OOTS #1122 - The Discussion Thread

[The Giant]

New comic is up.

[chy03001]

Oh dear...

This would be the worst possible time for V to get spirited away by the IFCC.

The question is if V will be gone for 3:06 or 20:35.

[Yendor]

Well, that's probably not good.

[Quild]

I though Haley had better chance to resist than most.

[hamishspence]

Ominous. Maybe V will need to do some dispelling too.

[Rogar Demonblud]

Whoa, Hilgya has the swirly eyes?

But Kudzu doesn't! Kudzu has a better save than mommy!

[Alaris]

I though Haley had better chance to resist than most.

Straight Rogue, last I checked. Her Will Save wouldn't be much better than Belkars, give or take a couple of points.

I'm more surprised that Hilgya failed... given... Cleric.

[2D8HP]

Okay, one Vamp right behind Roy, and half the party is mesmerized!

I'm scared!

[Grey_Wolf_c]

I though Haley had better chance to resist than most.

Not as good as a cleric's, who get max will save progression and have high wis to boot, and yet I can't fail but notice that they got Hilgya. Which is not surprising, since 1s and 20s do happen occasionally.

GW

[dmc91356]

How does a high level cleric get bedazzled that easily?

[infomatic]

Is Belkar not wearing his Protection from Evil thingy?

[ImperatorV]

Vampire may be an overpriced template for PCs... But on a villain, that at-will dominate can wreak havoc.

[hamishspence]

Whoa, Hilgya has the swirly eyes?

But Kudzu doesn't! Kudzu has a better save than mommy!

Or the vampire's specifically avoided targeting "low threat" enemies. Given that it's a standard action each time- don't want to waste those actions.

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/vampire.htm

A vampire can crush an opponent’s will just by looking onto his or her eyes. This is similar to a gaze attack, except that the vampire must use a standard action, and those merely looking at it are not affected. Anyone the vampire targets must succeed on a Will save or fall instantly under the vampire’s influence as though by a dominate person spell (caster level 12th). The ability has a range of 30 feet.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

How does a high level cleric get bedazzled that easily?

By rolling a 1 on their save roll.

Is Belkar not wearing his Protection from Evil thingy?

Not after the dispel, it seems.

GW

[xroads]

Whoa, Hilgya has the swirly eyes?

But Kudzu doesn't! Kudzu has a better save than mommy!

It's possible that Durkula might be keeping his promise of not messing with Kudzu. Then again, maybe he rolled natural 20.

This looks like a turning point in the fight. I'm curios as to how V & Roy are going to handle it.

[hamishspence]

The vamp in front of Durkula is also gazing (glow around the eyes).

[Lord Torath]

Wow. Things are certainly getting interesting...

Thanks, Giant!

P.S. Mr Scruffy remains undominated. Go Scruffy! Kick some vampire butt! (Yeah, yeah, poor Scruffy was not that effective against the last vampire he faced. I still say "Kick Butt, Scruffy!")

[Malfarian]

AHHH!!! was my real world reaction.

I was scrolling slowly and thought "Why is Durkon still smiling?"

AHHH AHH!

CRAP!

[r2d2go]

Or the vampire's specifically avoided targeting "low threat" enemies. Given that it's a standard action each time- don't want to waste those actions.

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/vampire.htm

my question is how the Hel the vampires reached the backline with that, they've only got 30 foot range...

[eilandesq]

V. should probably be ranting about the immense odds against all of those saves and dispel rolls going against the OotS right now (particularly Hilgya failing that Will save), but I suppose it wouldn't be fun if they won the fight that easily. . .

[TotallyNotEvil]

This would be a really good time for the low level cleric to bust a Magic Circle Against Evil.

At least it shouldn't be too hard to free two of them, as there are two mook vampires present.

[eilandesq]

Okay, one Vamp right behind Roy, and half the party is mesmerized!

I'm scared!

Roy isn't as vulnerable as V. right now--particularly since Roy's sword has the demonstrated ability to remove negative levels and wounds in the middle of a fight with undead.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

I was under the impression that Roy's sword was a two-hander, but then it would take a full-round action to throw. Did we know it was a one-hander (likely a bastard)?

GW

[Bob_McSurly]

I got to panel 15, and was thinking, "why does Durkula look so happy? He should be confused or distressed or something."
Then I got to panel 16, and I was like "Oh. That's why."
Edit: I'm surprised we don't get to see the memory yet. I thought there was a climaxish moment coming.

Also, as a person without 3.5 knowledge, I don't understand why Bloodfeast didn't get turned into a dinosaur. Can anybody explain?

[eilandesq]

Hmm.

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If *all* the abjurations of the Order just went down, I can think of a really adorable reason why Hilgya would quickly snap out of it, not knowing that Durkula has declared Kudzu off limits

[drazen]

my question is how the Hel the vampires reached the backline with that, they've only got 30 foot range...

There's a vampire spawn staring into the back rank right behind Roy. Maybe she did it? I'm not a D&D expert but a lookup of the vampiric gaze says it works like a Dominate Person with caster level 12 (5th level for spawn).

[Crœsos]

What's interesting is that Hilgya got "swirly-eyed" but Minrah managed to make her save.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

What's interesting is that Hilgya got "swirly-eyed" but Minrah managed to make her save.

Clerics have decent will saves. Minrah passing her save is not unexpected. Hilgya tanking hers is, but bad rolls do happen.

GW

[Nightcanon]

By rolling a 1 on their save roll.
GW

And once again, Probability proves itself willing to sneak into a back alley and service Drama as would a copper-piece harlot.

This is not good.

ETA: Does this mean we were wrong about Dispel Magic heralding the return of Bloodfeast the Extreme-inator, or might he pop up in the first panel next time?

[The MunchKING]

MINNAH made her save but Hylga couldn’t?

Dang, how bad do you have roll to flub one in your classes area of expertise? I mean “high level” clerics are supposed to be good at that, and she has a huge willpower to cast high level spells like we’ve seen her do.