OOTS #578 - The Discussion Thread

[The Giant]

New comic is up.

[Tempest Fennac]

Let's hope there's a levle 17 Cleric somewhere for Celia's sake (I'm guessing that disabling the Roy Golem would be next to impossible at this point).

[Killersquid]

Great comic Giant. Celia is really screwing things up.

[Shott]

ooooooo, that sucks for them! Nice one Giant.

[kpenguin]

Somewhere, up high on a heavenly cloud, a single-classed fighter is crying.

[Paragon Badger]

...........................................Is that Mr. Met?

[Evil DM Mark3]

Is it just me or is insane Belkar the funniest character that has ever been in this comic!

Damn right they have Skittles®! Is it just me or does anyone else think that Belkar found a way of pronouncing ®?

[SPoD]

...........................................Is that Mr. Met?

Yes. Yes, it is. And suddenly, he makes a lot more sense than he ever did before.

[Nerd_Paladin]

Celia must have some kind of "Triple damage against inanimate objects" Feat with her lightning blasts or something.

I wonder how long before anyone clues in on what's wrong with Belkar (more wrong than usual that is).

[TigerHunter]

...did they escape by using Belkar's vomit as a slip 'n' slide?

Eeeeew.

[SPoD]

Celia must have some kind of "Double damage against inanimate objects" Feat with her lightning blasts or something.

Not necessarily, remember that Zz'dtri did the exact same trick.

[Borris]

...did they escape by using Belkar's vomit as a slip 'n' slide?

Eeeeew.

My thoughts exactly. Did they just slide in a big puddle of... Well, nevermind. It worked and they all ot out alive (well, those who were in the first place anyway). I surprisingly surprised the golems themselves didn't slip, though. It must have been one heck of a Balance chack to walk through that puddle without falling prone.

[Kato]

Aw, now Belkar's a halfling-unicorn! Yay ^^ (And even his vomit is useful for something, hehe)

Great comic again, thanks a lot ^^

[Pandabear]

And again the distance between Roy's body and Belkar grows..

[Borris]

Celia must have some kind of "Triple damage against inanimate objects" Feat with her lightning blasts or something.

I don't think that's necessary. A strong wooden door has a hardness of 5 and 20 hit points. Since electricity deals half damage to objects, Celia needed to deal at least 50 points of damage, half of which is 25, which breaks the door even after hardness. Now we don't know what Celia's abilities are exactly (though we know she can at least cast 3rd-level sorcerer spells), but that kind of damage is well-within the range of what a 9th or 10th level sorcerer with the Empower Spell feat could do. And a basic sylph straight from the Monster Manual II casts as a 7th level sorcerer, so that's not too far off. For a simple wooden door, the required damage drops to 30. With a little luck, a 7th level caster could do it without any feat.

But maybe I'm rationalizing things too much. Clearly, the important part is that it's possible at all. This post looks like it's taken straight out of the Class and Level Geekery thread.

[jasperjones]

well..now we know what is in the bag...gold...lots of it

hehe..pukey slip and slide..i like it...

also, great way to neutralize the simple minded golems..take out the walkway in front of them and they just fall down..love it

[hamishspence]

Distance beteen Roy and Belkar: does it matter? Can an active Mark be triggered again and double its effects on him? if not, there will be no real effect.

However, if they notice they are more than a mile from where they left roy, they might put two and two together and conclude Belkar's Mark has already been triggered.

[Aurorax]

Time to pay the piper for Celia. BTW, not all lawyers are as obtuse as Celia...

[lord_khaine]

Let's hope there's a levle 17 Cleric somewhere for Celia's sake (I'm guessing that disabling the Roy Golem would be next to impossible at this point).

thats proberly not nececary, ressurection only requires a small piece, and it sounds like there are something left in Roy's boot.

[SPoD]

Distance beteen Roy and Belkar: does it matter? Can an active Mark be triggered again and double its effects on him? if not, there will be no real effect.

However, if they notice they are more than a mile from where they left roy, they might put two and two together and conclude Belkar's Mark has already been triggered.

On the other hand, they might limit themselves from going more than a mile away from Grubwiggler's castle because they believe it to matter, putting them in the bind of being unable to leave the city without nabbing the Roylem first.

[dogmac]

Is it just me, or does anyone else hope that in that bag of gold that Haley stole from Grubbles is enough money to get Roy's pincode?

[Child Conscript]

Ahh great comic as usual.
Anyone notice that is actually nice when crazy??

[Gamerlord]

OK The sick belkar RULES!

[Spiryt]

This no good.

I mean, the main scene of the strip is just too weird.

They are sliding on a bag. On a some kind of Belkar's super ill vomit.

This should take like a second to before they hit the door, and then just open them, and get the hell away.

Insted, their slide is somewhat slow motion, so Haley can talk to Celia for at least ten seconds. And door must be turned in to pieces. By a lightning while even, D&D rules noticed that's it's pretty hard to break things up with electrical energy.

That's a bit of criticsm from my side.

At least, brain damaged Belkar is hilarious.

[Xiander]

This no good.

I mean, the main scene of the strip is just too weird.

They are sliding on a bag. On a some kind of Belkar's super ill vomit.

This should take like a second to before they hit the door, and then just open them, and get the hell away.

Insted, their slide is somewhat slow motion, so Haley can talk to Celia for at least ten seconds. And door must be turned in to pieces. By a lightning while even, D&D rules noticed that's it's pretty hard to break things up with electrical energy.

That's a bit of criticsm from my side.

At least, brain damaged Belkar is hilarious.

Arh come on! Talking has been a free action from the start of this webcomic.

[aapje]

Centaur, Unicorn, what will be next?

[banjo1985]

Wow, Belkar's a unicorn!

Nice comic, I'm definitely looking forward to seeing how they attempt to get Roy back with Belkar going through a menagerie of mythical beasts in his addled mind.

[ref]

Yeah, Spyrit. Think of the catgirls!

Well, I don't know much what to say about that. I'll need 579 to see how this develops.

[cheesecake]

belkar is even more funny with the MoJ!

Mr Scruffy FTW!

As for why does it matter if Belkar is away from Roy? The MoJ is already activated, so it doesn't really matter anymore. Unless I missed something?

[Haleyintraining]

But they don't know the MoJ is activated. Whatever happens next will be hilarious, no doubt about it.