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2022-06-08, 08:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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OOTS #1259 - The Discussion Thread
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2022-06-08, 09:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1259 - The Discussion Thread
I may identify a little too closely with Minrah here...
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2022-06-08, 09:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1259 - The Discussion Thread
I love that they don't need to worry about Elan during war councils because he also doesn't want to be involved.
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2022-06-08, 09:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1259 - The Discussion Thread
Unstructured alliance building is Elan's forte.
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2022-06-08, 09:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1259 - The Discussion Thread
Now if only every meeting was as much fun as Elan and Sunny will have.
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2022-06-08, 09:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1259 - The Discussion Thread
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2022-06-08, 09:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1259 - The Discussion Thread
New theory, based on her line from the last panel: Haley is really just V disguised as a human (whereas V is really just V not disguised as a human.)
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2022-06-08, 09:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1259 - The Discussion Thread
I don't know if getting rid of the guy who knows narrative structure in a structured narrative is the best idea frankly - he could at least tell them that they need to do all their planning off panel or else the plan is likely to fail.
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2022-06-08, 09:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1259 - The Discussion Thread
Haley is pretty much done with Elan at this point.
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2022-06-08, 09:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1259 - The Discussion Thread
"an unstructured alliance-strengthening exercise"
I love it. Brilliant.
Roy's positivity is refreshing, too!Last edited by internisus; 2022-06-08 at 09:10 AM.
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2022-06-08, 09:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1259 - The Discussion Thread
Jokes on all of you, Elan's the one getting out a big meeting that could have just been an email. Who's the real smart one now, huh!?
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2022-06-08, 09:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-06-08, 09:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1259 - The Discussion Thread
I love Haley's use of managerspeak here.
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2022-06-08, 09:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1259 - The Discussion Thread
So how many of us just had a newly-contextualised flashback to their childhoods right along with Minrah?
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2022-06-08, 09:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-06-08, 09:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-06-08, 09:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1259 - The Discussion Thread
I would not thought Minrah would need to distracted by counting buttons. She is so active and strong willed that I think she would have been training with the soldiers and daring anyone to tell her not to!
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2022-06-08, 09:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-06-08, 09:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-06-08, 09:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1259 - The Discussion Thread
Sounds like Sirini is still cautiously pessimistic. She is ok with planning to plan, but still is unsure that the plan will work if implemented.
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2022-06-08, 09:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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I tend to read the strip titles first, and could not figure out what was going on with that until the end. Well played.
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2022-06-08, 09:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1259 - The Discussion Thread
Yeah Elan is adorable but i want to listen to important plot!!
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2022-06-08, 10:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1259 - The Discussion Thread
Nope. Seems to me that she's acting like his wife aka telling him what to do.
That line was beautifully delivered.
Never invite to a meeting someone who doesn't want to be there and whose input / disruption will not be needed. IME, a lot of people get dragged into meetings who can be better employed (for that time period) elsewhere.
Yes she does.
I liked Roy's "We got knocked off track so many times that we're all the way back on track"Last edited by KorvinStarmast; 2022-06-08 at 10:15 AM.
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2022-06-08, 10:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1259 - The Discussion Thread
This is really infantilising Elan, in a way which is particularly bad coming from his girlfriend & life partner...
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2022-06-08, 10:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1259 - The Discussion Thread
I sooooo much want to know the plan, but recognize that it’s better for story advancement, and for success, if the planning to make a plan meeting happens off-panel.
So I’m hoping for a cut to Team Evil next, followed by the execution of said plan.Last edited by Hiro Quester; 2022-06-08 at 10:11 AM.
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2022-06-08, 10:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1259 - The Discussion Thread
You know, I think Haley and Serini are starting to see eye to eye. Rogue sisterhood advances!
Roy's point is well taken; the Order is in their strongest position relative to Team Evil ever. Yes I know Xykon's a epic sorcerer lich; I also know he doesn't have the HP to take everyone on Team Order hitting him with a good shot in one round. V's best move might be to spam Dispel Magic and keeping stripping away his defensive buffs; Roy focuses on keeping him from casting; Haley and Belkar go for max damage, while O Chul Smites Evil with enthusiasm, and the clerics buff / heal / attack as situation demands. He'd be gone in a couple of rounds, and he's not teleporting away if Roy can disrupt (or V / Durkon can counterspell).
For grins, Blackwing can try to grab any shiny objects Xykon might be carrying.This ... is my signature finishing move!
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2022-06-08, 10:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Avatar by linklele. How Teleport Worksa. Malifice (paraphrased):
Rulings are not 'House Rules.' Rulings are a DM doing what DMs are supposed to do.
b. greenstone (paraphrased):
Agency means that they {players} control their character's actions; you control the world's reactions to the character's actions.
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2022-06-08, 10:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1259 - The Discussion Thread
all hail the marshmallow pirate kitty