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2012-05-08, 01:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
Sweet Elven gods, do I hate Tarquin. Such a smug little rapist and murdering tyrant and such.
But it's the smugness that gets to me; even when he's pretending to be a fool it's for some self-satisfying master plan.
I kind of hope Xykon shows up and just slices him up like a hot knife through butter just to wipe the damn stick figure smirk off his face for a second.Avatar by the one and only Ceika.
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2012-05-08, 01:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
Low. Blow.
Also it's ironic that I had just gone back about 2 days ago and found the stuff about the ring of regeneration and how Tarquin never leaves home without it. Odd.SpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerCode:You actually went through all that? I should put something in here as a reward for doing so...
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2012-05-08, 01:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-05-08, 01:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
Reminds me of Kendo Nagasaki as all you grapple fans will remember.
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2012-05-08, 02:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-05-08, 02:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
Why isn't Tarquin's neck stretching several inches upwards?
Also that disguise is useless if he isn't changing his voice when talking normally.
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2012-05-08, 02:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
Batman pulled that trick once in an episode of the Animated Series.
I'm really interested to see how this is all going to play out!HUMANS....... ARE....... SUPERIORRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But she was naked! And all... articulate!!
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2012-05-08, 02:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
You're kidding right? Tarquin is just as silly and overly dramatic as Nale and Elan, being a succesfull evil overlord doesnt change that. I really dont get how you can say silliness is out of character for him when hes silly in half of his appearance.
And hes obviously hiding his identity so that he can reveal it at the most dramatically appropriate moment.In memory of lord Shojo
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2012-05-08, 02:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
"nope!" is priceless...
...but saying "Totally worth wearing a mask under my helmet for two days!" could give Elan a hint to guess it's Tarquin.Do I contradict myself?
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2012-05-08, 02:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
I'm a bit surprised about the attack though. Didn't Tarquin plan on waiting till the OotS had found the portal and then take it away from it?
The whole attack seems a little early for that.
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2012-05-08, 03:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
I was already laughing at the strip, but this just made me laugh even more
Well, at this point it's really clear he isn't Thog anyways. The very fact he has a mask under the helmet could be used as evidence for that. He even dropped the act.
I guess now he'll just keep his identity a secret for drama's sake, as Elan would in his place. He probably wants to make a big reveal of his true identity during their moment of triumph... if such a thing comes even close to happening.
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2012-05-08, 03:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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Great strip. Thanks Giant. :)
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2012-05-08, 03:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
Oh Gawd, Tarquin must be an annoying foe to fight.
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2012-05-08, 03:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
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2012-05-08, 03:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
Nice "reveal".
But.
I'm not aware of any rules regarding ripping off helmets - HOW did Roy manage to do that? Anyone who ever wore a helmet will tell you that these things don't come off just like that, they're integral part of your armor!
Any helmet (regardless in which time and setting) includes straps or other measures to prevent the helmet from slipping, shifting or falling off. (At least, any helmet worth more than a carneval costume.) Helmets are not simple tin pots you put over your head!
In order to remove the helmet, you have to either
- loosen the strap while preventing the opponent to move (I guess this involves grappling rules + DEX checks in D&D).
- or cut off the strap (I guess this involves precise cuts, so DEX again)
- or ripping the helmet off your opponent (including the head!!), which involves a STR check.
Furthermore, while most medieval style helmets are padded inside, they still REQUIRE you to wear a mask like the one Tarquin has there. Wearing a helmet without a mask will give you bruises to no end, even without combat. (ok, regenerating ring > bruises, but still)
Removing the flexible mask under the helmet is in fact EASIER than removing the rigid helmet, so this should be Roys first move in the next comic.participate in fan translations of OotS to your native language:
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2012-05-08, 04:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
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2012-05-08, 04:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
Ser Ilyn, Ser Meryn, Queen Cersei, King Joffrey, The Tickler, The Hound, Ser Amory, Polliver, Raff the Sweetling, Weese, Dunsen, Nale, Ser Gregor Clegane and Chiswyck: Winter is coming!
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2012-05-08, 04:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
Is my english rusty, or is Elan's dialogue in last panel... Odd ? Is there a reference that I'm missing here ?
Anyway : Tarquin, you little troll...
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2012-05-08, 04:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
You forget, Nale is the titular leader of the Linear guild, and Nale was the one to order the attack right now. Tarquin has taken up a position as 'the man behind the man' in the Linear guild, just as he always does with his kingdoms. I imagine Tarquin is probably giving Nale too much credit here by assuming that Nale has the faintest clue what he's actually doing.
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2012-05-08, 04:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
Knowing Tarquin, he probably left the helmet loosely strapped (or not strapped at all) just to have a chance to show off his mask
On that, I guess we can call "there's no rule for tummy aches". Most games, D&D included, don't really focus on realism when depicting armour (hell, most works of fiction, be it an RPG, book, movie, or anything else, ignore a bunch of the "boring" stuff like that), there's no reason for a strip comic to do so.
True. But will Tarquin let him do it? The man is clearly dominating the fight right now, Roy would probably never have a chance to remove his helmet in the first place if he didn't have a contingency plan.
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2012-05-08, 04:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
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2012-05-08, 04:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-05-08, 05:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
I don't think that mask actually did anything to hide Tarquin's identity, it only provided a surprise for Roy.
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2012-05-08, 05:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
So a ring of regeneration lets the owner regenerate 1 HP per HD once per hour. That means he only regained somewhere in the vicinity of 17 HP with that, and he can't do it again for a long time. Nowhere near being the fight stopper everyone is acting like it is.
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2012-05-08, 05:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
Good, good, good.
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2012-05-08, 05:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
OK, it's official.
The purpose of Tarquin's existence is to make all other entries under Dangerously Genre Savvy seem irrelevant.
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2012-05-08, 05:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
Still pretty daunting when the order don't know what kind of magic item he has. When they find out it is Tarquin, they'll know more.
Also, perhaps Haley will remove his mask. She has high DEX, access to sneak attack, and hasn't appeared in the last 2 strips. Apart from that one panel showing the order group rushing not-thog.
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2012-05-08, 06:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-05-08, 06:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
Is there nothing Tarquin can't predict?! He's worse than frikkin' Aizen!
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2012-05-08, 06:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #852 - The Discussion Thread
I guess Elan will recognize Tarquin...the only question is when. The most dramatic moment would be after he killed Tarquin, but I have no idea how he could do that.
Funny - only now do I realize that I have, for years, needlessly browsed my memory to come up with the English word for "verboten" every time I wrote in English forums when I just could have used the German one.
Regarding your question, I have no idea, but suspect it is verboten, since many things are forbidden on this forum.