The Index of the Giant's Comments VI―Making Dogma from Zapped Bananas

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Spoiler: Writing

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Storytelling Mistakes?
On How Elan's Parents' Marriage Is Not a Plot Point(#29) "I don't feel that it's something that necessarily demands a more specific on-panel answer than that."	#1193	2020/03/01
On the Ephemerality of Memories from the Afterlife Roy can remember anything that happened in the clouds, and the rest is "fuzzy" but not completely forgotten.	#1022	2016/02/08
Assume Accuracy Unless Shown Otherwise "It works because I say it works, and the rest of the story will be written as if it works," and dialog is how the comic conveys non-visual information.	#1000	2015/08/30
Why Roy Didn't Mention the World in the Rift at the Godsmoot Roy assumed the gods already knew, and bringing it up wouldn't have helped the comic.	#998	2015/08/13
The Improbable Happens The most statistically probable outcome of an event isn't necessarily what occurs.	#980	2015/04/23
Why Elan Didn't Hold Tarquin Prisoner Story-notable villains never stay captured; Elan knew this. More here.	#975	2015/02/16
OOTS is Not Still in Girard's Illusion "If you don't like the story since then, then you just don't like the story."	#942	2014/01/28
Malack is Ash Vampires take their gear with them when they assume gaseous form, but not when they're destroyed.	#906	2013/07/28
On Character Importance and Leadership Skills The Giant doesn't feel a character suffers for not having "leadership skills," and won't force someone's development just to give them said skills.	#882	2013/04/07
On Plots and Boredom "If one does not care about the protagonists or antagonists and is not emotionally invested in their struggles, and all one cares about is the resolution of the MacGuffin chase, then you will almost certainly be bored with a lot of the material I'm producing."	#876	2013/03/02
True Resurrection True Resurrection as a narrative-wrecking device, and an answer to the age-old "why didn't x character do y?" question.	#862	2012/09/07
A Missed Opportunity in 602? Why Hilgya was not the Cleric of Loki working for the Thieves' Guild.	#860	2012/08/18
The Gods Created Creatures After The World Was Created Is this a contradiction? No. There is no Gaia hypothesis in OOTS world.	#845	2012/03/20
No Purpose? "As a general rule of thumb, no one should say the sentence, 'There's no (or no other) possible narrative purpose for Rich to have done X!' until the story is completed. Because there's always a narrative purpose, you just haven't thought of what it is."	#826	2012/01/10
Surprises Are Not Deus Ex Machinas More here.	#806	2011/09/19
Racism and Sex in OOTS There's no correlation between skin color and promiscuity, nor is there too much promiscuity among the women portrayed in the comic.	#650	2009/05/02
Typo in 597? Nope. It is a joke.	#597	2008/09/30
On the Legality of Miko Arresting the Order of the Stick Shojo was asserting "holy" authority for the charges, and no secular authority opposed Miko detaining the Order.	#251	2005/12/01

Plot Holes
Why Redcloak Thought the Polymorphed Hobgoblin Spy Had to Die(#3) "...the bottom line is, he was prepared to kill him if he needed to....The exact situation he might have been worried about was probably not clear even to him."	#1232	2021/04/27
The Giant Does Check Older Comics For Consistency(#6) "...for something like Hilgya's reappearance, I thought it was important to go back and look at exactly what was said and done in that original scene."	#1208	2020/07/31
How Hel Predicted the Godsmoot Vote The exact same vote was held in the Order of the Scribble's day, and she knew enough the gods individually to make an accurate estimation.	#1000	2015/08/27
On the (Un)importance of Random NPCs Minor characters should not be expected to resolve critical plot elements. Regardless of what those plot elements may mean for their future.	#968	2014/11/21
Why Didn't Malack Prepare Word of Recall? Further explanation here and here (with a few remarks on plot holes in general).	#906	2013/07/29
Did Durkon Lie? No; the Giant forgot that Durkon said he didn't prepare "Detect Magic."	#894	2013/06/19
Why Didn't Girard Prepare a Better Trap Against Undead? "There is a big jump from knowing that illusions don't affect undead to being able to do anything about it--or expecting every defense to affect every possible creature type."	#893	2013/06/11
Roy Knowing Redcloak Had An Eyepatch in Girard's Illusion O-Chul and Vaarsuvius both told him. It's covering the wrong eye because they didn't specify which eye.	#886	2013/05/04
Why Destroy Tsukiko's Remains if Redcloak was just going to tell Xykon he killed her? One reason is so that Xykon would be unable to Speak With Dead on Tsukiko... or Raise Dead.	#866	2013/01/26
The Giant Addresses Supposed Inconsistencies, Part II A character thinking one thing instead of another thing is not a mistake, it just is. The rift grew according to Redcloak's predictions, but he was measuring the actual hole, not the cracks.	#816	2011/11/30
The Giant Addresses Supposed Inconsistencies, Part I Including - why Haley was surprised that Miko was killed, info on Nale's self-delusion and ego, how the rift got so close to Xykon's Tower (it grew), and what is and isn't a plot hole.	#816	2011/11/29

Writing Process
🍌Selecting the Northern Deities(#6) "I mostly worked backwards from how I wanted the vote in the Godsmoot to shake out".	#1291	2023/11/30
The Purpose of Creating Tinkertown(#3) Instead of having to revisit plot threads tied to e.g. Cliffport, it "was better to have a fresh location"; and then the Giant "saw an opening to draw an adorable town of steampunk gnomes".	#1277	2023/03/10
On Scripting by Scene or by Strip(#11) "In situations where a conversation needs to explicitly move the plot forward, I develop the entire scene ahead of time....But for other sorts of scenes, it's less likely that I script it completely in advance."	#1232	2021/04/27
On Coming Up with a Book's Title(#7) "Sometimes, it just comes to me before I'm even done with the strips....Sometimes, I sit and wrack my brain when the printer is waiting for my files to start production....Most of the time, though, I have a vague idea that I need to hammer into shape." More about "Blood Runs in the Family" in particular here.	#1222	2020/12/30
The Giant on How He Works on the Comic(#12) "...I'll take a shot at answering it in more depth even though I don't really have 'regular' creation days. That is, I don't plan out what I'm going to work on ahead of time or schedule specific tasks for specific days. I usually...."	#1222	2020/12/30
On Greyview's Personality(#11) The main idea was to give the Monster in the Darkness a counterpoint to everything O-Chul told him, to show that he had internalized the lessons and wasn't going to backslide.	#1201	2020/04/30
The Giant Has a Sounding Board(#5)	#1201	2020/04/30
Characters Have a Specific Reason to be in the Comic(#27) "I'm telling a specific story, and if that character type doesn't have a role in the story then they won't be in it."	#1193	2020/03/01
How the Comic's Pacing Is Maintained Over Time(#30) "The first panel of every strip continues on from the previous one....The last panel has...a punchline or a reveal or a cliffhanger...All the middle stuff, that's the story."	#1193	2020/03/01
On Choices and Character Deaths "Character deaths are a function of that character's traits, not random. Their deaths flow logically from their flaws." More here.	#981	2015/04/30
Advice for Aspiring Webcomic Writers "It's important, when starting a career like this, to know what your true priorities are and pursue them...."	#980	2015/04/26
On Open-Ended Characterization "I don't really bother deciding things about the characters unless they have a purpose." Details like Elan's last name will be revealed if/when they become significant to the story; and details like Elan's Mother's name aren't given "on purpose"(#28).	#980	2015/04/26
The Giant Writes Everything Too Long In his own opinion, at least. See also here(#10) ("When I'm tight on space, I re-evaluate those clarifications to see...if I'm wasting space explaining details that 90% of the audience will get right away").	#980	2015/04/26
D&D Rules that Harm the Story True Resurrection, and also Teleport. See also here(#7) ("At the power level that the heroes are at right now, there are a lot of 'invisible' spells that would often affect the outcome of a fight. Especially things like fire immunity or mind blank, where having it means being able to completely no-sell an enemy attack. It's become a bit awkward to constantly need to either show those spells being cast or have someone discuss how they have such-and-such a spell running....")	#980	2015/04/25
How the Giant Outlines the Comic's Plot "I plan it out meticulously first and then edit it all on the fly."	#980	2015/04/23
Characters as Plot Devices Both Redcloak and Malack had humble beginnings that developed into something more.	#906	2013/07/28

Tools and Logistics
There is no OotS "Series Bible"	#1117	2018/04/17
On the Absence of a Random Comic Button "...I don't think it's really that good of an idea considering how tightly connected the comic is from one strip to the next."	#984	2015/05/11
A Buffer of Strips Wouldn't Help "A buffer is therefore counterproductive because it reduces the urgency to produce."	#980	2015/04/25
The Giant Would have Split Book Five's Arc to Make It Easier to Print "But there are too many threads that go through both to split now."	#945	2014/02/17

Forum and Reader Reactions
🍍🍌On the Forum and the Comic(#9) "I don't read the GITP forums at all anymore, either in or out of the OOTS context." See also here and here.	#1291	2023/11/30
🍍🍌The Comic Cannot Be Posted on a Consistent Basis(#9) "What you're suggesting is not something I can actually do." See also here(#10) ("So the remainder of the comic is going to take as long as it takes....")	#1291	2023/11/30
On Denouements(#8) "So I guess the real question here is, is the subplot you're concerned about necessarily one that I think is important enough to deserve a denouement?"	#1277	2023/03/10
The Giant is Always Surprised by Reactions(#32) "To some degree, every single thing I put in the comic gets at least one reaction that I could not possibly have predicted."	#1193	2020/03/01
The Giant on Fanfiction "I'm not a huge fan of it....If people enjoy fanfiction then cool for them. It's just not for me." More here.	#980	2015/04/24
There is No Longer a "Target Audience" for OOTS "...I just write it and let it all work itself out. "	#980	2015/04/24
Is Power an Intended Theme of the Comic? "...Power doesn't interest me at all per se, but the ongoing and habitual mischaracterization by a subset of my readers about what constitutes power does."	#980	2015/04/23
How the Giant (Doesn't) Deal with Reader Criticism "There are also deep tissue structural reasons for every single strip that appears, but most readers will never be aware of them, even after the fact."	#980	2015/04/17
The Giant Shows Obvious Tactics Not Working "...to avoid constant comments like, 'Haley is so dumb, why doesn't she use the wands she just bought on it?'" Also, Haley used a wand of Magic Missile in #973.	#973	2015/01/22
On Writing Female Characters The difficulties and fan reactions.	#883	2013/04/09
V's Gender History Why the Giant made V's gender ambiguous and what discussions about it were like in the early days. Roy's 'V-man' comment is not necessarily indicative of V's true gender.	#793	2011/05/29

References and Influences
The Giant Hasn't Watched The Walking Dead(#7) "So if there's any connection there, it was the other way around."	#1232	2021/04/27
Don't Expect Any More Tribute Strips	#1147	2018/11/27
Elan's Exclamation in On the Origin of PCs Spoiler: On the Origin of PCs Show "Last, best hope for peace" is a Babylon 5 reference.	#980	2015/04/27
On Managing Real-World References Research is done to validate references.	#980	2015/04/25
The Giant Hasn't Read the Discworld Books Nor is "Only living things can learn and change" a theme of OOTS. More on the Giant and the works of Terry Prachett here.	#980	2015/04/25
Influences on the Comic	#980	2015/04/24
Martin The Giant hasn't read George R. R. Martin.	#913	2013/08/22
The Dwarven god Thor OOTS Thor is not based off of D&D Thor. Until referenced in the comic, the Nordic legends/mythology does not exist in OOTSverse.	#86	2004/07/12

Story Development
The Movie Theater World Is Canon(#4) #301 and the panel in #1140 are "...something that happened on one of the other worlds before the current one."	#1277	2023/03/10
Writing Characters As They Have Evolved(#10) "Everyone except Durkon is harder, because....I often will write a punchline then stare at it and realize that the character can't say that anymore because they grew out of that mindset a while back." "With Durkon....Even just having Minrah there to serve as his cohort sort of automatically gives him something to do."	#1277	2023/03/10
Serini was Always Going to Return(#1) "...it was planned from the first introduction of the Scribblers...."	#1260	2022/06/22
On Planning and the Conflict between Elan's and Haley's Fathers(#10) "Well, I had plans for it starting when I drew the strip where Haley is looking at the letter. Which might count as being planned in that it wasn't paid off for like ten more years, but I'm pretty sure I didn't know it was going to happen until I created that page."	#1222	2020/12/30
The Importance of Gods' Colors was Planned in Advance(#1) "...from the time I introduced the different pantheons during the first set of crayon strips."	#1222	2020/12/30
The "Shadowy Sea Monster" in the Don't Split the Party Bonus Strips was the Ancient Black Dragon(#1) "...I wrote that sequence while the story was in progress and then cut it. So it was intended as foreshadowing for events that hadn't happened yet at that time."	#1201	2020/04/30
Durkon was Never Imagined as Staying Dead(#19) "I'm not sure what the point of doing that might have been, but it wouldn't have helped me tell the story I was telling."	#1193	2020/03/01
On Continuity from Comedy(#17) "A lot of the things that are crucial parts of the story were just random gags early on that I then had to work into a cohesive narrative without invalidating the earlier comics." Such as the Elven pantheon and swirly eyes showing domination.	#1193	2020/03/01
The Reason for the Draketooth Mummies' Mimicry(#5) "I needed a way to get it to say, 'Your fault,' without there being any meaning or intent on the mummy's part."	#1193	2020/03/01
The Golden Mist Barrier at the Godsmoot It's a normal feature, to prevent votes from being voided by departure.	#1005	2015/09/15
Selective Hearing at the Godsmoot "The purpose of this meeting is to listen to each other, not mortals." The Good gods aren't in control, either.	#998	2015/08/16
Character Awareness and Limitations of Panel-to-Panel Storytelling The last panel of #995 was intended to convey "Durkon notices Belkar turning to run." More on looking around (in and out of D&D rules) here.	#995	2015/08/04
On Veldrina Representing the Western and Elven Churches "...she's an elf, and the elves don't worship the Northern Gods."	#990	2015/06/15
Why the Hobgoblin Army Was Homogenous "I didn't really want the audience to weep for the hobgoblin dead, though, so I made them all interchangeable."	#946	2014/03/02
A Battle with the Linear Guild was Cut from Book Five See also here and here.	#945	2014/02/17
The Plot Has Been Rearranged and Expanded More Than It Has Changed	#945	2014/02/17
The Story is Still (Sort Of) Evolving "I'm trying to wrap up more than I add, but if there weren't room to add I would get bored before the end." See also here(#2) ("...the big questions of what's going to happen? ...locked that in around the time of the first crayon drawing scene in Paladin Blues").	#945	2014/02/17
Durkon Becomes a Vampire Originally, Durkon was going to become a vampire in the dungeon of Dorukan. This plot element has been developing for some time and even predates Xykon himself. This strip is included as a bonus in book 5 (Blood Runs in the Family).	#906	2013/07/28
Plotting the Girard's Gate Arc "Writing begins with the scenes that I want to have happen, and then I develop stuff around them to make that seem reasonable."	#906	2013/07/28
Nale's Wand Its function in the story. Also, a brief side-note about why Xykon showed up at Girard's gate a few seconds too late.	#904	2013/07/25
Worldbuilding vs. Foreshadowing "Say hello to your boss for me."	#801	2011/08/18
Dungeon of Dorukan History Originally, Dorukan was not even necessarily a person.	#196	2005/06/20

Reflections from the Author
🍌On Not Updating Past D&D 3.5(#1) "...I feel absolutely great about sticking with 3.5".	#1291	2023/11/30
🍌On What Makes Good Magic for a Story(#2) "I like my magic like I like my Star Trek technology: Full of nonsense terms that the audience has to infer the meaning of based on contextual clues."	#1291	2023/11/30
🍌The Giant on Using Elan as His Avatar(#5) "...for situations where the character image is going to...possibly be interpreted by newcomers as a depiction of me, I think it's better for everyone if I...use someone who matches me demographically."	#1291	2023/11/30
The Giant's Favorite Book(#1) Good Deeds Gone Unpunished, for "the freedom to create all-new characters and write plots that only tangentially affected the main storyline of the comic". (Of main storyline books, Blood Runs in the Family, "the most recent one" at the time.)	#1277	2023/03/10
On Changing Elan's and Nale's Original Appearences(#10) "...have you ever used an entire story arc as a vehicle for changing a costume you don't like anymore?"	#1260	2022/06/22
The Giant's Favorite Self-Comedic Drawing(#5) Spoiler: Good Deeds Gone Unpunished Show "The banana tree scene in Good Deeds Gone Unpunished"	#1260	2022/06/22
On Transcribing Durkon's Accent(#8) "I do sometimes vary his accent depending on whether I think the meaning will be lost in a specific sentence if I don't...."	#1222	2020/12/30
The Giant on Being Constrained by His Own Decisions(#6) "...I accept the downside of being locked into certain aspects that I decided early as the price I pay for the freedom of getting to invent everything else as I go."	#1222	2020/12/30
The Giant's Favorite Character to Write(#31) "My favorite character to write is whichever one I'm focusing on at the moment." "...the most fun I've had writing a character in a long time was actually Zhou Bo...."	#1193	2020/03/01
The Giant on Doing Things Differently "I'm not really a 'go back and change it' kind of guy". Though if the comic were to restart today, #35 would never be made, there would be more women in the cast, and less direct rules references.	#980	2015/04/25
The Giant's Favorite Story Arc Start of Darkness. "It's the most complete as a story."	#980	2015/04/25
The Giant's Four Basic Regrets About the Comic	#980	2015/04/25
The Giant on Satisfying Strips	#980	2015/04/24
Writing OOTS isn't All Fun and Laughs Also, the Giant on regrets and emotions while drawing the comic, and on the jokes he's the most happy with.	#980	2015/04/24

Real World Intent
The Giant on Future Projects(#10) "I 100% fully expect to continue writing after OOTS is finished....What form that writing takes is still uncertain." See also here(#2): "I have definitely considered science fiction, yes....I have zero interest in horror, however."	#1193	2020/03/01
There are no Plans to Include a Transgender Character "...transgender-ism is the sole topic that has seen multiple people telling me my work caused them personal pain...." More here and here.	#1143	2018/10/10
On Author and Character Separation "Not everything a character says is intended to be the author's point of view. "	#980	2015/04/24
Verisimulitude as a Tool It's for story elements that shouldn't attract reader attention. More here.	#979	2015/03/30
On Why The Giant Writes for Representation "To do otherwise would be self-serving cowardice."	#972	2015/01/13
Authorship and Responsibility "Every aspect of the comic is under my direct control, so the only person who should be judged regarding the appropriateness of the language is me...." Also see this.	#959	2014/07/27
The Importance Of Messages in Stories "The author should not leave out his or her message so as not to disrupt the delicate story." More here: "The story is a tool for getting my ideas across, nothing more." (Also, Hinjo is color-blind.)	#959	2014/07/25
The Giant Applauding 5E D&D's Acknowledgement of Diversity Specifically, how the core rules take into account gender, gender identity, and sexuality; as referred to the article here.	#958	2014/07/24
On Distasteful Jokes in OOTS "I simply have no interest in doing so anymore because I have grown the **** up since then...." Also, there will be no rape scenes and no more spiked tentacle jokes in the comic.	#935	2013/12/20
Tarquin's Internal and External Evil About the message that the Giant developed Tarquin's character in part to convey.	#934	2013/12/08
On the story taking a more moral stance Two reasons from the author.	#931	2013/11/19
Stereotypes and Characters More thoughts on stereotypes, including race, weight, and vocation.	#931	2013/11/19
Slut-shaming in OOTS The Giant apologizes for Haley's slut-shaming in the comic, and gives further thoughts.	#931	2013/11/18
Challenging Storytelling Conventions "[There are] people who need to have their strict views on storytelling challenged. Much like Tarquin does."	#930	2013/11/13
Art Should Challenge Preconceptions	#891	2013/06/07
LGBT Characters Why there aren't more in the comic. Also see this, and what the Giant is doing about it.	#882	2013/04/08
D&D, Alignment, and Morality The Giant on the comic's criticism of the way D&D has been played for over three decades. "D&D cannot and should not begin and end at black-and-white, and indeed already doesn't, if everyone would just learn to look at things a little more complexly." See also here (D&D "racism" and alignment).	#835	2012/02/14
The Purpose of Fiction "Fantasy literature is ONLY worthwhile for what it can tell us about the real world; everything else is petty escapism." See also here.	#835	2012/02/14

Character Naming
How a Name Sounds is More Important Than Its Meaning(#7) "After all, people butcher the name Xykon constantly (Zykon, Xyklon, Xkon) but everyone still knows who they're talking about because no other character in the strip has a name even close to his."	#1208	2020/07/31
Azurite Names Why O-Chul isn't Oh Chul.	#879	2013/03/10
Tarquin's Name Named after a Roman King, not the Grand Moff.	#749	2010/10/11
Malack's Name Not based off of Darth Malak. Originally was going to be named Malachi.	#749	2010/10/10

The Story as a D&D Spoof
Order of the Stick Isn't Based on a "Real" Tabletop Game(#16) "I think I cribbed maybe three or four jokes from things that happened in a game session I played...."	#1193	2020/03/01
The OOTS World is a Humorously-Thin D&D Setting "...the generic vanilla world I'm using in OOTS fits for a comedic satire of the fantasy genre."	#949	2014/04/21
On Children, Souls and Afterlives Also, D&D cosmology makes no sense. More here (also, there is no "overgod" in the OotS cosmology).	#946	2014/03/19
D&D Spoofing The Giant on the comic's shift in focus from D&D gag-a-day jokes to a story that might appeal to a broader fanbase. More here.	#829	2012/01/22

Spoiler: Supporting the Strip

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Supporting the Strip
Don't Expect More OotS Magazine Strips(#10) "It was fun when I did it, but I'm really a lot more interested in the story than thinking up one-off gags over and over, especially when I can't hang them on the ongoing plot."	#1208	2020/07/31
There Could Possibly Be More Side-Story Books In the Future(#12) "I...can't rule out some stories that don't get released until after the main series ends, but there are no plans for a full-on spin-off or sequel or what have you."	#1208	2020/07/31
On the Periodic Availability of Past Calendars "...every single year, someone starts a thread like this and asks about the old calendars, so I turn them back on."	#1187	2019/11/24
Why the Giant Doesn't Use Print-On-Demand "You would be paying more for worse books...."	#1119	2018/05/03
On the Comic As a Business The website was originally intended to support a game design career, and the gaming comic was envisioned to keep people visiting the site to see the latest gaming articles. The comic was never produced purely for arts' sake: "It is a business of selling a creative work, but it is still a business." See also here, on Wizards of the Coast's Setting Search contest and how it led the Giant to "start Giant in the Playground as a place to publish my further work...."	#1066	2017/02/21
Other eBooks The Giant has "every intention of releasing all the regular books in the series as PDFs", and possibly Snips, Snails, and Dragon Tales eventually.	#1066	2017/02/21
Why Some PDFs are Larger than Others High resolution raster artwork, mostly.	#1029	2016/03/22
The OotS Strips in Gygax Magazine Will Be in a Collection Someday	#1020	2016/01/22
The Kickstarter Cameo It's Veldrina, who first appeared in 986.	#986	2015/05/18
The Giant's Feeling about the Kickstarter Today "Complex."	#980	2015/04/27
On Webcomics and Print as Mediums The webcomic is just a distribution method. "There are comic strips, and there are comic books, and there are hybrids in-between the two (like OOTS), and all of these things are published both on paper and on the internet"(#26).	#980	2015/04/25
Publication in Another Language? Unlikely to happen.	#980	2015/04/25
The Giant Doesn't Know How the Kickstarter Stories Will Be In Print Yet "One book or dispersed?" "...no idea yet."	#945	2014/02/17
How to Financially Support the Giant The Giant does not accept direct donations. Buying merchandise is preferred. More here, including thoughts about Patreon and digital products.	#918	2013/09/14
An OOTS "Munchkin" Board Game? No current plans for one.	#897	2013/07/06
An OOTS Computer Game? No current plans for one. See here for more.	#892	2013/06/10
For Those Who Missed Out on Kickstarter The swag, sans patches, will be very likely available again at some point.	#870	2012/02/24
Top Webcomics Do not vote for OOTS on Top Webcomics.	#724	2010/05/19

Spoiler: Spoilers from Book/PDF Content

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Spoiler: Start of Darkness

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Start of Darkness
On Xykon Losing His Ability to Taste Coffee(#5) "...the purpose of that scene was more to show Xykon losing touch with his humanity, specifically the way that his biological body may have actually been preventing him from becoming a true monster."	#1277	2023/03/10
On Redcloak's Niece(#11) "I felt Right-Eye needed the motivation his family provided in order to do what he attempted at the very end of Start of Darkness."	#1222	2020/12/30
How Xykon Broke Out How Xykon broke out (with some insight into The Giant's writing process). On Xykon and Redcloak's escape from Lirian, see also this post.	#862	2012/09/07
Redcloak's Little Sister She had not committed an Evil act, and certainly did not deserve execution.	#835	2012/02/14

Spoiler: Snips, Snails and Dragon Tails

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Snips, Snails and Dragon Tails
Dragon Magazine Alternate Panel What didn't show up in Snips, Snails, and Dragon Tails.	#799	2011/08/03

Spoiler: How the Paladin Got His Scar

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How the Paladin Got His Scar
Hinjo is "Around 15-16" during How the Paladin Got His Scar And the animal Saha Kapoor spoke with is a binturong.	#1135	2018/08/19

Spoiler: Kickstarter Bonus PDFs

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Kickstarter Bonus PDFs
Cornered For Donations "Nervous" and "Afraid" look pretty much the same, which helped with the misdirection at the start of Belkar's story.	#871	2013/02/25
Fire Threat Belkar did not actually burn the town down on his first adventure.	#870	2012/02/23