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It's probably come up before, and perhaps it's too ambiguous of a case -- but might you not be missing O-Chul's first appearance, in strip 290?
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0290.html
Based on your listing, it looks like you have his first appearance as 403.
Cheers.
That character has been declared not to be O-Chul. He's listed as "Fellow-Medium Sized Paladin", with two appearances.
Ah, good catch; looks like he is someone different.
That's come up enough that I've added it to the FAQ
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Belkar Bitterleaf, Malack, Mr. Scruffy
Who would have guessed that a CAT now looks very likely to be the first non-order character to break 100 appearances?
870: Belkar Bitterleaf, Malack (with blood-red eyes), Mr. Scruffy
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Belkar Bitterleaf, Malack, Mr. Scruffy
Is the change in eye color worth noting?
Question answered: red eyes means Malack is "vamped out." I'm counting that as a magical alteration.
I think we should make a clear decision if we are counting Malack as Lizardfolk or Malack as Vampire in the alterations list.
We don't keep track of Xykon as a lich, so no. Malack has been both lizardfolk and vampire for as long as we've seen him in the comic. If we get a flashback to a time when Malack was not a vampire, we will track "Malack as mortal".
The first Kickstarter story is out (the Belkar Prequel), so I thought I'd tabulate a character appearance total!
SpoilerBelkar +12
Baker +1
Baker's Wife +1
Jarnson +1
Brint +5
Shart +5
Deputy Mayor +5
Mayor +3
Tailor +1
Tailor's Wife +1
Awesome. Added. The unnamed folks with "+1" only appeared once, right? So they wouldn't get listed.
Also,Spoilerthe ankheg appears on 4 pages. I'd say it should be listed.
Were we going to considerSpoilerThe hand that held up the "Thanks!" sign as an appearence by Rich Burlew? I thought that was supposed to be him.
I believe that the PDF, by the rules of this thread, also includes an appearance by:
SpoilerAli S. Fakenamington
Spoilerankheg and Ali added!
Does the title page of the pdf count? If so then it's thirteen appearances for Belkar.
We haven't been including covers.
871: Belkar Bitterleaf, Durkon Thundershield, Malack (vamped out), Mr. Scruffy
G001: Belkar Bitterleaf, Durkon Thundershield, Elan, Haley Starshine, Roy Greenhilt, Vaarsuvius
There's also a chance that we may get a second unnamed appearance from:SpoilerFarmer with Basement Full of Giant Rats
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Belkar Bitterleaf, Durkon Thundershield, Malack (vamped out), Mr. Scruffy
872: Belkar Bitterleaf, Durkon Thundershield, Malack (vamped out), Mr. Scruffy
And with 1 panel, a housecat becomes the first NPC to reach 100 appearances. :smalltongue:
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Belkar Bitterleaf, Durkon Thundershield, Malack (vamped out), Mr. Scruffy
873: Belkar Bitterleaf, Durkon Thundershield, Malack (vamped out), Mr. Scruffy
Updated through 873Can I just say I really appreciate these strips with regular defined characters in it? So much better than having to remember which mummy was belted. :)
Belkar Bitterleaf, Durkon Thundershield, Malack (vamped out), Mr. Scruffy