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Pope Guilty posted:I dunno, so far his plan seems to be unraveling. That's quite the blanket statement.
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ConfusedUs posted:That's quite the blanket statement. Is it really? I'm not sure he can arrive before Tarquin finishes calling Elan on the carpet.
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Pope Guilty posted:I dunno, so far his plan seems to be unraveling. Nah he is woven into the plot. In fact I predict that Julio will take his needle and punch it through tarquin's back(ing). Shwqa fucked around with this message at 06:59 on Dec 19, 2013 |
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MonsterEnvy posted:Well Wights are free willed as long as if their controller or creator dies. (Sadly they are abominations that hate life so them being free from their controller means they will still attack you.) It's why when a Necromancer creates his first Wight he better be sure to keep that one safe because if it dies he will lose control of all the ones it created. Ohhhh, that's why it was important for Redcloak to command Tsukiko's wights to devour themselves in a particular order in that strip. Never caught an answer to that back when the strip was current, but that makes a lot of sense.
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Shwqa posted:
Not really. Vampires have a permanent, immutable in-game restrictions on their alignment. It's not like Drow where every other one somehow is a chaotic good self insertion fantasy. They literally have to be evil. Also they're not a race so, you know, there's that. I want a new comic. 
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Shwqa posted:Edit: it's illegal to be a vampire? That is some racist poo poo right there. See, you have to understand that racism and bigotry are outpourings of humanity's instinctual hatred of the Other, of the non-group, of the darkness that goes bump in the night. We mistakenly apply that vitriol and hatred to those people that look different from us and that's wrong, because what we really should be directing all that racist hatred at are the true monsters, the vampires and werewolves and ghouls and goblins that haunt the darkness beyond the firelight. So you're drat straight I'm racist against vampires and proud of it! The only good vampire is a dead vampire and I'm going to stake the next goddamn bloodsucker I see. (directing those instincts against fantasy races also illustrates how ridiculous it is to hate actual people so much.)
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Vorgen posted:The only good vampire is a dead vampire and I'm going to stake the next goddamn bloodsucker I see. But all vampires are dead and none of them are good!
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jsoh posted:But all vampires are dead and none of them are good! Sonny, you just blew. my. goddamned. mind.
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I met a vampire once who wore a helm of opposite alignment. He was a good vampire. Staked himself immediately because the only good vampire is a dead vampire. This instantly brought all other vampires back to life because the helm of opposite alignment was actually a helm of opposite idioms, so the only dead vampire was a good vampire.
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Dec 19, 2013 14:11
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Looks like Rich was able to get the comic remade pretty quickly: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0935.html
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V's familiar nabbed an Ioun stone.  e: Ooh, he got the best one Laurin had, too.
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Dec 19, 2013 21:53
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I just love Elan's songs. Not even this on in particular, just in general.
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Dec 19, 2013 21:59
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Glad he was able to find another machine and bang this one out. It shows he doesn't have all his normal assets though - check out the slight color shifting on stuff like Laurin's hair, it has a green tint now, and some of the other chars look like they suffer from bad bucket fills. Also hooray for Sabine already getting a bit of revenge. And Tarquin looks so mad at Elan's singing, haha.
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Gally posted:Glad he was able to find another machine and bang this one out. It shows he doesn't have all his normal assets though - check out the slight color shifting on stuff like Laurin's hair, it has a green tint now, and some of the other chars look like they suffer from bad bucket fills. https://twitter.com/RichBurlew/status/413772739028058116
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Gally posted:Glad he was able to find another machine and bang this one out. It shows he doesn't have all his normal assets though - check out the slight color shifting on stuff like Laurin's hair, it has a green tint now, and some of the other chars look like they suffer from bad bucket fills. I thought something looked off about dreadlocks guy. Still, it's better than waiting 3 weeks on a replacement mac shipping to god knows where. That Ioun stone Blackwing swiped was the "bonus caster level" one right? I bet V's gonna get some mileage out of that. edit: My Lovely Horse posted:I think it was worth it. That's putting it mildly. He's hanging off the edge of an airship, his only remaining ally just bounced and if he tries to pull himself up, they'll just shake him off the side again. Tarquin has lost with a capital L, all they have to do now is wait until he falls. MechanicalTomPetty fucked around with this message at 22:12 on Dec 19, 2013 |
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Dec 19, 2013 22:06
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I think it was worth it. Tarquin's back to status "screwed" again.
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That "I made a poor decision!" panel is I think my favorite OoTS panel or at least as long as I can remember. Really put a smile on my face.
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Casterfight.  That was a nice strip.
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My Lovely Horse posted:Tarquin's back to status "screwed" again. At this point all somebody has to do is say, "but nobody could have survived that!" and Tarquin's Final Form will climb back onto the ship and give the Order the fight of their lives.
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I wonder why Laurin is clearly fighting defensively. She never tried any offensive powers, and ignored a direct order from Tarquin to "nova" everyone. The only time she's done anything directly harmful to others is self-defense (psychic scream after Miron got offed and she was next, shocking direct attackers like Blackwing). Even suppressing Roy for Tarquin to stab him was pretty neutral. Any bets on how angry Tarquin is going to be next strip? The font is actually more readable than usual - the comic typically suffers from bad GIF artifacting on the font, and it's not quite as present in today's strip.
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When you're only in the fight as a favour and don't have personal stakes in it per se, you probably don't want to get too much on the bad side of the guys who already gave your friend a huge amount of trouble.
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Brannock posted:I wonder why Laurin is clearly fighting defensively. She never tried any offensive powers, and ignored a direct order from Tarquin to "nova" everyone. The only time she's done anything directly harmful to others is self-defense (psychic scream after Miron got offed and she was next, shocking direct attackers like Blackwing). Even suppressing Roy for Tarquin to stab him was pretty neutral.
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My Lovely Horse posted:I think it was worth it. Basically any minute now Roy's going to come back up fully healed, and Tarquin's going to have to deal with him and V dogpiling him.
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Dec 19, 2013 22:36
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"I have in excess of twenty-five spells remaining. Not counting cantrips." "..." *pop!* Oh, I about pissed myself at that.
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Brannock posted:The font is actually more readable than usual - the comic typically suffers from bad GIF artifacting on the font, and it's not quite as present in today's strip. I'm not quite sure how to tell you guys... ...to be frank I'm highly shocked at this turn of events myself... ...THE STRIP IS IN .PNG 
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NihilCredo posted:...THE STRIP IS IN .PNG MOTHER OF GOD! 
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Man, imagine what Julio's going through now, what with being at the end of a rope attached to an airship that just did a flip/loop. And if Laurin really did just teleport completely out of the fight like Mirion did... drat, I'm really looking forward to the latest incoming spasm in Tarquin's meltdown.
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I like how the Mechane has very strict standing orders about dramatic integrity, which the leading officer on deck enforces at all times. I think the reason V led with so many dispellable non-blaster (force cage, resilient sphere, dimensional anchor, etc.) spells is that s/he was almost out of blaster spells. That "25 spell slots" might have been a decent-sized bluff. And Tarquin isn't the only guy hanging over the edge, there's also Julio (who is just waiting for the dramatically perfect moment to appear).
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Now that Sabine's made her contribution, I don't think there's anything left in the checklist before Tarquin's final curtain call.
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NihilCredo posted:...THE STRIP IS IN .PNG Dam it, Rich, how do you expect me to read this on a 14.4kbaud connection!
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Regalingualius posted:Man, imagine what Julio's going through now, what with being at the end of a rope attached to an airship that just did a flip/loop. I think Julio would be more disappointed if an airship didn't do a sweet flip while he was hanging onto the rope.
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FMguru posted:I like how the Mechane has very strict standing orders about dramatic integrity, which the leading officer on deck enforces at all times. All V had to do was bog Laurin down with effects she had to waste power points on in order to even have the ability to go nuclear, which is precisely what s/he did. Whether s/he had any blaster spells left or not was irrelevant, both s/he and Laurin knew that even if they were 25 CC type spells Laurin could be ground down to a dangerously low amount of PP by simple delaying tactics.
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Spiderdrake posted:That "I made a poor decision!" panel is I think my favorite OoTS panel or at least as long as I can remember. Really put a smile on my face. It's certainly my favourite from this arc (so far).
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This comic is a big deal from a character narrative. V has changed big time from her fall. She used his non-damage spells to win the fight more easily then her fireballs ever could. She used the advice from someone else to come up with the plan. And she was working as a team with her familiar.
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Given the penultimate panel, I'm hoping I'm not alone in thinking that V's saying 'superior intelligence' as a double entendre when previously he/she would just have been boasting.
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Shwqa posted:And she was working as a team with her familiar. http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0799.html Compared to the last duel,V even asked if Blackwing was ok 
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Shwqa posted:This comic is a big deal from a character narrative. V has changed big time from her fall. She used his non-damage spells to win the fight more easily then her fireballs ever could. She used the advice from someone else to come up with the plan. And she was working as a team with her familiar. It's certainly an improvement even from an earlier point in this arc, where she was fighting Nale's team: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0799.html And even that last fight was a huge step up pre-splice EDIT: Oh hey, beaten to the punch 
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Alchenar posted:Given the penultimate panel, I'm hoping I'm not alone in thinking that V's saying 'superior intelligence' as a double entendre when previously he/she would just have been boasting. It clearly is. "Intelligence" can also mean knowledge about the enemy.
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Shwqa posted:This comic is a big deal from a character narrative. V has changed big time from her fall. She used his non-damage spells to win the fight more easily then her fireballs ever could. She used the advice from someone else to come up with the plan. And she was working as a team with her familiar. I actually like V's arc so far. Out of all the characters she seems to have had the most character growth. After a series of bad decisions with terrible consequences she's made a real change within herself - she has recognized she is not perfect nor all-knowing, and her actions reflect this. Everything from the way she regards others to her tactics in battle reflect a newfound humility and desire to atone for her actions. It's hard to believe she was a sobbing wreck mere hours ago (in-story) after having the sheer scope of her fuckup revealed in the pyramid.
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mutantmell posted:Looks like Rich was able to get the comic remade pretty quickly: O GOD I LOVE THIS STRIP
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