Amused Frog posted:

we're all hosed

JustV posted:

I'm fine with it. After all, who's the villain that only cares about Halley and Elan?

And who's his constant traveling companion with a love of ice cream and puppies?

Affi posted:

The evil gods are kinda sorta on the dark ones side though. I bet the oracle wasn't there because Xykon would've killed him and trapped his soul.

V. Illych L. posted:

I think you all are missing something vital in his character here - he hasn't actually told anyone a lie since we met him, as far as I can understand. Bent the truth, sure, let people infer things that weren't true from his statements, absolutely, but outright lie? I don't think he's done that. So when he outright says that he's cool with helping Elan and co save the world, chances are he really means it and isn't just going to backstab them.

Affi posted:

How high do you figure the Kickstarter will go? I mean its still a whole (almost) month until we see the end. Is 300k possible?

Theler posted:

We actually know that Belkar has less than 7 weeks to live thanks to what Roy says here: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0666.html

I am not sure how much time has passed since then but at least a few weeks. So that's how we know his death is soon, likely in this confrontation.

CapnAndy posted:

Haley grew her hair back magically. No dice.

jng2058 posted:

_{And yeah, I think we can take it as given that V in particular is being a dick/oval office about it. And justifiably so what with the "tried to kill him" thing.}

Colon V posted:

You know, thinking on it, Roy would actually make a very good Iron Heart/Stone Dragon Warblade with very little changing about his combat style except he'd suddenly be far more dangerous.

Javid posted:

Them being just distant enough to escape the spell would not be out of sorts.

Dedhed posted:

Dorukan

CapnAndy posted:

Dramatically, it makes the most sense if Serini is the only Scribble member that the Order of the Stick actually gets to meet. Anyone who was there is gong to be able to answer a lot of questions, and that'll probably get held off until the finale.

farraday posted:

You should not need annotated family trees to figure this out.

Cliff Racer posted:

So Anel is what, True Neutral?

Cliff Racer posted:

Did Roy remember the Oracle's prediction, though? Everything in the afterlife is a blur to him.

NihilCredo posted:

That also assumes that we're not in a world where one side's cleric turn undead and cast Holy Smite and the other side's rebuke them and cast Unholy Blight. Or for that matter, where there is such a spell as Detect Evil (and Detect Good).

Bobulus posted:

The Dresden Files RPG does something neat along the lines of what Vorgen's talking about.

It has a willpower/humanity number for each character called refresh level that's basically your control over your own character's actions. Buying new awesome character skills (or taking inhuman skills if your character is some sort of half-vampire or something) is deducted from this number, and it also can be temporarily spent to improve dice rolls and resist in-character temptations.

The main thing is that if you end up as something non-mortal (represented by that number hitting 0), you automatically become an NPC, because your character is no longer capable of making choices. They basically have to follow their non-mortal nature, so the GM is going to run them as they were a monster.

(I'm simplifying this, but I mainly bring it up because I figure RPG talk isn't unwelcome in the OotS thread)

That said, the Goblins in OotS can make choices, so they're capable of changing their nature.

LightWarden posted:

RentACop posted:

Seriously it's best not to put much thought into Familicide's mechanics, Burlew certainly didn't

Pakled posted:

I just started following this thread and was worried that that sort of discussion was typical of this thread

Ashenai posted:

I don't think we knew for sure she was a succubus; she could have been an Erinyes, which are female winged devils. This was the whole point of that strip where Haley shot her with a cold iron and a silver arrow at the same time, and was frustrated at not knowing which one hurt her (cold iron hurts demons, silver hurts devils.)

Colon V posted:

I thought it was pretty clear that Durkon was exiled to never return, because it was stated in a prophecy that his return would cause some massive upheaval/civil war, and so when he returns posthumously, a world-saving hero and faithful of Thor having been exiled until his death for no reason, it'll cause a massive upheaval/civil war.

Umbra Dubium posted:

Does the fact that Durkon used the Mass- version of the spell mean Malack can't turn him now either? (Or Mister Scruffy?)

Wheresmy5bucks posted:

This is an RPG-Rules universe though. Simply being undead makes Malack Something Evil Rules-As-Written.

It's a pretty stupid rule.

inthesto posted:

I don't believe we've ever seen him use Divine Favor .

Ponsonby Britt posted:

Does Redcloak even have that mentality anymore? The goblinoids have a reasonably stable home nation - At the beginning of SoD, Redcloak waxes poetic about the need for an equal goblin homeland, on par with the dwarves and elves. "There's only one thing we need, brother; a level playing field. If we get that, and fail to build utopia, then we deserve whatever Fate bestows upon us." But now Redcloak is abandoning the goblin homeland, in order to continue on with the insane, spirit-of-the-goblins-killing, petty and spiteful Plan. Right-eye and Xykon were both right - Redcloak isn't in this for the betterment of goblins, he's in it because of his own pride, shame, and inability to own up to his own actions. He's the classical tragic figure - Fate is going to take his flaw, and use it to ruin an entire people. I agree with you that Jirix was turning away from Xykon and Redcloak - but Jirix is the one who actually gives a poo poo about the goblinoid people, not Redcloak.

Also, while I was rereading SoD I remembered that Redcloak still has a niece out there somewhere. I can't wait to see how that Chekhov's gun goes off.

Voyager I posted:

stacking feats for huge damage on mounted charges

Message posted:

obligation or duty

Phenotype posted:

Does anyone really wish they weren't so invested in the drat story already? It really bothers me that I'm supporting a guy who can't get off his rear end to produce at least a single strip every week. Even if he's working on some Kickstater fulfillment stuff, it doesn't seem to be asking too much for a guy who makes his living off of writing a comic strip to actually produce a comic strip on a regular basis. (Or, just not offer Kickstarter rewards that require the strip to suffer while he works on them.) Hell, you're not even allowed to mention the fact on his forums. Is there some reason Rich still has a fan base, and not just a ton of people wondering why he's such a lazy sack of poo poo?

LightWarden posted:

Chuuls aren't outsiders so they're not something you can normally summon using spells. Mezzoloth was mentioned earlier, and Piscoloth is another option.

D&D has a fair amount of evil lobster monsters.

sebmojo posted:

Yep, but IIRC only as part of a joke to say he wouldn't be drawing any more beholders (as they're part of 'Product Identity' and not covered by the OGL.)

Re the Tarrasque, rpg.net had one of its periodically brilliant setting riffs on a city built around the Tarrasque and ways it might be extrapolated. Pinioned on huge Adamantium pikes, perpetually flensed for its ever-regenerating flesh, the population addicted to its magical blood. It's pretty cool.

Archenteron posted:

Haley's Icy Burst bow is also +4 or +5, isn't it? And even if the crits don't work, she can still set it todo a bit of extra cold damage each attack to help plink through.