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[RedWarrior0]

Ah. Well, there is the fact that the entire reason that his airship is named the Mechane is a play on "Deus ex Machina." (Word of Giant).

I didn't catch that bit. That... is hilariously foresighted of him.

Actually, not really, since Julio was a Deus ex Machina the first time we met him, too.

[misko27]

Oh wow, that guy in the OotS forum was completely right. I bet he dies in Elan's arms too.

[Lord Shonus]

Ah. Well, there is the fact that the entire reason that his airship is named the Mechane is a play on "Deus ex Machina." (Word of Giant).

I didn't catch that bit. That... is hilariously foresighted of him.

Actually, not really, since Julio was a Deus ex Machina the first time we met him, too.

Doesn't mean that he wasn't already planning this. Durkon's vampirization was planned since strip #4, and the entire reason Malack existed was to vamp him.

[Kydrasz]

Darn it! I liked Julio, please please don't let him die.

Anyway does anyone have an idea on how much hit dice Elan has left?

[Lord Shonus]

He probably has 16 hit dice left, as he hasn't been level drained or otherwise lost a level.



As far as hit points go, a safe estimate is that he has between 60-100 HP at full health. Tarquin is likely to be able to dish out huge amounts of damage, but likely kept it under 50 to avoid the massive damage rule. So 10-60 remaining is quite likely.

(Note: not my analysis. Cribbed from the official forum)

[misko27]

Hindsight is 20-20.

Poor Julio, going to die. But technically, his dying gives Elan the motivation to swear revenge, so, Everyone wins? Tarquin will be pleases at least.

Also, imagine if Laurin just disabled him instantly. The anti-climax would be tastable.

[Elephant Parade]

Ooh, didn't know this comic had a thread. Posting to watch.

[Loud Whispers]

Hindsight is D20-20.

Ftfy.

[Tiruin]

...The Giant's power is beyond human thought. We're trying to predict what would happen now given how he's outpredicting by genre savvyness.

Needless to say, I really expect a surprise later on.

[i2amroy]

Hindsight is D20-20.

Ftfy.

That would be horrible unless you had some serious bonuses to your roll somewhere, I mean that would mean only a natural 20 would have any chance of success, what with the range of returns being -19 to 0 .

[10ebbor10]

Well, Durkon's saved from the sun in any case. Airship casts a nice and convenient shadow (Despite appearing, somehow, several times smaller than the sun.)

[GlyphGryph]

Durkon still has a resurrection spell left, right? And enough diamond dust to cast it?

[i2amroy]

Durkon still has a resurrection spell left, right? And enough diamond dust to cast it?

He does, doesn't he! You know with the right rule combination they could probably have Durkon resurrect himself, though I doubt they'd do that as it would totally invalidate the whole "vampire" thing.

For those that are interested what you do is have a wizard work together with the cleric to use the contingency spell set to activate a resurrection spell (either in a few minutes, on death/destruction, whatever). Then you have the undead cleric destroy himself, thus removing the "can't revive undead creatures without destroying them" rule. Bam! Contingency activates and revives the cleric.

[GiglameshDespair]

I had forgotten about that completely. That means someone else is going to die and so durkon is going to resurrect them, or decide his new form is more powerful, and so he'll stay that way until Zykon is destroyed. I really doubt that this source or drama could possibly be allowed to be solved that easily.

[Sensei]

Mind you, you can't resurrect someone until their undead form is destroyed.