OOTS #256 - The Discussion Thread

[The Giant]

New comic is up.

[Lightman]

Necromancy 101! CLASSIC!

[Murphy]

Yay for rocket skates!

[Chlodwig]

Thog on rocket skates should be fun. :)

[DeathQuaker]

Brilliant! Here I thought Roy's sister was just a bit of background embellishment never to have any influence on the plot, and lookee here... nice. The next story arc's gonna rock.

Good punchline too.

[Taelas]

Superb! Roy's sister! :D

That IS quite serendipitous for the Linear Guild. ;)

[Chlodwig]

Hmm roys sister, most liked pupil of the school going to necromancy 101 is sort of an opposite to I guess....

[zibeck]

Rich, you are such a tease!

[Shatteredtower]

I agree with Thog.

[Zypher_X]

Great Comic but i don't get what Thog is refering to when he says: thog liked it

Is he refering to Greenhilt? Maybe not, he does not like girls.
The belt? Why would Thog like the belt? Has he tried one on?

I'm confused ???

[Marller]

We got to see Roy's sister.
We got a stab at Roys genderbending.
And Thog is simply the best.

Great comic. :)

[Nightfall]

Seeing the new one up before I have to go to work...sweet birthday present! Thanks, Giant! (How'd you know?)

[Runolfr]

"So, you have a younger sister. Obi-Wan's failure has now betrayed her, as well..."

Oh, sorry... getting my stories mixed.

[The Giant]

Great Comic but i don't get what Thog is refering to when he says: thog liked it?

The gender-swapping plotline, which Nale just called pointless and self-indulgent.

[Sylian]

This strip had two major comic points IMO.
First, when Nale said that about the belt. The second, see last panel. :D

[J0sh]

Ahhh Awesome!. :D

[Single Shot Zombie]

<Puts hand on his cheek and drops jaw in mock horror>

Roy has a SISTER!?

<Pretends to drop dead in shock>

[Chaos]

*snip*
Is he refering to Greenhilt? Maybe not, he does not like girls.
*snip*

We only know Thog doesn´t like cute half-orc girls with fangs and tusks. He seems to have no particular problems with Sabine, Hilgya or Haley.

[Winter_Wolf]

Priceless.

I think Thog may have dipped into the cursed items bin one time and tried a gender bender belt, at least that's what I inferred from his "Thog liked it" comment. It's just so hard to believe he's chaotic evil. Not that I want to get into alignment debates here, just what I inferred since he's a barbarian and Roy's opposite. It's almost like he should have been Belkar's opposite. I mean, Belkar is mean, cruel, and rude, all on purpose. Thog is just, ah, passionate. Rocket skates, sugar, and puppies for all!

[Zypher_X]

The gender-swapping plotline, which Nale just called pointless and self-indulgent.

Thank You!

I hadn't realized that Thog read Oots ;) Looked at the nice pictures anyway Forgot that Thog has two fighter levels. 64

[jackal59]

Great Comic but i don't get what Thog is refering to when he says: thog liked it

Is he refering to Greenhilt? Maybe not, he does not like girls.
The belt? Why would Thog like the belt? Has he tried one on?

I'm confused ???

I think it's a bit of metareference to Roy wearing the belt in previous strips. Now, I didn't think that was pointless and self-indulgent, but Rich might have received such criticisms. Unfairly, I'd say.

By the way, this comic is just perfect. I agree that this is a great story arc, and I like it that it is not the only arc going. One of the things I like about Web comics is that, at their best, you can see the growth in the narrative skill of the best authors. That OOTS demonstrates that while staying consistently funny on a number of levels (meta and otherwise) is even better.

O.K., enough ranting, off to take my Latin exam.

[Marller]

Hmm roys sister, most liked pupil of the school going to necromancy 101 is sort of an opposite to I guess....

I guess she is a generalist, taking every spells she can get and besides, not all spells in necromancy are inherently used for the creation of undead. :)

[Ebon_Drake]

Those last two panels cracked me up. Thog's expressions were absolutely priceless.

[Malachi, the Lich King]

Thog getting mad because he thinks the rocket skates are not going to be part of the new plan is priceless. I kind of thought Roy's sister might be at this wizard school but wasn't sure how she was going to fit in. I'm glad she wasn't the evil opposite as that would start working toward making it the "Evil sibling guild"

[Shiremaid]

Wonderful comic. Liked Nale's quickly trying to get his team into attack positions when he thought Roy was there. :)
As for Necromancy 101, maybe it's a core course?

[NEO|Phyte]

yay!

[Beelzebub1111]

Oh giant ::) you are such a tease. Starting us of with "The other members are..." then being interupted. How like you.

[U2QueenBee]

Joyful Thog ftw! :D

Roy's sister is cute...if a little scary (in a 'popular chick' kind of way.)

<- never a popular chick

[Amalthea]

I guess she is a generalist, taking every spells she can get and besides, not all spells in necromancy are inherently used for the creation of undead. :)

Meh, if the comic is still ripping on Hogwarts, then Julia might be required to take classes in all the basics for a certain amount of time, before she can specialize.

[Sebastian]

"That, um... that's not Roy Greenhilt"

Wow, looks like Nale put some rank in his spot skill

Another gem
"We are not ready. We didn't even find an anvil" ;D