OOTS #886 - The Discussion Thread

[Reks]

Oh my god :D that's the first comic that I was completely surprised xD I kept reading and like I was so into it xD I couldn't wait to see what happened next!

Hmm just a thought, do you think that V is gonna find the order like that? I think that's the next comic... Maybe?

[Lvl45DM!]

Heh. Oh my God Becky, look at her art.

You know I didn't even see that. I was just trying to keep up with those crazy kids and their Pokey-Mans. Though that will now be my new way of complimenting art

[Killer Angel]

So, it was an illusion / mental effect.
I wonder how long it will last...

[Nenec]

Oh my, this was a greaaaat one. I've read it all through thinking "ok this all is so weird, so fast and so easy..." but not once I thought about an illusion, even f looking back there are all the hints for it. Xykon remembering Roy, Mr Scruffy dying (I didn't even notice that, I was focused on V in that panel -.-)...and Belkar's death was lame but it was almost fitting.

I really think everybody's experiencing a different story. After all this was Roy's most important wish in life, defeating Xykon, being aknowledged, having Belkar dead, no more jokes going on and everybody congratulating him...and V reuntiing to the team.
I somehow think Elan's illusion could be his father turning good and them living as a family for ever and ever, and Roy giving him respect and affection in all this. Obviously Haley by his side is included. Belkar's one at this point might as well be saving Durkon. For Haley I have no idea, I would have said saving her father before but now that one is off too so...
If Rich makes everyone experience this same story though, I think I'll be sad :(
And Clearly V is still out of range from the runes, even if hir was going towards the team.

[jpreem]

So move to threat range and ready action to hit when Xykon casts? WOuldn't it be thwarted by Xykon taking a 5ft step away - or has the Roy some reach out of somewhere?

[Lvl45DM!]

So move to threat range and ready action to hit when Xykon casts? WOuldn't it be thwarted by Xykon taking a 5ft step away - or has the Roy some reach out of somewhere?

Nah its that feat he got from his Granpa

[Domino Quartz]

Funny how nobody noticed in #885 that Redcloak's right eye was normal.

That's because you can't see either of his eyes in that comic.

[Pory]

It seems Roy doesn't have a big plan for Redcloak in mind . In the illusion, Redcloak is just standing there healing/harming occasionally, calling Xykon "Lord Xykon" yet and is disabled with some arrows and one spell. If the illusion continues, they will kill him in one round or two and they will destroy his amulet because it's possible they still think it's the philactery. I suppose O-chul told them the philactery it's really hard to destroy though.

[warmachine]

I'm going with the hypothesis this is Roy's hallucination because it seems to be from his perspective. This means Roy thinks Elan is capable of casting useful support spells. Roy thinks Elan is a useful backup in the absence of Durkon.

[oppyu]

You know I didn't even see that. I was just trying to keep up with those crazy kids and their Pokey-Mans. Though that will now be my new way of complimenting art

Man, we're so far past craziness and Pokey-Mans. Now it's all about irony and sexually transmitted infections.

[Horizon]

So, question about Roy's fighting style here. Where'd he get that? I feel like he learned it from his grandfather in Heaven, but they never actually had the chance to practice together with the family sword.

[Ebon_Drake]

I love this strip to death. I mean damn this is a tight piece of art and storytelling. The little mistakes in the illusion that are unnoticeable at first the purpling hue that gives the eerie sense of something being wrong, the fact that the fight made sense as you read it but then you read it again and you're all wait wha?! It was awesome!

QFT. It was awesome on the first reading, but all the little touches made it even more awesome on the second.

[Everfreefire]

Honest question.

Why do people keep assuming Tarquin would be caught in this? All signs point to him *not* being with Nale, Z, Malack, and Durkon. He said as much in panel 4.

I mean, maybe after he finishes...Whatever he is doing, but at that point I think he'd be ready because he'd know what had happened just by looking.

[elros]

Horizon wrote:
So, question about Roy's fighting style here. Where'd he get that? I feel like he learned it from his grandfather in Heaven, but they never actually had the chance to practice together with the family sword.

Roy learned about the move from his grandfather when he was in the afterlife and then he remembered something about it when he was resurrected.

As for this strip, WOW! I was completely taken in. I can't believe how deep I fell for it. Just amazing!
This trip just keeps getting better and better!

[Mojique]

How did Belkar come back from the dead?

Maybe this fight was an illusion?

[Nenec]

You know, the purple hue...I didn't notice it first time and I STILL ca't see it. If I compare Roy's colour between first and last panel I can see a slight difference, but only cause told, and I sure can't see a gradient going on. Is my screen so bad?:/

[Horizon]

Roy learned about the move from his grandfather when he was in the afterlife and then he remembered something about it when he was resurrected.

I'd forgotten about that second strip. Thanks for the link!

[ratfox]

Why do people keep assuming Tarquin would be caught in this? All signs point to him *not* being with Nale, Z, Malack, and Durkon. He said as much in panel 4.

Good catch, hadn't noticed that.

I also noticed just now Nale mentioning that his current team consists of four spellcasters (and two fiends), while the OTS has no spellcasters left.I'm still thinking that this cannot be a coincidence.

[Horizon]

Those glowing runes are quite pretty. Very calligraphic. I wonder, did the Giant create those from scratch, or are they part of a font I can find somewhere?

[King of Nowhere]

I almost screamed when mr Scruffy died. I'm glad he's still with us. If this illusion is roy's wish, then he's a mean, mean person :)

[Steward]

Ha, only in Roy's fantasies will Xykon ever remember his name.

[Everfreefire]

You know, the purple hue...I didn't notice it first time and I STILL ca't see it. If I compare Roy's colour between first and last panel I can see a slight difference, but only cause told, and I sure can't see a gradient going on. Is my screen so bad?:/

Honestly, until looking at the forums, I assumed the purple hue was due to the Forcecage, because to me, that was when the color really started changing.

I still don't see it changing earlier that that, to be fair.

Also, rereading this, how did I not noticed V didn't have any wounds? He should still be hurt. More completely missing the obvious.

[Flame of Anor]

Crud, you really fooled me that time. Here's hoping Vaarsuvius can save the day.

Also, public service announcement: something which does not have a climax is anti-climactic. Someone who hates the weather, on the other hand, might be anti-climatic.

So now you know.

[Obscure Blade]

Those glowing runes are quite pretty. Very calligraphic. I wonder, did the Giant create those from scratch, or are they part of a font I can find somewhere?

I thought I recalled that being talked about in the last comic thread...checking back, Roland Itiative posted about the rune's font:

Just to put a final nail to the "what does the runes say?" coffin, Rich used the Miskatonic font you can find in this site:

http://www.blambot.com/fonts_symbol.shtml

Indeed, the secret message is that there is no secret message.

Also of note, the Dark Arts font on the same site was used previously (on the magic circle when V got the Soul Splice, for example), so I wouldn't rule out some of the other ones showing up sooner or later (maybe the dwarven alphabet one when Durkon goes back home/the Order goes to Kraagor's Gate).

[DaggerPen]

Those glowing runes are quite pretty. Very calligraphic. I wonder, did the Giant create those from scratch, or are they part of a font I can find somewhere?

They're part of a font. http://www.blambot.com/fonts_symbol.shtml

When translated, they read

Spoiler

Show

nosecretmessage

EDIT: Agh! Ninja'd!

[Hogwarts9876]

Also, public service announcement: something which does not have a climax is anti-climactic. Someone who hates the weather, on the other hand, might be anti-climatic.

So now you know.

That's awesome. Can I sig that?

[Doctor Foreman]

So I guess their only chance is V having a high enough will save to resist the runes and snap them out of it?

[Domino Quartz]

So I guess their only chance is V having a high enough will save to resist the runes and snap them out of it?

V isn't actually there. V's only there in the illusion. Everything that happened in comic 886 was an illusion (or something), presumably in Roy's mind seeing as how it makes him the hero. In reality, V's still underground figuring out where to go.

[RMS Oceanic]

Well the name "Wrong-Eye" was especially appropriate this time.

This would be a good time for Vaarsuvius to really rescue them. I would also approve of Nale falling into the same trap.

[Nenec]

V isn't actually there. V's only there in the illusion. Everything that happened in comic 886 was an illusion (or something), presumably in Roy's mind seeing as how it makes him the hero. In reality, V's still underground figuring out where to go.

Indeed, but we figure V would reach them at some point, hopefully before the others do, and at that point will V resist runes and wake them up?