Belkar v. Death

[Acero]

It is a fact Belkar Bitterleaf will die during this comic.

Upon death, the dier may challenge Death to a game for his life.
In what game do you think Belkar has the best chance of winning? SPS(Stabs per second) Rants, Craft disturbing image?

[fishguy]

Iron Chef!

[T-O-E]

Wet t-shirt contest. It's been foreshadowed.

[licoot]

A Sexy Shoeless God of War contest

[Acero]

A Sexy Shoeless God of War contest

Which is? need somew more characters.. there we go

[Rothen]

Which is?

Won by Belkar.

[Frozen_Feet]

Obviously, Belkar challenges Death to see who can kill more people in the same time.

And wins.

[Kobold-Bard]

Toss the Kobold?

[JoeSkull]

Who can get thrown the furthest by Roy. Belk should be able to get a pretty good distance since he is small and Roy (probably) really wants to throw him.

[Kobold-Bard]

Who can get thrown the furthest by Roy. Belk should be able to get a pretty good distance since he is small and Roy (probably) really wants to throw him.

Who says Death is Medium sized. That could just be us Humans pushing our biased views on everything. Death could be Fine sized and extremely aerodynamic for all you know :smallwink:

[Cizak]

Who can get thrown the furthest by Roy. Belk should be able to get a pretty good distance since he is small and Roy (probably) really wants to throw him.

But Roy already has experience in throwing skeletons. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0114.html)

[Tulio d Bard]

They'll play RPG, of course. (http://xkcd.com/393/)

[Luzahn]

Well, challenging yourself to a game always ends well.

I've found that I generally win.

[chiasaur11]

Chess. He always forgets how the little horsey ones move.

And wins anyway.

[JoeSkull]

Who says Death is Medium sized. That could just be us Humans pushing our biased views on everything. Death could be Fine sized and extremely aerodynamic for all you know :smallwink:considering that we have already seen death once, and he appeared to be the size of a regular person, it is reasonable to assume that he is medium sized.

[hihidude]

yahtzee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kobold-Bard]

considering that we have already seen death once, and he appeared to be the size of a regular person, it is reasonable to assume that he is medium sized.

ORLY?

When was that :smallconfused:

[chiasaur11]

ORLY?

When was that :smallconfused:

Spring Break Never Dies, comic 718, last panel.

[Kobold-Bard]

Spring Break Never Dies, comic 718, last panel.

...:smallannoyed:

Damn it, why am I always wrong when I post in this forum.

[JonestheSpy]

Parcheesi! (Or perhaps Judy Garland impersonations.) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0383.html)

[derfenrirwolv]

Death will have to appear as Belkar... because nothing else so epitomizes death and destruction. The two will go on a killing spree and forget who's who, becomming one entity with one purpose.

[JoeSkull]

...:smallannoyed:

Damn it, why am I always wrong when I post in this forum.

because I am always right. :smallbiggrin:

[Rae Artemi]

Well, they could have a cat battle, Though DEATH has many cats.


Discworld is great.

[The Dark Fiddler]

Obviously he's going to challenge Death to a "Kill Death" contest.

It's a win-win situation, really/

[Dr.Epic]

If Death suggests who can ride a roller coaster the most times Belkar's in trouble.

[Draconi Redfir]

nonononono. your all forgetting the best game ever!!!

"throw the stone and then the stick shortly thereafter."

[JoeSkull]

nonononono. your all forgetting the best game ever!!!

"throw the stone and then the stick shortly thereafter."

but Belkar was never allowed to play with all the other halfling children.

[Leecros]

If Death suggests who can ride a roller coaster the most times Belkar's in trouble.

Unless Death falls off due to catching Mysterious Circumstances

[--Lime--]

I'd personally go with roulette - no skill involved. I wonder what Death would do if neither person won?

[Dr.Epic]

Depending on the personification of death Rich goes with, this could be interesting. For example, he he chooses a sexy, young female death like from Neil Gaiman's Sandman, Belkar could just constantly hit on her.

[Niknokitueu]

Simple contest to win: See who can hold the most water in their mouth.

Have Fun!
Niknokitueu

[Kareasint]

Drinking Contest. Death is trying to forget sometimes.

Points if you got this reference.

[Darklord Xavez]

Obviously, Belkar challenges Death to see who can kill more people in the same time.

And wins.

Death wins. By default. He is responsible for ALL deaths that occur, including those caused by Belkar. As such, his total is equal to the number of people Belkar kills plus the number of other people who died during that time FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER.


considering that we have already seen death once, and he appeared to be the size of a regular person, it is reasonable to assume that he is medium sized.

Actually, we perceive Death to be the same race as us, only skeletal. Unless we're using the Lankhmar Death, in which case he/she/it cannot be defeated.
-Xavez

[Darcy]

Drinking Contest. Death is trying to forget sometimes.

Points if you got this reference.

I HAVE ONLY FORGOTTEN HOW TO GET DRUNK

[rewinn]

.... Unless we're using the Lankhmar Death, in which case he/she/it cannot be defeated.
-Xavez

It seems to me that there must be a possibility that Death can be defeated; otherwise, it's not a game, just a cruel joke.

[The Dark Fiddler]

Death wins. By default. He is responsible for ALL deaths that occur, including those caused by Belkar. As such, his total is equal to the number of people Belkar kills plus the number of other people who died during that time FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER.

Eh, I still give it to Belkar, personally. :smalltongue:

[T-O-E]

Death wins. By default. He is responsible for ALL deaths that occur, including those caused by Belkar. As such, his total is equal to the number of people Belkar kills plus the number of other people who died during that time FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER.

Belkar kills death. He wins by one.

[Eloi]

Alternatively everyone doesn't care about Belkar anymore and stop celebrating his birthday.

[Calemyr]

Alternatively everyone doesn't care about Belkar anymore and stop celebrating his birthday.

Clever, but the Oracle later stated to Roy's ghost that he'd breath his last breath ever before the year is out, so it's probably not that.

[chiasaur11]

Drinking Contest. Death is trying to forget sometimes.

Points if you got this reference.

Well, he could try joining the, whadyacallems, foreign fellows, from that one place, has coffee or something.

Can't remember the name at all.

[Cracklord]

Sorry to play buzzkill, but this thread is totally redundant.
The Grim Reaper only shows up for IMPORTANT deaths. So Belkar will pass on without notice, or the opportunity for a challenge.


It seems to me that there must be a possibility that Death can be defeated; otherwise, it's not a game, just a cruel joke.

The man catches on.

[Shadowleaf]

Would it be too much to hope for Belkar to:
Die, go to the Abyss, slay every single Demon he comes across, become a greater Demon, and Plane Shifts back to the material plane? :smallredface:

[Kish]

Yes, it would.

[Kobold-Bard]

Sorry to play buzzkill, but this thread is totally redundant.
The Grim Reaper only shows up for IMPORTANT deaths. So Belkar will pass on without notice, or the opportunity for a challenge.



The man catches on.

There are 6 main characters. The entire multiverse they live on focusses on thes 6 individuals more than amy other could hope to achieve. On what do you base your claim that Belkar isn't important?

[tcrudisi]

Clever, but the Oracle later stated to Roy's ghost that he'd breath his last breath ever before the year is out, so it's probably not that.

Unless Belkar takes up art for a day. He draws his last breath before giving up art forever. How does one draw a breath anyway?

[Luzahn]

Hm...Could Belkar's recent feigned shift in alignment go far enough to drastically alter his identity, making him no longer "Belkar Bitterleaf"?

Gah, wish my brain wouldn't think of such improbable stuff.

[Kish]

Hm...Could Belkar's recent feigned shift in alignment go far enough to drastically alter his identity, making him no longer "Belkar Bitterleaf"?

Impossible? No.


Gah, wish my brain wouldn't think of such improbable stuff.
Improbable? Yes. To the tune of "this will happen a week after Haley gives all her money away to charity and multiclasses as a paladin, and Miko rises from the dead and becomes an exemplar of Chaotic Good."

[Darklord Xavez]

Belkar kills death. He wins by one.

Killing somebody doesn't mean that you are counted as having killed as many people as they have killed. If I just confused you, then that's a confusion point for me!
-Xavez

[Leecros]

There are 6 main characters. The entire multiverse they live on focusses on thes 6 individuals more than amy other could hope to achieve. On what do you base your claim that Belkar isn't important?

writers kill of main characters when they've served their purpose in a story. Therefore Belkar is no longer important once he dies.


The only exception is heroic deaths, but its hard to tell if Belkar will get one of those or not.

[Luzahn]

"Haley gives all her money away to charity and multiclasses as a paladin, and Miko rises from the dead and becomes an exemplar of Chaotic Good."

Would be great to watch, though...

[Kobold-Bard]

writers kill of main characters when they've served their purpose in a story. Therefore Belkar is no longer important once he dies.


The only exception is heroic deaths, but its hard to tell if Belkar will get one of those or not.

Or he becomes part of the IFCC storyline. They're in "Hell" so he's dead, but still in the comic so his fans don't get angry and flame the crap out of the forum.

[Luzahn]

I've never quite understood, do Evil-aligned characters receive a positive evil afterlife for following Evil tenets, or are Good afterlives pleasure, and Evil suffering?

[hamishspence]

Depends on the source.

If the evil character is devoted to a deity, they may be able to avoid some of the more unpleasant traits of the Lower Plane they've gone to- since some evil deities reward their followers in the afterlife (up to a point)

If not, then at least some of the Lower Planes are very unpleasant for petitioners.

Baator (the Nine Hells) erases the identities of petitioners through a serious of horrible torments, then reincarnates them as mindless devils (lemures) to be used as cannon fodder.

The Abyss has Manes, which aren't as mindless as lemures, but like them are treated very badly.

Gehenna has petitioners that made bargains with yugoloths, strung up on lengths of spiked chain.

And so on.

[Leecros]

Or he becomes part of the IFCC storyline. They're in "Hell" so he's dead, but still in the comic so his fans don't get angry and flame the crap out of the forum.

even then... "IF" that would happen(and that's a big if) then he would still no longer be a relevant part of the story because he won't really be able to effect anything...he probably couldn't even take the IFCC on since together they could probably kick the crap out of him.

he would drop back into <at most> a comedic role; Thus still wouldn't be 'important' to the story


Edit >> also the story isn't run by the forums, if the story requires Belkar to be written out of it, The Giant isnt not going to write belkar out simply because it may cause his fans on the forum to get angry.

[Kish]

Or he becomes part of the IFCC storyline. They're in "Hell" so he's dead, but still in the comic so his fans don't get angry and flame the crap out of the forum.
If his fans flame the crap out of the forum, he will very shortly have no fans on the forum, only a lot of people with the word "Banned" under their user names whose last posts here were screaming about Belkar's death. Rich is not going to base anything he does on, "This will prevent people from flaming the crap out of the forum," I can promise you that.

[Ancalagon]

Or he becomes part of the IFCC storyline. They're in "Hell" so he's dead, but still in the comic so his fans don't get angry and flame the crap out of the forum.

I might become angry if we get such a clear, clear, clear prophecy and then it just gets cheated around just to keep him in the comic.
That is, unless that cheat is very good.

But we have a VERY clear word what is going to happen and I think that's just what is going to happen - has to happen, given how crystal clear it was stated.

[Luzahn]

Ah, but isn't the fun in prophecies to cheat them?

[Ancalagon]

So far, all prophecies we saw coming true in oots have come true quite literally. Where's the reason to assume it will be different with the clearest and even repeated one?

And the joke with prophecies in general is: If you cheat it, it bites you back. Hard and bigtime.

[VeisuItaTyhjyys]

A "whose friends have a resurrection spell" contest? If he fakes being a decent guy, and the fact that he is useful to the party remains, why wouldn't they raise him?

[Acero]

A "whose friends have a resurrection spell" contest? If he fakes being a decent guy, and the fact that he is useful to the party remains, why wouldn't they raise him?

Durkons gonna die too. Who knows which goes first?

[mucat]

Or he becomes part of the IFCC storyline. They're in "Hell" so he's dead, but still in the comic so his fans don't get angry and flame the crap out of the forum.

The story may or may not play out that way, but I guarantee you that Rich doesn't base his decisions on what the forum thinks. :smallwink:

[Acero]

The story may or may not play out that way, but I guarantee you that Rich doesn't base his decisions on what the forum thinks. :smallwink:

Didn't that happen before though with bandana paladin?

[headmonkeyboy]

Who can light the most people on fire!:belkar:

[MaimedScholar]

I'm gonna have to say it's gonna be who can kill the most people fastest. I have a feeling Belkar would think of that first.

[Cealocanth]

I second the "who can kill the most people" suggestion. I have a feeling that in irony...Death will choose Belkar as his first victim during the contest, assuring Death's victory. To this, Belkar's soul will scream That was totally unfair! I didn't even get a chance to kill one human! Then will result in stabbing Death repeatedly.

[JoeSkull]

Alright I have the perfect contest, Who can kill death first!
Its a Win Win. :)