OOTS #612 - The Discussion Thread

[The Giant]

New comic is up.

[Adumbration]

Were those sound effects really necessary?

Awesome, anyway.

[T-O-E]

"Brainy Pete"? Classic.

[Trizap]

yeay! Belkar teaches the loki cleric how to solve problems with violence!

[Tyrael]

5. Ouch. At least we got to see what he looks like without his glasses. Today is just not his day.

[lemonhoney]

Ewwwwwy.

squish.

I actually really like Belkar in this comic.

[Zeful]

This new Belkar is really creepy. I could have sworn he simply never stopped smiling throughout the whole thing.

[kpenguin]

You know, the first thing I thought when I saw the strip was "Is that Eugene?"

[Tafkan]

"Solve a man's problems with violence, help him for a day. Teach a man to solve his problems with violence, help him for a lifetime!"

Got to love Belkar. <3

[Evil DM Mark3]

Give a man fire and he will be warm for a while.

Set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

This is getting increasingly awesome.

[Weirdlet]

Yowch. His pretense of character growth is really... really effective.

[Lord_Ventnor]

It seems Belkar has really taken "Shojo's" lesson to heart. As in, he had a chance to abandon Haley, but he didn't.

[David Argall]

Well, Pete did get to keep his eyes for the rest of his life...

Now the Belkar rescue mission now becomes better and worse. If Crystal and Bozzak can flank a lone Belkar, he is dead meat fast with some horrible number of d6 sneak damage. But there is an increased chance of his getting to attack with surprise, or at least not getting ambused and surprised himself.

[Tempest Fennac]

I hope Cleric of Loki doesn't vanish altogether. (He's one of my favourite characters.) At least it looks as though he'll survive, even though he probably didn't get paid.

[turkishproverb]

Wow. Me like. Nice and vengeful.

Even if I WAS hoping the Cleric would join them for a bit. STill betting he's a CN cleric of Loki though.

[SPoD]

I like the title:

"Technically, the "Fish" Version is a Subset of This One"

Because teaching a man to fish IS using violence to solve his problems--it's just violence against the fish, which non-vegans deem socially acceptable.

[Winged One]

Belkar has somehow become even more...Belkarish with his fake character development.

[Yendor]

So fishing is a form of violence?

And fish is brain food, so... Formerly Blind Old Pete will get his just desserts?

[hungryLIKEALION]

Awesome comic, laughed out loud at Belkar's new phrase. Something really does seem different about Belkar, oddly... He just seems more gleeful. But maybe I just think that because it's been so long since I've seen him doing anything other than lie still and puke.

Unfortunate that CoL left him before the confrontation with Bozz and Crystal... now who will wake up Haley to have her final showdown with her teenage enemy?

Anyway, I really hope the next update comes quickly, because I can barely contain my curiosity.

[Fluke_Bandywag]

Belkar and Mr. Scruffy frolicking off to do more violence?

What a lovely image.

More of that, please (and internal foot massages).

[Hamilkar]

I'm beginning to like that cleric.
Belkar as a teacher? naaaa

[Glorfindel]

Go Belkar, go!
Our beloved halfling is going to save the day.

[carebearbecky]

Excellent

[jmucchiello]

So fishing is a form of violence?

If you doubt it, ask the fish.

This was the first comic I laughed aloud at the end of in quite awhile. Although I am sorry to see the cleric go away I really don't think he and Durkon would get along....

[Castel]

Awesome punchline from . and it looks like Mr. Scruffy got some blood on his eyebrows on panel 4.

[Tempest Fennac]

Durkon didn';t have enough Religion ranks before to know that Thor and Loki are rivals (he has gained at least 2 levels since then, though).

[HealthKit]

Wow, Belkar is doing a number on the thieves' guild, I wonder if they will have any members left when this is all over.

[thubby]

that was the most warped aesop i have ever seen, and i am quite thoroughly disturbed. AWESOME.

though, if this is belkar's new way of doing things, i fear for intelligent life everywhere

[zillion ninjas]

So in Belkar's case, "less one-dimensional" means "Darker and Edgier". He's actually found another thing that he enjoys more than wanton killing - convincing someone else to get his hands dirty instead.

If the cleric doesn't stay around, though, then Team Haley will again need to reach Durkon in order to raise Roy.

[Keris]

Excellent comic. Well, too bad the Cleric didn't join up with the party, but you can't have everything.