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2012-01-13, 08:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
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2012-01-13, 08:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
Thanh, you died a hero.
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2012-01-13, 08:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
Poor Thanh.
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2012-01-13, 08:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
Thanh knows how to go out nobly.
Meanwhile, it definately looks like Redcloak is keeping this operation on a Need-to-Know basis, with himself as the only necessary knower. Maybe he is trying to conceal this from Xykon..."They couldn't know that the points from the mainline to the siding were frozen, and the signal should have been set at 'DANGER', but snow had forced it down."
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2012-01-13, 08:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-01-13, 08:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
Spoilers...
SpoilerNiu has a purloined letter.
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2012-01-13, 08:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
It seems pretty clear that Redcloak does not intend to tell Xykon about what happened here; that also explains why he only brought summons and no other goblins. Is he going to conceal the phylactery? I find it pretty likely, but that may be the straw that breaks his relationship with Xykon, even if he only conceals it for a short period of time.
It is, however, rather interesting to watch him display the sheer power a high level Tier 1 should have; bringing in an army with nothing but magic, personally killing a half-dozen midlevel people, and then leveling the place when he's finished. Good show, Redcloak. Good show.
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2012-01-13, 08:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
Hey, so Redcloak is going to try and keep hold of the phylactery? I suppose it stops Xykon from just beating it out of him.
Wonder how he will convince the lich to move on without it, though.
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2012-01-13, 08:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
I just love how Redcloak does everything so matter-of-factly these days.
Pity about Thanh, though. And the whole resistance, really.Awesome fremetar by wxdruid.
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2012-01-13, 08:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
Wow. Redcloak is Hardcore!
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2012-01-13, 08:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
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2012-01-13, 08:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
Wow, just wow.
Redcloak is well on his way to becoming a character the could potentially take over the world on his own.
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2012-01-13, 08:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-01-13, 08:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
Poor Thanh. At least he went out with honor and bravely. Redcloak has really learned nothing though. He is still clearly able to kill his own kind/alies without any real regret.
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2012-01-13, 08:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
Just what I wanted, nay needed, to see. And this is why Xykon and Redcloak are the main villains, and General Tarquin is a detour.
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2012-01-13, 08:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
So you could say that loosing an eye opened his eyes... eye... the one he has left.
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2012-01-13, 08:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-01-13, 08:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
Poor Thanh. At least he went out with honor and bravely. Redcloak has really learned nothing though. He is still clearly able to kill his own kind/alies without any real regret.""Jeez, this dress! i look like a dominatrix""
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2012-01-13, 08:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
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did the summoned monsters take their pay back with them?
And when will Xykon learn of this?
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2012-01-13, 08:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
Awesome strip. I've got a nitpick, though -- dead polymorph targets return to their normal forms.
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2012-01-13, 08:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
Redcloak... Hm. Considering you were going to kill the goblin anyways, I don't think you've learned too much.
Also, if he tries to hide it from Xykon, he's going to get crushed. Hard.
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2012-01-13, 08:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
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2012-01-13, 08:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
Yeah, Red Cloak is my fave antagonist and possibly my fave character and stuff like this is the reason why.
My bet is he tells Xykon they will maybe never find the phylectary and the best defence is a good offence: Once they control a Gate no one will be able to take them on and it will be irrelevant.
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2012-01-13, 08:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
Yay! Niu got away and with a scroll of sending to let everyone else know! Not a total loss... poor Thahn...
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2012-01-13, 08:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-01-13, 08:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
This explains why he didn't bring any goblins with him.
So, what plans could Red Cloak have with the phylactery?
My first guess:
Spoilerhe wants to delay them moving to the gate to wrap things up in Gobbotopia
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2012-01-13, 08:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
A pity about Thanh; he was a pretty cool guy.
That said, anyone seeing some parallels between Redcloak and Vaarsuvius?
Specifically, they seem to have reached rather similar epiphanies, though Redcloak chatted about it a bit longer.
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2012-01-13, 08:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
There's a difference between a reckless assault and a deliberate sacrifice. Before, he didn't bother to change his inefficient tactics resulting in unnecessary losses because of no love lost between him and hobgoblins. Now, keeping the spy dead is a deliberate part of his tactics to reduce the risk of Xykon discovering this.
On a side note, I'll be kinda disappointed if Redcloak now walks straight into Xykon or Tsukiko and has the phylactery taken off him again. I'd like this ruse to be maintained at least for a little while. Although the last few strips has been all about swinging back and forth between different expectations, so I'm not ruling it out either."They couldn't know that the points from the mainline to the siding were frozen, and the signal should have been set at 'DANGER', but snow had forced it down."
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2012-01-13, 08:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
So the Dark One doesn't want Xykon to succeed? Interesting.
Not long before Redcloak makes a bid for power, methinks.
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2012-01-13, 08:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #827 - The Discussion Thread
Redcloak totally isn't going to tell Xykon he has the phylactery.
Wooo! Called it almost 2 years ago!
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