How likely is it that we’ll see a epic level Red Cloak soon?

[Crimsonmantle]

I came here because it kept showing up on TvTropes.

When I played D&D - and some competitor games - it was called AD&D but the quoted statement is true of me as well. Even tho' I've long since stopped frequenting tvtropes...

[Potatopeelerkin]

I know the topic of conversation has moved on, but as further evidence against the ritual being Epic, Xykon and Jirix seemed to think the idea that Tsukiko could cast it on her own was reasonable, and she's definitely not Epic. Granted, they won't know as much about the ritual as Redcloak does, but Xykon would probably know if it was Epic level, right?

[mehs]

Then again, she was about level 14 and it was a big revelation for her figuring out what school and subschool the ritual is. Even after months of her researching, she had not the slightest clue of what it actually did.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Chiming in quickly to note I've never played Dungeons and Dragons. I was still able to enjoy most of the jokes, and the story in particular. Much, much later on I began to enjoy content like Critical Role, which I have open in another tab right now.

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I've still never played DnD and I likely won't be able to as I have 2 very young kids and we live in a very rural area and I don't have the hours to spare for a tabletop game during normal daylight hours.

All of that hasn't prevented me from enjoying fantasy RPG video games, including very DnDesque games like Tactics Ogre, nor has it prevented me from watching web series about being a GM or how to build your characters.

It's all very fascinating to me, even though there's no way to fit the actual game into my schedule. Even if I could play a game online, it'd be late at night when it's supposed to be silent in the house.

I love the content, but I will probably never end up actually playing the game a lot of this stuff is based on, ever. Maybe when I'm a very old man, because I'm nearly 40 and my youngest isn't 1 yet.

But yeah, you don't have to have played DnD to enjoy the comic, for sure.

[CriticalFailure]

A possible thematic reason to make Redcloak epic, on top of growing more threatening to Xykon, as others have already mentioned, is that there may never have been an epic goblin character given that OOTS works runs on game/story logic and goblins usually fill the role of low level enemies.

[Laurentio III]

Then again, she was about level 14 and it was a big revelation for her figuring out what school and subschool the ritual is. Even after months of her researching, she had not the slightest clue of what it actually did.

Not her fault. She missed the other half of the ritual. As soon as MitD told her about this specific, she figured it in record time.

[Mike Havran]

Not her fault. She missed the other half of the ritual. As soon as MitD told her about this specific, she figured it in record time.

She did not figure much. Only that the main effect is from teleportation subschool. Enough to scare Redcloak, but little enough to consider raiding Redcloak's stuff to be easier than continuing to study the scroll.

[tomandtish]

IIRC the author has estimated most of his audience is not comprised of RPG players.

There's at least one person who has claimed he is here strictly for the forum and has never read the comic.