What could Haley do with a bow that would provoke Sabine without hitting her? A few more moments and Elan would be dead and Break enchantment takes one minute (The giant said something about Zz`dtri`s original version`s author not reading the spells cast time) She can deal with her later anyway.
I expect Haley to hit Sabine with arrows, actually (she is likely high enough level to have a feat that lets her hit Sabine without risking hitting Elan), that will annoy Sabine enough to attack Haley or scare her enough to fly away. Either way, Elan gets dropped. Then Elan lands on the soft lawyers, safe.
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Well played, Elan. Save Haley from Sabine while getting yourself off-panel at the same time. Getting smarter.
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I expect Haley to hit Sabine with arrows, actually (she is likely high enough level to have a feat that lets her hit Sabine without risking hitting Elan), that will annoy Sabine enough to attack Haley or scare her enough to fly away. Either way, Elan gets dropped. Then Elan lands on the soft lawyers, safe.
Also Elan has taken quite a few negative levels, but probably not much HP damage at all. He could easily survive a fall from a great height. (Really he should have looked down, noticed Durkon, and jumped).
...Did anyone actually understand what happened in the last panel? Why did the flumphs take the lawyers' place? Is it complete randomness or is there supposed to be a joke behind it?
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...Did anyone actually understand what happened in the last panel? Why did the flumphs take the lawyers' place?
Because the lawyers took the flumphs' place.
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...Did anyone actually understand what happened in the last panel? Why did the flumphs take the lawyers' place? Is it complete randomness or is there supposed to be a joke behind it?
It is a running joke that the flumphs show up when someone is falling. This is just a variation on the joke.
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Whoa, we haven't seen Durkon since 2010. I cannot believe it. We'd better get some more of him again!
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It was an awesome strip, although I thought Haley had to be thrown onto a firm surface, not just thrown?
It was preemptive. The magic saw Joneses thick skull down there and figured "Oh hell, I'm not going to get smashed by that thing, I'm going to go bump into that wall instead".
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Whoa, we haven't seen Durkon since 2010. I cannot believe it. We'd better get some more of him again!
Whoa - it's been THAT long? When was the last time we saw him?!
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The IFCC want Vaarsuvius to survive. They don't give a devil-rat's ass about whether Elan or the rest of the OotS survive.
Wrong. They need the Order of the Stick to keep Team Evil from winning, because whatever their plan is, it relies on the conflict between the two sides continuing.
EDIT: Fun Fact: The record keeper for longest absence in terms of strip # is still V, I think. (#508-553) Just barely, though.
EDIT2: Nevermind. If you don't count flashbacks or hypothetical scenes (or the Durkon drawing), the longest absence is Elan and Durkon. (#599-646)
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Just missed the rule of threes on Nale getting cut off unless I Nale got cut off once the last time he was chasing Elan off a ledge. Regardless, I like the reversal of expectations with the lawyers getting crushed. The Flumphs usually get squished by a normal weighted character. Those lawyers got wrecked.
Here's a question: what happens to a person's soul while they're petrified? Does it count as dying and as a result they end up in their alignment-based afterlife?
Or does something else happen? Note, to be precise: I am asking about the time they are a statue, not if the statue breaks or something--that's an obvious death plus probably a need for True Resurrection.
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We apologise for the fault in the flumph-lawyer panel placement. Those responsible have been sacked.
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Here's a question: what happens to a person's soul while they're petrified? Does it count as dying and as a result they end up in their alignment-based afterlife?
Or does something else happen? Note, to be precise: I am asking about the time they are a statue, not if the statue breaks or something--that's an obvious death plus probably a need for True Resurrection.
A character is not "dead" while a statue, merely alterered. Classically, they are still aware of what goes on around them and can still see and hear, but cannot move their eyes or, obviously, speak.
When Haley is Stone to Fleshed, she will retain all memories of her time in the stone.
((This causes a fairly frenquent "timetravel" issue in D&D games where people get petrified and released years / centuries later, they haven't aged but have likely been trapped in a cave for just about ever))
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