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2021-02-08, 12:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1225 - The Discussion Thread
It might be Serini, due to the fact that there appears to be a journal next to the bed on the stool. Serini does seem to like keeping journals....
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Re: OOTS #1225 - The Discussion Thread
Elan got captured by bandits/thieves in NCrtPB, and again by Orcs in DStP.
Concur.Avatar by linklele. How Teleport Worksa. Malifice (paraphrased):
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2021-02-08, 01:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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I can't find the page. How does this cloak compare to the ones worn by the Holey Brotherhood?
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2021-02-08, 01:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Not a good fit.
I have an idea: the cloak is sized for an adult, but the current creature who is stirring the pot is the child of the adult who is standing on a stool. The child is stirring the concoction in the pot and chose to 'dress up like mom' or 'dress up like dad' and emulate their pot stirring behavior. (Yes, pun intended).
Also, just above the handles on the nearer of the two wardrobes/closets, is a yellow square.
Is that a 'to do' list, a shopping list, or, a window/hatch/opening in that wardrobe? I don't see a matching one on the other wardrobe.
To whomever posited 'that thing on the table near the bed is a diary' - nice one.Last edited by KorvinStarmast; 2021-02-08 at 01:30 PM.
Avatar by linklele. How Teleport Worksa. Malifice (paraphrased):
Rulings are not 'House Rules.' Rulings are a DM doing what DMs are supposed to do.
b. greenstone (paraphrased):
Agency means that they {players} control their character's actions; you control the world's reactions to the character's actions.
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2021-02-08, 01:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1225 - The Discussion Thread
"I guess we're finally doing this. Fun while it lasted, right?"
"What was, boss?"
"Existing."
Assuming the speakers are related to the pot stirrer (not ready to rule out two halflings/kobolds/one of each in a trenchcoat...yet) I'm really interested in hearing their motives right now.
Those lines above, from one year ago? Either they were some kind of strange summon/construct that stops existing after their task is complete, or they're talking about the Snarl winning, or they're talking about what will happen if they get caught helping.
1) Self-aware constructs that are invisible and capable of speech aren't super common. I definitely can't think of one that comes with poison darts.
2) We're back to the IFCC taKing V. Removing Lien and O-Chul could lead to a struggle that, in turn, could destroy the final gate, ending the universe. Again. But in that case, why not kill them? The voice(s) seems clearly up to that option, but it wasn't their first. It also feels risky. As demonstated, the OotS could, for example, just open negotiations with Redcloak. Also, if Redcloak wins, the Dark One doesn't want the gate broken. I have no idea if the Snarl would permakill the Dark One when it escapes, and I don't think the Dark One knows either.
3) The IFCC almost certainly has the power to wipe out the very soul of a minion of theirs that betrays them. Possibly one of them is going behind the backs of the other two, by which I mean, sending minions to do their dirty work. They (or whoever) could be ready to explain everything to the captive paladins. But...why poison them and drag them away to do that? V had a contract to that prevented the IFCC from outright murder, but the paladins have no such arrangement. And what would the IFCC, or again anyone else really, tell the paladins, true or false, that would work in their favor?
None of these really feel like solid options. I'm missing something, and can't wait to see what it is.
Oh, and I supposeSpoilerIt could be what's left of the Eastern Pantheon, their color is green after all
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2021-02-08, 01:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1225 - The Discussion Thread
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2021-02-08, 01:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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"Besides, you know the saying: Kill one, and you are a murderer. Kill millions, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god." -- Fishman
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2021-02-08, 01:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Im a bit surprised that only two people (as far as I saw) speculated that the cloaked figure could be wearing gloves, since I think thats rather probable given that the shade of olive used is a rather glove-y color.
I also think that judging by the contours of the cloak, a halfling on stilts is likely, especially since even if its somewhat predictable, the comedic value of the reveal would still have some impact, though it would likely be overshadowed by the dramatic value of the reveal if said halfling happens to be Ms. Toormuck. As for why the figure is wearing stilts, thats rather simple: they cant reach the top of the cauldron without them, and a footstool is far less mobile.
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2021-02-08, 02:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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The bed is "human sized" and the book on the nightstand implies the bed is actually used. However, on the other hand the wardrobe handles are located quite low, more suiting for a smaller humanoid.
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2021-02-08, 02:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1225 - The Discussion Thread
I agree about the gloves. I'd want to be wearing gloves if I was stirring a large pot full of liquid that was glooping and bubbling like that.
The background in panel 4 isn't the same as that in panel 3, though the relative positions of the captor and the pot are very similar. This suggests that the captor is circling the pot as they stir it, as borne out by the cloak/coat appearing to drag on the floor.
But wearing a too-long cloak/coat is bad enough when one is on foot. Wearing it while wearing stilts would be very awkward. Doing it while walking would be even worse. Doing it while walking around a boiling cauldron... no thanks.
EDIT: But doing it while levitating wouldn't be so bad.Last edited by bunsen_h; 2021-02-08 at 02:14 PM.
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Not to mention being strong enough to carry a pair of unconscious Paladins in plate mail. Between that, the fact that one of them addressed the other as "boss", and that cauldron guy doesn't match up physically with what you'd expect, my guess is "larger organization, and the Paladins were found by a scouting party/patrol/whatever".
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2021-02-08, 02:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Possible, especially if you see it a kids drawing. The spacing is a bit weird, like the 1 being on atop of the 2. Or the 3 being super close against the 4. Or the 5 just hanging in the middle half a line down. Also the the 3 and 5 miss a part of their upper line, the 2 is too angular and the 5 is too round to be called "proper" Arabic numerals. A child doodling/learning numbers can easily explains all these things.
As for the order, it's 1 2 5 4 3, with the 1 being a line higher because it's on the 2. And the 5 being half a line lower. Maybe relevant, maybe we are literally speculating over a child's scribble.Last edited by Yanisa; 2021-02-08 at 02:53 PM.
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Countdown to Belkar's death and my follow-up count gives us less then 3 weeks left. Poor Belkar.
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So we know that the entity is some kind of 10yrs old child of Schroedinger gender (collapses into a specific one only after observation), and that he bravely travels the world capturing wild creatures and pitting them in battle against other trainers. I would say that O'Chul makes an excellent specimen of Steel/Fighting type, while Lien, who is probably hard but not as hard as O'Chul, is Rock/Fighting.
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Loving this idea. That would explain the drawings as well. And add a comical twist.
But thinking now the child hypothesis would give at least three characters in the new group - the boss, the minion and the child? Or is the child also the boss? Do all three live together in this cozy warehouse?
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It would be really weird for Tiamat to become a major player now, coming off of an arc with a whole bunch of gods, and the arc before that being one where we were on the Western Continent, where she's widely worshipped. And the arc before that being the one with evil dragons.
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