Hermit Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Poor Haley, the dice are just not her friend right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 To be fair, rogues are neutered against golems anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 True, and I am pretty sure that's deliberate. She's been nicely set up against a foe tailor made to take her down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 New one up! http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0974.html "They went around a corner." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 Tsk. Best laid plans, and that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 Damn heroes and their tricky tricky ways! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 It's a well known fact that city street corners were invented by those notoriously Lawful authoritarian fascists, the Romans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 New one up... http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0975.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 New one up! http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0976.html "Let's do that one." L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Does it strike anyone else that this was Haley, the greedy thief, of all people, who just Casually tossed a big bag of way-too-much gold at a merchant as if money literally had no value to her? Lucius Alexander The palindromedary still thinks that Belkar, the homicidal Hobbit, will actually do something unquestionably Good and epically heroic to save the lives of his companions and that this will be the death of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Does it strike anyone else that this was Haley, the greedy thief, of all people, who just Casually tossed a big bag of way-too-much gold at a merchant as if money literally had no value to her? Lucius Alexander She mostly needed the money to save her dad. Wich is not longer an issue. Plus back when she was part of the Azure City resistance, she had some expensive magic weaponry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 She mostly needed the money to save her dad. Wich is not longer an issue. Plus back when she was part of the Azure City resistance, she had some expensive magic weaponry. It goes beyond that. I seem to remember Belkar remarking "Seriously, she polishes each gold piece. It's kind of creepy."The need to raise a ransom was a factor, but it doesn't explain the extent of Haley's fascination with treasure. Not that I'm saying it's out of character for her to toss that much gold away so casually. It can be read as either one more sign of how the character has changed, or an example of how priorities change in a severe life or death crisis. But either way, Haley practically giving away gold makes me smile with the incongruity. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asperion Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Also keep in mind that in a rush situation like she was in she did not have time to look and see what bag she was tossing - although she should have been able to get some idea of its contents by its weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 New one up! http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0976.html "Let's do that one." I love this one. Rich makes D&D economics fun Did anyone else notice that "almost the end of the year" comment? Poor Belkar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Before, they were just funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankL Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 I love this one. Rich makes D&D economics fun Did anyone else notice that "almost the end of the year" comment? Poor Belkar I wonder how much of Belkar's growth here has been planned from the beginning. Rich has stated that he knew the arc of the story from very early on, such as that it would take 7 books, and he even knew the last panel way back when he decided to turn it from a gag-a-day comic to a plotted story. At the same time, he has been flexible and responsive to his fans, grown as a writer, and even made some changes. For example, he didn't know what the monster in the dark was when he first introduced it. Since he figured it out, nothing he stated before works against the identity but neither does it really help (I think he said #93 is when the MITD's identity jelled). Rich made a comment after Belkar started faking character growth. People had wondered if it was real, and he replied, "fat chance of that." Now, I really do think that Belkar's growth is real. If he was faking it, he could simply remain silent about his suspicions of Durkon. Instead, he obsesses on it in front of everyone to the point of repeatedly risking his life. Obsessing on it would fit with faking (making people think he cares about the team) but not attacking and being thrown overboard. While part of me wants Belkar to continue on and be different, I also want him to make the hero's sacrifice. Little would show more character growth. And while Rich has been known to go for laughs by anticlimaxes, he also knows when to halt the laughs and go for drama. Rich has taken a murder hobo and made him a sympathetic character. I expect to shed a tear for Belkar when he dies just like I cried in Phantom of the Opera (my wife still doesn't understand that) when Erik told Christine to leave with Raoul. It takes talent to turn a character that way. Kinda like someone had me blinking back tears for Foxbat recently... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 Remember that Haley doesn't need the gold as much now. That plot was resolved/changed in the last book when they got her father out of jail. She probably only has the normal rogue's obsession with gold now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 Which ranks lower than her life on the "Want" scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 New one is up: 977 Zap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 ... Ajjajaj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 There's a Department of Gnomeland Security? Lucius Alexander The palindromedary observes, there's no race like Gnome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Gnome Such Agency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 I'm getting WoW flashbacks now. The number of "Gnomeland Security" guilds...*facepalm* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 The Lollipop Guild had its own covert operatives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 *Sigh* THIS is what happens when you send a lawful and trained authority to do an adventuring party's job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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