Things You Never Noticed IV: There's A Comic in the Sidebar?

[Lord Torath]

I always assumed the potion Nale is drinking here was Healing. But his damage is unchanged in the following panels. It must have been Protection from Negative Energy.

[Emperordaniel]

But they lack the big pointy ears.

Maybe the ears rotted/fell/were chopped off?

[Duck999]

I always assumed the potion Nale is drinking here was Healing. But his damage is unchanged in the following panels. It must have been Protection from Negative Energy.

Huh. You're right. He even mentions the potion. I guess we should have seen it earlier since all healing potions are red.

[DaggerPen]

Huh. You're right. He even mentions the potion. I guess we should have seen it earlier since all healing potions are red.

Weeelll...

(For the red/green colorblind threadgoers, that bottle is very green.)

[Duck999]

Weeelll...

(For the red/green colorblind threadgoers, that bottle is very green.)

Huh/ Never noticed that the potion itself was yellowish.

[Vinyadan]

Weeelll...

(For the red/green colorblind threadgoers, that bottle is very green.)

I never noticed how disturbing Elan looks in panel 2.

[Flashy]

Maybe the ears rotted/fell/were chopped off?

But in the last panel of this comic http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0708.html we see Tsukiko animate a hobgoblin as a wight and it looks nothing like her previous wights.

[Vinyadan]

But in the last panel of this comic http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0708.html we see Tsukiko animate a hobgoblin as a wight and it looks nothing like her previous wights.

It's a pity we can't see Isamu's wight feet, or his mouth in normal conditions. Here he is munching and we can't see his teeth. The question would be if pointy canines on the lower jaw are part of being a wight or come from the living species.

[Caractacus]

It's a pity we can't see Isamu's wight feet

Can we see Isamu's weft feet?

[sathes39]

Not sure if its been mentioned but I just noticed in http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0619.html

The MOB characters in the second last panel have name tags and the window reads close enough to "Blizzard Entertainment".

Kinda funny considering Haley's new ice theme.

[Kurald Galain]

Not sure if its been mentioned but I just noticed in http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0619.html

The MOB characters in the second last panel have name tags and the window reads close enough to "Blizzard Entertainment".

What does the sign say, anyway? "Blizzard" is pretty clear, and the bottom line is something like "Bistrorant"? A bistro restaurant? Or perhaps some pun I'm missing?

[Yanisa]

What does the sign say, anyway? "Blizzard" is pretty clear, and the bottom line is something like "Bistrorant"? A bistro restaurant? Or perhaps some pun I'm missing?

The first word seems to be Blizzar... and then two more symbols, neither looking like a D and there might be an apostrophe. I guess Blizzari's. (Which might be a pun on stereotypical Italian accents?)
The second word might be Ristorante, which is Italian for Restaurant.

If you flip the comic and zoom in a lot you can almost read it, it's that the forum prohibits posting edited comics else I would put a picture here, or a couple with shape outlines.

[Jaxzan Proditor]

Can we see Isamu's weft feet?

This made me laugh so hard.

[Inevitability]

When the OOTS is trapped in Azure City, and Elan tries to use his bardic music, it doesn't show any green music notes because they are in an anti-magic field.

[Timy]

In early strips, Thor was breaking gates in order to make lighting :

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0199.html

[Keltest]

What does the sign say, anyway? "Blizzard" is pretty clear, and the bottom line is something like "Bistrorant"? A bistro restaurant? Or perhaps some pun I'm missing?

As pointed out, its a clear parody of Blizzard Entertainment and their MMO World of Warcraft. "Mobs" is MMO slang for monsters (condensed from Mobile Objects, though how that came to mean monsters is beyond me). It was a WoW/MMO parody combined with a pun about stereotypical mobsters being Italian. Im guessing the Giant was trying to combine bistro and Entertainment so that it didn't look like Frankenstein's Dictionary.

[DaggerPen]

Can we see Isamu's weft feet?

*slowclap*

When the OOTS is trapped in Azure City, and Elan tries to use his bardic music, it doesn't show any green music notes because they are in an anti-magic field.

Ooh, well spotted!

[Rodin]

As pointed out, its a clear parody of Blizzard Entertainment and their MMO World of Warcraft. "Mobs" is MMO slang for monsters (condensed from Mobile Objects, though how that came to mean monsters is beyond me). It was a WoW/MMO parody combined with a pun about stereotypical mobsters being Italian. Im guessing the Giant was trying to combine bistro and Entertainment so that it didn't look like Frankenstein's Dictionary.

Like Yanisa speculated above, I'm pretty sure its Ristorante, to parody Italian Mafia movies which always have Italian restaurants as a front for the mob.

[snowblizz]

But in the last panel of this comic http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0708.html we see Tsukiko animate a hobgoblin as a wight and it looks nothing like her previous wights.

Because it's not a wight. She's creating a Ghoul or Ghast like these dudes:
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0107.html
based on the spell she casts (Create Undead).

[Lord Torath]

I never noticed that Haley's Flaming Arrows have flaming fletching ever after they're removed from their target (panel 3).

[Jaxzan Proditor]

Having read SoD, Redcloak's line in panel 6 here makes a lot more sense.

[Emperordaniel]

Because it's not a wight. She's creating a Ghoul or Ghast like these dudes:
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0107.html
based on the spell she casts (Create Undead).

I think there's a quote from the Giant somewhere out there that says that spell for instant undeath (which Create Undead doesn't exactly do) is the homebrewed "Tsukiko's Amazing Wight-Making Spell", which is where Flashy got it from. Couldn't find it with a quick search through the Index of the Giant's Comments though, so don't quote me on that.

EDIT: A quick search for "Tsukiko's Amazing Wight-Making Spell" turns up this, which is pretty much exactly what I was thinking of.

[Jaxzan Proditor]

I think there's a quote from the Giant somewhere out there that says that spell for instant undeath (which Create Undead doesn't exactly do) is the homebrewed "Tsukiko's Amazing Wight-Making Spell", which is where Flashy got it from. Couldn't find it with a quick search through the Index of the Giant's Comments though, so don't quote me on that.

EDIT: A quick search for "Tsukiko's Amazing Wight-Making Spell" turns up this, which is pretty much exactly what I was thinking of.

I think that was in response to an earlier scene, the one with the Resistance (or whatever they're calling themselves), because in 708 there is a verbal component, whereas earlier she makes a Wight, just without saying anything.

[Vinyadan]

I think that was in response to an earlier scene, the one with the Resistance (or whatever they're calling themselves), because in 708 there is a verbal component, whereas earlier she makes a Wight, just without saying anything.

If I recall correctly, wights are normally born from people killed by wights, so the poor Isamu could just have been wighted by wights. CGU and CU cannot make wights, that's why the new spell was needed (I think).

[Durkoala]

When Julia tries to get Durkon's attention, I didn't see that she's pulling her... shirt down. I always thought she was pushing up her... ta-ta's. This does raise questions about how much skin Haley's desert armour shows...

Can we see Isamu's weft feet?

Brilliant.

[Vinyadan]

Look at the title of 663.

And now at strip 360.

[Jaxzan Proditor]

If I recall correctly, wights are normally born from people killed by wights, so the poor Isamu could just have been wighted by wights. CGU and CU cannot make wights, that's why the new spell was needed (I think).

Ah, Okay. I don't remember how wights are created, so what you're saying is probably more accurate than what I am saying.

Look at the title of 663.

And now at strip 360.

That's a good spot.

[ManicOppressive]

Unless I'm mistaken, the Azure City wizard here: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0340.html

is either using a modified version of Teleport or is level 18. Teleport only targets one extra person per three caster levels, and he took six people with him in one go.

[Jaxzan Proditor]

I just noticed that the hobgoblins in panel 2 here are undoubtedly referring to the fate of a certain dragonslayer.

[BrotherMirtillo]

I just noticed that the hobgoblins in panel 2 here are undoubtedly referring to the fate of a certain dragonslayer.

I had to google that (okay, bing that) to know what you meant. Apparently, it is a secret to everybody.

But there was another bonus! When I read the comic you marked, I saw panel four, where one of the attackers fires a crossbow, but the arrow goes wide. Two more comics into the future, it becomes apparent that there was a very good reason why he missed.