Next-strip predictions

[KorvinStarmast]

The catoblepas has a special place in my heart. I know of its original from Flaubert. But isn't that one more of a swamp thing?

Originally, yes, but as long as she's got an underground body of water, probably doable.

[Metastachydium]

Originally, yes, but as long as she's got an underground body of water, probably doable.

Works for me! (I'm very curious how one of these would look like in stickstyle too.)

[brian 333]

Trapper. The next strip (or maybe the one after that) will feature a trapper.

Here. Take my last quatloos. Can I hate you before I even know you?

P.S. Peelee, can I borrow some more quatloos? I promise to pay them back when I hit the jackpot.

P.P.S. If there is a cloaker in 1248 I will cry because I'm all out of fake internet currency with which to bet.

[Peelee]

P.S. Peelee, can I borrow some more quatloos? I promise to pay them back when I hit the jackpot.

Dont tell anyone, but there's 20 Canadian dollars' worth of gold bullion buried in a nondescript location that was intended for Truemane. If you get to it first, you can borrow it and convert to quatloos.

[brian 333]

Dont tell anyone, but there's 20 Canadian dollars' worth of gold bullion buried in a nondescript location that was intended for Truemane. If you get to it first, you can borrow it and convert to quatloos.

How do you find $20 Canadian in gold without a magnifying g...

Ooooh!

In that case, can I just buy Quatloos with U.S. currency? How steep is the exchange rate?

But the lurker was a good call. It will make the trapper too obvious, though, which is why I'm betting on cloaker.

[Peelee]

In that case, can I just buy Quatloos with U.S. currency?

Yes.

How steep is the exchange rate?

Yes.

You can send all your money to:

peeleestotallylegitquatlooshop@notascam.ky

I will then tell you the amount of quatloos you have. It's a perfect system.

[Rogan]

You can send all your money to:

peeleestotallylegitquatlooshop@notascam.ky

I will then tell you the amount of quatloos you have. It's a perfect system.

Hey, Peelee?
Can I ask you semi official as a mod? The post quoted above might be illegal advertising or even a scam. I probably should report it right away, but something holds me back...

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Anyway, I predict the following:
In the next strips, Serini will incapacitate and capture her pursuers. But when she returns with her captives, Sunny will be convinced by Elan that the Order are not their enemies.

[PontificatusRex]

So without reading the entire thread, has there been a prediction that the entire team will get picked off/ delayed one by one until only one character is left to confront Serini? We've seen it whittled down to three and now V is trapped and immobile, I can see that despite Haley's attempts to avoid having them go off individually they still might get neutralized one at a time.

30 Qualtoos says the last one standing to talk to Serini is Belkar, and that's backed by BitGP.

[Squire Doodad]

So without reading the entire thread, has there been a prediction that the entire team will get picked off/ delayed one by one until only one character is left to confront Serini? We've seen it whittled down to three and now V is trapped and immobile, I can see that despite Haley's attempts to avoid having them go off individually they still might get neutralized one at a time.

30 Qualtoos says the last one standing to talk to Serini is Belkar, and that's backed by BitGP.

If you think about it, since Durkon has apparently acquired +2 CHA from story events (what's the DC on tricking a vampire who is yourself?), he and Elan talking to Sunny could lead to *gasp* defection!

[Metastachydium]

If you think about it, since Durkon has apparently acquired +2 CHA from story events (what's the DC on tricking a vampire who is yourself?), he and Elan talking to Sunny could lead to *gasp* defection!

"Sorry, Mom, from now on, I'm with these funny strangers that I've never met before, working against you!" is not what I expect will happen.

[brian 333]

"Sorry, Mom, from now on, I'm with these funny strangers that I've never met before, working against you!" is not what I expect will happen.

This is literally the story of every teenager ever. Fortunately, they have babies and come around, most of the time.

Elan pursuading Sunny that they are on the same side is likely. Talking her into defecting is not, in my opinion.

Next strip, 1248, will have Haley struggle with the decision of tracking down Serini while Belkar struggles with unwrapping V from the pig in a blanket. Haley will choose to rejoin the team.

I'm betting ten of my newly purchased quatloos.

[KorvinStarmast]

Next strip Prediction (1249)
Either:

V and Haley and Belkar drop in through the ceiling (passwall) into Serini's quarters, where Lien and O-Chul are still chained to the wall

Or

Switch back to Elan and Sunny having a conversation (and we see Minrah doing something to help Roy or Durkon) while Bloodfeast keeps a firm grip on Mr Scruffy's tail as they scamper about the room doing antics.

[Lexible]

Trapper. The next strip (or maybe the one after that) will feature a trapper.

I AM OWED QUATLOOS!

or a cookie: I would happily settle for a cookie.

[KorvinStarmast]

I AM OWED QUATLOOS!

There's a silver dragon around here, somewhere, who ought to be able to pay up.

[brian 333]

I AM OWED QUATLOOS!

or a cookie: I would happily settle for a cookie.

Already gave you mine. Bought more quatloos with worthless U.S. currency, and promptly lost those too.

If only I could afford Bitcoins.

[Lexible]

Already gave you mine. Bought more quatloos with worthless U.S. currency, and promptly lost those too.

If only I could afford Bitcoins.

I hold you in my esteem, good brian, and ask only that you do not continue to hate me.

[brian 333]

I hold you in my esteem, good brian, and ask only that you do not continue to hate me.

Meh, it's internet hate, so it's abundant, cheap, and fake. Like Quatloos, actually.

In the next comic Haley has to realize that following Serini into a trap is a bad idea. Someone has already mentioned that her lair is likely to be on the other side of the floor, and there is a cauldron of 'forget about it' waiting to be sloshed on them in there.

I'm going to say that Haley chooses to reunite with the party before using up V's only Passwall scroll so they do not become permanently separated.
I bet 10 totally real Quatloos on it.

[KorvinStarmast]

I'm going to say that Haley chooses to reunite with the party before using up V's only Passwall scroll so they do not become permanently separated.

I think V uses pass wall, Belkar gets into a scrap with Serini with V deflecting various magic that Serini uses (counterspell) and Haley frees the two paladins. Betting no quataloos, since I saw a black cat walk across the road this morning.

[Squire Doodad]

I'm going to say that Haley chooses to reunite with the party before using up V's only Passwall scroll so they do not become permanently separated.
I bet 10 totally real Quatloos on it.

:"You think I only had one Passwall Scroll? I would only have done that if I were the same sort of imbecile to only have one round of Adamantine Arrows."

[RatElemental]

Passwall lasts at least 9 hours anyway.

[KorvinStarmast]

:"You think I only had one Passwall Scroll? I would only have done that if I were the same sort of imbecile to only have one round of Adamantine Arrows."

Snigger, for all that I like Haley, gotta take Blue V's side on this.

[brian 333]

:Haley: :
Hey! Adamantine arrows aren't easy to find! If you think wizard scroll booster packs are rough, wait 'till you see what you have to deal with in a Rogue Bundle!

[brian 333]

Well, there goes my quatloos again. I'm not sure how you divide 10 quatloos evenly between everyone on the internet.

Next: the remainder of the Order convince Sunny to lead them to the lair, perhaps to arrive in time to see Haley & Co. defeated and to in turn defeat Serini in the following comic.

The usual 10 quatloos are on the table.

[KorvinStarmast]

Next: the remainder of the Order convince Sunny to lead them to the lair, perhaps to arrive in time to see Haley & Co. defeated and to in turn defeat Serini in the following comic.

#1250 will introduce, I suspect, one of Serini's tricks - from her bag of them - that she has been saving for a rainy day.

[RatElemental]

#1250 will introduce, I suspect, one of Serini's tricks - from her bag of them - that she has been saving for a rainy day.

Cue a cut to the desert with the Snarl breaking out of the rift and the proverbial excrement hitting the air circulation device.

[Ron Miel]

Serini will start to tell her version of Order Of The Scribble, how they found the rifts and why they broke up.

This will rethink everything you thought you knew about the rifts.

[KorvinStarmast]

Serini will start to tell her version of Order Of The Scribble, how they found the rifts and why they broke up.

I doubt anyone will hear her voice, given that she'll be inside of a shark.

[Mad Humanist]

Serini will say to Belkar: "So you're from the Bitterleaf clan?"

Belkar replies with details.

Serini says: "Well then the deal's off. I am not giving so much as a coackroach's toenail to any Bitterleaf scum."

Thus both the encounter and Belkar/Serini speculation are ended.

[pearl jam]

One can dream....

[KorvinStarmast]

I doubt anyone will hear her voice, given that she'll be inside of a shark.

I was only temporarily correct, it seems.

For 1252 there will be a lot of dialogue, Paladins will be released, Serini is not quite out of tricks, but at some point we need to return to Minrah, Elan, Sunny, et al. Not sure if sufficient 'this is sorted out' momentum has been achieved to switch scenes.