Characters with five appearances:
Redcloak's SisterU, Right-Eye's Daughter.
Characters with four appearances:
Adventuring paladin, Adventuring sorceress, AliyaraU, Hurak, Prison GuardB, Short Black-Haired Strike Force MemberX, V-Necked Short-Haired Strike Force Member.
Characters with three appearances:
Adventuring rogue, Black-Haired Female Strike Force Member, Chuck, Gray-armored Strike Force Member, Gray-Bearded Goblin ClericU, Hiran Sinkeye, Iron Mage Host, Long Grey-Haired Female Strike Force Member, Mounted Black-Haired Strike Force MemberC, Professor Xavionx, Redcloak's Big BrotherU, Redcloak's MentorU, Redcloak's UncleU, Second Bald Strike Force Member, Second Female Black-Haired Strike Force MemberX, Short Gray-haired Strike Force Member, Spiky Gray-haired Strike Force MemberU, Top-knotted Strike Force Member, V-Necked Straight-Haired Strike Force Member, Yydranna.
Characters with two appearances:
Bald Strike Force MemberU, Beezlebudy's WaitressX, Chairman, Dire Puma, EkdysdioksoiirwoX, Elven Adventurer, Female Spellcaster Strike Force MemberU, Female Spellcaster Strike Force Member's Mount, Fido/Rover, Firuk, Francois' Steed, Frudu's Gandalfish Companion, Giant Green Monster, Goblin Acolyte-white cloak and gray armorU, Gronk, Halfling Adventurer, Human w/earmuffs, Human w/scarf, Jeff the Goblin, Keith Baker, Mounted Pony-tailed Strike Force MemberU, Mounted Black-Haired Strike Force Member's MountC, Mounted Pony-tailed Strike Force Member's Mount, Pony-Tailed Strike Force MemberU, Redcloak's MomU, Shelby the DragonslayerX, Sleeping Guard, Spider Dudes, Tiny Jim, Tyrinaarian Soldier, Unholy Master, White-Helmeted Strike Force MemberU, Xykon's Grandmotheru
Named Characters with one appearance:
Aarindarius, Barkyu, Billy, Bossy, Buffy Summers, Clang Killitchy, Dandelion, Dave Robinson, Deergar Bluehawk, Doug, Dumbo, Eeroniux, Flying GraysonsC, Jack O'Neill, Jeff the Fiend, Jenkins, Jim, Juta, Kayannara, Kristen, Lenny "the Crushinator" Jackson, Liana, Mr. Belvedere, Pat Rothfus, Ramon, Raoul, Reegon Mithrilspear, Rich Burlew, Robin, Samantha Carter, Sarpanit, Spiky, Suzy Finkelstein, Mr. Swordanboard, Teal'c, Thiana, Timothy/Delta Upsilon Mu, Tracy, Unicorn, Zaid
Endnotes:
These endnotes represent an existence-ending event to a character, such as when a character has been killed (i.e., Nale kills the Chief). Or a permanent exit from the strip (i.e., the Lawyers take Zz'dtri away). Note that in D&D, not all death is permanent. In that case, the event is listed in lowercase (i.e., Xykon's phylactery restoring his body). Some characters have died, but we don't know why (for example, we know that Eugene Greenhilt died many times before dying permanently of old age). Other characters have died, but we don't the name of the killer (such as when Fruit Pie the sorcerer is killed by an anonymous goblin). Such events are denoted with "U". If two footnotes are connected by a hyphen ("-"), it means they jointly killed the subject. ADied of old age. BKilled by Belkar. CKilled/Dismissed by Redcloak. DKilled by Durkon. EKilled by Elan/destruction of Redmountain Gate. HKilled by Haley. IKilled in the battle of intermission. JRemoved by Lawyers Jones & Rodriguez. LKilled by Lien MKilled by Miko, or otherwise removed by her fall. NKilled by Nale. OKilled by O-Chul RKilled by Roy. SKilled by the Snarl. TKilled by Thog. UKilled by Unnamed Characters or Unknown Causes. VKilled/Dismissed by Vaarsuvius. XKilled by Xykon. ZKilled by Tsukiko !Killed by Shelby the Dragonslayer (only seen in bonus material)
__________________ Here is a numbering of all character appearances in OOTS
A. This started as a game (Guess which character had the most appearances, then second most, etc.), but once all characters with three or more appearances were guessed, someone had the idea of keeping a running total, just for curiosity's sake. Then someone thought it might belong here instead of silly games, so n11 moved the list here instead of there. When n11's thread got 'ported over to the new forum, the formatting changes made it difficult to read. Plus, n11 hasn't shown up for quite a few comics, so the list was falling hopelessly out of date. So I have reformatted the list for the new forums and updated it. n11 hasn't shown up in the new incarnation of the forums, so now I'm doing it.
Q. What counts as an appearance?
A. Any likeness of the character being visible (so Elan's appearance on Nale's blueprint counts, and Belkar's self-portrait in blood counts) and any dialog from a character, even if "off-panel" or invisible (so the strip where the party is in the invisibility sphere counts for each of the main characters)
Q. What's with the stuff in red?
A. Those are appearances in Origin of the PCs and Start of Darkness, and the bonus strips from Dungeon Crawling Fools and No Cure For the Paladin Blues, books available for sale, with content not found on the webcomic. Each page of the book is treated as a separate strip. If you want to know what these appearances and characters mean, buy the book! (You won't be sorry.) And thanks to Mechafox for compiling the appearances from Dungeon Crawling Fools and No Cure For the Paladin Blues!
Q. What if someone appears multiple times in a strip and what's with the numbers in blue?
A. Multiple appearances in one page of a strip still only count as one appearance. However, since we count appearances in bonus materials by the page, we also keep track of appearances in multiple pages of a multi-page strip. We do this with the numbers in blue. For example, Elan, Haley and Roy appear in the first and second pages of the very first multi-page comic, Comic 120. So the second appearance is counted and adds one to their blue count total.
Q. Why haven't you listed the goblins/hobgoblins/zombies/ghouls/ghasts/Azure City guards?
A. A character only gets listed if it is recognizable as an individual or if it's a recurring distinct group (such as the flumphs or the demon roaches). The indistinct masses do not get listed.
Q. What about the [insert unnamed character that only appears once]?
A. If a character appears only once and is not named, then it doesn't get listed. Otherwise, the list would be completely unmanageable.
Q. Who is Ted?
A. The appearances of a goblin caster in #90, #93, #105, and #107 could be the same caster, given the limited context, and he could be given the same “Ted” first mentioned in #90, but the Giant has specified no such connection was ever intended. We're listing him anyway because we think it's clever.
Q. Hey didn't you list Sabine's fiendish form as an alternate form? And wasn't this FAQ question previously about that?
A. Yes. Sabine used to be listed with her red-leathered adventurer form (the one she originally appeared in) as her "natural" form and her fiendish form as a magical alteration. But now she has appeared in her fiendish form more often than her leather-clad form, so I've switched it around. Her fiendish form is now her natural form and the red-leather clad adventurer is one of her alternate magical forms (along with the cop, geisha and schoolgirl disguises she's assumed).
Q. Why is Banjo listed as a character? Banjo is an inanimate object!
A. Blasphemy!! Seriously, you're probably right. But we like Banjo.
Q. Why is Shlubbo Noname-zaki from strip 435 listed? That's not his real name.
A. Well, it could be his real name. Either way, it's funny.
Q. In Other Interesting Alterations, why don't you mention how often we get to see Roy/Miko/Chief/[insert other corpse] as a corpse?
A. We don't keep track of corpses. It's not interesting. It would take up too much time and effort.
__________________ Here is a numbering of all character appearances in OOTS
Clearly, this can be used to tell the Powers That Be what smileys we need next! Celia and Shojo both have more appearances than the Roaches, so clearly their smilies are already overdue. And Julia may be next if she appears again soon.....
__________________ Dishonorable secretary of the Miko fan club
Proud to be a member of the Celia fan club!
"When the captain of the Titanic saw the iceberg coming, he didn't panic. He drowned." -- Paul Merton
Clearly, this can be used to tell the Powers That Be what smileys we need next! Celia and Shojo both have more appearances than the Roaches, so clearly their smilies are already overdue. And Julia may be next if she appears again soon.....
I suspect that the roaches will soon surpass Shojo. But we definitely should get a Celia smilie!
__________________ Here is a numbering of all character appearances in OOTS
#368: Miko, Windstriker, Xykon, Redcloak, Monster in the Darkness. Also nameless watchtower soldiers; let's leave them until we see if they're going to appear again.
__________________ Dishonorable secretary of the Miko fan club
Proud to be a member of the Celia fan club!
"When the captain of the Titanic saw the iceberg coming, he didn't panic. He drowned." -- Paul Merton
I imagine the watchtower soldier with black hair (who's with Miko) will appear at least once more, if only because he's been given a unique graphic so we can pick him out from the rest. But it's still true he can't be added quite yet, shame.
Are we able to mark those characters with the same number of appearances as "=<ranking>"? eg.
...
=11. Sabine (34)
=11. Thog (34)
...
=17. Hilgya (17)
=17. Julia Greenhilt (17)
19. Mr. Jones (14)
=20. Silver (13)
=20. YikyikB (13)
=22. Whisper (12)
=22. Windstriker (12)
Yokyok is listed with the footnote B, which means killed by Belkar. Even though Belkar technically "caused" Yokyok's death, he was killed by # (unnamed character(s)).
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