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2012-07-26, 09:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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OOTS #859 - The Discussion Thread
New comic is up.
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2012-07-26, 09:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #859 - The Discussion Thread
Time to google "Holy". Nice update. :D
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2012-07-26, 09:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #859 - The Discussion Thread
Go Roy! Let's hear it for high INT scores...
Of course the real question is how much credit Elan's dad gives to Elan for this plan.Last edited by Faramir; 2012-07-26 at 09:27 AM.
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2012-07-26, 09:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #859 - The Discussion Thread
Splendidly done.
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2012-07-26, 09:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #859 - The Discussion Thread
It's Holy Word, Durkon's tried to use it a couple times.
Kilkil is nongood, what a shock. Tarquin...
Malack is remaining ambiguous levelwise, because he's not hit by the Word. Qaar avoided getting dismissed. Sabine is likely to be sent to another plane, and...
If Tarquin is actually affected by the Word, instead of just annoyed, it will be proof that he is in fact no higher level than Durkon.Orth Plays: Currently Baldur's Gate II
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2012-07-26, 09:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #859 - The Discussion Thread
This brings me memory of my Earth Cleric in Dark Sun who often used the "ignore earth element" ability to pass through walls.
Good point for the underrated Durkon and his Holy Word ;)
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2012-07-26, 09:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #859 - The Discussion Thread
Actually, Malack is also ambiguous alignmentwise. Do we know for certain that he is evil? I always thought he might be Lawful Neutral.
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2012-07-26, 09:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #859 - The Discussion Thread
Ah, beautiful. And it's a spell that Durkon almost never gets to use because of Belkar. (And possibly Haley, if she's too close to Neutral at the moment.)
"Gargantuan. What a great word. I so rarely get to use it in a sentence."
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2012-07-26, 09:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #859 - The Discussion Thread
Nice. ;)
And now, give us a Blade Barrier in the smoke, Durkon.Last edited by Winter; 2012-07-26 at 09:35 AM.
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2012-07-26, 09:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #859 - The Discussion Thread
What spell did Durkon use to do that?
Also, how don't you hear the dwarf in full plate?
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2012-07-26, 09:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #859 - The Discussion Thread
Awesome comic as always. Thanks Rich!
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2012-07-26, 09:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #859 - The Discussion Thread
Durkon Holy Word on a tee shirt! PLEASE?
Great plan OotS!
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2012-07-26, 09:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #859 - The Discussion Thread
Assuming she doesn't make her Will Save... at a -4 no less...
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2012-07-26, 09:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-07-26, 09:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #859 - The Discussion Thread
Here's the link as a public service:
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/holyWord.htm
Dang, but it's good to see the Order with a decent plan. And it looks like Tarquin is no higher level than Durkon -- I'm surprised.Spoiler
So the song runs on, with shift and change,
Through the years that have no name,
And the late notes soar to a higher range,
But the theme is still the same.
Man's battle-cry and the guns' reply
Blend in with the old, old rhyme
That was traced in the score of the strata marks
While millenniums winked like campfire sparks
Down the winds of unguessed time. -- 4th Stanza, The Bad Lands, Badger Clark
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2012-07-26, 09:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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In OotSland, it appears the word in Holy Word is actually "Holy."
I'm reminded of the flavor text from Lightning Blast - "Those who fear the darkness have not seen what the Light can do."
PLEASE banish Sabine.Plague Doctor by Crimmy
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2012-07-26, 09:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #859 - The Discussion Thread
Brilliant.
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2012-07-26, 09:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #859 - The Discussion Thread
Woah. Ok, I think with that 'Holy Word' depiction, this comic no longer applies as a 'stick comic'. Seriously cool stuff there.
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2012-07-26, 09:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #859 - The Discussion Thread
I find it a bit boring if Durkon throws out a Holy World against an equal-level party (meaning Nale and that Dark elf as Anti-Order are probably only deafened, Kilkil pssibly deaf and blind (he's no adventurer and we see he's not dead), Tarquin stays unaffected) and the outsider makes her saving throw.
My estimate is the above + Sabine being banished.
Lucky Qarr. On the other hand: Holy Word explicitly takes Outsiders to their home plane regardless of if they can hear the spell or not. So does Rich rule that this spread manages to get through the iron door and catches Qarr as well?Last edited by Winter; 2012-07-26 at 09:42 AM.
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2012-07-26, 09:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #859 - The Discussion Thread
Excellent planning indeed. Looks like Haley had some cloudlike spell(or spell-like ability) on the arrow, and then Durkon used the distraction and effects it created to use a
The "Light" ending to top it off was the perfect ending.Spoilerteleportation spell, similar to Shadow Step to jump into their midst.
Now, my question is if it was only a cloud, why couldn't Zzi'Drtt see?Wizard's First Rule: People will believe anything, either because they want it to be true, or they are afraid it is true.
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2012-07-26, 09:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #859 - The Discussion Thread
Holy Word.
They didn't hear him because he literally came through the wall rather than trying to sneak past, probably using Meld Into Stone.Like 4X (aka Civilization-like) gaming? Know programming? Interested in game development? Take a look.
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2012-07-26, 09:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-07-26, 09:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Excellent. Nicely done.
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2012-07-26, 09:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Orth Plays: Currently Baldur's Gate II
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2012-07-26, 09:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Deaf+Blinded at a minimum for most the Guild. Ouch. Nicely played.
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2012-07-26, 09:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #859 - The Discussion Thread
Wait, what ? The OOTS is fighting intelligently, for a change?
Not bad. Not bad at all.
So that's Holy Word . Must be "just the spell for tha, Lad" we saw discussed earlier.
Still, I would be very surprised if the LG is low-level compared to Durkon, so the most likely result is no-save deafening. Apart from Tarquin, of course, who doubtless has magic items up the wazoo which protect him from anything and everything. Sort of like Batman in the old Adam West show. What tactical value does that have ...?
ETA: Okay, deafening has the following tactical effects:
A deafened character cannot hear. She takes a -4 penalty on initiative checks, automatically fails Listen checks, and has a 20% chance of spell failure when casting spells with verbal components. Characters who remain deafened for a long time grow accustomed to these drawbacks and can overcome some of them.
E again to add: Oh, Holy Word destroys undead of significantly lower level. Were the mummies in range of that word? Then that's another chunk of combat power removed from the Linear Guild. Nice!
Respectfully,
Brian P.Last edited by pendell; 2012-07-26 at 09:50 AM.
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2012-07-26, 09:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #859 - The Discussion Thread
Woah.
OOTS kicking a worthy foe's ass for the first time since.... ever?
Without some suddenly unexpected overturn of the tables, but solely due to their own battle prowess?
Keep rocking, guys. This is just too awesome to stop here.
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2012-07-26, 09:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-07-26, 09:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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So the song runs on, with shift and change,
Through the years that have no name,
And the late notes soar to a higher range,
But the theme is still the same.
Man's battle-cry and the guns' reply
Blend in with the old, old rhyme
That was traced in the score of the strata marks
While millenniums winked like campfire sparks
Down the winds of unguessed time. -- 4th Stanza, The Bad Lands, Badger Clark
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2012-07-26, 09:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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