OOTS #1256 - The Discussion Thread

[The Giant]

New comic is up.

[thorr-kan]

Go, Belkar!

[Pablo360]

Belkar continues to be MVP. Character development is more powerful than any class feature.

Except Action Surge, of course.

[Neponde]

Eleven puppy dog eyes.. Hah!

[RMS Oceanic]

Diplomacy works!

[hamishspence]

Hilarious punchline in the final panel.

[link3710]

And hopefully this puts an end to all the debates about Serini's motivations. While I wouldn't say she was exactly correct, the lack of even factoring in the gods makes perfect sense for her.

[RMS Oceanic]

And hopefully this puts an end to all the debates about Serini's motivations. While I wouldn't say she was exactly correct, the lack of even factoring in the gods makes perfect sense for her.

I did like her probing Roy's limits of what the right thing to do would be.

[dancrilis]

Belkar is the hero that the world needs.

Seperately nice to get insight into if Roy would possibly help Xykon if pushed.

[Shining Wrath]

There may be those who would shame you for failing to resist 11 puppy dog eyes, but I stand not among them

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O Chul is hilarious when he wants to be.

Also, score one for Belkar realizing what sort of arguments would sway a bitter old halfling rogue. Which had the advantage of being true. The gods really do more or less view mortals as a food source.

The Elan / Sunny friendship is amazing and I wish to see more of it. Also, I want to see an extended dialogue between Sunny and Greyview. The amount of "You can't seriously believe that!' would be epic, in both directions.

[Schroeswald]

Enjoy Belkar being the one to convince Serini mostly, he gets her after all.

[Kareeah_Indaga]

“Every part of this is hideously complicated.” Best line! Though the one about eleven puppy eyes comes close.

[littlebum2002]

The new art style is worth it just for Sunny's teeth. They wouldn't have looked nearly as cool in the old style.

[3SecondCultist]

I did not think it would be so easy to make an [eye-creature-trademarked] look so... well, adorable. Kudos.

[mjasghar]

Thanks Rich

[vonBoomslang]

Psst, if you're wondering about the squiggly part - one of the Twelve Gods is Snake.

[Psyren]

Shh, no one tell her that the gods WERE willing to negotiate with the Dark One until he blocked everybody.

[locksmith of lo]

ah, now that was worth the wait!

[Toper]

Aw, so heartwarming! A very talky strip, and it totally works.

[danielxcutter]

Y’know I actually kinda expected Belkar to be the MVP here. He’s always been good at putting it in a way that cuts through all the surrounding stuff.

Also, I am not surprised one bit that Elan is getting along with Sunny well, and I don’t think I’m the only one.

[Peelee]

I did like her probing Roy's limits of what the right thing to do would be.

Seconded. I also like how l he's figured out that just being straight with people tends to yield good results.

Enjoy Belkar being the one to convince Serini mostly, he gets her after all.

He gets her!

Shh, no one tell her that the gods WERE willing to negotiate with the Dark One until he blocked everybody.

Well, some gods.

[farothel]

Eleven puppy dog eyes.. Hah!

Am I the only one that actually counted them to see if it was in fact 11?

[Coyote0715]

Belkar saves the day!

[mjasghar]

Haley doesn’t seem to happy about Elan spending so much time with Sunny though.

[Zhorn]

Belkar being the one to talk some sense into them... Yup, that works for me. Out of everyone in the party, his world view would be the closest.

Also Elan and Sunny, that's the optimistic buddy dynamic I'm here for

[Rilmani]

Belkar did a thing! And it helped! Neat. Now let’s dig through all of these magical items our new ally is nice enough to share.

[Quizatzhaderac]

Great chaotic empathy check by Belkar there.

I almost missed Lien's "Jump the shark" reference.

Given the setting, I'd have additional questions about Sunny's "Cool dead bug". Bug sized or creature sized? Dead or "dead"? Does it have ice properties? "Bug" as in an arthropod or as in bugbear/bugaboo/bogeyman?

[Primeone]

Love the puppy dog eyes :)

[SavageWombat]

I knew Belkar would be the one to get through to her.

[dmc91356]

Belkar's argument is remarkably like some philosophy my daughter is reading about in school. He's deeper than we think . . .