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2016-05-03, 07:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
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2016-05-03, 07:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
Smart, effective, nice paladins. Love it.
Suspiciously normal.
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2016-05-03, 07:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
Always.
Yeah, Team Paladin!
Thanks Giant.
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2016-05-03, 07:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
Hopefully those nifty magic items grant some buoyancy too!
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2016-05-03, 07:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
I retract my earlier assessment that this was a bad time to find you're standing on ice over water.
"Trust me."
"Always."
I'm glad I was proven wrong. *sigh* I want to see the yrthak again, though.
That water is going to be so cold for Lien.Last edited by KillingAScarab; 2016-05-03 at 07:54 AM.
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2016-05-03, 07:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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2016-05-03, 07:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
But... but what about epic battle?! What about Redcloak's niece under the mask? But...
Is there akraken(did that),shark(did that too, jeez), icewater piranhas in that water at least?"...As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero."
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2016-05-03, 07:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
HAH!
I said I saw a crack in the ice, there! I just didn't imagine that it could be used to the advantage of the paladins. Good thinking, Lien!
BTW, Lien could call upon her shark special mount, and they could ride it all the way to the pole or wherever they're heading?Last edited by Edhelras; 2016-05-03 at 07:59 AM.
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2016-05-03, 07:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
Okay, I'm with you two so far. Now are you going to just wait until he leaves or go Haley on him a la this?
https://youtu.be/FxChP7oux1E?t=5m45s
(Not with an actual energy blast, ofc)
My money's on wait until he leaves.Last edited by Lheticus; 2016-05-03 at 07:56 AM.
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2016-05-03, 08:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
Nope. Well, it depends. Will that Ring of Water Breathing stave off the cold for one or both of them, or half the cold, or half the cold, or what? The ring itself isn't described in the SRD, and the spell Water Breathing doesn't mention protection vs. cold. Maybe the ring is in one of the source books, like the one I'm perusing these days - back home...
Thanks to Gorbash Kazdar for the avatar: Edhelras Taladin, CG Male Moon Elf Ranger
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2016-05-03, 08:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
Aw, what a cute little destination wedding!
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2016-05-03, 08:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
It's hard to show a lot of time passing in three panels but I'm pretty sure the point is they're waiting until he leaves, as he's shown doing in the last one.
Even if they knew the water went where they wanted they can't count on being able to break through from below. Not to mention coming upon an underwater foe could go very badly for if they can't retreat out of the water.
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2016-05-03, 08:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
I don't know what's funnier: the fact that she thought of the underwater buddy breathing system so quickly (although the conversation about the items they had IN the cold weren't foreshadowed enough) or that our mysterious masked friend looks totally dejected that they weren't able to fight them!
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2016-05-03, 08:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
Awesome! Thank you for showing how a paladin should be played, Giant.
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2016-05-03, 08:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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2016-05-03, 08:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
i hope she is figuring on alternating use of the ring and not sacrificing herself for O-Chul
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2016-05-03, 08:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
Lien must be freezing without her ring!
Hmmm
Extreme cold (below -20° F) deals 1d6 points of lethal damage per minute (no save). In addition, a character must make a Fortitude save (DC 15, +1 per previous check) or take 1d4 points of nonlethal damage. Those wearing metal armor or coming into contact with very cold metal are affected as if by a chill metal spell.Posting from France
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2016-05-03, 08:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
A good combination of awesome and heartwarming!
I wonder what the creature in the mask is... with a hunch like that, I'm guessing a monstrous humanoid of some description.Spoiler: Stuff I'm Working OnSmall Justice
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2016-05-03, 08:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
Thanks Giant!
To find in order to lose; To fall in order to stand up
To freeze in order to ignite; To find myself within, and not fear the edge
To die in order to be reborn to the new world
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2016-05-03, 08:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
Wow, he really does trust her. Submerged in icy water, beginning to suffocate, and O-chul isn't bothered in the slightest.
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2016-05-03, 08:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
That was quick thinking... definitely out of the box.
I just love the look of the creature at the end, looks so down that they never came up
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2016-05-03, 08:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
Always trust the friendly paladin!
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2016-05-03, 08:24 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
I was half expecting a joke about how O-chul's constitution is so high he doesn't need the ring for a long while, but oh well. Maybe next page.
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2016-05-03, 08:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
And they traveled all that distance on shark-back, without O-Chul having his own means of water-breathing.
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2016-05-03, 08:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
One of the things I love about this comic is Giant's mastery of storytelling.
He doesn't paste a text box that says "hours later..." but instead shows us three views with the snowstorm slowly ending. A brilliant way of showing how much time has passed, without shoving it in your face like so many lesser artists would.
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2016-05-03, 08:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
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2016-05-03, 08:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
Her ring is non-standard, it was established as protecting against the cold.
Yes, there is. Suffocation is one of the easiest ways to kill a player character in Dungeons & Dragons 3.5.Spoiler: Completely optional to enjoying the comicIf you like to play-along with the Class and Level Geekery topics, and you assume strict rules were followed O-Chul shouldn't have begun suffocating until about 50 rounds went by, or about 300 seconds/5 minutes. That's half the time it required for a check for nonlethal damage from exposure to the cold, and only because O-Chul has a freakishly high constitution score.
ETA: It occurs to me O-Chul could just give Lien his cloak while he wears her ring.Last edited by KillingAScarab; 2016-05-03 at 08:33 AM.
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2016-05-03, 08:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
Yes. Yes! YES!!!
Smart, prepared, capable! That's how you play a paladin! Not freaking Dudley Do-Right of the RCMP! And not a stick up the *** like She Who Must Not Be Named!
Also: Always. Room suddenly got dusty...Last edited by Surfing HalfOrc; 2016-05-03 at 08:31 AM.
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2016-05-03, 08:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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2016-05-03, 08:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1035 - The Discussion Thread
But but Lien has a boyfriend right?
I hoped they dp interchange items for the cold tho