OOTS #806 - The Discussion Thread

[The Giant]

New comic is up.

Really, this time.

[Whiffet]

It's up now! Hooray!

... and it's been confirmed that the spell Durkon was learning is Mass Death Ward. And his accent prevents it from working. I like it!

[MoonCat]

My take: Durkon tries to utter a Holy Word, but due to his accent no one understands it, so Sabine and Elan are unaffected by it.

I cannot belive it, you were RIGHT!

[Shale]

Man, Thor's customer service is terrible.

[Timeless Error]

"Cleric's feather fall." Heh.

Also, Thor customer service truly is terrible.

[Lord Loss]

That was awesome! (I'm kinda wondering if Durkon really will get something from Thor, happy to see his reappearance)

Keep up the good work.

[Kyronea]

"Cleric's feather fall." Heh.

Also, Thor customer service truly is terrible.

Indeed. Of all the callback jokes that had to strike the OOTS, it had to be this one.

[warmachine]

"Cleric's Feather Fall" I'm going to use that joke in a game someday.

[Silva Stormrage]

The cleric's feather fall line was one of the funnier jokes for me in a while. Love the new strip.

[SoC175]

So what was the last joke supposed to be? The other continent being too far away for Thor to hear properly?

[Mutant Sheep]

So he spent ALL THAT TIME researching it, but he needs to pronounce it slowly and carefully or it doesn't work? This is why all spellcasters have American accents.

[zyphyr]

Poor Durkon.

[JSSheridan]

Thanks Giant!

[Gift Jeraff]

I looove how Durkon is just nonchalantly surprised at Z's return, not the rest of the Linear Guild. Basically the readers' reaction.

[Forikroder]

so it seems that Nale is indeed shy one divine spellcaster

[Shale]

So what was the last joke supposed to be? The other continent being too far away for Thor to hear properly?

Or to this. Heat Blisters of Eternal Pain would come in pretty handy right now...

[Sanguine]

Holy Enunciation Batman! Sorry, I had to do it.

[B.I.T.T.]

Good comic. Much better then the one with the red "X".

[One Step Two]

Poor Durkon, all that work, and still no result.

[Gwynfrid]

I cannot belive it, you were RIGHT!

My... Yes, pretty much. I can't believe it either !

(Goes to award himself a cookie from the jar).

Oh, and by the way: Grrreat comic, thanks Rich !

[John Cribati]

"Cleric's Feather Fall." I have to use that one.

[Toper]

This one's pretty funny even by OOTS standards, between Feather Fall, the startling return of Zz'dtri, and the holey words. (Although it was even funnier when I thought Elan considered "ditch" to be the holier version of... a less holy word.)

[Bogsworth]

Well, with Thor's customer service things could have turned out much worse for Durkon. Like interpreting that as "Mass Death Word," like some obscure Power Word: Kill that annihilates all things in an area.

[Orzel]

Well my guess in the first thread was backwards. He spoke in his accent and failed the spell instead of speaking clearly and getting a boost.

New flaw. Heavy Aceent: 5% chance of divine casting failure

Just like a cleric. Using flaws to make a strong class even stronger. Tsk Tsk Tsk.

[MoonCat]

Could someone explain Cleric's Feather Fall?

[Whiffet]

Could someone explain Cleric's Feather Fall?

Cleric's Feather Fall is using Heal after Elan has already fallen.

[Mutant Sheep]

Could someone explain Cleric's Feather Fall?

A wizards feather fall stops fall damage. A cleric just heals the damage away.
Edit: Ninja'd! I blame that big, delicious cake. (Malak WOULD be helping, but there's cake. A tasty one.)

[Aricandor]

A wizard could save a buddy from fall damage by casting Feather Fall. Clerics generally can't cast that spell, so the best they can do is heal up the damage afterwards.

[B.I.T.T.]

Well my guess in the first thread was backwards. He spoke in his accent and failed the spell instead of speaking clearly and getting a boost.

New flaw. Heavy Aceent: 5% chance of divine casting failure

Just like a cleric. Using flaws to make a strong class even stronger. Tsk Tsk Tsk.

...or he spoke clearly and Thor 'n them got so used to his heavy accent that that assumed he was pronouncing something they'd never heard of.

[NerfTW]

Could someone explain Cleric's Feather Fall?

It's a heal spell. A "cleric's feather fall" just means letting them fall and then healing them.