OOTS #1203 - The Discussion Thread

[The Giant]

New comic is up.

[factotum]

Almost disappointed Elan didn't do a Dun Dun Dun! when Haley found the bead, but I guess he couldn't have delivered his plot exposition if he'd done that.

[silversaraph]

Wow, I was reading when it updated. Way to Go!

[Peelee]

The little Therkla was neat.

[rgrekejin]

Belkar has gotten noticeably better at tracking over the years.

[Wraithfighter]

After 30 minutes, Elan realized that the game was, indeed, called "Go". Bardic tradition just forbade him from giving up the spirit of Lou Costello.

.......man, how did Hinjo manage to stay a Paladin around Elan for literal months?

[BirdHarvester]

Maan, pages like this just leave me in awe of how good the art in this comic has gotten.

[hroþila]

That's on Hinjo for even giving it a go.

[Svata]

Big "who's on first" energy

[Lvl 2 Expert]

Big "who's on first" energy

I came here to say "But who's on first?!", but I was sadly too late.

[Fyraltari]

Okay who else tried to wipe Blackwing off the first panel on their screen?






Just me?

[Drazsyr]

Paucity! What a great word.

[Peelee]

Okay who else tried to wipe Blackwing off the first panel on their screen?






Just me?

Benefit of the phone: when the smudge moves and resizes as I zoom in on the page, it's easier to know it's not a smudge.

[MoonCat]

I can't believe I'd never noticed V is wearing visible shoes now! I felt like everything looked different when the art style first changed, but I've realized how much changed so naturally that I never registered the difference for years.

Speaking of the art upgrade, I like the little bit of white light reflection we can see on the specifically-black Go piece.

[Fyraltari]

I'm a bit confused by panel 2, it looks like the ravine makes a double curvature.

[Ghosty]

Looks like Oona saw them, and didn't care, or didn't see them at all. Oh well.

The art really is amazing. Thanks for pointing out Therkla; I totally missed her on first reading.

The dungeons could be each within their own demiplane space. Or the corridors could loop over each other without perceptible slope, like the corridors of the Demonweb Pits were described to do in that long ago TSR module.

I'm sure you all have noticed the potential spacing issues with the dungeons as soon as the Giant did the first reveal of the Tomb, but I never realized it until he brought it up with this strip. Funny. It seems obvious as soon as Roy says it. Putting those ranks in Architecture to use.

[SlashDash]

Nothing beats good Whose on First joke.
Though I liked the LEVEL one better.


Loved Threlka hiding in the background! Fantastic touch!

[hroþila]

I'm sure you all have noticed the potential spacing issues with the dungeons as soon as the Giant did the first reveal of the Tomb, but I never realized it until he brought it up with this strip. Funny. It seems obvious as soon as Roy says it. Putting those ranks in Architecture to use.

I imagine someone must have pointed that out before, but I haven't seen it. Also, I never really stopped to think about it.
Now I wonder whether it's just stating a fact ("the dungeons run in a straight line"), just a little bit of lampshade hanging ("ha, the dungeons don't make any sense!"), or an indication that the dungeons are 100% magic and perhaps rather Escherian.

[Fyraltari]

I had just assumed each dungeon was a succession of rooms in a straight line. What's wrong with that?

[Quild]

Okay who else tried to wipe Blackwing off the first panel on their screen?






Just me?

Guilty as well.

[Schroeswald]

Looks like Oona saw them, and didn't care, or didn't see them at all. Oh well.

The art really is amazing. Thanks for pointing out Therkla; I totally missed her on first reading.

The dungeons could be each within their own demiplane space. Or the corridors could loop over each other without perceptible slope, like the corridors of the Demonweb Pits were described to do in that long ago TSR module.

I'm sure you all have noticed the potential spacing issues with the dungeons as soon as the Giant did the first reveal of the Tomb, but I never realized it until he brought it up with this strip. Funny. It seems obvious as soon as Roy says it. Putting those ranks in Architecture to use.

I definitely think this means there's something going on, especially since back when they came out of the dungeon a few years/days back Onna said it had twisting and turnings and the MitD called it visually interesting.

[hroþila]

I had just assumed each dungeon was a succession of rooms in a straight line. What's wrong with that?

Absolutely nothing.

[TerrickTerran]

I'm impressed that Hinjo survived 90 minutes of Who's On First.

[Rockphed]

After 30 minutes, Elan realized that the game was, indeed, called "Go". Bardic tradition just forbade him from giving up the spirit of Lou Costello.

.......man, how did Hinjo manage to stay a Paladin around Elan for literal months?

Because being a Paladin requires 2 things: being lawful good and not murdering even the most annoying of people just for being annoying. I imagine that Hinjo's junk took quite the beating after every long interaction with Elan.

[hamishspence]

Absolutely nothing.

It does suggest that every monster behind the doors is probably not very large though.

[Psychronia]

A retroactive F of respect for Hinjo and all the Will saves he probably had to make on account of Elan.

[Fyraltari]

It does suggest that every monster behind the doors is probably not very large though.

A single tunnel can be larger at one spot to accomodate a bigger monster if the surrounding ones are narrower at the same spot to make room.

[Blatt]

Shell game! The gate isn't in any of those dungeons. C'mon Haley.

(It's probably just out in the open with a lump of snow over it.)

[Ghosty]

I definitely think this means there's something going on, especially since back when they came out of the dungeon a few years/days back Onna said it had twisting and turnings and the MitD called it visually interesting.

I had forgotten about that. Thanks for the memory aid.

So, if the dungeons are twisting and turning, but there isn't room for that, just by looking at the front of the Tomb, then it does seem there's some funkiness going on with dimensions and spacing. If the dungeons are each in a separate planar space from each other, and the outside, then if O-Chul and Lien were being held inside of one of them, that could explain why the Sending didn't connect.

[Jay R]

After 30 minutes, Elan realized that the game was, indeed, called "Go". Bardic tradition just forbade him from giving up the spirit of Lou Costello.

Oh, very nice.