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sansuki posted:Look at that, actual character growth. V didn't rise to his bait. Also, why Ranch Plane? I thought he had to go to a real plane? This setting clearly has a vastly larger number of Elemental Planes than the rest; it's the same reason chlorine and titanium elementals are available to summon. Plus it's funny.
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Spell description says "plane of existence or alternate dimension". Comedic planes count. Though he could have sent V to one of the more lethal planes (or led with this spell first). Unless the fiends send a courier to bring V home, the wizard is out for a while.
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Aug 22, 2011 23:21
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I like to think that the dark elf, in haste, didn't have any particular plane in mind, and happened to be craving some ranch-dipped vegetables at the time.
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Aug 22, 2011 23:25
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Don't know about you guys, but I'm currently on my way to the store to pick up some broccoli and ranch.
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Sefer posted:This setting clearly has a vastly larger number of Elemental Planes than the rest; it's the same reason chlorine and titanium elementals are available to summon. Indeed. Scientifically, ranch is much funnier than vinaigrette, and would even tops (but only slightly) Bleu Cheese.
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Aug 22, 2011 23:40
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Effingham posted:Indeed. I think the Thousand Island Islands might of topped it, but that might be harder to draw.
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Aug 22, 2011 23:43
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sansuki posted:Also, why Ranch Plane? I thought he had to go to a real plane? Maybe V was fighting a Sauceror this whole time. 
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Bobulus posted:Maybe V was fighting a Sauceror this whole time. Kingdom of Loathing accounts for everyone!
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Bobulus posted:Maybe V was fighting a Sauceror this whole time. Thank the Green Goddess
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Post poste posted:I think the Thousand Island Islands might of topped it, but that might be harder to draw. Oooh, I'm getting evil ideas for my next campaign. Mwa ha ha ha! (ahem.)
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I love how the Ranch Dressing elemental is so friendly. Summon a fire, water, or chlorine elemental and you get a murderous beast. But Ranch Dressing elementals just want to dip stuff in other stuff, or presumably themselves. It is the true essence of all dressing planes (and perhaps topping planes as well) that they just want to be true to their natures, I guess?
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Vorgen posted:I love how the Ranch Dressing elemental is so friendly. Summon a fire, water, or chlorine elemental and you get a murderous beast. But Ranch Dressing elementals just want to dip stuff in other stuff, or presumably themselves. It is the true essence of all dressing planes (and perhaps topping planes as well) that they just want to be true to their natures, I guess? Well I mean maybe all the elementals really just want a hug, the ranch dressing elementals just want to hug people and dip stuff in other stuff by a side effect, fire elementals just want a hug and end up burning things as a side effect, chlorine gas and water elementals just want to hug things and end up suffocating people as a side effect and the titanium elemental just wants to hug things and has no concept of his own strength?
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Forer posted:Well I mean maybe all the elementals really just want a hug, the ranch dressing elementals just want to hug people and dip stuff in other stuff by a side effect, fire elementals just want a hug and end up burning things as a side effect, chlorine gas and water elementals just want to hug things and end up suffocating people as a side effect and the titanium elemental just wants to hug things and has no concept of his own strength? I know this would never actually be the legit D&D reason for elementals attacking people, but it would be SO much better if it actually was. If I ever get to play a campaign again, I'm gonna do that. And if you summon an elemental, they're so angry at being taken away from their plane of hugs, they refuse to hug the one who brought them there, and hug everyone else to make him jealous.
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I'm really wondering if we aren't going to see more of that kobold in the future as something of a Belkar replacement, given that Belkar is going to die/leave the material plane for good at some point (unless they go with undead/something else Belkar).
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The Lord of Hats posted:I'm really wondering if we aren't going to see more of that kobold in the future as something of a Belkar replacement, given that Belkar is going to die/leave the material plane for good at some point (unless they go with undead/something else Belkar). Belkar is probably the most popular character by a mile, so I doubt he's going anywhere, dead or not. Durkon though, Durkon can gently caress right off.
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Durkon fills so many roles, though! He's the straight man, the dwarf, the voice of religion, and the Cleric. It's true he doesn't have a lot of individual personality, but he provides a springboard for the other members to show their stuff. 
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I think the reason Durkon has been absent is that he's grappling with the last living LG member we haven't seen yet.
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Toussaint Louverture posted:I think the reason Durkon has been absent is that he's grappling with the last living LG member we haven't seen yet.
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XkyRauh posted:Durkon fills so many roles, though! He's the straight man, the dwarf, the voice of religion, and the Cleric. It's true he doesn't have a lot of individual personality, but he provides a springboard for the other members to show their stuff. Durkon's personality is dwarf.
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navyjack posted:Hilga! Bow-chicka-bow-wow! Grapple rules ahoy! Save vs Sexy. Whatever happened to that LG dwarf lady he was alone in the dark with, anyway?
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terminal mehmet posted:Whatever happened to that LG dwarf lady he was alone in the dark with, anyway?
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navyjack posted:Hilga? She was NE not LG. She ran off after Durkon rejected her because she had a husband (who she poisoned and may be dead.). She was replaced by the gnome Druid. Linear Guild not Lawful Good
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Wasn't she Chaotic Evil? She worshiped Loki, after all.
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Cliff Racer posted:Wasn't she Chaotic Evil? She worshiped Loki, after all. Actually, if you go by Dragon Magazine 214, Loki is actually lawful good, because
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terminal mehmet posted:Linear Guild not Lawful Good :facepalm: God I'm dumb.
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Oh dear I hope Rich isn't going to die anytime soon.
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Lately V has been getting upstaged by her familiar. The ultimate shame for a Caster.
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Nystral posted:Oh dear I hope Rich isn't going to die anytime soon. Hey, your tactic worked!
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 New strip "Saved by the belt" 
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Saw the joke coming. Good one though.
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Too bad it's not a 2nd Edition BoGS, that just set the STR score to a certain value, if I remember correctly.
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Taerkar posted:Too bad it's not a 2nd Edition BoGS, that just set the STR score to a certain value, if I remember correctly. Going from memories of playing Baldur's Gate 2 I think it's Hill-Giant - 18 STR Stone-Giant - 19 STR Fire-Giant - 20 STR
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So is Thog ultimately the better combatant? Roy might be smarter and actually make things like plans, but that's clearly not counting for much in an arena (literally, an arena) where victory comes down to strength score. Almost reminds me of the old Batman vs. whoever arguments. Roy without preptime, so to speak. Which isn't to say that he's usually acting according to a cunning plan, just that there's little chance to outwit or outplay Thog here.
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Nilbop posted:Going from memories of playing Baldur's Gate 2 I think it's It's Hill Giant - 19 STR Stone Giant - 20 STR Fire Giant - 21 STR Frost Giant - 22 STR And the Gauntlets of Ogre Strength give 18/00, not normal 18
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I was thinking about the strip today, and something that occurred to me was the inversion of the Linear Guild and the Order of the Stick. In the OS, the most important member and leader is Roy (the fighter guy) and the least useful and lower end of the totem pole is Elan; in the LG, the most important member and leader is the Elan analogue, Nale, and the least useful and lower end of the totem pole is is Thog (the fighter guy). I love that they aren't only alignment opposites, they're literally polar opposites.
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Dolash posted:So is Thog ultimately the better combatant? Roy might be smarter and actually make things like plans, but that's clearly not counting for much in an arena (literally, an arena) where victory comes down to strength score. A fighter without his weapon of specialization is just a dude with a lot of feats. A barbarian is a loving barbarian all the time.
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Dolash posted:So is Thog ultimately the better combatant? Roy might be smarter and actually make things like plans, but that's clearly not counting for much in an arena (literally, an arena) where victory comes down to strength score. The difference between Roy and Batman is that Batman would have planned to deal with not having preptime to make a plan. He is just that good at plans.
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Dolash posted:So is Thog ultimately the better combatant? Possibly. Barbarians get more hitpoints per level as well as a small amount of damage reduction and Roy has probably spent a lot of his bonus feats on things that require him to be wielding a great sword to matter. Thog is most likely stronger than Roy too, especially if he is raging.
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Poil posted:Possibly. Barbarians get more hitpoints per level as well as a small amount of damage reduction and Roy has probably spent a lot of his bonus feats on things that require him to be wielding a great sword to matter. Thog is most likely stronger than Roy too, especially if he is raging. You missed the bit in the last comic where Roy was almost back to being even with Thog until the dog got thrown through the wall, at which point he started raging again.
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