OOTS #276 - The Discussion Thread

[The Giant]

Better late than never, here's the new comic.

[Ilover_Juventad]

Woohoo, first post! Great as ever Rich, keep it up!

[Sleffie]

Yaaaaaaay!

I'm still laughing about the Stick up Ass joke, I loved the Miko/Roy conversation going like this:
"You need to compromise a little." - "A paladin never compromises." - "Does a paladin ever
remove the stick from their ass?" - "No. It's a class feature."

And I love this last one even more.

Yay Giant, Yay!

[Gralamin]

woot great comic!

SOON ISNT SHOJO!

poor krarger, and go dwarven builders!

[jaqueses]

Why must you draw this out?

Good job though.

[Rei_Jin]

Alright, cool comic

Now, to wait for the next one.

*starts rocking back and forwards like a fan-boy*

[Maelstrom]

And things become clearer :)

Still, the:
The Story continues tomorrow before Monday

has got to be the best ;) Get some sleep...

[Deuce]

Why must you draw this out?

Because shadow puppets don't scan nearly as well ;)

Another great comic. Loved the "class feature" coming up again. Loved the epic scope. And as a home owner, I can attest that you really need to make sure all that construction is up to code . . .

[Grimblade]

Sweet! A new comic!

Holey Brotherhood... Baron Pineapple... LOL!!

Great job as always, Giant!

Edit: Woot! First page!

[Valiena]

Rather long. Long is good. Good work as usual. How many crayons in your box? I always liked the big box of 64 when I was a kid.

[Moraine_Sedai]

Why must you draw this out?

Because shadow puppets don't scan nearly as well ;). . .

LMAO! Very punny. ;)

Great set of strips, Giant. I'm thoroughly enjoying the "back" story of this and even - glutton for punishment that I am - am enjoying the "cliff-hanger"ness of it all. :D

[pylonhead]

I really like what you've done with the whole crayon exposition. I smiled when I saw the striking similarities between the initial rift closers and our current friends.

Your work is fresh and fun. Keep up the good work, and remember that if we whine, it's only because we're jonesing.

[Flash]

Cutting corners to skim money for the rumpus room? Blast it! Will they never learn that such pointless excesses lead to a weakening of the very fabric of existence???? Ah well, gotta go play video games.

Great strip Giant, well worth the wait. Look forward to further exposition.

[xrestassuredx]

Wow .. explains a lot, yet -- still so many questions!

Stupid dwarves and their billiards..

[Tomada]

Really, Giant, go get some sleep.

I already went through a WHOLE WEEK with only 9 hours of sleep TOTAL. And it was not pretty at the end...

if you do this, I really doubt you can WAKE UP before monday.... drawing a new comic? pift!

[Leo_Forestclaw]

OK, this rocks!

Not only was there great art and moving story progression but two of the great moments from literature and film:

The Man still owes be money and shifty sub-contractors.

When can I buy the T-shirt that reads, "The Giant is my Master now..."

woot great comic!

SOON ISNT SHOJO!

poor krarger, and go dwarven builders!

While I haven't made any guess one way or the other on the Soon vs. Shojo thread, what in this comic made you think conclusively that he isn't?

Edit - added question

[Caledonian]

A part of me wonders why Soon can't arrange for his wife to be Raised from the Dead.

Another part answers that, if the Snarl can destroy things on the most fundamental level, that implies it can - no, must - annihilate souls when it attacks.

No trip to the Outer Planes. No eternity with a beloved god (or followed cause, if you're into that sort of thing). No Raise Dead. No Resurrection. No nothing. Just Unmaking.

Mijung and Kraagor aren't dead. You can return from the dead. They've ceased to be, as if they never were, and nothing - not a Wish, not the intervention of a god, nothing - can bring them back again.

[The Giant]

Yes, sorry, it's implied in #274 that the Snarl devours souls when it kills you. No resurrection is possible.

[Mike]

Wait, wait, wait.

In #196, Xycon says that Serini recorded the locations whilst the other five party members built the strongholds, but we pretty clearly see Kraagor getting turned to stone in today's. How does one build a gate when one cannot move?

[Hyrael]

Giant, I salute you.

"the holes have a right to exist." sounds like a enviromentalist crossed with a apocalypse cult.

First Page!

Good to see it up before I had to sleep.

Not as funny as "dude, dont taunt the god-killing abomination," but still quite funny

[Caledonian]

Also, I suggest that when more gaming content is added to this site again, the very first thing that goes up should be the stats for the dreaded Baron Pineapple.

[Tetralemma]

Dwarven engineers cutting corners!? Say it ain't so Giant!

Great comic! Keep it up!

[Tomada]

GO TO SLEEP GIANT!!!!


ok, not so polite, buuuuuuuuuuuuuut....

I think you may really need it.

Even though you still draws and writes better than anyone I know, even after 2 days sleepless...

[Caledonian]

Wait, wait, wait.

In #196, Xycon says that Serini recorded the locations whilst the other five party members built the strongholds, but we pretty clearly see Kraagor getting turned to stone in today's. How does one build a gate when one cannot move?

That's a monument built over his grave, not a Flesh-to-Stone'd body.

[Zargon]

What!? First panel, goldilocks seems to have misplaced her bears? Or do I just need more sleep...
(p.s. great strip!)

[Zaku_III]

Excellent comic. Any reason for Soon's change of color pattern from the first panel to the one with the party?

[Tomada]

You know... I just realized how MANY PEOPLE stayed up till late to see the new comic!

Giant, have you been using charm, sugestion, fascinate or any other mind affecting ability on us?

Last I checked my SR was right there and working.........

[Mike]

That's a monument built over his grave, not a Flesh-to-Stone'd body.

Oh.

But still, how does one build a gate when one is dead?

[OmegaDonut]

So that's how the Water Dungeon got cut out of Dorukon's castle!

[PhoeKun]

So, like all other things in life, we can blame the gate problem on landscapers... lousy freeloaders. I wonder what kind of corners you can cut on a reality strengthening gate?

Did anyone else notice the reference to the missing water sigil way back when?

Great comic, Giant. Worth the wait for me. I hope it was worth the lack of sleep for you. I've found each strip in this crayon series is better than the one before it, and the story continues tomorrow bit is a thing of last-minute genius.

I look forward to the conclusion.