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2012-05-08, 06:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
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To find in order to lose; To fall in order to stand up
To freeze in order to ignite; To find myself within, and not fear the edge
To die in order to be reborn to the new world
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2012-05-08, 06:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-05-08, 06:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-05-08, 06:52 AM (ISO 8601)
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Yeah, this page got me to register, that was easily the second most epic troll I've ever seen in a webcomic :D
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2012-05-08, 06:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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I wonder if Elan will ever remember he has Greater Dispel Magic.
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2012-05-08, 07:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-05-08, 07:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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Well, Roy DID prove that he wasn't Thog..
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2012-05-08, 07:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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I am loving this trip! Tarquin's flair for the dramatic is exceeded only by his planning. He is the perfect villain to counter both the Order and Team Evil.
I think Tarquin is not going to kill anyone in the Order, but he will beat them into submission. Then when Team Evil shows up, it will be Linear Guild and the Order against Xykon. How awesome is that!
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2012-05-08, 08:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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I can't believe that this ended up four pages in without anyone mentioning that the title/gag is a reference to the Batman comic/animated video "Under the Red Hood" where Jason Todd does this. (I know a bit of a spoiler, but it happened YEARS ago and the continuity has gone through literally three changes since).
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2012-05-08, 08:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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I hearby rename this comic Chuck Tesla
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2012-05-08, 08:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-05-08, 08:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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I'm not getting into that betting pool. I've officially quit trying to guess where a certain Mr Rich Burlew is going to go, plot-wise.
Oh... and I agree about the dramatic: for a lawful guy, he really does have a bard's soul. It's safe to carve Tarquin onto every iteration of Genre Savvy (excepting defied and inverted).
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2012-05-08, 08:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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Rich, you son of a gun, you got me, and apparently a lot of others, too.
And it looks to me as if Tarquin is having more fun than he has had in years.
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2012-05-08, 08:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-05-08, 09:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-05-08, 09:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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You seem to have forgotten that Tarquin is one half of the Stereo Goofiness.
Also a second consecutive week of perfect ending lines from Elan. The Chaotic philosophy at its finest, and particularly spot-on for a bard: he knows that Rule of Drama is in effect, so the more certain Roy is that things are the way he's figured them, the more inevitable it is that he'll suffer an unexpected twist, and Elan recognizes this. Better not to predict things that will go out of their way to remain unpredictable.
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2012-05-08, 09:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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Where did Roy get "Leads with the other foot" from? Everyone always faces the camera, so everyone changes what foot they lead with depending on if they're facing left or right.
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2012-05-08, 09:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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You what would be great? If this wasn't Tarquin!!! He would have fooled even the audience ...
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2012-05-08, 09:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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I don't understand why people are surprised. Tarquin may not be that higher level than the Order (meaning in a fair fight he ought to be overwhelmed) but his WBL is epic and he always comes prepared, and with the element of surprise. The point at which he resisted Durkons spell (remember, Durkon is the most effective member of the order) it becomes rather obvious that the order didn't have anything they could throw at him. Right now, if the Order wants to overcome his wealth advantage, they need that 9th level wizard spell that strips enchantments from items permanently (whose name I can't remember).
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2012-05-08, 09:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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Great strip!
Though I wonder what Haley is currently doing, she attacked off screen last strip. For that matter Durkon, because the Order could use a heal.
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2012-05-08, 09:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Nope, Elan is the protagonist with a plan:
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0836.html
Tarquin is clearly up to something more than the obvious. He didn't need Nale alive to follow the Oots.
Those are the two I want to know about. Nale is just trying to survive and taking the only options he has available; not to mention that if he does twist this to his advantage while being handled by Tarquin, that diminishes the main bad guy in this arc in his own specialty.
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2012-05-08, 09:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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So proving not-Thog isn't Thog doesn't really help anyway since not-Thog was pretty much owning all of them. No point in being dead-right. And all of the rest of Team-Evil are still in the wings.
Definitely not a situation that will be won with attack rolls...Disciple Primus of Belkar, The Redeemer.
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2012-05-08, 09:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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Yeah -it's just like he uses his Intelligence score in combat!
Actually, I expect my leather strap would break before my neck would.
My arming cap does not cover my face, nor does any I've ever seen. Do a google search of "arming cap" and you'll see dozens of them.
They jumped on him all together, which is the best way to quickly defeat a dumb barbarian who never uses magic items, but plays into the hands of a smart warrior with lots of items and tricks.
(Besides, if they knew it was Tarquin, they have a potential hostage. Somebody - maybe the genre-savvy bard - could put a blade at the throat of Tarquin's son and demand that Tarquin surrender.)
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2012-05-08, 10:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-05-08, 10:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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Fight has not been ongoing for over an hour. Either the ring's power takes effect at a certain time (every hour on the hour, for example) instead of an hour after the wound was inflicted, or it heals much more rapidly than every hour. The second option seems more plausible.
Take a look at the damage lines on the characters here, and then here. Tarquin is visibly, demonstrably, empirically kicking the order's ass. That Tarquin hasn't one-shotted anyone just means that Tarquin is not so powerful that he CAN one-shot a member of the order. You complain about people coming into the fight with presumptions about Tarquin, but you keep arguing that he is not doing as well as he clearly is, then try to claim "we know literally nothing about how well the fight is going." But here's the thing, we DO know how well the fight is going. We have damage and injury lines (which are getting quite heavy on the order, and were very light on Tarquin even before he regenerated). There is visible, undeniable proof that Tarquin is taking on the Order incredibly effectively. Just because you say he isn't doing well doesn't make it so.Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
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2012-05-08, 10:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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Only if you, for some reason, assume the magic item in question is a ring of regeneration. My money's on an item that allows the user to Regenerate a certain number of times per day.
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2012-05-08, 10:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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Okay, maybe I confused something. I thought (but now I'm less convinced) that masks like the one of Tarquin (only eyes visible) were in use for face-conceiling helmets.
"under the hood" is a common expression in english, isn't it? So, both this title and the Batman title are both puns on this expression, right?participate in fan translations of OotS to your native language:
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2012-05-08, 10:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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You probably thought Thog was alive....
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2012-05-08, 10:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-05-08, 11:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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There's precedent. There's a rather famous scene in Blazing Saddles you may want to watch. It comes right after Bart has identified himself as the new sherif.
[the Johnsons load their guns and point them at Bart. Bart then points his own pistol at his head]
Bart: [low voice] Hold it! Next man makes a move, the ****** gets it!
Olson Johnson: Hold it, men. He's not bluffing.
Dr. Sam Johnson: Listen to him, men. He's just crazy enough to do it!
Bart: [low voice] Drop it! Or I swear I'll blow this ******'s head all over this town!
Bart: [high-pitched voice] Oh, lo'dy, lo'd, he's desp'it! Do what he sayyyy, do what he sayyyy!
[Townspeople drop their guns. Bart jams the gun into his neck and drags himself through the crowd towards the station]
Harriet Johnson: Isn't anybody going to help that poor man?
Dr. Sam Johnson: Hush, Harriet! That's a sure way to get him killed!
Bart: [high-pitched voice] Oooh! He'p me, he'p me! Somebody he'p me! He'p me! He'p me! He'p me!
Bart: [low voice] Shut up!
[Bart places his hand over his own mouth, then drags himself through the door into his office]
Bart: Ooh, baby, you are so talented!
[looks into the camera]
Bart: And they are so *dumb*!