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Old 8th August 2009, 01:50 PM   #1 (permalink)
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OotS #672 is up!
A familiar conclusion. Go bird!

Seems that Rich is taking a break and will only return on August 31st. This also seems to me to be the final strip for the next compilation book.
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Old 8th August 2009, 02:28 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Seems that Rich is taking a break and will only return on August 31st.

How's that differnt from his normal posting schedule? Not much difference really...
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Old 8th August 2009, 02:28 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 8th August 2009, 03:09 PM   #4 (permalink)
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How's that differnt from his normal posting schedule? Not much difference really...
It happens that it's off for a while, but this time it's evidently planned - and nice of him to tell us.
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Old 8th August 2009, 03:52 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Yeah, he has taken the past few Augusts off, so I was expecting it.
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Old 8th August 2009, 03:57 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Old 8th August 2009, 05:13 PM   #7 (permalink)
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ok...that was a plot twist...another world...


I feel like charlie on the first season of lost "Where the hell are we?" up is down down is up...everything is diffrent...


crazy thoughts
what if that is the edtion change right there...not in story but a parralel wolrd useing 4e mechanics...diffrent but simalar...
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Old 8th August 2009, 05:53 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Old 8th August 2009, 07:37 PM   #11 (permalink)
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...where Haley is an Archer Ranger and Belkar a Brutal Rogue


DUN DUN DUN DUUUUUN!
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Gotta love the evolution thats taken place in all the characters in this book. It will be interesting to see how the funny is brought on with all the character changes.

And good for Rich taking some time off. He deserves it.
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It happens that it's off for a while, but this time it's evidently planned - and nice of him to tell us.
Well thank heavens for small favors that he tells he's not posting...

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Second theory - gods have begun writing their world off and have created a second world with plans to once again attempt to lock the snarl inside.
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My epileptic trees theory is that the "parallel world" inside the rift functions in terms of 4E rules.

...where Haley is an Archer Ranger and Belkar a Brutal Rogue


DUN DUN DUN DUUUUUN!

Ugh, I hope not.
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Ugh, I hope not.
Given that Rich has said

A) that he's had the basic plot/story worked out from early in the series--well before 4E was announced--and

B) that he's deliberately not switching,

I think it's a safe bet that this world has little if anything to do with 4E.
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Gotta love the evolution thats taken place in all the characters in this book. It will be interesting to see how the funny is brought on with all the character changes.

And good for Rich taking some time off. He deserves it.
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Given that Rich has said

A) that he's had the basic plot/story worked out from early in the series--well before 4E was announced--and

B) that he's deliberately not switching,

I think it's a safe bet that this world has little if anything to do with 4E.
Oh, I know that... I was aiming to be funny, not accurate

Although, it wouldn't be bad if someone made a 4E webcomic... a lot of the rules and mechanics can be really funny in the right context
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