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2018-04-17, 08:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1117 - The Discussion Thread
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2018-04-17, 08:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1117 - The Discussion Thread
Oh my god, I love the effects on Chaos Hammer. And the punchline had me in stitches! With how much Durkon sticks to supporting roles in combat, it's easy to forget how terrifyingly powerful a cleric of their level can be, and this is a great reminder.
I am: Neutral Good: -2 chaos, -21 evil and 15 balance!
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2018-04-17, 08:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1117 - The Discussion Thread
Sorry if this was covered, but why didnt varsuvius use one of her own aoe attacks? I mean, she almost has to have at least one available. Now the vamp spawn are all knocked back. Drop a /insert fire spell that hits everything within 30 feet, then have their secret high level cleric hammer them. Double the whump, double the owie.
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2018-04-17, 08:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1117 - The Discussion Thread
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2018-04-17, 08:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1117 - The Discussion Thread
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2018-04-17, 08:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1117 - The Discussion Thread
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2018-04-17, 08:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1117 - The Discussion Thread
Hey, you're getting ahead to strips coming out in 2021! I'm waiting to see what happens in the next few ones.
My prediction:
SpoilerThe Order has an early win against the vampires. It looks like Greg will be taken down. Then there's an amazing reversal, possibly involving Xykon or some other DEMs like Hilgya appearing, or Elan doing something stupid. I don't think Belkar bites it just yet, but that could be a curveball.
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2018-04-17, 08:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1117 - The Discussion Thread
It's all going so well! I'm dreading the inevitable rug pull
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2018-04-17, 09:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1117 - The Discussion Thread
Well, sending your best offensive weapon first into a room when that room includes several dispel magic casters (who can strip away all of that weapon's defenses) is a bit risky.
I'm enjoying this part of the plot. Since I keep hoping Belkar will just qualify for chaotic neutral before dying, I'm hoping we will see the chaos giraffes during his final cutscene in Limbo.
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2018-04-17, 09:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-04-17, 09:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Durkula obviously plans according to the party I'm in
I'm a Lawful Good Human PaladinJustice and honor are a heavy burden for the righteous. We carry this weight so that the weak may grow strong and the meek grow brave
— The Acts of Iomedae, Pathfinder
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2018-04-17, 09:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1117 - The Discussion Thread
Shoutout to this for making me laugh.
Also, not to start another alignment debate, but do we know for sure that Blackwing is Neutral? Or are we just assuming that because V is? Because honestly, Blackwing being Chaotic does not seem in the slightest bit unbelievable to me if he isn't bound to V's alignment somehow.I am: Neutral Good: -2 chaos, -21 evil and 15 balance!
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2018-04-17, 09:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-04-17, 09:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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As am I, although we don't know the full details of the Order's plan, so according to Law of Narrative I'm hopeful.
I long ago gave up trying to predict the Giant (Reason #4912.5 for doing so: Chaos Giraffes) but it does occur to me that if Hilgya tries to outright destroy Durkon (with or without asterisk) or keep him from being rezzed, Belkar might be the only member of the party with the guts, evilness, and self-sacrificial motivation to try to take her out, since she's been so dang helpful everyone else would hesitate. And there would be a certain obvious beauty in Belkar and Durkon both sacrificing themselves for each other, separated by some weeks.
If that plays out, it would basically guarantee that Durkon (the real one) would be resurrected, since I don't see Rich introducing Kudzu just to orphan him. That would, in turn, place him in a great character-forming moment (i.e., a painful one) by bringing him back to life in his homeland with a son on one hand, and the desire to support his friends by going to go save the world on the other. Naturally he'd choose the latter, 'cause: pain.
But now I'm so far out on a limb, I'm already falling, so I'd better quit while I'm ahead.
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2018-04-17, 09:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1117 - The Discussion Thread
Thor saves the dwarves from going to Hel (Good), and cleans up on the bet in the process. If Haley was in Thor's place, good money says she'd also tell the dwarves first thing and construct a system by which the could get out of it. Including gaming the rules so much that fighting trees and dying of cirrhosis count as honorable.
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2018-04-17, 09:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1117 - The Discussion Thread
That was cool and all, but I really would've loved to see a Greater Fireburst from V. What better time than then?
Best part was the Limbo joke.
Also, I have a strong dislike (of the "go away" kind, not the "great compelling villain" kind) towards Durkula, so if it turns out he's the unwitting crash test dummy to demonstrate the OotS finally has their **** together and is ready for the final battle w/ Xykon, I'll be quite pleased that he ended up just being a mook that got curb stomped.
Definitely hope Belkar gets a chance to shine here after being defeated/humiliated each prior encounter with Durkula.
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2018-04-17, 09:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1117 - The Discussion Thread
This fight is going pretty easy so far... I think the real fight will be at the point when Roy says, "Ok, now we can resurrect Durkon."
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2018-04-17, 10:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1117 - The Discussion Thread
Thor is arguably just trying to keeps souls out of Hel's grasp under conditions not of his own choosing. And we don't know that Thor was responsible for how the dwarves built their society to solve the problem.
But if I'm being honest, I think those are nitpicky arguments and the weight of evidence is still strongly for Thor being LG.
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2018-04-17, 10:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-04-17, 10:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-04-17, 10:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-04-17, 10:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-04-17, 10:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1117 - The Discussion Thread
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2018-04-17, 10:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1117 - The Discussion Thread
If we assume Miron was at least CL 21 when he Baleful Polymorphed Bloodfeast (which seems likely), Dispel Magic wouldn't work at all, and whoever casts Greater Dispel Magic needs to be at least CL 11 to even have a chance to succeed with a nat 20 on the dispel check. Even Greg would need to roll, what, 16 or higher? 17? I haven't looked at the class and level geekery thread recently.
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2018-04-17, 11:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1117 - The Discussion Thread
Chaos giraffes? Nonono, you don't repeat jokes.
We'll get prismatic zebras instead.
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2018-04-17, 11:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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I wish there was some way to Photoshop a flumph falling on top of the "you don't repeat jokes" line.
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2018-04-17, 11:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1117 - The Discussion Thread
We know that there are several bits of information that Durkon(original or imitation) doesn't know.
- He was sent a letter that he could come home.
- He was sent away from the Dwarven lands because of a cryptic prophecy from Odin that the next time he came home he would bring death and destruction.
- He has a son whose other parent is Hilgya.
- Hilgya got divorced.
I imagine that these 4 things could result in imitation Durkon having significantly less control over Durkon's corpse than he expects.
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2018-04-18, 01:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1117 - The Discussion Thread
And this is what's known as build up and pay off. After years of the heroes being strung along or having things blow up in their faces, we get the pay off of seeing the villains on the receiving end of just how clever this band of misfits can be!
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2018-04-18, 02:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1117 - The Discussion Thread
Other reasons include the fact that before they entered the room the spawn were spread out, you don't fireball the place you are standing (blast radius is most of the room) without protection from fire and V has not had time to pick up or craft anything like that yet.
Would expect them to do so in the future though, if they get the chance, as the lich demonstrated why being immune to your own AoE attacks is generally a good idea.
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2018-04-18, 03:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1117 - The Discussion Thread
Aww yeah. Let's keep this momentum going and totally ruin Durkula's night!
A shame he lost evil night out privileges, but that's a fair consequence for the many bad calls he's made.