OOTS #1174 - The Discussion Thread

[Khay]

Unless I missed something, Hel is down to two clerics, right? Curly and the replacement High Priest Frontarchess? I wonder if that one is going to show up in the epilogue...

[2D8HP]

New sport, vampire dwarf tossing!

[Ortho]

Farewell, Sandy! :(
I wonder if Curly will survive this specifically to give all those dwarves a good reason not to join the Order in their quest.

Can you actually prevent a vampire from misting away, or is that indicative of either a house rule or some fancy item/spell?

I don't think vampires can turn to mist while in direct sunlight.

[Keltest]

Farewell, Sandy! :(
I wonder if Curly will survive this specifically to give all those dwarves a good reason not to join the Order in their quest.

Can you actually prevent a vampire from misting away, or is that indicative of either a house rule or some fancy item/spell?

A vampire held in direct sunlight is disoriented. They can move, or they can attack, but they cant do anything else. The "or" is deliberate there, since normally there are some combinations of both you can do. It also only takes two rounds total to destroy a vampire that way.

[chiefwaha]

I don't think vampires can turn to mist while in direct sunlight.

They can, but they only get one action in sunlight and are destroyed the next round. Misting is a standard action. Basically they had to get him into the light and grappled before he misted otherwise he'd be able to escape

[hroþila]

I don't think vampires can turn to mist while in direct sunlight.

A vampire held in direct sunlight is disoriented. They can move, or they can attack, but they cant do anything else. The "or" is deliberate there, since normally there are some combinations of both you can do. It also only takes two rounds total to destroy a vampire that way.

I see. Thanks!

[grandpheonix]

So who's the vampire that popped up right above the vampires dead body thing?

[Flying Turtle]

I love the detail of one of Shirra's twin sons smiling at Logann's sister as she casts Bull's Strength on him. It makes me wonder if there's a relationship there, but whether there is or not, it's just a great little instance of everyone in this big extended community pitching in to help wherever they can.

There will be a relationship when my fan fic is done. Let the unnecessary shipping begin!

[Resileaf]

And thus, despite everything, the skylight wins in the end!

[Luna_Mayflower]

What happened to due process?! They just lynched him!

[Fyraltari]

That is a dark title...

A question about the mechanics though: What is "don't let him turn into mist" supposed to mean? Can't he do that while beeing in the sunlight or while grappled?

I’m guessing the sunlight. He also seemed unable to level drain them.

[QUOTE=Aetius;24079145Edit: Also, why is Dvalins cleric asking if she should do something instead of dusting the vampire? I'd imagine she's not pro vampire and right now there doesn't seam to be much stalling bureaucracy going on.[/QUOTE]
Probably Lawful (and Good but given her chosen deity, mostly Lawful) enough to be disturbed by a lynch mob. She doesn’t know about most of what those vampires did.

So... did Gontor burn up or did he mist away?

He went the way of his grandsire, burning while powerlessly screaming.

No longer able to hide behind the law...a fitting end.
I think there is still one vampire left. Or did I miss her getting killed?

She bolted out as soon as she couldn’t see the writing on the walls.

Who's that last vamp tossed into the light? Don't remember him....

No-Name of the Bleed of the Stone, Durkon* sent her to second Gontor*, we last saw her gloating to Minrah after sending Not-Thad to the Plane of Infinite Painful Slopes.

[Resileaf]

So who's the vampire that popped up right above the vampires dead body thing?

Minrah just threw her into the light so she'd also get destroyed by the sunlight.

[Fish]

Now it makes sense why Sigdi was taunting Gontor. It used up his actions so the Family could swoop in and park him in a sunbeam before he got another turn.

[Hiro Quester]

Who's that last vamp tossed into the light? Don't remember him....

Green hair and purple coat? He’s a minor dwarf vampire; the one with the final word here: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1157.html

[NNescio]

Green hair and purple coat? He’s a minor dwarf vampire; the one with the final word here: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1157.html

She, I think?

[eilandesq]

So you are not operating under the assumption that the single most frustrating way to rules-lawyer it is probably the right guess?

In this case, I'm thinking that the fact that Loki had had to explicitly establish that rule for the Godsmoot indicates that it wasn't part of Robert's Rules of Order (or the dwarvish equivalent) in the Stickverse.

[CriticalFailure]

Minrah continues to be the very best...

Great death for Vampire Gontor, it's always a classic to see a villain defeated by their iconic age old weakness and what could strike more fear in the heart of a caster than hearing "OK, that'll be 10 grapple checks against your cmd this round?"

[eilandesq]

What happened to due process?! They just lynched him!

Hey now--a censure is coming. Have faith in the process. #HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Schroeswald]

She, I think?

Yeah, she has the rounded bottom(a bit covered up by her sash thing), and breasts.

[Zhorn]

Giant, comics like your are the reason I love d&d so much. Keep up the awesome work

[Psychronia]

Looks like the stoning is gonna stick for a while, even with the rules down. Oh well, this still worked out.

In a much less internal sense this time, Durkon's extended family once again overwhelms and destroys a vampire. Even better, this time Mama Thundershield gets the one-liners.

...
I wonder what Dwarven Food ordinances are like?

[Debrek]

I just noticed his still smoking amulet, and it appears Sigdi noticed it too.

some significance?

[Fyraltari]

What happened to due process?! They just lynched him!

Legitimate defense, he was threatening to (and had the means to) kill aound twenty people while in the middle of assaulting a Defenseless Old Lady^TM, not to mention the hostile action taken against a body of dwarfish government. And they had no mean to safely restrain him. That's an open-and-shut* case.


*That means easily winnable, right? Like you open the case and immediately shut it because one perty has clearly no leg to stand on?

[Snails]

What happened to due process?! They just lynched him!

It probably is legal under dwarven law to grapple and hold someone who just made a public declaration of intent to commit mass murder to persons present.

Is it their fault the dangerous individual happens to be a vampire?

[Fyraltari]

I just noticed his still smoking amulet, and it appears Sigdi noticed it too.

some significance?

It's not smoking and she is taking a moment of pause after a clos call with death. Is nobody going to heal her?

[Fish]

That's an open-and-shut* case.

*That means easily winnable, right? Like you open the case and immediately shut it because one perty has clearly no leg to stand on?

“Winnable” depends on which side you’re on. It’s more like “the outcome is obvious and it won’t take long to conclude.” You could speak of an open-and-shut case that goes against you as well.

[Squire Doodad]

I can't help but wonder if there's a dwarven news outlet that'd spin this the wrong way ...
"Mafia Family "Thundershield Clan" Appears at Council Meeting; Attacks, Dusts Vampire Observers".

[CriticalFailure]

Wait do you make grapple checks against CMD in D&D?

[gatemansgc]

Curly misted out last update.

wow, good eyes! i actually had to go back and look closely at every panel.

page 2 panel 1 for others who are curious.

[Fyraltari]

“Winnable” depends on which side you’re on. It’s more like “the outcome is obvious and it won’t take long to conclude.” You could speak of an open-and-shut case that goes against you as well.

Thank you.