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2020-09-21, 04:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-09-21, 04:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-09-21, 04:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
Can we agree that the title of this comic is a vicious burn against Redcloak? That guy cannot get any respect!
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2020-09-21, 04:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
"Each change to and from vaporous form takes 5 rounds, which counts toward the duration of the spell (as does any time spent in physical form)."
It doesn't specify what happens during this time; the assumed interpretation is "Five full-round actions, with no other actions between", I believe. That said I could just as easily see "a five-round delay in which you can take other actions".
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2020-09-21, 04:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-09-21, 05:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
I really, really love the art in the 10th panel. What a neat effect. I'm also glad to see Xykon here because I love the attitude he brings to these sorts of scenes. Always makes me laugh. I am glad to see that our dwarves are well-warded; I sure hope they also packed some fast movement to get away.
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2020-09-21, 06:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
Even if they do manage to get back into cloud form, they're still not safe, correct? They'd still be vulnerable to wind spells (at least to the extent of not getting away), dispells, etc? What else could harm them?
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2020-09-21, 06:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
You know what, let's make a table
Code:Bludgeoning Full damage Includes hammers Piercing Damage -15 racial Slashing Damage -15 racial Includes most swords Fire Immune magic item details uncertain Cold Immune racial Electricity Immune racial Acid Full damage Sonic Full damage Nobody ever wards against sonic! (except Darleks and Robotnick) Negative energy Heals racial Positive energy Immune magic item details uncertain Irregular magic Full damage includes sunburst
There may be some protections against light or force, or whatever else there is, but those aren't officially "energy types", so there're less options. Also, there are limits on how many magic items you can wear at once, so Xykon probably isn't adding any more.Last edited by Quizatzhaderac; 2020-09-21 at 08:27 PM. Reason: grammar
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2020-09-21, 06:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
How I imagine it going:
Let's go finish them off.
No, let's not.
I'm sorry?
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2020-09-21, 06:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
They're basically safe at that point, they move much faster than non-Wind Walkers so they'd be out of range in at most 1-2 rounds, they're already warded against Xykon's go-to Energy Drain and Meteor Swarm, Implosion won't work on a gaseous form, and I'm not sure Disintegrate would actually work against gaseous form either, basically taking Redcloak out of the picture. They might not be warded against Lightning, but they have time to cast Heals before they smoke out, so a direct damage spell is probably not good enough to take them down (DEFINITELY not both of them at least).
It's not a guarantee that's what's going to happen, but if Rich wants them to escape, its easily believable, and that's the most likely course of survival that doesn't involve Xykon just letting them go (unlikely), MiTD intervening (also unlikely he doesn't care about the clerics), or some other shenanigans like the invisible kidnappers.Last edited by Olinser; 2020-09-21 at 06:42 PM.
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2020-09-21, 07:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-09-21, 07:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
Not quite. Meteor Swarm deals bludgeoning damage as well as fire, and it's harder to protect against bludgeoning (although I'm not sure if DR would stop Meteors bludgeoning damage?).
I'm wondering which Team we'll be following in the next comic. I can imagine
A) Xykon going 'eh, they've bolted into one of the doors. Guess we'll see them again at some point',
B) Durkon and Minrah running into a door and finding O-Chul and Lien,
C) it cutting to the Order watching from a distance, with O-Chul and Lien having joined them off-panel.
The oddest part is I can imagine all three happening simultaneously.
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2020-09-21, 08:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-09-21, 08:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
Bet $20 that Xykon already knows why they're there.
Xykon's smarter than he likes to let on, that's one of the things that can make him so dangerous... and that +8 racial bonus to listen checks can have all sorts of uses...
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2020-09-21, 08:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
I figured they jumped off and were carried by their momentum, or the momentum of the Hammer of Thunderbolts already falling (because magic and stuff).
I don't know how the Wind Walk works, but I figure they might just duck into a cave or a nook to cast it and/or until it takes effect.
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2020-09-21, 09:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
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2020-09-21, 09:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
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2020-09-21, 09:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
Protection from Fire absorbs a maximum of 120 damage. The maximize fireball has already taken out half the protection, leaving 60hp of protection. A completely valid approach for high level casters with spells to burn is to simply blast through the protection buffer - it is an inefficient trade of spell levels, but it works. Xykon could keep bombarding them with fireballs, quickened, maximized, or otherwise, if he was willing to burn spell slots, and in at most two round he'd be dealing real damage. Likewise hitting them with Meteor Swarm would both deal bludgeoning damage and get rid of the remaining fire protection quickly.
There's of course the possibility that Durkon has more Protection from Energy spells in reserve, if he memorized more and only protected them against fire and not other elements.
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2020-09-21, 09:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Yeah, the “undead harming energies” were probably just the starmetal reacting weirdly to the proto-Weapon of Legacy magic.
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2020-09-21, 09:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
If they do make it back into cloud form it's possible the fireball has created steam clouds nearby that they can use to cover their escape.
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2020-09-21, 10:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
#1214 when Minrah gets hit with the bugs Durkon says they need to get out of LoS
With regards to Xykon being a bro etc
No he isn’t
He is cruel and vicious and likes to pretend he doesn’t notice stuff when he actually does. All in order to lull his allies into security and then casually show he knew their secret plans all along and smash them apart. Breaking their spirits is an added bonus.Last edited by mjasghar; 2020-09-21 at 10:31 PM.
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2020-09-21, 11:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
Gotta agree with Xykon for once. Clerics are, indeed, just the worst.
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2020-09-21, 11:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
Minrah made it clear that they have some sort of plan, which implies a plan for escape as well. If they jumped down the ravine, the theory that they're planning on escaping through there somehow has a bit more merit.
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2020-09-21, 11:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
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Yeah, this. Not to mention masterminding the mass-murder and decimation of an entire city-state on an old grudge, while throwing away the lives of thousands of his fellow goblinoids in the supposed name of their "advancement" (read: continued revenge-genocide of non-goblinoids).I prepared Explosive Runes before writing this signature.
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2020-09-21, 11:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-09-22, 12:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
Implosion is also a normal level 9 cleric spell, so it's possible Redcloak could have prepared it in an ordinary spell slot as well.
In Disintegrate's case - it's true that clerics can only ever get it as a domain spell, but it is possible to prepare a lower-level spell in a higher-level slot; there's a small possibility that Redcloak wanted more direct-damage spells and prepared a second Disintegrate in his eighth-level domain slot (though I wouldn't consider it likely).
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2020-09-22, 12:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
I wonder if this scenario exists, in part, to make it clear how the Order has gotten stronger over time. The last time they fought Team Evil, a few rounds of combat and a long fall like that would have even been enough to kill Roy-- and now, 800ish strips later, Durkon (freshly deprived of two levels) and his not-as-strong-as-the-main-six-but-still-enough-to-contribute cohort can just tank it and keep going.
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2020-09-22, 01:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
Eh, he's used to this sort of thing.
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2020-09-22, 01:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
I'll take that bet.
Because yeah, Xykon's smarter than he likes to let on.
But if he knew what the Plan really was he would absolutely not be helping. If he already knew what the ritual did he wouldn't have asked Tsukiko to figure it out - that only tells us that he's suspicious. We know he doesn't trust Redcloak, but if he knew that this ritual he's been trying to perform for ~30 years, the ritual he, has absolutely nothing to do with his goals, Redcloak would be either dead or wishing he was.Spoiler: SODdied forSpoiler: Check Out my Writing!
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2020-09-22, 01:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1215 - The Discussion Thread
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