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Re: Order of the Stick: 926 Through the Wormhole(s)
« Reply #270 on: October 22, 2013, 04:41:10 pm »

Baleful Polymorph doesn't have a time limit, right?  Can it be dispelled?
According to the Internet, it seems that the effect is permanent. There is a whole thread I found on whether Baleful Polymorph can be dispelled, and it seems the consensus would be that it can be, though...poor Belkar.
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Re: Order of the Stick: 926 Through the Wormhole(s)
« Reply #271 on: October 22, 2013, 05:04:18 pm »

Baleful Polymorph doesn't have a time limit, right?  Can it be dispelled?
According to the Internet, it seems that the effect is permanent. There is a whole thread I found on whether Baleful Polymorph can be dispelled, and it seems the consensus would be that it can be, though...poor Belkar.
As a Permanent effect, it can be dispelled- permanent means that after the spell is cast, magic is still going on. Compare to, say, Wall of Stone, which is Instantaneous- once the wall of stone is made, the magic is done, the wall isn't magical so it can't be dispelled.
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Re: Order of the Stick: 926 Through the Wormhole(s)
« Reply #272 on: October 25, 2013, 12:12:54 pm »

Remove Curse, possibly? While it doesn't mention Baleful Polymorph specifically, I would assume Baleful Polymorph fits the description of a "curse", and Remove Curse's spell description also mentions that except for specific and powerful curses, it should be an automatic success.



Also, I'm pretty sure that Tarquin and co. are Level 20, if not epic. Assuming Laurin is a Psion Nomad(likely, given the teleportation effect), that puts her at at least 343 power points, assuming 20th level, and I'm not sure on bonus points due to ability scores. I can't find any power similar to the one she's using in the SRD, so I'm not sure how many power points she's burning per hop. Psionic Teleportation(9PP) seems to be the closest one, except that one could not possibly have brought an entire army like that.
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Re: Order of the Stick: 926 Through the Wormhole(s)
« Reply #273 on: October 25, 2013, 01:02:33 pm »

It looks like a psionic equivalent to Gate, so it's a fair guess that she's burning through 17 pp and some xp for each one. It is, however, conceivable that she's some sort of spellcaster who just happens to have a bunch of ioun stones, or if she's been explicitly stated to be a psion, she may have multiclassed with Psychic Theurge or whatever it is that advances casting and manifesting. That would imply either she doesn't have 9s in one, or she's epic, though.
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Re: Order of the Stick: 926 Through the Wormhole(s)
« Reply #274 on: October 26, 2013, 12:03:00 pm »

or if she's been explicitly stated to be a psion,
Tarquin specifically introduced her as a psion.

Also, isn't there one more person in their group? The page showing a flashback to them has a guy with a sword and shield.
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Re: Order of the Stick: 926 Through the Wormhole(s)
« Reply #275 on: October 26, 2013, 12:09:04 pm »

The power is Wormhole. The Giant clarified it on the forums, I tuink.
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Re: Order of the Stick: 926 Through the Wormhole(s)
« Reply #276 on: October 26, 2013, 12:31:08 pm »

Baleful Polymorph doesn't have a time limit, right?  Can it be dispelled?
According to the Internet, it seems that the effect is permanent. There is a whole thread I found on whether Baleful Polymorph can be dispelled, and it seems the consensus would be that it can be, though...poor Belkar.
Baleful Polymorph was once used on V to turn it into a lizard. It can be undone.

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Re: Order of the Stick: 926 Through the Wormhole(s)
« Reply #277 on: October 26, 2013, 12:51:16 pm »

or if she's been explicitly stated to be a psion,
Tarquin specifically introduced her as a psion.

Also, isn't there one more person in their group? The page showing a flashback to them has a guy with a sword and shield.
There were 6 of them, 2 leading each country. Jacinda is in the Empire of Blood currently. Number 6 guy presumably is either on his way or doing something else. I wonder what Tarquin told his teammates?


Baleful Polymorph doesn't have a time limit, right?  Can it be dispelled?
According to the Internet, it seems that the effect is permanent. There is a whole thread I found on whether Baleful Polymorph can be dispelled, and it seems the consensus would be that it can be, though...poor Belkar.
Baleful Polymorph was once used on V to turn it into a lizard. It can be undone.
I sorta doubt V will be able to do anything to the lizard quickly enough to get them out before team Tarquin starts attacking. Especially since they can of course simply kill the lizard.
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Re: Order of the Stick: 926 Through the Wormhole(s)
« Reply #278 on: October 29, 2013, 09:47:58 pm »

So how does Prismatic Spray work, anyway?
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Re: Order of the Stick: 927 Can't Help Himself
« Reply #279 on: October 29, 2013, 10:10:14 pm »

It blasts a 90-degree cone that does one of seven effects, chosen at random, to each thing inside it.
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Re: Order of the Stick: 927 Can't Help Himself
« Reply #280 on: October 29, 2013, 10:24:02 pm »

Tarquin's going to do something....!
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Re: Order of the Stick: 927 Can't Help Himself
« Reply #281 on: October 29, 2013, 10:31:47 pm »

And he doesn't look like he's in a good mood at all.
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Re: Order of the Stick: 926 Through the Wormhole(s)
« Reply #282 on: October 29, 2013, 10:56:19 pm »

So how does Prismatic Spray work, anyway?
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/prismaticSpray.htm

Tarquin looks mad. I am tempted to think he walks up to them and yells, and then situation defusing occurs, because even now, realistically, the Order could not get out of even a favorable fight with them without losing a man or two. That and it would be pretty lame to see Tarquin, who up until now has been able to take all members of the Order bar V head on, utterly lose, especially when backed up by 2 presumably equally powerful friends and against a weakened group.


Or he could unleash some monster that tries to eat the Order. But I think he is bummed out on letting underlings die, so I think he wants to kill him personally.
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Re: Order of the Stick: 927 Can't Help Himself
« Reply #283 on: October 30, 2013, 09:13:57 am »

Can someone please post the comic here? My school blocks giantitp.com as a games website.
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Re: Order of the Stick: 927 Can't Help Himself
« Reply #284 on: October 30, 2013, 09:18:53 am »

Can someone please post the comic here? My school blocks giantitp.com as a games website.
I doubt Toady or the Giant would be happy with that.  Can't you just wait until you get home?  Or use a proxy?
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