OOTS #1193 - The Discussion Thread

[MossyMeow]

I suspect a number of engineers would take issue with that.

Yeah, everyone knows engineers can shoot fire and lightning from their fingers, fly, and summon monsters out of thin air. It’s part of Engineering 101.

[D.One]

I suspect a number of engineers would take issue with that.

We would, but we've altered reality to be ok with it (by being really, really smart).

Yeah, everyone knows engineers can shoot fire and lightning from their fingers, fly, and summon monsters out of thin air. It’s part of Engineering 101.

Nah, that's just when we are learning basic math and phisics. ENG 101 deals with Wish stuff.

[MossyMeow]

We would, but we've altered reality to be ok with it (by being really, really smart).

So if engineers are wizards, then what are sorcerers? Who can alter reality by being really, really charming?

[D.One]

So if engineers are wizards, then what are sorcerers? Who can alter reality by being really, really charming?

Engineers aren't wizards. Wizards are a kind of engineer. Sorcerers are just another kind...

[Emanick]

All this time, Julia didn't actually believe her brother was doing anything with genuinely serious consequences, did she?

She may or may not have, but since she had practically no information about what he was up to, it wouldn't be terribly surprising either way. (Do we even have proof that she knew he was going after Xykon?)

[Peelee]

I suspect a number of engineers would take issue with that.

What do engineers have to do with smart people?

I'd apologize, but what are they gonna do, build a teleporter to come fight me?

[Rogar Demonblud]

She may or may not have, but since she had practically no information about what he was up to, it wouldn't be terribly surprising either way. (Do we even have proof that she knew he was going after Xykon?)

Proof? No. But I'll bet a Peelee-sized pile of Quatloos that Roy fully read her into everything Blood Oath related. He's not the kind to keep that to himself until just before he dies like Eugene did, and she'd have to know a bit about it for this spell.

[Peelee]

Proof? No. But I'll bet a Peelee-sized pile of Quatloos that Roy fully read her into everything Blood Oath related. He's not the kind to keep that to himself until just before he dies like Eugene did, and she'd have to know a bit about it for this spell.

I just want to say that being used as a unit of measurement is one of the highest honors I have ever received.

[MossyMeow]

I just want to say that being used as a unit of measurement is one of the highest honors I have ever received.

Peelee
n) Numerical unit denoting an exceptionally high number of quatloos

[Emanick]

Peelee
n) Numerical unit denoting an exceptionally high number of quatloos

Well, if the ongoing court battle spawned by the bet referenced in my signature doesn't go my way, at least I know who to beg a loan from.

Proof? No. But I'll bet a Peelee-sized pile of Quatloos that Roy fully read her into everything Blood Oath related. He's not the kind to keep that to himself until just before he dies like Eugene did, and she'd have to know a bit about it for this spell.

That's a good point, and I agree. I'm just curious how much he'd told her about what he was actually doing. My guess is that he told her that he was going after Xykon but basically nothing else. (And again, maybe an there's explicit on-panel reference to that during the Cliffport strips, though I don't remember any.)

[Jasdoif]

What do engineers have to do with smart people?

We draw the Venn diagrams, of course!

[MossyMeow]

We draw the Venn diagrams, of course!

I think we might have to add ‘engineering’ to the list of topics that appear in every GITP thread. This isn’t the first time I’ve seen it come up.

[Peelee]

We draw the Venn diagrams, of course!

That may well be, but Venn have diagrams ever helped?

[Schroeswald]

That may well be, but Venn have diagrams ever helped?

Let me draw you a Venn diagram to figure it out...

[factotum]

Peelee
n) Numerical unit denoting an exceptionally high number of quatloos

But (a) how big is Peelee and (b) how big is a Quatloo? I mean, if Peelee is a regular human and a quatloo is the size of a Triganic Pu then that wouldn't be very many at all!

[danielxcutter]

But (a) how big is Peelee and (b) how big is a Quatloo? I mean, if Peelee is a regular human and a quatloo is the size of a Triganic Pu then that wouldn't be very many at all!

...what in the nine hells is a Triganic Pu?

[pentagram]

...what in the nine hells is a Triganic Pu?

A unit of galactic currency. Probably, the reference should have been to a ningi, which is a triangular rubber coin six thousand eight hundred miles along each side. The exchange rate is eight ningu for a pu.

[goodpeople25]

What do engineers have to do with smart people?

I'd apologize, but what are they gonna do, build a teleporter to come fight me?

You could say the same about the initial premise of wizards relating to smart people.

Indirectly getting engineers compared to wizards might also be something to consider apologizing for before you get quantum-shived.

[KorvinStarmast]

Yeah, everyone knows engineers can shoot fire and lightning from their fingers, fly, and summon monsters out of thin air. It’s part of Engineering 101.

I know an engineer (well I knew and engineer, he died a few years ago) who could make nuclear weapons detonate thanks to his astute application of explosives. Is that close enough to shooting fire and lightning from his fingers?

I think we might have to add ‘engineering’ to the list of topics that appear in every GITP thread. This isn’t the first time I’ve seen it come up.

Andromeda thanks you.

[Peelee]

But (a) how big is Peelee and (b) how big is a Quatloo?

I'm less concerned with those than I am with the idea that the bet is now "an exceptionally high number of quatloos"-sized pile of quatloos.

[D.One]

I'm less concerned with those than I am with the idea that the bet is now "an exceptionally high number of quatloos"-sized pile of quatloos.

Which means an exceptionally high number of squared quatloos.

[LadyEowyn]

So if engineers are wizards, then what are sorcerers? Who can alter reality by being really, really charming?

Politicians, though it’s much more about being “convincing” than “charming”.

[ByzantiumBhuka]

To continue the analogy, bards are talk show hosts, rangers and druids are environmentalists, and paladins are...televangelists, I guess?

And I dispute your characterization of politicians as sorcerers. They're more like warlocks.

[Rollin]

Which means an exceptionally high number of squared quatloos.

How many square quatloos to a triangular ningi? If we know that, we can work everything else out.

[F.Harr]

It's been so long since we've heard from Julia. I wonder what perspective she'll bring.

And hey! Roy didn't get into a sparing match with his sister! He really is growing. Those two are never going to know what Eugene gave up for them, are they?

[D.One]

How many square quatloos to a triangular ningi? If we know that, we can work everything else out.

Well, if you have derivation involved, a near infinite number of nano-sized squared quatloos might form your triangular thingie... (or anything else, for that matter).

[Quizatzhaderac]

To continue the analogy, bards are talk show hosts, rangers and druids are environmentalists, and paladins are...televangelists, I guess?

Paladins are definitely door to door evangelists.
Really, they're the same thing in D&D, but it's just that going door to door is more dangerous there.

I'd say rangers are rangers. Only difference is one gets a useless pet and the other need to be able to jump out of a plane.

[DragonclawExia]

So if engineers are wizards, then what are sorcerers? Who can alter reality by being really, really charming?

Well, Actors and Musicians maybe? They primarily use their Charisma to create an Illusion of Reality through Movies and Music.


And Sorcerers are more vain than evil, so they're not Warlocks and Politicians. But they can be pretty self-centered even if they're not actively trying to take over the world.



Clerics are probably still just Priests, but without any weapons.



Rogues are still just Criminals.



Is there anyone important I'm missing?

[Rogar Demonblud]

Barbarians. Monks. Druids. And that's just PHB classes.

[KorvinStarmast]

... I dispute your characterization of politicians as sorcerers. They're more like warlocks.

Yeah, the old "soul sold for power" deal seems to fit as a metaphor.

Is there anyone important I'm missing?

Monks. (They make the beer)