Things You Never Noticed III: The Search for Spot

[mythmonster2]

It's probably been stated before, but in 858, after Tarquin pushes Sabine out of the way, you can see in the next panel that Nale seems to have caught her. It's a small thing, but their relationship has always been one of my favorite parts of those two, so it's somewhat sweet to see.

[Jay R]

It never occurred to me before that a group hug is Holding Persons.

[With a box]

i notice the Durkon casts hold person
i thought it was v due ton its absent of accent

[Paragon Badger]

The background of 606 is just one giant image of Belkar.

Why is there blood dripping from the TV screen in 914?

Because it's a blood pasma TV.

[ti'esar]

I never noticed the damage marks on the killer snowman in the winter wallpaper before.

[DaggerPen]

I never noticed the damage marks on the killer snowman in the winter wallpaper before.

I just noticed the fiendish snail on the rock in the background. Haley's still wearing her desert outfit, too, which according to her conversation with the merchant who sold it to her means that she's likely fighting this particular battle in shorts.

[Loreweaver15]

When V disguises the group as trees, her tree is withered and deformed, mirroring her mental state.

[Adama]

I don't follow. "Two humans" does fit for the Order of the Scribble: Dorukan and Soon (with Girard being part dragon).

But the Order of the Stick has three humans.

Actually if you really want to be technical, both the Scribble and the Stick have two "plain" humans and one human with magical lineage... for the OOTS that being Elan, who as a bard is an arcane caster with magic in his bloodline.

[2.5 cats]

Just noticed that in 917 Tarquin refers to "Rob Redblade" as a generic fighter replacement for Roy...
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0917.html

That this is not the first time "Redblade" is used in this manner: Xykon screws up Roy's name and calls him this back in 112.
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0112.html

[ti'esar]

When V disguises the group as trees, her tree is withered and deformed, mirroring her mental state.

...Whoa...

[Uigeadaily]

*stops lurking*

When V disguises the group as trees, her tree is withered and deformed, mirroring her mental state.

...Whoa.

Nice!

I just noticed the neat wee (if obvious) parallel in the most recent arc

After learning that his cleric friend has been slain and vampirised, the leading Fighter Roy comes close to falling apart, yet manages to keep going with the help of his party.
After learning that his vampiric cleric friend has been slain, the leading Fighter Tarquin begins to unravel – and subsequently falls to pieces following the loss of his best friend/voice of reason/sanity-compass.


Also

Each round, you can turn to detect evil in a new area. The spell can penetrate barriers, but 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt blocks it.”
- SRD description on Detect X Spells

I had always thought this was just a running gag joke loosely based on High School physics, and not actually a part of the game mechanics.

[Tragak]

I had always thought this was just a running gag joke loosely based on High School physics, and not actually a part of the game mechanics.

I remember that feeling too, and it is a truly sad day when anybody here is outsmarted by Belkar.

[Jaxzan Proditor]

I realized this one in another thread: In strip 431, Redcloak creates several undead monsters. I never noticed the books with the initials of what sourcebooks they were lying on the ground (or the Demon Roach's joke about BoVD).

[Domino Quartz]

I realized this one in another thread: In strip 431, Redcloak creates several undead monsters. I never noticed the books with the initials of what sourcebooks they were lying on the ground (or the Demon Roach's joke about BoVD).

What do the initials stand for?

[DaggerPen]

What do the initials stand for?

I believe

Book of Vile Darkness
Fiend Folio
Monster Manual 2

[Jaxzan Proditor]

I believe

Book of Vile Darkness
Fiend Folio
Monster Manual 2

Yes, that's what I thought as well.

[Cicciograna]

I believe

Book of Vile Darkness
Fiend Folio
Monster Manual 2

Yes, that's what I thought as well.

That's clearly them, since the BoVD features the Eye of Fear and Flame, the FF contains the Huecuva and MM2 has the Death Knight, so they are the sources Redcloack used

[Jay R]

I had always thought this was just a running gag joke loosely based on High School physics, and not actually a part of the game mechanics.

So it was an expression of D&D culture, by rules-centric Rich.

[mythmonster2]

It took me until today to notice that the goat head on Trigak said something in the last panel of this comic.

[Jaxzan Proditor]

I never noticed that, after DCF, Roy's skin tone is lighter.

[malloyd]

I never noticed that, after DCF, Roy's skin tone is lighter.

It's more general than that - his armor, sword hilt and boots are all lighter colored too.

[DaggerPen]

It's more general than that - his armor, sword hilt and boots are all lighter colored too.

I noticed this a while back, and I believe it was a printer issue - when DCF went to the printers, Rich found that he came out looking really weird on the paper, so he picked colors that looked better to recolor DCF and stuck with it from then on.

[Jaxzan Proditor]

It's more general than that - his armor, sword hilt and boots are all lighter colored too.

Interesting.

I noticed this a while back, and I believe it was a printer issue - when DCF went to the printers, Rich found that he came out looking really weird on the paper, so he picked colors that looked better to recolor DCF and stuck with it from then on.

I think I knew that be had printer problems, I just didn't realize that he recolored stuff afterwords. I guess I need to read the commentary in DCF a little more carefully.

[snowblizz]

Interesting.

I think I knew that be had printer problems, I just didn't realize that he recolored stuff afterwords. I guess I need to read the commentary in DCF a little more carefully.

IIRC it's actually mentioned in NCFTPB. It should be in conjunction with the end of the Starmetal sidequest where he talks about his sprained wrist and Elan learning the kazoo and how he did the art upgrades and fixed the characters to the new printer friendly scheme.

[Jaxzan Proditor]

IIRC it's actually mentioned in NCFTPB. It should be in conjunction with the end of the Starmetal sidequest where he talks about his sprained wrist and Elan learning the kazoo and how he did the art upgrades and fixed the characters to the new printer friendly scheme.

Well, looks like I need to read NCFTPB more carefully too, then.

[DaggerPen]

Hooray! It's nice being part of a family where they DON'T try to frame you for murder!

[Jaxzan Proditor]

Hooray! It's nice being part of a family where they DON'T try to frame you for murder!

Wow, that's a very good one. Nice symmetry there. I want Sheila to appear at some point.

[DaggerPen]

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0794.html

For the longest time I read this as:

: Sabine, dearest, I think our guest needs one-more of your energy-draining kisses to remind him of his current bind.

But I just now realized it's actually

: Sabine, dearest, I think our guest needs one-more of your energy-draining kisses to remind me of his current bind.

Which changes the meaning entirely.

Edited so as not to double-post:

Nothing is more formal than a sash. NOTHING. (Second-to-last panel)

[Dr. Gamera]

On the May picture page in the calendar, the bottom of the picture is the pattern of light and shadow resulting from sunlight streaming through the stained glass window, occluded in places by Belkar and Miko.

[CrispyCriminal]

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0501.html

One of the allies in the exposition Hinjo harps on about makes an appearance in SSDT. The red robed one specifically.