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2024-03-21, 11:45 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
with this move, we must be reaching the climax of this battle. I wonder if its time for an alternative way of finishing this up.
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2024-03-21, 11:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
That's a compelling idea...
I feel hir going to drink it and perhaps get back in shape, cos the encounter is far from be done..
And after Sunny is healed, then telekinesis might bring them in the upper floor? I hope so, it time to get all the hands on the deck
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2024-03-21, 12:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
Now that the Paladins might get involved (flying up on Sunny), I'm getting surer of my theory that Calder will be spared. Possibly by V as part of the redemption they're heading to. (Yes, a preposition at sentence's end. Per the Oxford University English Department, that's not a rule.)
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2024-03-21, 12:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
Riffing on the comic title, I get the impression Calder has accomplished the short-term goal of getting Bloodfeast off his neck, but will this will be a turning point that loses him the longer-term battle, bringing the Sapphire Guard into the fight.
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2024-03-21, 12:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
Makes sense.
Granny's got her guns ... (wands)
Healing of some sort, given that the one in this strip is green.
Hopefully.
Probably around the corner to avoid dragon breath.
Guessing yes. (Not expert on 3.x spells, though).
Plausible, but I don't get the impression that Calder is interested in surrendering.
O-Chul usually finds a way.
Fair point.
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2024-03-21, 12:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
I'm not so sure. O'Chull and Lien are flexible about how their oaths apply, and I think that in this situation they can be convinced to stand by and let the order kill Calder. Refusing to stop the murder of a surrendered foe doesn't break the Sapphire Guard oath apparently.
Honestly, it's more likely that V will try to stop the group, but even then I don't think that they will try.
I subscribe the the theory that Calder will split in a while and tangle with team evil, either helping them or trying to control them and tipping team evil off about how the Order of the Stick is definitely ahead of them.
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2024-03-21, 12:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
I've been saying this since we left Serini's house.
Does that mean I can collect on my bet that the party is going to split up? I was waiting for the paladins to start their own storyline, and if they did regroup with the party I had my statement prepared on how it was still proof that the party is too big. Rich is having to cycle characters in and out just to keep control of it all.TinyMushroom drew my avatarSpoiler: A shaggy dog storyAn evil sorcerer in command of a dark cult is trying to unleash a god-killing abomination more real than the gods themselves. At his side, yellow eyes revealed a Haunter of the Dark. The evil sorcerer ordered it to kill.
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2024-03-21, 12:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
If you ask me, this is far more a set-up for an epic double jumping Smite Evil attacks from O-Chul and Lien when Sunny comes back from carrying them.
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2024-03-21, 12:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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2024-03-21, 01:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
What a great surprise for this Thursday.
I guess the stasis trap doesn't immediately turn back on. Which would be awkward, considering half the Order is in it too. I wonder what the refractory period is? Or if it can reset at all?
Sunny's Eye is closed because it probably hurts like hell after getting thwacked by a dragon tail. Like not getting your glove up in time, and taking a baseball or softball off your face. (No reason why I picked that example, none at all...)
OTOH, all of the Order's magic goodies now work too.
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2024-03-21, 01:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
Oh no. Poor Bloodfeast. Thank God he has his full hitpoints even shrunken down.
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2024-03-21, 01:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
Hey looks like Serini IS still around
Maybe she will actually DO something now
Fun strip. Bloodfest seems a more accurate shade smaller than Calder does in this most recent panel-angle.
Looks like a good moment now to see how Lien and O-Chul work together with the OOTSers against a formidable opponent.
I see a double-halfling rage getting activated soon, like next strip. Everyone's gotta protect their kids. Belkar will activate in defense of Bloodfeast. Serini will activate to defend Sunny. HALFLING ATTACK!!!!!
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2024-03-21, 01:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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2024-03-21, 01:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
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2024-03-21, 01:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
I guess ball puns are cricket in this forum... I too, also love "Rule of Thump", and suspect it comes from similar categorization as Firefly's "Chain of Command."
Great catch on Sunny's varying status. That fall probably stung too. Dollar General 'Cleric's Feather Fall', coming right up!
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2024-03-21, 01:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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2024-03-21, 01:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
Yes. I think it's a good bet that at least one paladin will be riding Sunny (maybe one rides, and one gets TK'd?). But yeah, this seems like the means by which the paladins get themselves up and into the battle.
From the art, it looks like Calder could have tail smashed Sunny pretty much no matter where they were. On the ground made sense, since Minrah wanted to be with Sunny (maybe helping out, healing, etc), and Haley didn't want to keep holding her up in the air. Of course, no one quite accounted for the bouncability of Sunny. But then, who does?
I am a bit surprised that a single tail slap did that much damage though. Sunny was completely unharmed prior to that hit. I'd expect even a young eye-thingie to have enough HPs to take one hit without going unconscious like that. Then again, rule of cool, and "bouncing beholder" kinda maybe says otherwise...
I'd be shocked if this dungeon isn't hundreds of feet down under the ground through solid rock. Smashing a wall is one thing. Tunneling through a moutainside is a completely different one. It's kind of the quandary that Calder is in. Even if he wins/escapes, where does he go? We don't actually know where the exit to this place is.
They're both highly capable melee combatants. Calder, being a dragon, has tons of HPs, and decreasing those HPs is about the only way to defeat him. Having two more people with strong melee attacks would seem to be incredibly useful in this situation. Paladins get the same to-hit tables as fighters, so even if they don't have weapons on the same level as Roy's, they'll still be a significant asset to fighting against a dragon.
Paladins do get protection from evil as a first level spell. And it does seem to be a pretty obvious one for a paladin to have ready. Paladins also get good saves, and get bonuses to saves (ok, maybe O'chul might not get much of this bonus). If anything, they are the least likely to actually be dominated or affected by spells of any kind of just about anyone in the party.
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2024-03-21, 01:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
So at this point Calder’s horn-swap must be…something? I’d be surprised if it’s just an artistic oversight though.
Also, I hope we get to see an Epic Sneak Attack but I fear with or without that we’re about to see Serini get got. One of several points to the Calder fight could be to reassert that this is the Order’s story to finish. Better if Sunny isn’t there to see it happen.
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2024-03-21, 01:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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2024-03-21, 01:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
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2024-03-21, 02:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
bloodfeast, nooooo
belkar needs to protect him right away
i guess sunny when recovered will bring the paladins to the battle?
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2024-03-21, 02:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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2024-03-21, 02:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
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2024-03-21, 02:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
Well, Serini did sound like she needed some convincing that they are not utterly useless. And it would look cool.
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And O-Chul is the absolute least likely to get affected by anything that targets Fort as well, in addition to being the guy who can casually tank several of Xykon's blasting spells in a row while naked and still keep going.
I mean, it happened before.Last edited by Metastachydium; 2024-03-21 at 02:41 PM.
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2024-03-21, 02:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
I hope that Bloodfeast doesn't die because of this. And hope the paladins can help Sunny in some way.
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2024-03-21, 02:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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2024-03-21, 02:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
I just got the pun of "Short-Term Goal" (strip title).
Sunny is a soccer ball, bouncing into the goal.
And that will only be a short term win for Calder, as it allows for Paladin reinforcements.This ... is my signature finishing move!
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2024-03-21, 02:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
Aren't they all?
I mean, it happened before.Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
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2024-03-21, 03:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
I'm confused now... It's been two strips since Calder has been replaced by his opposite twin (notice how the broken horn has switched from right to left side) who may or may not be Trigak's mate looking for vengeance. But then where does that leave us with Fyron's son? Not to mention Redcloak's niece.
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2024-03-21, 03:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1300 - The Discussion Thread
I don't know if anyone had said this before but... Why does Calder have the left horn broken instead of the right in the last two strips?