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2020-11-01, 09:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-11-01, 09:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
I have to agree with Elan here that it doesn't feel right for the final battle yet. Unless someone has just experienced dramatic catharsis in the last few minutes of course. And hopefully they pick a door that doesn't have monsters anymore as well.
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2020-11-01, 09:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
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2020-11-01, 09:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
We're totally getting somewhere now! I just love how Roy actually cares about the value Elan can add to the party with his genre-savvy.
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2020-11-01, 09:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
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2020-11-01, 09:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
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2020-11-01, 10:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
this was a great strip for character interactions. i loved how everyone added something.
i especially liked belkar's simplicity . but even he had some wisdom to shareIn memory of Evisceratus: he dreamed of a better world, but he lacked the class levels to make the dream come true.
Ridiculous monsters you won't take seriously even as they disembowel you
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2020-11-01, 10:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
Love it! Elan contributes meaningfully to the decision, Roy recognizes that the world they in runs on Drama far more on tactical efficiency or any mere rules. And yes, loved "dramatic catharsis" in the last panel .
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2020-11-01, 10:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
The only loose end that really NEEDS tying up is the Monster in the Darkness' character arc - the rest can be handled by post-credits scenes.
Also, the MitD changing sides at the last minute is the kind of 11th-hour game-changer that our VASTLY outclassed party needs to turn the battle against Xykon from 'suicide mission' to 'desperate battle with a chance of success'.Honor guard at the funeral in the Miko Fan Club.
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2020-11-01, 10:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
I like this idea, but it's a little tricky to get to that location without leaving a scent trail. Teleportation could do it, but given V's banned conjuration that seems difficult. Passwall would leave simply a random spot in the mountain, hopefully? But iirc the doors are magically made so you can't simply passwall through them.
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2020-11-01, 10:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
Roy learned from Tarquin that this dramatic crap actually works in this universe, and can be used to your advantage. You just have to be genre-savvy, and know which genre you're in. Tarquin was in the "bad guy wins an empire and rules for 30 years before a paladin breaks into his throne room and kills him" story, and acted accordingly.
Team Evil will disappear. This is because they're in an improperly X'd cave. After quickly dispatching the monsters (off-panel, of course - too hard to draw!) they discover the Gate. OOTS waits till the next day wondering what the hell happened before figuring it out. Possibly befriends bugbear camp.
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2020-11-01, 10:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-11-01, 10:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
Let's not forget the whole deal with the planet in the Gate. We still don't have a clue what that's about, and that seems like a pretty important plot thread to tie up.
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2020-11-01, 10:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
Also Redcloak. I suppose not knowing about Start of Darkness doesn't help, but there's a lot of loose threads there as well.
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2020-11-01, 10:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
So... I think the "thunderous explosion" V mentions was the Maximized Fireball that Xykon cast at the dwarfs. I can't think there was anything else that could have exploded audibly.
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2020-11-01, 10:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
Excellent strip. And now I finally get why Minrah is there. She’s the audience for the Order to show how much they’ve grow over the course of the comic. She’ll do other things too, like help Durkon with dwarves and clerical things, and she’s got her own stuff to do. But mostly, audience.
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2020-11-01, 10:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
And let's not forgot that we still don't know what Roy's archon has to do.
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2020-11-01, 10:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
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2020-11-01, 10:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
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2020-11-01, 11:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
That would entirely negate the MitD's massive "marking off wrong doors" Chekhov's Gun if Team Evil found the gate in this specific marked door. This is, essentially, the singular time the evil side hasn't found the gate before the good guys. Well, I suppose Girard, but the evil team was there before the good guys, they just fell for the double-bluff since it wasn't Team Evil because Xykon would've seen through that. Or at least decided to blow up the surrounding pillar and discovered it by accident that way.
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2020-11-01, 11:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
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2020-11-01, 11:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
I really thought that the Order would have seen Durkon's and Redcloak's conversation from the ledge. Then again O-Chul needed a spyglass, so maybe that's why.
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2020-11-01, 11:24 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
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2020-11-01, 11:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-11-01, 11:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
There is also the issues of the missing paladins, and what the fiendish trio is planning.
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2020-11-01, 11:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-11-01, 12:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
i do not think anyone is just going to just find the gate by accident, with no work involved, that would just be advancing the plot for plot conveniance's sake. now if they found a way to the gate that could be accessed from any of the doors, that would be something completely different altogether. everyone: *that would be something completely different*
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2020-11-01, 12:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
There is also the issues of the missing paladins, and what the fiendish trio is planning.
there are quite a few loose story arcs left to resolve.
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2020-11-01, 12:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1218 - The Discussion Thread
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2020-11-01, 12:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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