OOTS #1116 - The Discussion Thread

[zimmerwald1915]

I am assuming they will win this battle...

Oh heavens no. That is not how this works.

[legomaster00156]

Durkula's expression is amazing.

[Spore]

Fiendish or Anarchic?

Either way . . . hilarious. 😊

Protean, actually.

[ackmondual]

Summoned badger riding an anarchic giraffe.

Neat thing, is Roy may very well have a circus act in that bag of holding if he ever wants to start one!

[Reboot]

Stupid question time: How do you all know they're "anarchic" giraffes?

They look like their colours were chosen by a three-year old with a random assortment of crayons.

[Rogar Demonblud]

They look like their colours were chosen by a sugared up three-year old with a random assortment of crayons.

Fixed that for you.

[Celestia]

Chaotics, man. Chaotics.

[Ted The Bug]

Does anyone know why that rat is cheering? Roy's animals haven't talked before.

[Corian]

I'm not sure if this is an artistic choice or significant, but the symbols shown in panel three don't match those shown in panel 10 - so, perhaps, there are 8 symbols in the room.

Or Rich just didn't bother trying to make them match.

My reading: 4 symbols in panel 3, let me label them A, B, C, D left-to-right;
in panel 10 the perspective is reversed, so let me call them X, Y, Z but right-to-left this time.
I get the impression from available squiggles that X==C. (it's the same symbol seen from another angle.)
If that is true we'd also have Y==D, but not enough of the symbol shows to confirm or infirm that.
Also, Z looks like B, but it would be a repeated symbol since B was close to the wall.
So I count five symbols, of four kinds.

[Fyraltari]

Does anyone know why that rat is cheering? Roy's animals haven't talked before.

It's riding a magical giraffe into battle. Cheering is mandatory.

Yes they have.
Cue arguments that Roy should be Lawful Evil since he uses sapient being as ranged weapons and is in fact worse than Belkar, Xykon and Tarquin combined.

[KorvinStarmast]

You know, it also occurs to me that there's a specific reason that we see giraffes. They're the same size as a tyrannosaur. Which means a tyrannosaur would fit in the room. Just sayin'.

One can only hope that this is the connection. Bloodfeast is overdue for a romp.

[Shining Wrath]

One can only hope that this is the connection. Bloodfeast is overdue for a romp.

We have not seen Bloodfeast, although Belkar has been talking to Mr. Scruffy. I can't believe he was left behind. Therefore ...

SECRET WEAPON. V attracts the vampires, Belkar produces the lizard, V casts Dispel Magic, and suddenly there's a rampaging allosaurus, rampaging.

This must happen.

[staylost]

Proof that chaos is the best! Go team Loki!

[zimmerwald1915]

Cue arguments that Roy should be Lawful Evil since he uses sapient being as ranged weapons and is in fact worse than Belkar, Xykon and Tarquin combined.

Meh. He's in a party that has Vaarsuvius in it. Roy's sadism, no matter how blatant, will always be eclipsed

[Burner28]

My favourite part is Durkula's reaction to the giraffes.

[Zack Norglad]

Is that... A howling Grasshopper Mouse?

Awesome!

[Shining Wrath]

My favourite part is Durkula's reaction to the giraffes.

Followed closely by exuberant rodents atop the giraffes.

[Crisis21]

*spittake*

[RazDelacroix]

Look, I just have ONE question. Anyone know where I can find stats for giraffes? 3rd or 5th edition is fine, I can work from those. I just have a sudden very real urge to throw summoned anarchic giraffes at my DM/Players.

[georgie_leech]

With all the previous jokes about PC's vs NPC's, failed Spot Checks, and discussions of Levels and Spot Checks, this is the strip that feels most like an actual game session. Because as a DM, I recognize that face. I make face at least once a week with my players.

[Swiftbow]

Heh, the vampire's surprise is priceless. I like that Durkon is just completely surly and checked out at this point.

Hm... Belkar's not getting tapped with Protection From Law? It's not exactly redundant to his clasp. Wouldn't hurt him, for starters.

This may have been mentioned by someone else, but I don't think Durkon is checked out. I think he's subtly foreshadowing his own epic battle is about to start... for control of his body. (Or at least some kind of partial, momentary control that will lead to Durkula's defeat.)

[IntelectPaladin]

As hilarious as this is, I'm still nothing but fearful and terrified for Durkon's tragic fate.
Even magic attack giraffes aren't enough to shake me from this dispair.
And that's saying something, isn't it.

[zimmerwald1915]

Look, I just have ONE question. Anyone know where I can find stats for giraffes? 3rd or 5th edition is fine, I can work from those. I just have a sudden very real urge to throw summoned anarchic giraffes at my DM/Players.

PF's version was linked to by @Kish in this very thread. Should be a cinch to convert to 3.5, dunno about 5E.

[Noodz]

Greg has so far demonstrated incredible skill on preparing and deploying complex plans. He planned this battle specifically with V and Roy on mind, as these pose the largest threats to him. He also has deep knowledge of how V and Roy think, and he has built multiple layers to protect him from these threats. His conclusion is that his victory is all but guaranteed. Hell, he's even preparing for his round of evil gloating.

Hilgya completely changes the dynamic. Not only will Greg have to adapt to the fact that there is a powerful cleric opposing him, but he will have to deal with the fact that even after perusing through all of Durkon's memory there's very little tactical intel on how Hilgya fights.

I think Greg is definitely not the kind of warrior that deals with surprises well. If he's smart he will try to escape, but most likely he will make a rash decision to try and salvage his plans. Like sending all the spawn to attack Roy simultaneously. That would be a good time for a great cleave/roy has boobies joke.

[Snails]

This one was awesome. Neck and neck, indeed. Well played, Giant.

Is that a badger or sloth clinging to blue giraffe?

[zimmerwald1915]

This one was awesome. Neck and neck, indeed. Well played, Giant.

Is that a badger or sloth clinging to blue giraffe?

That's a badger. You can tell by the snout.

[137beth]

I was definitely not expecting a giraffe

[Snails]

The thing is Greg does not have practical experience. So he is smart, but he could easily make naive mistakes. Like someone who has read books about being a general and today is his first non-trivial battle.

Roy and team keep upping their game -- I doubt perusing Durkon's memories is sufficient to counter that on a good day.

And as Noodz says, he is completely unprepared for Hilgya.

[JustinKase]

I don't know, but I hope the Giant puts out a giraffe printable miniature after this.

Would be wonderful advertising for the Monster for every season series - a little pdf of the Chaos giraffes with some bag of tricks randoms... and Hilgya;)

[The MunchKING]

I agree with Greg. What am I looking at?

Are those Chaos Giraffes?

I thought you could usually only summon Celestial or Fiendish variants, but it looks like Hylga is STILL dedicated to that Chaos theme. :p

Fiendish or Anarchic?

Either way . . . hilarious. 😊

Anarchic! That was the word I was thinking of.