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2017-05-26, 09:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
New comic is up.
Also, I should mention that Ookoodook is having a Memorial Day sale now through Monday, 25% off all OOTS stuff (and some APE Games stuff), not counting "scratch & dent" items.Rich Burlew
Now Available: 2023 OOTS Holiday Ornament plus a big pile of new t-shirt designs (that you can also get on mugs and stuff)!
~~You can also support The Order of the Stick and the GITP forum at Patreon.~~
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2017-05-26, 09:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
Ah, Elan. "I just fixed that!"
So who's going to give orders while Andi's under the engine?Last edited by Lord Torath; 2017-05-26 at 09:32 AM.
Warhammer 40,000 Campaign Skirmish Game: Warpstrike
My Spelljammer stuff (including an orbit tracker), 2E AD&D spreadsheet, and Vault of the Drow maps are available in my Dropbox. Feel free to use or not use it as you see fit!
Thri-Kreen Ranger/Psionicist by me, based off of Rich's A Monster for Every Season
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2017-05-26, 09:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
Oh wow, Andi may actually do something helpful.
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2017-05-26, 09:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
I could get used to this pace of comic delivery
Elan is priceless, as usual.
Andi is now functioning as a competent chief engineer again, but no one is captain.
Furkini Menace attacking the gas bag is not as useful as she thinks, as Elan can mend the gas bag. And the Fighter.
"Technically that worked" is one of the all time great glass-half-full moments.
EDIT:
I think I saw "Sunrise Gravy" on the menu at Denny's once.Last edited by Shining Wrath; 2017-05-26 at 09:33 AM.
This ... is my signature finishing move!
"It's never good when you make a fiend cringe" - MadGrady
According to some online quiz, I'm a 6th level TN Wizard. They didn't give me full XP for all the monsters I've defeated while daydreaming.
http://easydamus.com/character.html
I am a Ranger Archetype: Gleaming Warden (thx to Ninja Prawn)
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2017-05-26, 09:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
Interested in MitD? Join us in MitD's thread.There is a world of imagination
Deep in the corners of your mind
Where reality is an intruder
And myth and legend thrive
Ceterum autem censeo Hilgya malefica est
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2017-05-26, 09:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
This ... is my signature finishing move!
"It's never good when you make a fiend cringe" - MadGrady
According to some online quiz, I'm a 6th level TN Wizard. They didn't give me full XP for all the monsters I've defeated while daydreaming.
http://easydamus.com/character.html
I am a Ranger Archetype: Gleaming Warden (thx to Ninja Prawn)
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2017-05-26, 09:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2017-05-26, 09:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-05-26, 09:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
Interested in MitD? Join us in MitD's thread.There is a world of imagination
Deep in the corners of your mind
Where reality is an intruder
And myth and legend thrive
Ceterum autem censeo Hilgya malefica est
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2017-05-26, 09:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
Great page!
Rich is really living up to this strip's title. We just got a page like 2 days ago!>>softly open our mouths in the cold
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2017-05-26, 09:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
The bigger question is how he will get up there to cast it. There aren't any convenient ropes attached to that particular area of the blimp, and its facing downward so he probably cant climb up there and cast his spell without falling.
Side note, I tried to spell climb with a p four times while writing that.“Evil is evil. Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”
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2017-05-26, 09:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
This ... is my signature finishing move!
"It's never good when you make a fiend cringe" - MadGrady
According to some online quiz, I'm a 6th level TN Wizard. They didn't give me full XP for all the monsters I've defeated while daydreaming.
http://easydamus.com/character.html
I am a Ranger Archetype: Gleaming Warden (thx to Ninja Prawn)
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2017-05-26, 09:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
Last edited by Peelee; 2017-05-26 at 09:50 AM.
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2017-05-26, 09:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
Now's their chance to free Bandana.
Assistant Treasurer of the Haley fan club
Crewman of the Bandana fan club
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2017-05-26, 09:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
You rock Giant! Thanks for "catching up".
Ancient gamer slowly rising from torpor, please forgive my ignorance of these modern times.
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2017-05-26, 09:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
Frosty is still the most competent and likable new character here. I'm going to be sad when she dies.
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2017-05-26, 09:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
Andi is going to explode the ship that is definitely going to happen.
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2017-05-26, 09:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
With the engines stopped, nobody needs to give orders to the helm. I will also note that Andi is a lousy ship's engineer. For fuel and electrical, and engines, before you do maintenance you use Tag Out Procedures. Lucky for her, the engine controllmen (Kwesi) knows what needs to be done and shuts off the engine to prevent an accident during maintenance. *shakes finger* Andi, you are supposed to know better than that! Good mechanic? Yeah. Good ship's engineer? Not So Much. That shutting off of engines was to prevent a fuel leak and or / other accident, while Andi jury rigs the engines/props to increase lift. Once again some of our pirates (Kwesi, Mateo) are able to keep their minds on task and on their duties during this high stress event. Andi? Not so much. (But at least she's finally playing to her strengths in terms of fixing things ...) Not if that's what you need to keep flying. Not wasteful. Which giant are you talking about: Rich, or the beloved Furkini Menace? (I am really enjoying her as the antagonist...).
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2017-05-26, 09:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-05-26, 09:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
Interested in MitD? Join us in MitD's thread.There is a world of imagination
Deep in the corners of your mind
Where reality is an intruder
And myth and legend thrive
Ceterum autem censeo Hilgya malefica est
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2017-05-26, 10:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
“Evil is evil. Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”
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2017-05-26, 10:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-05-26, 10:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2017-05-26, 10:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
I do not agree. The OoTS gets mission failure if the ship cannot fly. Elan's effort is in a lot of ways the main effort: keep the ship flying. As such, whatever it takes is a resource well spent since failure to expend that resource ends the chance for mission success. The enemy has a mission success mode of "stop the ship." Countering the enemy's mission is also a path to mission success. Elan's action are not a waste. They are critical nodes on the path to success.
Remember: it's about mission success (over all optimized collective action) not optimization of one small sub set of the operation. Larger scale optimization often requires some subordinate functions to be suboptimal. (Lessons of real life program management, project management, mission success, etc).Last edited by KorvinStarmast; 2017-05-26 at 10:04 AM.
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2017-05-26, 10:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
The previous episode lacked comedy but this makes up for it.
Andi is showing herself to be a bad engineer as well as a bad captain. Whether her modification should be tried with the ship at speed is something she should know. Even if it's not known because it's a new technique, a good engineer understands machines well enough to immediately work it out.Matthew Greet
My purpose in life is to play games.
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2017-05-26, 10:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
I want her to die a good death. I don't think her changing sides is in character, and there's no way to get rid of her.
"Wasteful" implies spending resources in a foolish or shortsided way. If it is absolutely necessary to spend a resource to achieve vital goals they aren't wasted.This ... is my signature finishing move!
"It's never good when you make a fiend cringe" - MadGrady
According to some online quiz, I'm a 6th level TN Wizard. They didn't give me full XP for all the monsters I've defeated while daydreaming.
http://easydamus.com/character.html
I am a Ranger Archetype: Gleaming Warden (thx to Ninja Prawn)
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2017-05-26, 10:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-05-26, 10:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
Maybe both, but I concede that I am making an inference or assumption on why Kwesi shut down the engine. (Based on my engineering and maintenance experience, on ships and planes both).
I'd rather they just throw/push this giantess over the side. That gets rid of her threat, lightens the ship, and also lets the beloved Furkini Menace live to fight another day. So We Need To Learn Her Name! (Ref the escape from Azure city and having a name as a way to remain alive...)Last edited by KorvinStarmast; 2017-05-26 at 10:11 AM.
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2017-05-26, 10:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1073 - The Discussion Thread
Because that would require her to have such an absurd degree of luck in her engineering that it stretches plausibility. It seems incredibly unlikely that she could consistently enter such dangerous circumstances unaware and make it out without getting hurt over years and years of engineering.
“Evil is evil. Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”
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2017-05-26, 10:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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