,267
    18
    Xykon
    +1
    1257, 13 May 2022
    +218
    15,419
    8

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    The Demon Roaches pulled ahead of the Oracle of Sunken Valley (1,680), but no one else moves.

    Redcloak appears in artwork form, but not in the flesh. That's a difference in my count versus the official one.

    There is a sound effect also, the same sound of a vampire burning in 882 and 906.

    Finally, we are introduced by name to Haarko, who could be the bugbear in panel one of 1203. I'm going to call him that unless I have a specific reason to do otherwise.

    ————————————

    Based on the latest Q&A from Patreon, I’ve updated my count to have Attractive Azurite Archer appear in 423, panel 7. This does not affect any other counts in any substantial way. It does mean, though, that we’re are up to 2021 mutually distinguishable characters that I’m tracking - almost one per year (of the Gregorian calendar).
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    Okay, so I've finally had the time to update this thread thoroughly this weekend. Hopefully it can stay that way going forward, rather than sitting idle while I vacillate between different options indecisively.

    Given the general lack of input (with the exception of Yxylu; thanks for that!), I've decided to go with what makes the most sense to me and treat characters who appear on pages that are split between different strips online but which will appear as a single page in the final book as appearing on one page, rather than two. I'm going to be trying to make that consistent throughout the comic, retroactively, but I don't have time to do that right now. At this point, I think the most important thing to do is simply to keep this thread as up-to-date as possible, and work on background improvements in between new comic releases.

    So, without further ado:

    Updated through 1251

    Belkar Bitterleaf (+1), Haley Starshine (+1), Lien, O-Chul, Razor, Serini Toormuck, Vaarsuvius (+1)

    Updated through 1252

    Belkar Bitterleaf, Durkon Allotrope Thundershield, Elan, Franklin, Haley Starshine, Minrah Elle Shaleshoe, Roy Greenhilt, Serini Toormuck, Sunny, Vaarsuvius

    Updated through 1253

    Belkar Bitterleaf, Durkon Allotrope Thundershield, Elan, Haley Starshine, Lien, Minrah Elle Shaleshoe, Mr. Scruffy, O-Chul, Roy Greenhilt, Serini Toormuck, Sunny

    Updated through 1254

    Durkon Allotrope Thundershield, Elan, Haley Starshine, Lien, Roy Greenhilt, Serini Toormuck, Sunny

    Updated through 1255

    Belkar Bitterleaf, Durkon Allotrope Thundershield, Elan, Lien, Roy Greenhilt, Serini Toormuck, Sunny, Vaarsuvius

    Updated through 1256

    Belkar Bitterleaf (+1), Durkon Allotrope Thundershield (+1), Elan (+1), Haley Starshine (+1), Lien (+1), Minrah Elle Shaleshoe, O-Chul (+1), Roy Greenhilt (+1), Serini Toormuck (as crayon drawing) (+1), Sunny (as crayon drawing) (+1), The Snarl (as crayon drawing), Vaarsuvius

    Updated through 1257

    Blackwing, Dragon Fought By Kraagor, Elan, Haley Starshine, Kraagor (as crayon drawing), Roy Greenhilt, Serini Toormuck (as crayon drawing), Sunny (as crayon drawing), The Snarl (as crayon drawing), Vaarsuvius, Xykon

    Updated through 1258

    Belkar Bitterleaf, Blackwing, Durkon Allotrope Thundershield, Elan, Haley Starshine, Lien, Minrah Elle Shaleshoe, Mr. Scruffy, O-Chul, Roy Greenhilt, Serini Toormuck, Vaarsuvius

    Updated through 1259

    Belkar Bitterleaf, Durkon Allotrope Thundershield, Elan, Haley Starshine, Lien, Minrah Elle Shaleshoe, Mr. Scruffy, O-Chul, Roy Greenhilt, Serini Toormuck, Sunny, Vaarsuvius

    Updated through 1260

    Demon Roaches, Monster in the Darkness, Redcloak (as stone carving), Xykon (as stone carving)

    Congratulations to O-Chul and Lien on finally becoming Major Characters! It's been a long time coming, and nobody deserves it more than them.
    On a similar note, congratulations to Serini on becoming a Secondary Character, and congratulations to Sunny on becoming a Recurring Character.

    Other interesting milestones:

    Minrah has now appeared in more online strips than Tarquin. That puts her 13th in the rankings. The MitD has now appeared in as many online strips as Hinjo, tying them for 16th. O-Chul has now appeared in as many online strips as the Demon Roaches, tying them for 21st place. Same goes for Lien and Bandana, who are tied for 23rd place.

    Minrah passes Thog and Celia in appearances and becomes #18 in terms of the number of strips she has appeared in. Celia falls from #18 to #19. Thog falls from #19 to #20.
    Serini jumps from being tied for #54 with Bloodfeast the Extreme-inator, Felix, Gannji and Ho Thanh to being #40 outright. Gontor Hammerfell falls from #40 to #41. Andromeda, Kilkil and Tsukiko fall to being tied for #42. Exarch of Hel and Kudzu fall to being tied for #45. Carol, Ian Starshine and Kazumi Kato fall to being tied for #47. Julio Scoundrél falls to #50. Gin-Jun falls to #51. CotS Usher with Long Hair, Tingtox and Yikyik fall to being tied for #52. Bloodfeast the Extreme-inator, Felix, Gannji and Ho Thanh fall to being tied for #55.
    Kraagor jumps from being tied for #74 with Cedrik, Haruna Sato, High Priestess of Odin, Lee, Lirian, Nero, Phil Rodriguez and Wrecan to being tied for #72 with Odin and Vampire Dwarf with Blue Curly Hair. Cedrik, Haruna Sato, High Priestess of Odin, Lee, Lirian, Nero, Phil Rodriguez and Wrecan fall to being tied for #75.
    The Snarl jumps from being tied for #99 with Boot-Wight and Hoskin to being tied for #83 with Niu, Cots Usher with Sandy Hair, Oona, Roy’s Archon and Windstriker. Ancient Black Dragon and Girard Draketooth fall to being tied for #89 with Sunny. Daimyo Kubota, Ganonron, Hank, Jephton the Unholy, Logann Brightstone, Soul-Muncher and Vampirized CotS Usher with Sandy Hair fall from #90 to #92. Jenny and Sara Greenhilt fall from #97 to #99. Boot-Wight and Hoskin fall from #99 to #101.
    Sunny jumps from being tied for #156 with 4e!Belkar Bitterleaf, Dragon, Elan’s Mother, Hieronymus Grubwiggler, High Priest of Loki, Lockpicking Thief, Logann’s Mother, Rich Burlew, Shirra’s Sons, Solt’s Donkey, Tinna, Vaarsuvius’s Horse, Vampire Dwarf with Blue Beard and Balding Head and Vampire Dwarf with Purple Dress to being tied for #89 with Ancient Black Dragon and Girard Draketooth. Dorukan, Geoff, Greyview, Shirra Copperbottom, Veldrina and Yukyuk fall from being tied for #102 to #103. The Dark One, Frost Giantess with Axe and Tattoos, High Priest Rubyrock, Hobgoblin General, Miron Shewdanker and Soon Kim fall to being tied for #108 to #109. The Flumphs, High Priestess of Freya, High Priestess of Sif, Kandro, Oracle of the Sunken Valley, Pompey and Silver fall from being tied for #114 to #115. 4e!Elan, CPPD Cop with Red Hair, Leeky Windstaff, Mechane Crewman with Eyepatch and Peg Leg, Sangwaan and Vampire Dwarf with Red Ponytail fall from being tied for #121 to #122. 4e!Haley Starshine, 4e!Roy Greenhilt, Chief Cop of CPPD, Durkon's Pony, High Priestess of Frigg, High Priestess of Hoder, Inkyrius, Shadowdancer, Spiky the Barbed Devil, Supreme Leader II, Vampire Dwarf with Brown Beard and Whisper fall from being tied from #127 to #128. 4e!Vaarsuvius, Amyth Brightstone, Belkar's Riding Dog, Elan's Horse, Eye of Fear and Flame, Firuk Blackore, Frost Giant with Axe, Tattoo and Hair, High Priest of Balder, High Priest of Freyr, High Priest of Mani, High Priest of Sunna, "Kaboom" Redaxe, Mechance Crewman with Five O'Clock Shadow, Ridiziak, Samantha's Dad, Sapphire Guardswoman with Bun and Vampire Dwarf with Gray Beard fall from being tied for #139 to #140. 4e!Belkar Bitterleaf, Dragon, Elan's Mother, Hieronymus Grubwiggler, High Priest of Loki, Lockpicking Thief, Logann's Mother, Rich Burlew, Shirra's Sons, Solt's Donkey, Tinna, Vaarsuvius's Horse, Vampire Dwarf with Blue Beard and Balding Head and Vampire Dwarf with Purple Dress fall from being tied for #156 to #157.
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    Currently playing a level 20 aasimar necromancer named Zebulun Salathiel and a level 9 goliath diviner named Lo-Kag.

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    Player: Bob twists the vault door super hard, that should open it.
    DM: Why would you think that?
    Player: Well, Bob thinks it. And since Bob has high Int and Wis, and a lot of points in Dungeoneering, he would probably know a thing or two about how to open vault doors.
    Ah yes, the Dungeon-Kruger effect.

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