OOTS #935 - The Discussion Thread

[The Giant]

New comic is up.

There are some slight changes in color and font rendering from normal, due to the fact that I'm working on a different machine with different versions of all the programs I usually use. I'll try to iron these out as we go forward.

[The Pilgrim]

and another one goes down

[BadAndyMk3]

Caster Fiiiiight!

[StLordeth]

Good comic. Expected a bit more from Laurin but whatever.

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Tarquin all alone now. I fully expect him to die now without Laurin.

[Niwrad]

CAAASSSSTTTTERRRR FFFIIIIGGGGHHHHT!!!!

BIRD TO THE FACE!!

That was great.

[Mauve Shirt]

So easy to run out of power points.

[RNGgod]

Blackwing is awesome!


Sabine is awesome!


Laurin is...smarter than Tarquin! (Not that we didn't know that already)


Anyway, that was certainly more exciting than our last caster fight.

[PirateMonk]

So, does Laurin still get her favor, or will Tarquin refuse because she withdrew too early?

[Prospekt]

Woo! Go Vaarsuvius!

Also, hrm... which kind of Ioun Stone did Blackwing manage to snatch?

[Shale]

I totally called V's strategy! Keep hitting her with spells that have to be dispelled or escaped from and let her run herself out of PP. Which had to happen sooner-or-freaking-later, I guess.

Now everybody dogpile on Tarquin! See how he likes it with no casters to save his sorry rear.

(Also, good on whoever said Blackwing would steal an Ioun Stone. I know somebody did.)

[RMS Oceanic]

So easy to run out of power points.

Such is the price of going Nova. Hence that "big guns" quip.

So Sabine got her revenge after all. Very satisfactory.

[Pokonic]

Heh, Blackwing snagged one heck of a 'bauble'.

[Seerow]

V still managed to get loot despite Laurin running away. A good day indeed.

[Sajiri]

Bird to the face! I laughed at that so much

The character with V in the last panel, all 5 times he shows, something's not right with his hair and bandana..looks like magic wand mess-up

[Thokk_Smash]

Aw yeah, V! It was nice to see V get help from Sabine; good use of flashback.

[Mordae]

That was awesome. V is putting his strategic mind to good use.

[Lord Denyuar]

I wonder what that particular bauble does.

[JesusCraig]

I was just about to post that I felt that v was going to win through attrition, why else encourage Roy to make her use pp on wormhole earlier when they had no way of escaping.

[eusticepious]

Excting comic. Thanks Giant. Go Blackwing.

[Snowfire]

Bird to the face. The best attack call in the history of OotS.

Nicely played V, nicely played.

[The Pilgrim]

So, does Laurin still get her favor, or will Tarquin refuse because she withdrew too early?

I doubt Tarquin will be alive long enough for that to matter.

[endiku]

I wonder what that particular bauble does.

Looks to me like an orangey pink stone is closest to blackwing's claw when he strikes?

[Taelas]

Woo! Nice work, V.

[Shining Wrath]

And now I wonder if Tarquin is still on board. Did Laurin leave him to his fate?

Mad props to every Laurin psionic power point calculator on the board, and all the "how many spells has V cast" comments, because you guys were right - that was the key.

BTW, I think V is using "intelligence" in the military sense, as in "information regarding the capabilities of the enemy".

And Blackwing has a bauble. I wonder which ioun stone he grabbed? Hopefully one useful for V.

[Pokonic]

The character with V in the last panel, all 5 times he shows, something's not right with his hair and bandana..looks like magic wand mess-up

Or, it's way to give definition to his droopy dreadlocks without it sort of merging with the bandanna.

[Killer Angel]

Amazing comic!

the predictions of many playgrounders (about the lots of mana points spent) confirmed.
Sweet sort of Sabine's regenge.
Blackwing and the bauble.
And victorious V.!

Ah, let's see what your're going to do now, Tarquin.

[StLordeth]

So, does Laurin still get her favor, or will Tarquin refuse because she withdrew too early?

She ran away. I'd say no. The deal was broken. At least that's how I take it

The more interesting question is, does Miron? He didn't run away "technically". Does he still owe Tarquin?

[Shale]

For reference, Blackwing's bauble seems to be an Orange Ioun Stone, which gives +1 to the user's caster level. (Luckily there's only one variety of orange stone, so there's no quibbling over shapes)

[Joe the Rat]

Raven Familiar vs. Floating Baubles: Point Raven.

All that time, V was counting point expenditures.

[Quorothorn]

I really do like V these days.

And Blackwing, too. Not a poor decision, just a questionable one in terms of your own safety, good familiar.

Quite worth the wait.