OOTS #808 - The Discussion Thread

[(name here)]

I am impressed. No one ever expects the fighter to have cross-class skills.

[EccentricFellow]

Nice use of his intelligence AND a very thick skull. His brain probably has its' own ac with that thick noggin to protect it.

[Ted The Bug]

Oh. Yeah.
That was just amazing. Not even sure what else I can say.

[Chad30]

Aaah Im reading oots on my phone but it wont show 808 its just a blank page! Aaaah help

Roy finally beat Thog by collapsing a ceiling on top of him after Thog pounded him into a lower room. Also Thog may or may not be dead, and may or may not be for good. Who knows, but Giant?

[Incom]

Aaah Im reading oots on my phone but it wont show 808 its just a blank page! Aaaah help

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See if this works.

[NoobForHire]

YES.


That will be all.

[Vemynal]

if thog has to die, that was an awesome way to kill his character off. I'm content =)

[One Step Two]

Yes, yes, YES! A thousand times yes! I enjoyed this comic so much I think I woke up some neighbours. Way to use those Skill points Roy.

[WickedWizard17]

Finally. Rock takes it's karmic vengeance on Thog for the out of hand slaying of the Earth Guardian.

YES OMFG LOL

[J's]

I like how he didn't look at the falling rocks as he leaps away. Subtrope of cool guys don't look at explosions.

trained Guys don't look at explosions (without a transparent shield). If they did they could get blinded in several different ways. And in a fight that would be bad.

[Hattish Thing]

There was nothing on the spoiler. Was there supposed to be?

[Scrynor]

I really like that The Giant continued with the Hulk references. Classy.

[pendell]

Okay.

So the fight status is as follows:

Haley: Stone. Neutralized.
Vaarsuvius: Plane-shifted. Neutralized.
Roy: Active, searching for new target.
Belkar & Mr. Scruffy: Active, seeking targets.
Elan & Durkon: Active, engaging Elan & Sabine.
Blackwing: Active, status unknown.

On the other side:
Nale & Sabine: Active, engaged with Elan & Durkon.
Kobold : Plane-shifted, neutralized.
Kobold animal companion: Unknown.
Zzd'tri: 0 HP, out of spells, captured by EOB. Neutralized.
Qark: Plane-shifted, neutralized.

And on the gripping side:
Tarquin and an unknown number of EOB allies: Active, not engaged.

At this point, it doesn't look like Nale will be able to win this one. But it also appears extremely likely that Tarquin will capture the lot. Then what?

Respectfully,

Brian P.

[Incom]

There was nothing on the spoiler. Was there supposed to be?

I just took the image and embedded it in my post. So yeah, wait until you have a different way to access the internet, I tried, sorry. (Why the random emoticons btw?)

Also, hey Rich! I'd like you to know that I got you at least one new reader just by posting on another forum about how amazing this strip was. Keep up the good work!

[k_bukie]

If Thog is dead, it just gives Roy and Thog one more opposite: Roy died by a long fall to the ground, and Thog died by a long fall from the ground.

[MDR]

Great strip! Perhaps Roy was provoking Thog into Charging or using Bull Rush rather than just attack with fists?

[Adicted To]

So can we treat this like Schrodingers Cat, Thog is currently both alive and dead at the same time until someone opens the box?

Yes, al hail quantum mechanics.

Although I doubt Erwin Schrödinger ever included scrying in his thought experiment

[Tundar]

Plink says it all.

What an update, definately worth the wait!

[doodthedud]

"Stop talking!" *kick*

Where have we seen that before? Looks like Roy picked up a move from Miko? >.>

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0408.html

Exactly 400 strips ago, too.

[ricorum]

Most skills don't particularly help in combat. I mean, defending against attacks is straight attack vs AC, and skills don't boost AC.



Rage has a limited duration.

Thank you.

[martianmister]

Heh. Roy is a copycat:

"STOP TALKING!"

[rewinn]

Okay.

So the fight status is

...neat summary...

...Tarquin and an unknown number of EOB allies: Active, not engaged.

At this point, it doesn't look like Nale will be able to win this one. But it also appears extremely likely that Tarquin will capture the lot. Then what? .

Ultimately T gets what he wants, which is to send Elan on his way, most likely with his companions who have survived the ambush. But to get there, we still have ...

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... to resolve wounded Elan and Durkon vs. Sabine and Nale. If Haley can be swiftly unstoned, game over ... Nale has to flee; but if not, doesn't it all depend on what provision Nale made for Durkon? If Nale neutralizes D with a handy magic item, then Elan can be held hostage ... giving Maleck the chance to go all Bruce Willis on Nale.

[Gd8908]

Nice comic, but please PLEASE don't don't let Thog die!!

[Gift Jeraff]

Heh. Roy is a copycat:

"STOP TALKING!"

Nice catch! I thought he was just echoing Thog, but I guess it could be both.

[turkishproverb]

Heh. I should've seen that coming.

[Dakaran]

Definitely worth the wait for a solid 4 page post. Phenomenal ending to the Roy vs Thog fight! I've always appreciated that Roy isn't the stereotypical fighter.

[Iruka]

Awesome comeback!

[Gherkin]

Epic. Well worth the wait.

[Sutremaine]

At any rate that's a tremendous lot of skill points spent on a fluff skill rather than core warrior specialty. [....]
Why would Roy do that? Does he plan to become a civil engineer when he retires from adventuring?

There is a mechanical advantage. An untrained Knowledge skill check only allows for common knowledge (DC 10). Even one rank with no Int bonus allows a 10% chance of hitting a DC of 20.

[Quackenbush]

Why did Thog suddenly lose all his rage? that as the pivotal point...does roy know something we don't about thog?