Things You Never Noticed III: The Search for Spot

[Ron Miel]

Malack's tea is red.

[Procyonpi]

Malack's tea is red.

Well, it is, as he said, BloodwArt tea.

[Chantelune]

In 672, just before "conjuring" his familiar, V is looking at Mr Scruffy and Belkar together with what seems a "deep in thoughts" look on her face. Never noticed before and might be what prompted her change of heart regarding Blackwing, amongst other things.

[martianmister]

Malack's tea is red.

Well, it is, as he said, BloodwArt tea.

Actually, it's looks like normal tea.

[allenw]

Here in panel 5, Tarquin comments that he can "personally attest" about Sabine's "most useful skillset". Tarquin being Tarquin, this seems to imply that he actually has had sexual intercourse with his son's girlfriend.

Which, as others have noted, would fulfil the "friendly contact with an evil outsider"clause necessary for Tarquin to have become a Blackguard (if he in fact is one).

[Incom]

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0813.html

Kilkil noticed Blackwing in panel 1.

[Lvl45DM!]

In 672, just before "conjuring" his familiar, V is looking at Mr Scruffy and Belkar together with what seems a "deep in thoughts" look on her face. Never noticed before and might be what prompted her change of heart regarding Blackwing, amongst other things.

Awwwwww! Belkar helped V be a better elf!

[KillingAScarab]

I only just noticed all the gods in the comic are color-coded for your convenience. The Northern gods have a yellow aura. The Southern gods have a blue aura. In the crayon drawings, the Western gods have a red aura and the now-extinct Greek pantheon of the Eastern gods had a green aura.

[Tragak]

In 639, we see that Vaarsuvius's mate and children live on the same continent as Tarquin and Ian.

[Lord Torath]

That makes sense, since they live in the Elven Lands. Cool.

I just noticed that Celia's and Roy's moms both want grandchildren.

[Kornaki]

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0456.html

In panels 2-3 the hobgoblin general takes about 1d6 damage

[TopCheese]

I just noticed that the title for 879 might refer to Rich running out of steam with the recent updates in a row and not Belkar's level of blood, though I guess it could be both.

[Kornaki]

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0707.html

One of the human prisoners in panel 2 has an annoyed look on his face. Furthermore, he matches the art for the polymorphed goblin spy we learn about later (admittedly he's not the only one). Maybe he's the spy, annoyed that he could have just stayed as a hobgoblin (based on the conversation they were having in panel 2)?

More speculation than spot check perhaps

[Tragak]

The Order of the Stick's and Order of the Scribble's dwarves died almost exactly 600 strips apart.

And would've been off by exactly the same amount (877-276 = 600+1; 875-276 = 600-1) if Rich had not needed to memorialize Gygax and Arneson RIP.

"Wait, didn't Kraagor die long before..."
"NOT THE POINT!"

[Kish]

I couldn't find a better place to ask this, so I'm going to do it here. In #309 Haley says "I'm not exactly --". I don't believe this was ever resolved in-comic.

What are the most popular theories about what she is not? I remember "not human" was one, but it seems unlikely, considering both of her parents look 100% humans. Anything else?

"...a good person."

[Penny57]

OOTS #543, in the first panel of the second page, Jirix is leaning back, scared of getting accidentally hit with Xykon's paralyzing touch.

[St Fan]

Strip #398 is titled "We All Just Want to be Held Sometimes". I just realized this wasn't just about the group hug, but that Thog also got "held"... with Hold Person.

[St Fan]

And another thing...

Did anyone notice that Mr. Scruffy's legs where originally black lines... and that's only later, after Belkar found him back, that he's depicted with white lines for legs?

[The Linker]

Huh. I hadn't noticed that.

Suddenly that doesn't look very good at all.

[Procyonpi]

And another thing...

Does anyone noticed that Mr. Scruffy's legs where originally black lines... and that's only later, after Belkar finds him back, that he's depicted with white lines for legs?

Clearly, Godcat.

[Tragak]

In the early strips, the wizard was turned into a lizard.

[Armaius]

Page 578 - one of the golems attacking Haley and Celia has the head of a baseball.

[Dr. Gamera]

Page 578 - one of the golems attacking Haley and Celia has the head of a baseball.

Oh, it's Mr. Met! (Panel 20.)

I never noticed that either.

[Drivort]

Panel 5

I never realized that the Gladiators "Offpanelo" and "Notseenicus" were the third match in the games.

[Zmeoaice]

Stop Talking

[SavageWombat]

Stop Talking

This deserves another callback. Maybe when Roy is finally kicking Xykon's bony ass, and giving him a lecture on why, Xykon could use Stop Talking Meteor Swarm.

[Vinyadan]

Wouldn't it be covered when she said "I'm not really in the Thieves' Guild anymore"? Besides, how does not being a member of Thieves Guild change one's class?

I am not really what you would call employed.

[ManuelSacha]

Panel 5

I never realized that the Gladiators "Offpanelo" and "Notseenicus" were the third match in the games.

There's also Vermilius and Ceruleus: RED vs BLUE.

[JSSheridan]

I just noticed the parallels in this book.

Compare Redcloak's view on the undead to Malack's.

830 vs. 875

Giant probably thinks more casters need to take the Still Spell feat.

830 & 876

See how Belkar breaks the news of the death of a party member compared to Redcloak.

832 vs. 880

Just to get started.

[Codyage]

Belkar and Mister Scruffy compose the entire background!