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killerwhat posted:Anyone got a go-to example page to send to people? I want to recommend OOTS to friends but it doesn't sell itself well just looking at the first couple of strips. Might have to flick through my printed books (good thing I have no other plans this evening) to find something that looks epic and exciting but without spoilers. 322 was my first strip.
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The page where Roy is asking the Oracle where the bad guys will go next while leaving a huge loophole that the comic points out by switching to team evil’s pov.
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I started at around 422-423, the start of the battle for Azure City. That hooked me and probably would serve as a decent intro to the strip: each character has a chance to shine and show themselves, and there's plenty of action.
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ConfusedUs posted:The page where Roy is asking the Oracle where the bad guys will go next while leaving a huge loophole that the comic points out by switching to team evil’s pov. 331! I like 541 as an introduction to the baddies. Xykon putting O-Chul into an acid vat.
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If you're gonna hand them a book, you'd probably be best starting with War and XPs, which actually starts in time that you can see ConfusedUs posted:The page where Roy is asking the Oracle where the bad guys will go next while leaving a huge loophole that the comic points out by switching to team evil’s pov. Edit: #301 to #484, specifically.
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#173 was the first OotS page I read, which is far from an interesting place to start and I was in the middle of high school and could barely understand enough English to read the comic, but it hooked me anyways. I have followed OotS my entire adult life, which is kinda wild to think about.
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Jul 30, 2022 22:03
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Posting on the 'leetest page Idk, it's a hard question because it's such a tough sell with any single strip. I would maybe try the conceptual play of 'it started as a gag strip about DND but fairly quickly became a legit pop literature epic with great character arcs that shows every sign of sticking the landing. also, it's quite funny.'
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The I hope you like text of the ootsverse
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Your honor, League of Legends.
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girl dick energy posted:
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I'm partial to 345.
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killerwhat posted:Anyone got a go-to example page to send to people? I want to recommend OOTS to friends but it doesn't sell itself well just looking at the first couple of strips. Might have to flick through my printed books (good thing I have no other plans this evening) to find something that looks epic and exciting but without spoilers. Why not pass them the relatively short and self-contained story, "No Cure for the Paladin Blues"? At the end is says there's a world-ending threat, but c'mon. That was a given.
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The proper way to introduce it is by showing them the guest comic on 8-bit theater
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The theater snacks interlude. It's got drama, pathos, and action packed into a single page. And it's hilarious.
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killerwhat posted:Anyone got a go-to example page to send to people? I want to recommend OOTS to friends but it doesn't sell itself well just looking at the first couple of strips. Might have to flick through my printed books (good thing I have no other plans this evening) to find something that looks epic and exciting but without spoilers. Roy falling to his death?
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Parahexavoctal posted:Roy falling to his death?
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The first strip I ever saw was Elan and Thog in jail (with the nail not-nale monologue) and I bounced off it hard. I don't remember what actually brought me back to give the comic a second chance, and which strip was it, but I think it happened in the break before Blood runs in the Family.
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How is the vertical layout of the fall handled in the books?
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Jul 31, 2022 14:56
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It's broken up into page-height panels that are laid out horizontally.
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McCloud posted:This seems like an incredibly bad idea that's absolutely going to backfire hilariously, just like all his other schemes I think from what we've learned in the past, it needs to be around Redcloak's neck. It sets up a comedy of errors that starts with Xykon's spoiler ace in the hole from Start of Darkness. Here's how I see a sequence of events playing out, spoiler tagging because it relies on the Start of Darkness thing: Redcloak will probably at some point learn of MitD's newfound morality and use that knowledge to successfully manipulate it into backing him against Xykon. Of course we know that MitD has a magical compulsion placed on him by Xykon to eat Redcloak and spit out the phylactery should Redcloak ever betray him. So of course when Redcloak finally enacts his plan, he'll be surprised by the MitD turning on him and get eaten. MitD will spit out the phylactery as instructed, but Xykon won't realize that it's the real one, still thinking the decoy in the Astral Fortress is legit. He'll be amused and either casually destroy the phylactery himself, or ignore it and leave it to be found by the OotS. Either way Xykon has ironically set up his own downfall by thinking the "spit out the phylactery" part of the spell is no longer relevant.
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Mylan posted:I think from what we've learned in the past, it needs to be around Redcloak's neck. It sets up a comedy of errors that starts with Xykon's spoiler ace in the hole from Start of Darkness. Here's how I see a sequence of events playing out, spoiler tagging because it relies on the Start of Darkness thing: Redcloak will probably at some point learn of MitD's newfound morality and use that knowledge to successfully manipulate it into backing him against Xykon. Of course we know that MitD has a magical compulsion placed on him by Xykon to eat Redcloak and spit out the phylactery should Redcloak ever betray him. So of course when Redcloak finally enacts his plan, he'll be surprised by the MitD turning on him and get eaten. MitD will spit out the phylactery as instructed, but Xykon won't realize that it's the real one, still thinking the decoy in the Astral Fortress is legit. He'll be amused and either casually destroy the phylactery himself, or ignore it and leave it to be found by the OotS. Either way Xykon has ironically set up his own downfall by thinking the "spit out the phylactery" part of the spell is no longer relevant. Oh, that's really clever.
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killerwhat posted:Anyone got a go-to example page to send to people? I want to recommend OOTS to friends but it doesn't sell itself well just looking at the first couple of strips. Might have to flick through my printed books (good thing I have no other plans this evening) to find something that looks epic and exciting but without spoilers. Maybe the literal sidequest in the wood with the bandit camp and the black dragon?
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New page - https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1264.html
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This one ruled
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What the heck is that thing.
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Wittgen posted:What the heck is that thing. It's a being of pure Law from Mechanus. Probably metal and clockwork-y.
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I feel a Minions lawsuit is coming...
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The title joke is real good for this page.
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Wittgen posted:What the heck is that thing. Lawful good has angels, lawful neutral has these dudes
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it's obviously a Quarton, the fourth most powerful kind of modron of which only 4^2 exist, it's like none of you people have ever obsessed over the nerdiest aspects of a discontinued element of the franchise
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Zulily Zoetrope posted:it's obviously a Quarton, the fourth most powerful kind of modron of which only 4^2 exist, it's like none of you people have ever obsessed over the nerdiest aspects of a discontinued element of the franchise Hell yeah, this is the answer I was looking for.
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Zulily Zoetrope posted:it's obviously a Quarton, the fourth most powerful kind of modron of which only 4^2 exist, it's like none of you people have ever obsessed over the nerdiest aspects of a discontinued element of the franchise Quartons have 4 arms, this thing has 5.
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Don't be ridiculous, nothing has five arms (other than a starfish and the therefrom derived Pentadrone, which looks entirely different, and is a base modron and not something for which you'd need a Gate spell). I will admit that this thing has what appears to be a fifth arm that I originally overlooked. This would make it a Quinton, which also have four arms, but also sport a prehensile tail with a hand at the end. They're the fifth strongest kind of modron and 5^2 of those exist. I guess they're the strongest kind of modron you can summon with a Gate spell.
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I hope the next comic is just the lil Modron singing the contract terms and it is longer than the trial comic.
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Or perhaps it resembles but is legally distinct from a Modron. I don't remember if Modrons are one of the things wizards is weird about
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Why do you think Redcloak is having to go out of his way, and make a non-trivial sacrifice in XP to summon a Law modron? To have one (iirc the big guy from just reading the article comes with him an entourage?) sit behind each door so they can mark them off properly? Multiple people to go through each door faster?
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Zulily Zoetrope posted:Don't be ridiculous, nothing has five arms (other than a starfish and the therefrom derived Pentadrone, which looks entirely different, and is a base modron and not something for which you'd need a Gate spell). Why are all those entries written in past-tense? Was there a Modron genocide at some point, extirpating the entire race from existence?
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Phanatic posted:Why are all those entries written in past-tense? Was there a Modron genocide at some point, extirpating the entire race from existence? Yes, it is called 4th edition DnD.
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ZearothK posted:Yes, it is called 4th edition DnD. Nah I checked, and some kinds of Modrons have entries for 4th and 5th editions, but the articles for them are also written in past tense. Maybe it's just a house writing style for the wiki?
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