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[FuzzyZergling]

I don't get the joke/reference/wordplay of what V's saying on the first panel.
Anyone care to explain?

[Pnx]

I don't get the joke/reference/wordplay of what V's saying on the first panel.
Anyone care to explain?

"Xykon is feeling chilly today"?

Well the "Xykon" part was in reference to the plan they came up with to have Roy lock down Xykon by spamming spell disruption. The "feeling chilly" part is probably a reference to Miron's scarf.

I'm guessing the rest of the part decided to gank him of their own volition.

[misko27]

To quote Goblins: that psion is grossly overpowered.

Damn straight. Miron barely did anything, and Laurin can do whatever she puts her mind too (pun intended).

What did Laurin do just there? It couldn't have done damage or Belkar would be dead as a doorknob.

[Lord Shonus]

I don't get the joke/reference/wordplay of what V's saying on the first panel.
Anyone care to explain?

"Xykon is feeling chilly today"?

Well the "Xykon" part was in reference to the plan they came up with to have Roy lock down Xykon by spamming spell disruption. The "feeling chilly" part is probably a reference to Miron's scarf.

I'm guessing the rest of the part decided to gank him of their own volition.

Rich explained it over on the GitP board

Well, they're right anyway. It's just as simple as, "The highest priority target is the guy with the scarf," said in such a way that Tarquin didn't understand that's what was being said. Belkar later reiterates in the vernacular this exact idea in his panel.

[tahujdt]

To quote Goblins: that psion is grossly overpowered.

Damn straight. Miron barely did anything, and Laurin can do whatever she puts her mind too (pun intended).

What did Laurin do just there? It couldn't have done damage or Belkar would be dead as a doorknob.

And it looks like Durkula wasn't really affected by it either.

I'm kinda surprised Miron survived that. 80 points of damage isn't something you shrug off, plus the Fortitude save against death from massive damage. And it doesn't look like he made a Reflex save, either. Resist Energy/Protection from Energy?

Plot armor.

It would not surprise me to learn that Tarquin had an actual physical set of plot armor made for himself.

[i2amroy]

My guess would be Mental Disruption (which Durkon would be immune to by virtue of being undead), though there are a few other things it could be.

[tahujdt]

I hope Durkula beats the crap out of Laurin. He'll probably do something somewhat major in the fight due to being unaffected, unless it has that sudden wear off thing that half the spells in OotS seem to suffer from.

The Powers What Is in this universe probably house-ruled in a "new saving throw every turn" for all spells.

[lemon10]

Mental disruption lasts for 1 round, so they get to make a new save every round.

Assuming that it is mental disruption, it could be something that lasts longer then a round.

I really don't know about them actually winning though. Laurin and Tarquin are still a long way from down.

[ChairmanPoo]

Indeed

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0929.html

[Loud Whispers]

Indeed

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0929.html

Tarquin stahp metagaming pls
Tarquin stahp
pls

[Bauglir]

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I hope he remembered that bards have a d6 hit die and Elan probably doesn't have the greatest Constitution modifier, and further lacks the foresight to invest in a Con-boosting item.

Also, I can't figure out how Tarquin did that. Only thing I can think of is Cleave, and he'd know that wouldn't do what he needed.

They do have a fourth wall, I think, they're just aware of game mechanics in the same way that we're aware of physics. They aren't aware of an audience, as far as I can tell, although they get close (what with knowing about the cast page, etc.).

[Lord Shonus]

Hit Points and the like have no "fourth wall" connotations. They are actual laws of this universe. Asking how many HP someone has isn't any different from asking someone in our world how hungry they are.

[misko27]

Reinforcing my idea that OotS doesn't have any semblance of a fourth wall, aside from a few bits of meta-dust lying on the ground.

Anyways, I feel almost as if there's gonna be some kind of 'enemy mine' situation between the order and Sabine. She's pissed, the order's pissed, and Tarquin is going from genre savvy to desperate.

I'd like that, I would really like that, but It won't happen. She can't use plane shift more then once a day, and it's still the same day as when they went in. If she could have come back by now, she would have. Also calling Tarquin desperate right now is a bit of a stretch, he seems in control of the situation.

Haley is the only one unaccounted for, so I suspect a few arrows will distract Tarquin from murdering Roy. Then, whatever will happen to stop the fight will happen.

Also OotS forums noticed that the two titles of this and the previous comic combined are "Go, Through". Forming a sentence?

[Lord Shonus]

Sabine was banished by Holy Word for 24 hours. She can't return yet.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I don't think anybody is denying that come 24 hours, Sabine will tear the skies asunder and return with all the forces of hell she can command with the sole objective of fucking up Team Tarquin's day, but this particular battle is almost certainly not lasting that long.