OOTS #1117 - The Discussion Thread

[Jasdoif]

Im sorry - I dont get it ... :(
can you explain ?? :)

The ceiling heights in the Dwarven tunnels are probably shorter than a giraffe's neck; the dance called "the Limbo" involves walking under a low vertical bar with one's back facing the floor.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

Im sorry - I dont get it ... :(
can you explain ?? :)

sch

Limbo is the name of the plane where the chaotic giraffes live. But limbo is also a game where you have to pass under a pole placed parallel to the ground and lowered as the game progresses. The joke is that the giraffes are good at the game because they live in the plane with the same name.

“Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.”

GW

[Kantaki]

Heh, of course Durkula would be utterly confused by the Order acting competent.

Im sorry - I dont get it ... :(
can you explain ?? :)

sch

The chaos giraffes are from the plane of Limbo.
Making them quite adept at the game limbo.

[nocoolnamejim]

I'd have to come up with a Dr. Seuss nursery rhyme three pages long to list to you the ways in which we are not having this conversation.

I believe I can shorten that nursery rhyme for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o19CaOSuD8

[Peelee]

“Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.”

GW

- Michael Scott

[theRealSamael7]

V also cast Bear's Endurance on himself in the previous comic. Whatever damage he may have gotten from the Chaos Hammer will be further soaked by that bump, if I recall 3.5e's rules for that spell (+4 to CON, so another +2 HP . . . I want to say that's per level of the caster until the spell ends?).

[Fyraltari]

I'd have to come up with a Dr. Seuss nursery rhyme three pages long to list to you the ways in which we are not having this conversation.

Aww. awwwww

[Gnoman]

I have to put on an Elan hat for a moment and congratulate the Giant for how smoothly he integrated the "no, the OOTS is not casually herding animals to their death, the giraffes are fine" exposition into the dialogue.

[The MunchKING]

It took me a couple of readings to understand Haley's comment about getting their heads under. So focused on the D&D aspects of this strip that it took me a little while to think about other meanings of the word Limbo.

Giant, your one off jokes make my day!

Oh! Duh. Now I feel dumb because I did NOT get it.

[schmunzel]

So far everything is going suspiciously smoothly...it’ll be interesting to see what’s around the corner.

Amen!!

Durkon is learning of his child.
I mean
what yould possibly go wrong with a chaotic cleric?? that is the mother of the child of the vampire turned father which the order does *not* want to have (permanently) killed.
(The father I mean)

The ceiling heights in the Dwarven tunnels are probably shorter than a giraffe's neck; the dance called "the Limbo" involves walking under a low vertical bar with one's back facing the floor.

Limbo is the name of the plane where the chaotic giraffes live. But limbo is also a game where you have to pass under a pole placed parallel to the ground and lowered as the game progresses. The joke is that the giraffes are good at the game because they live in the plane with the same name.

“Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.”

GW

thank you guys :)
the frogs in question just got nuked so they hopefully wont mind :)


sch

[lleffe]

so much color! so nice!
well done, a great, epic fight is coming!

[zimmerwald1915]

V also cast Bear's Endurance on himself in the previous comic. Whatever damage he may have gotten from the Chaos Hammer will be further soaked by that bump, if I recall 3.5e's rules for that spell (+4 to CON, so another +2 HP . . . I want to say that's per level of the caster until the spell ends?).

+2 HP per hit die of the target (and +2 to Fort saves and Concentration checks), for one minute per caster level of the caster. Vaarsuvius has 16 HD and 17 CL, and is both the caster and target, so will gain 32 HP for 17 minutes.

[Elkad]

V also cast Bear's Endurance on himself in the previous comic. Whatever damage he may have gotten from the Chaos Hammer will be further soaked by that bump, if I recall 3.5e's rules for that spell (+4 to CON, so another +2 HP . . . I want to say that's per level of the caster until the spell ends?).

Per level (technically Hit Die) of the target. Which in this case would be the same, except for Blackwing's anklet giving V a +1 to his caster level. Caster level only sets duration.
V gains Lvl*2 HP. Dangerous though. If he's down in those 32-ish hitpoints and it gets dispelled, he drops below zero.

And I was really expecting a Fireball to be stacked on top of that Hammer (from V). Sure, Protection/Resist Fire, but V probably has lots of fireballs.

[Shining Wrath]

Im sorry - I dont get it ... :(
can you explain ?? :)

sch

Ninja'd and swordsage'd, repeatedly.

V also cast Bear's Endurance on himself in the previous comic. Whatever damage he may have gotten from the Chaos Hammer will be further soaked by that bump, if I recall 3.5e's rules for that spell (+4 to CON, so another +2 HP . . . I want to say that's per level of the caster until the spell ends?).

Yeah, 2HP per level for the duration and +2 to a Constitution saves that might be required, too.

Prediction: Durkon^T or one of his spellcasting minions is going to try Dispel Magic on Vaarsuvius - buffed against mind control, level drain, Bear's Endurance, Stoneskin - just too many buffs. Whereupon we learn that V has Bloodfeast the Extreminator in a pocket of their robe. And then Bloodfeast will proceed to further T-Rex Durkon^T's plans. If memory serves, Bloodfeast would also soak up one casting of Dispel Magic and protect V a little longer.

EDIT: (Greater) Dispel Magic targets a creature, and Bloodfeast wouldn't be a target simply by being in V's pocket - unless Rule of Funny triumphs.

[SilverCacaobean]

Gotta love bluffing V and blackwing. Here's hoping this goes at least as well as the battle in the pyramid and there's a part for Elan this time.

[Gwynfrid]

Visually beautiful (those chaos spell effects!), clever, and hilarious. What's left to ask?

[schmunzel]

Stop.

It wouldn't be the first time HPoH's assumed he's got a monopoly on "clever". I think it's more like Baltic Avenue than Park Place.

Durkon is by far the most unarrogant and unassuming member of the order.
It stands to reason that his evil twinmirrored vampirized alter ego is the opposite ( see the archwhatever of the order of the stone and his parasites explanation of his inner urges)

See? Chaos is also more beautiful than Law!

naaah it just has a more sparkly color palette :)

sch

sch

[Gusion]

New comic is up.

Hrm, well, Chaos Hammer is a bit different than my prediction of Word of Chaos... but this is pretty close to what I predicted.

Neat plan though.

From a pure D&D perspective, V still has their standard action left. I wonder what he will cast. Greater dispel magic would be a good choice to debuff the vamps.

[Shining Wrath]

Hrm, well, Chaos Hammer is a bit different than my prediction of Word of Chaos... but this is pretty close to what I predicted.

Neat plan though.

From a pure D&D perspective, V still has their standard action left. I wonder what he will cast. Greater dispel magic would be a good choice to debuff the vamps.

I think Stoneskin was V's action.

[Neltharak]

Okay, this is my favorite strip in a long time.

Greg's reaction is priceless.

[zimmerwald1915]

I think Stoneskin was V's action.

I think you're right.

[Epinephrine_Syn]

All 6 spawn seem to have failed their Will save; they save Will at +5, so that puts Hilgya's save DC as likely pretty darn high (and, of course, rule of narrative trumps probability). So ~23 points of damage to each spawn, and they are slowed for a while.

I will note that "rule of narrative" has a helping hand here, namely insofar as Mooks tend to get a single roll for the collective, rather than individual rolls.

[Gusion]

I think Stoneskin was V's action.

Ah, good point. Yeah, I guess his round is over. Alas.

Kinda dumb to cast it now though. It lasts 10 minutes a level. Could have cast it in the pre-battle buffing stage easily enough.

[Trillium]

I have to put on an Elan hat for a moment and congratulate the Giant for how smoothly he integrated the "no, the OOTS is not casually herding animals to their death, the giraffes are fine" exposition into the dialogue.

Except the critters from the bag, no? Those are dead, as I understand?

[Ariko]

2 years in a row I got an OotS strip on my birthday

[Sylian]

Except the critters from the bag.

They also poofed, so chances are they, too, just went back to wherever they came from.

[Kish]

Also, Bag of Tricks creatures are summoned, so no, they also went back to where they came from.

[Peelee]

2 years in a row I got an OotS strip on my birthday

Happy birthday!

[monomer]

Limbo is the name of the plane where the chaotic giraffes live. But limbo is also a game where you have to pass under a pole placed parallel to the ground and lowered as the game progresses. The joke is that the giraffes are good at the game because they live in the plane with the same name.

“Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.”

GW

So do you win if this joke goes over your head?

[Shining Wrath]

Ah, good point. Yeah, I guess his round is over. Alas.

Kinda dumb to cast it now though. It lasts 10 minutes a level. Could have cast it in the pre-battle buffing stage easily enough.

An excellent point. V could have been wearing it already. Once again, things are done for the story, not optimally.