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2021-09-07, 04:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
So Haley's little maneuver reminds me of something I pulled off in a D&D campaign a decade back. Where my Lizardman fighter leapt off the top of a tower to grapple a beholder. Now the combined weight of himself and his armor exceeded the beholders maximum load.
So we slowly float down screaming in agony like a balloon with just a little to much weight. The Beholder because I have it by two stalks. And myself because I was getting blast in the face.
Later he prepared float roast.(he cooked and ate the beholder)Nale is no more, he has ceased to be, his hit points have dropped to negative ten, all he was is now dust in the wind, he is not Daniel Jackson dead, he is not Kenny dead, he is final dead, he will not pass through death's revolving door, his fate will not be undone because the executives renewed his show for another season. His time had run out, his string of fate has been cut, the blood on the knife has been wiped. He is an Ex-Nale! Now can we please resume watching the Order save the world.
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2021-09-07, 04:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
Is there a particular reason that Haley was able to kick Serini but Serini couldn't shoot Haley? Is there a mechanical explanation or just "Haley rolled better?"
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2021-09-07, 04:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-09-07, 05:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
"If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
Ronkong Coma "the way of the bookhunter" III Catacombium
(Walter Moers "Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher")
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2021-09-07, 05:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
I believe the Giant has said one of the orange/green voices that captured O-Chul and Lein was a recurring character who had appeared in exactly one prior page. Serini's been in multiple, so that leaves Sunny.
Intentional, or an excellent case of "fake it until you make it" or "feign it until they ordain it."
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2021-09-07, 05:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
When a beholder have to talk you out of performing a morally questionable action, maybe it´s time to reconsider your alignment.
""Jeez, this dress! i look like a dominatrix""
(self-loathing): ""Actually , you look like a sorceress or something""
""Hey, no need to get cruel""
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2021-09-07, 06:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-09-07, 06:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
So here's a thought.
I'm assuming, the effects of the center eye last an entire round, even though Haley has left the area of effect. So whatever movement she has done, going up ~ 30 feet under fly, then doing a trapeze act off her bow and kicking Serini, she no longer has Fly for this round?
So she could regain Fly in mid fall, when she uses up her movement?
There's precedent:
https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0176.html
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2021-09-07, 06:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
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2021-09-07, 06:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-09-07, 06:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
I see that less as an unarmed attack and more as a bull rush (as part of a charge) that pushed Serini off Sunny's back. Serini didn't get an attack of opportunity because she didn't have a melee weapon out. And Sunny didn't make one (with a bite) because there would have been a 25% chance to hit Serini.
Between a +2 for charging, a halfling's -2 penalty to Strength (plus a possible penalty for old age), and a -4 size penalty, Haley was pretty much assured to win the opposed Strength check.
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2021-09-07, 06:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-09-07, 07:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
... then they are at least as high as a pedestal, according to this article.
Stone is stronger than flesh, but far more brittle.
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2021-09-07, 07:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
It is only a DC 30 tumble check to ignore 20 feet of fall damage. As an epic level rogue, she can probably make this in her sleep. She probably can make a DC 45 to ignore 30 feet of fall damage, but obviously I'm less certain on that one.
In 1241 Serini wanted the beholderish creature to "hit 'em with everything you got." It was the creature who said, "but not #8, right?" at which Serini said "fine..."
So it isn't anything new that Serini doesn't especially care if they die.Last edited by Gusion; 2021-09-07 at 07:43 PM.
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2021-09-07, 08:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-09-07, 08:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
Not quite. The Giant said, as a teaser in the previous book, that some time in this book we'd re-encounter a character who had appeared in exactly one page so far. A few people guessed -- even though it made zero sense -- that it would be either the green or orange voice, with 1189 as their one appearance. Now that Sunny's appeared, it's very likely that Sunny is the one-appearance character and previously appeared in 32, but we still don't know for certain.
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2021-09-07, 09:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
THIS is why I love Haley! Brilliant use of an open feint going to the bow: Sunny thinks she's going to use it as a weapon, so she holds tighter...which is exactly what Haley wants her to do.
I already use her to explain shell games, and this works for one of the 36 Stratagems. I betcha we could find examples of the other 35, too.
Okay, now I've got a project.
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2021-09-07, 09:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
I hope this "heroes fighting heroes" trope is finally concluded.
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2021-09-07, 10:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
One of my dislikes in every fantasy movie, game, etc are the matrix knock-off characters with high damage bursts, missile attacks that never miss, or dodges that make them impossible to hit. It was kind of neat 20 years ago, but not anymore.
I realize everything happens to further the plot, and in a couple of strips I won’t care, but Haley pulling the combo of Spider-Man and Neo against an epic rogue focused entirely on her just doesn’t work for me.
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2021-09-07, 10:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
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2021-09-07, 10:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
Also, it's not like Haley has been #nbd (no big deal) dodging Serini's attacks. Except perhaps the last one, in which all her time spent with Elan allowed her to pun-dodge.
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2021-09-07, 10:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
This was awesome. All of it. The fight is not done, but I like this new revelation.
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2021-09-07, 11:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
Okay, but...how high level is Haley? The Order has to be in their late teens, right? In order for Haley's Uncanny Dodge to work, Sereni can't be more than 5 levels higher.
And it's not like Sereni doesn't have anything putting her at a disadvantage here. Sunny's distracting her in multiple ways, and she's clearly not had this big a challenge in a while.
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2021-09-08, 12:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
Dear Giant,
I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed this page, along with many many others; but this one in particular had great pacing, action and comedy, not to mention a fantastic punch-line. Also, rogue family picnics sound fun!
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2021-09-08, 12:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
Cool elan Illithid Slayer by linkele.
Editor/co-writer of Magicae Est Potestas, a crossover between Artemis Fowl and Undertale. Ao3 FanFiction.net DeviantArt
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2021-09-08, 01:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
Ghosts are a special case though, even D&D does not make them always evil. They are more disembodied tragic soul than negative energy (as compared to say, shadows and wraiths.) In other words, ghosts do not have to conform to any author's general stance on undead, whether that author is Rich or the D&D/PF devs themselves.
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2021-09-08, 01:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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2021-09-08, 01:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
It should still be higher than an absurdly high air sigil.
Now I like that dodge even more!
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2021-09-08, 03:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
I don't make the crazy rules, I just twist them to my purpose
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2021-09-08, 03:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1243 - The Discussion Thread
Once I was carrying a small stone tabletop. I tripped and fell down, dropping the tabletop. I was uninjured, but the tabletop split in half.
It's easier to cut flesh than stone, but stone is far more breakable than flesh.