OOTS #270 - The Discussion Thread

[The Giant]

New comic is up. If you live anywhere near Williamsburg, VA, I'll see you at MarsCon.

[Oppolo]

Nooo, Miko's beautiful hair! ...It can't be over already :(

[Deuce]

Great strip!

Mom was wrong, playing with fire can be good!

Belkar seems to have better Int then some folks here were giving him credit for. That was a wonderful and creative use of "at hand" resources.

[Kusai]

Ouuu, page 1? ^^

<3 the comic, as usual!

[TarSheva]

Oooohhhh. "A Matter of honor." What a wonderful taunt!

"Flame on!"

[soozenw]

;D I LOVE IT! god, giant...you made me spit lemonade all over my screen!

GO BELKAR! ;D

[Voshkod]

I love the smell of burning paladin in the morning. Smells like . . . victory.

Nicely done comic, as ever.

[deathbyhokie]

New comic is up. If you live anywhere near Williamsburg, VA, I'll see you at MarsCon.

what? con in williamsburg? maybe i do have weekend plans.

Amazingly enough, Belkar and I have the same outlook on adventuring.

[Kian]

It's just too bad that's merely non magical fire. 1d6 points of damage, and a measly reflex save to put out.

[TwinFang]

Oh, that was so totally awesome.
I would never ever have suspected that one.

You are god mr giant.

[Tabmow]

To quote Meatwad...

Okay, it's either you definitely should play with matches, or you definitely shouldn't play with matches.

[Karellen]

Ahh, the joy. Go, Belkar. Go. =D

[Moraine_Sedai]

I love to see Miko hoisted by her own petard. ;)

[Evik]

Oh that is just freakin awesome!

i love that rougish mentality even if he is a ranger!
seriously why go toe to toe with someone who can kick your butt and 4 of your closest friends' at the same time. I know i would be sniping from the shadows too!!!
and a classic "booby trap" for the angry not thinking fighter!
oo oo oo You make me Happy Giant!

spoilerdiction heh maybe Miko will run out "lay on hands" for herself but perhaps she may have a couple of heal potions and turn the tables on Belkar

[Charity322]

Belkar seems to have better Int then some folks here were giving him credit for. That was a wonderful and creative use of "at hand" resources.

It's not Intelligence he's low on it's Wisdom. Am I evil because I'm rooting for him hehe? :-[ ;D

[Renloth]

Another great comic!

Is it me, or is the Giant throwing bones to the people trying to nail down the Orders stats as of late?

[enigma]

Belkar is an evil little creature, but so funny.

enigma

[sun_tzu]

Whoa.
You know, I'm wondering if Belkar's some kind of idiot savant...Genius at hurting people (physically and mentally), retarted at most other stuff.

[Deuce]

Oh that is just freakin awesome!

i love that rougish mentality even if he is a ranger!
seriously why go toe to toe with someone who can kick your @$$ and 4 of your closest friends' at the same time. I know i would be sniping from the shadows too!!!
and a classic "booby trap" for the angry not thinking fighter!
oo oo oo You make me Happy Giant!

spoilerdiction . . .

Need to move a tag there.

[Sammael]

I've been reading the comic since the very beginning, but didn't feel the need to register and post here before tonight. I couldn't stand Miko before tonight. But to see her taunted, humiliated, and hurt evoked a feeling of... pity... like I've never felt before. To be able to evoke such feelings in a comic about stick figures is pure genius. Rich, I bow to your art-fu.

[thatwolfguy]

OH MY GOD SOOOOOO FUNNY

[tis_tom]

>:(

That evil bitter halfling! has crossed the line! I dunno, I used to hate Miko, but then I read those threads defending her and god damn it! Miko's never done anything wrong! She's in fact been too nice for her own good!

....

Was a good strip though... lol ;)

[koran_the_archmage]

chaotic evil AND smart. great!!!!!!!

1d6 non magical fire? while you're soaked in sake you cant just extinghish the fire that easily... i guess... at least, if i were DMing i'd let it burn for 3 or 4 rounds at least, or raise the DC for extinguishing the fire in 10 ou 15 points...

see ye

igor

[Randomnesh]

Between my mom (who introduced me to OotS) and me, I think we had a good five minutes of straight laughter.

Flaming sake...priceless.

*continues giggling insanely*

[SpamPutney]

LOVED the decoy dummy. Very reminiscent of Squidi.net. BRAVO!

[Eli_Gamir]

First post, wheee! :D

Ooh boy, is Belkar going to get the others in some big trouble or what.

Great comic Rich. :)

[Yahoo_Serious]

I love the smell of burning paladin in the morning. Smells like . . . victory.

;D

[Evik]

Need to move a tag there.

Fixed it now thanx

[Devoured_Dude]

Belkar seems to be making cunning use of the "one ninja" rule of action movies: Many ninjas=easy to defeat, One ninja=unstoppable. Substitute "OOTS adventurer" for "ninja" in this case.

Brilliant strip, by the way.

[aaronbourque]

Eeee.

Reading the Jack archives did not put me in the emotional context to prepare for this comic.

Aaron "The Mad Whitaker" Bourque; Miko's likely got a ridiculous Reflex save, but still: death by burnination? My father watched a guy burn to death on an oil rig about 18 years ago. Sent him into a depression that he never really got over. By extension, I've always had a rather gut-wrenching "that is so wrong" reaction to such a thing, even if it's completely fictional. That firestarter episode of the X-Files, in, like, the second year? Squicked me the No masking profanity. out. I cannot wait for Belkar to die.