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 #1172: Ray of Hope  Also, new book announcement: Book 6: Utterly Dwarfed quote:I'm thrilled to announce the sixth book in our main storyline, The Order of the Stick: Utterly Dwarfed. This book will cover all the material in the main strip from #947 until the end of the current storyline—basically, everything since the art upgrade. I know you're probably thinking, "Wait, did we get to the end of the current storyline?" No, dear reader, we did not. But we're close enough for me to have a pretty good page count for how much is left. The last time we did a new book, it was the smoothest and most hassle-free printing experience I've ever had, by far, and a large part of that was the fact that it had a much longer than usual window between announcing the book and it sitting on store shelves. Therefore, I've decided to keep that same longer pre-order period, which in turn means that if I want to have this book in everyone's hands by Christmas, I need to put it on sale now. quote:The Order of the Stick: Utterly Dwarfed quote:OOTS 2020 Spell Calendar Stabbey_the_Clown fucked around with this message at 14:48 on Jul 29, 2019 |
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Jul 29, 2019 14:35
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GENIUS, although presumably there was a greater plan than that.
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Yeah I'm guessing the ray of light wasn't the plan. Hey, does the forcefield cover the roof hole? Is it a wall or a bubble? And anything from the sky that can break dominate? MikeJF fucked around with this message at 14:47 on Jul 29, 2019 |
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:
They got this, just pull out a big harp like Medli in the wind waker. Reflecting sunlight isn't illegal.
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Jul 29, 2019 14:46
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Hammer returns and knocks out rest of ceiling is my bet
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The real fun will be to see who the hammer hits when it returns. Edit vvvvvv oooh, even better
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MikeJF posted:Yeah I'm guessing the ray of light wasn't the plan.
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Jul 29, 2019 14:52
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I wonder if reflecting sunlight from some sort of polished surface at a vampire would count as an attack.
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Tenebrais posted:I wonder if reflecting sunlight from some sort of polished surface at a vampire would count as an attack.
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Jul 29, 2019 14:54
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It'd be very on brand for a dnd player if that it was his whole plan.
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Man, this is such an unbelievable story at this point. There are a few politicians with a brain. 
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"just like pa did" makes it like 90% certain the plan is a cave in
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thank god roy's eyes glow now or else his last remaining asset to the team (knowledge: architecture) would have been outdone by a caster too
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The ceiling is gonna collapse, yeah. I expect Roy's knowledge:architecture to come into play. Possible a ray->Roy pun.
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That's a hit right in the middle of the dome, which is the part that makes it stable. It's just like the keystone in an arch, but 3D. That ceiling is coming down in short order.
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Venuz Patrol posted:thank god roy's eyes glow now or else his last remaining asset to the team (knowledge: architecture) would have been outdone by a caster too A dwarf obviously has a untrained racial bonus to knowledge architecture!
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Raenir Salazar posted:A dwarf obviously has a untrained racial bonus to knowledge architecture! They do. quote:Stonecunning: This ability grants a dwarf a +2 racial bonus on Search checks to notice unusual stonework, such as sliding walls, stonework traps, new construction (even when built to match the old), unsafe stone surfaces, shaky stone ceilings, and the like. Something that isn’t stone but that is disguised as stone also counts as unusual stonework. A dwarf who merely comes within 10 feet of unusual stonework can make a Search check as if he were actively searching, and a dwarf can use the Search skill to find stonework traps as a rogue can. A dwarf can also intuit depth, sensing his approximate depth underground as naturally as a human can sense which way is up.
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:Also, new book announcement: Book 6: Utterly Dwarfed Eh I thought about preordering it, but for some reason $70 shipping cost to Europe made me reconsider.
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Jul 29, 2019 16:00
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I just realized this is almost word for word the ability of Hive Worlders in Dark Heresy. Just replace "caves and stone" with "space Kowloon"
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ultrafilter posted:That's a hit right in the middle of the dome, which is the part that makes it stable. It's just like the keystone in an arch, but 3D. That ceiling is coming down in short order.
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Jul 29, 2019 16:31
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if the field isn't covered, V can fly over and cast a dispel through the hole maybe somewhere a nerd is very mad at me with regard to spell ranges
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mmkay posted:Eh I thought about preordering it, but for some reason $70 shipping cost to Europe made me reconsider. If its anything like the other books, amazon will have it for a decent price later on. I have all the OotS books and the only one I ordered from america was the Dragon one and shipping was very expensive on it.
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ultrafilter posted:That's a hit right in the middle of the dome, which is the part that makes it stable. It's just like the keystone in an arch, but 3D. That ceiling is coming down in short order. This just goes to show how lovely the vampire spirit inhabiting the Exarch is, frankly. If it had done its job properly, it would have realized exactly what was going on, because I guarantee the Exarch had some pretty impressive Architecture knowledge ranks.
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I mean, the Exarch is probably putting up one hell of a fight in the vampire's mind, given the stakes.
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Well, yeah, I just wanted to extra-shittalk the spirit itself, too. It's constantly mocking the Exarch for being unimaginative and literal-minded and boring, and if it gets toasted because he managed to lull it into a false sense of architectural security, it'll be the icing on the cake.
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EimiYoshikawa posted:This just goes to show how lovely the vampire spirit inhabiting the Exarch is, frankly. If it had done its job properly, it would have realized exactly what was going on, because I guarantee the Exarch had some pretty impressive Architecture knowledge ranks.  To give him credit, it's probably only been a couple of rounds, and he went from being burned alive to having the strongest opposing force (Durkon) be completely neutralized. It's not a whole lot of time for someone to go "oh hey that hole in the ceiling is probably bad."
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mmkay posted:Eh I thought about preordering it, but for some reason $70 shipping cost to Europe made me reconsider. Yeah, Ookadook's shipping sucks. Even in the U.S. it's $15, making it a $50 purchase.
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Shugojin posted:if the field isn't covered, V can fly over and cast a dispel through the hole maybe Is it necessary for V to dispel them if/when the hall collapses? -What if there are obscure Dwarven by-laws that makes the voting null and void without the room? Ergo, the plot is moot because in short order V or someone will be by to dispel them. i.e the whole point is buying time, not giving V a means to get in. -Maybe the mere fact of the collapse is enough to give them a will save because the domination might infringe on their survival instincts to leave the room. The Vampire tells them to stay (and die) this should prompt a will save if normally they would leave, since I imagine Dwarves maybe don't like collapsed tunnels much.
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Collapsing the ceiling also might just bathe the entire area in sunlight, providing nowhere for the vampires to go.
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mmkay posted:Eh I thought about preordering it, but for some reason $70 shipping cost to Europe made me reconsider. They normally show up on Amazon within a day or so of release. Not sure why these small publishers have such insane shipping costs; it’s the same for Kobold Press and their d&d release. $45 shipping if you preorder, free from amazon if you don’t mind waiting a little while.
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Also dead dwarves don't vote.
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Watch as the ceiling collapses, all of the vampires die... And then it turns out that by some obscure bylaws, there’s no taking back the votes, mind control or no.
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Eifert Posting posted:Also dead dwarves don't vote. Plus, I've seen enough vote tampering to know that the dead DO vote! (The Simpsons did it first: Snowball I)
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Gonna predict that all of the votes cast will not be able to be changed back once the voters break domination. And it's gonna come down to another split vote dependent on convincing that one nerd that saving the world is the right thing to do.
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So Durkon being turned to stone is something that can be reversed, right
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Unlucky7 posted:So Durkon being turned to stone is something that can be reversed, right This seems like the sort of thing a decent cleric would be able to do? Petrification isn't a super obscure effect.
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Unlucky7 posted:So Durkon being turned to stone is something that can be reversed, right Yeah, Haley got petrified that one time and she was restored right after by casting Break Enchantment. (Same thing happened to Celia way back in the first dungeon, too.) There's also Stone to Flesh, which is an amazing spell, because it was made to reverse petrification, but it works on any kind of stone.
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Unlucky7 posted:So Durkon being turned to stone is something that can be reversed, right It goes away after the meeting is adjourned. 
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Gwyneth Palpate posted:It goes away after the meeting is adjourned. FORMALLY adjourned everyone running away is not a formal adjournment
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