Next-strip predictions

[pearl jam]

He'll have to wake up first, unless he's delivering unconscious soliloquies.

[brian 333]

Not just a talkie, but a Dream Sequence talkie!

[KorvinStarmast]

Not just a talkie, but a Dream Sequence talkie!

A Eugene dream sequence talky, even.

[brian 333]

Order of the Stick will first have to give Serini 'what for and how' before any meaningful talkie strip.

Durkon resisting the petrification and waking Minrah might be a good place to start.

After 1242:
Does this count as half-right? After losing all my quatloos on previous guesses, I'm counting on splitting the pot to keep me in the game.

[halfeye]

Seems to be heading toward 1243 being another talky comic.

[Squire Doodad]

I predict 1243 will be a multi-page comic.

[Blue Dragon]

I predict 1243 will be a multi-page comic.

I hope so.

[KorvinStarmast]

Now that Haley has out-rogued Serini for a strip, I predict that Elan will engage Sunny with friendly discourse while Haley and Serini get into a bit of wrestling and grappling, since Haley can't afford to have this invisible rogue get away from her now that Haley has turned the tables.
Hmmm, maybe Minrah grapples Serini to hold her still, maybe she tries to get V back into action. (I don't know much about 3.5e grappling rules, other than that they are complex)

Belkar, who would previously drool over a 'chick fight!' will, under calm emotions, be unmoved by the wrestling match.
Durkon will just stand there.
Roy will remain poisoned.
V will do something if Minrah gets to remove a condition.

I am thinking 5e here so I'll ask: does Lesser Restoration remove the poisoned condition in 3.5e, or does that not work mechanically? (As in, neutralize poison or nothing)

I hope so.

It wasn't, but it was chock full of value and action.

[Metastachydium]

I am thinking 5e here so I'll ask: does Lesser Restoration remove the poisoned condition in 3.5e, or does that not work mechanically? (As in, neutralize poison or nothing)

There's no such thing as "the poisoned condition" in 3.5e. Most poisons do ability damage, which Lesser Restoration helps with.

[halfeye]

Seems to be heading toward 1243 being another talky comic.

Well, it wasn't what I was meaning by that (no or little action), though I suppose they did talk.

[WindStruck]

I think with Serini being knocked to the ground, that will prompt Sunny to look directly at his "mom" as she falls *gasp*!

And thus, the greater invisibility and all her other buffs will be nullified, making her very vulnerable.

[Fyraltari]

Elan gets V up.
V gets Serini to be visible.

[brian 333]

Elan gets V up.
V gets Serini to be visible.

Invisibility purge is a cleric spell. A very low level one, at that.

[Fyraltari]

Elan gets V up.
V gets Serini to be visible.

Points for me!

1245: They heal the Durkon and Roy and try to talk down Serini from attacking them. Serini tries to get Sunny to attack but he doesn't want to while Haley holds his mom against the ground.

[KorvinStarmast]

In 1245, Sunny will open his central eye but he won't Anti Magic Ray out of it since "We'll stop fighting and start talking" stage will begin since someone, like Elan, will convince Sunny that "We don't want to hurt Serini, and we don't want Serini to hurt us"

Betting heavily on Elan saying something to Sunny to help de-escalate this.

[Ionathus]

I think the fighting is effectively done, and the talking is to commence!

But...perhaps Serini will be talking so she can stall for time? I dunno, I don't see her giving up this easily...

[brian 333]

Invisibility purge is a cleric spell. A very low level one, at that.

I was wrong, Fyraltari was right.

[brian 333]

1245 will be a talky strip, maybe with crayons.

1246 will conclude the talky and end with TE standing in the open doorway, (Mimi will have slunk away.)

Xykon will golf-clap and then Meteor Swarm everyone.

[KorvinStarmast]

1246 will conclude the talky and end with TE standing in the open doorway, (Mimi will have slunk away.)
Xykon will golf-clap and then Meteor Swarm everyone.

Hilarity ensues.

[Ionathus]

I dunno, I don't see her giving up this easily...

*Narrator*: She did not.

Real talk, though, I think Serini's going to either be recaptured in short order, or best-case (for her) falling back to stage another ambush later down the dungeon. She failed to neutralize them in her first assault, and in Rogue terms that means Time To Go.

I give it a 40/60 split between the two options (recapture or escape) right now. V doesn't seem too concerned.

[brian 333]

Elan: We have six books about us, and they aren't written by G.R.R.M. or M. Night Shamalammadingdang, so it's fairly obvious that we will win in the end, whether we do it with your help or by going through you.

How many books are you in? You aren't a main character any more. The best role you can hope for is 'wise mentor'. Unless we have to defeat you and find the clues we need in your stuff. Then you can be 'misguided antagonist', I suppose, but you'll miss out on the fun that way.

So, are you the cool Obi Wan, or the lame Ben Skywalker?

[KorvinStarmast]

Hmm, Minrah, Durkon and Roy are all off screen at the moment.
Minrah: up and functioning.
Durkon: stoic / stoned
Roy: enjoying the oblivion of sleepy-time from poison

1246: we get to see what's going on with them, and, Haley sprints after Serini and tackles her. (See the 'grrrrr' facial expression on Haley as she gives chase after the piercer chomps on her backside in 1245).
Elan: no idea, maybe talks to Sunny
V: keeps talking; V stands for Verbose on many occasions
Belkar: Recovers from potpourri poisoning

[WindStruck]

"That wasn't potpourri."

[Dion]

The flumphs will make an appearance as Serini’s minions.

[Metastachydium]

The flumphs will make an appearance as Serini’s minions.

(And I've just realized what prediction should I have made after no. 1243.)

[Ionathus]

The flumphs will make an appearance as Serini’s minions.

Oh my god.

The Flumphs are good-aligned. We've seen them on every continent, at the same time the heroes are there. They're following the heroes around. They're constantly ignored, despite their presence at places and times of high importance.

They would be absolutely perfect spies for Serini.

I'm honestly like 80% of the way towards believing this theory.

[KorvinStarmast]

Oh my god.

The Flumphs are good-aligned. We've seen them on every continent, at the same time the heroes are there. They're following the heroes around. They're constantly ignored, despite their presence at places and times of high importance.

They would be absolutely perfect spies for Serini.

I'm honestly like 80% of the way towards believing this theory.

Works for me, although they were imprisoned in Dorukan's dungeon as 'monsters from previous editions that didn't make it into 3e/3.5e,' and Serini allegedly was not going to visit Dorukan's dungeon.

On the other hand, the Scribblers were at their peak 60+ years ago, which makes them roughly first edition (Haley's dad having been a first edition thief and he's not as old as they are) that makes it possible that Serini may have befriended them previous to an edition change, and they've been long time friends of hers. But they've had less than two years since they were released when the shattering of the amulet freed them.

I'd like it to work out, though, that the flumphs and Serini are good friends. That would be neat.

[Emanick]

Works for me, although they were imprisoned in Dorukan's dungeon as 'monsters from previous editions that didn't make it into 3e/3.5e,' and Serini allegedly was not going to visit Dorukan's dungeon.

On the other hand, the Scribblers were at their peak 60+ years ago, which makes them roughly first edition (Haley's dad having been a first edition thief and he's not as old as they are) that makes it possible that Serini may have befriended them previous to an edition change, and they've been long time friends of hers. But they've had less than two years since they were released when the shattering of the amulet freed them.

I'd like it to work out, though, that the flumphs and Serini are good friends. That would be neat.

I was going to write "hey, if the flumphs made it out, the piercer could," but since the whole deal with piercers is that they're barely able to move (well, 5 feet of movement, anyway), on second thoughts I'm not so sure.

Maybe Franklin literally couldn't make it to Dorukan's dungeon because he wasn't mobile enough? It's got to be tough to clamber out of a deep cave and across much of the planet when you're a piercer.

Just in terms of sheer practicality, I find it easy to believe that not every pre-3rd edition monster could make it to Dorukan's amulet, even if they were attracted by it. It's a big planet, and... well, geography has been known to impede movement.

[Squire Doodad]

Just in terms of sheer practicality, I find it easy to believe that not every pre-3rd edition monster could make it to Dorukan's amulet, even if they were attracted by it. It's a big planet, and... well, geography has been known to impede movement.

Being a nearly immobile creature in a cave in the north pole is great at stopping one from reaching a pit as it is stopping them from escaping it.

[JSSheridan]

I think Redcloak and TE are going to be frustrated that they didn't find the Order

RC then casts some divination that gives him a hint to the doors' gimmick