Oots #424

[Vorput]

::shudders:: I'm scared of the soon to come Scissors Golem...

 

[HeavenShallBurn]

::shudders:: I'm scared of the soon to come Scissors Golem...

Yes the Scissors Golem, it will attack advancing in echelon with the Rusty Nail Golem, Used Razorblade Golem, Kitchen Knife Golem, and Bent Horseshoe Golem.

Hey this is what happens when you forget to keep a strategic defensive reserve

 

[BlueBlackRed]

That was a pretty clever quip for the androgenous elf.
It was no "treasure type O" or anything, but it gave a little giggle.

 

[Vorput]

Yes the Scissors Golem, it will attack advancing in echelon with the Rusty Nail Golem, Used Razorblade Golem, Kitchen Knife Golem, and Bent Horseshoe Golem.

Actually, after the stained glass golem and 'brass' golem in MM2... none of those sound THAT odd

And let's not forget the MM3 winners- the Mud golem and the hangman golem....

Vorp

 

[Sir Elton]

Well, he uses the scrolls so he saves his spell slots for other goodies.

Thats why I use Dynamic Spellcasting.

 

[ruleslawyer]

Eh.

 

[Grog]

Scrolls are useful for preparation casters, for those spells which can be REALLY useful in very specific situations and completely useless in every other situation. Like, say, dismissal. This is the first fight V has been in that we have seen where dismissal could have helped. That makes keeping scrolls of it rather than wasting one or more spell slots a day completely logical.

Plus, there's also the fact that the joke wouldn't have worked if V had cast the spells from memory....

 

[TwinBahamut]

We also wouldn't get the cool image of the hanging soldier tossing the lost scroll back up to V.

The whole rock-paper-scissors joke is actually pretty deep, since that game is the theoretical origin of game balance... It matches V's sense of humor.

Overall, it is just nice to see a character who tends to get overshadowed by his(her?) comrades get a few comics of doing something awesome in such a causal manner.

 

[blargney the second]

That was great - I actually guffawed. I didn't even know I had it in me.

 

[delericho]

Scrolls are useful for preparation casters, for those spells which can be REALLY useful in very specific situations and completely useless in every other situation. Like, say, dismissal. This is the first fight V has been in that we have seen where dismissal could have helped. That makes keeping scrolls of it rather than wasting one or more spell slots a day completely logical.

True. Although it works less well with any spell with a saving throw (since the Wizard's save DC is likely higher than the scroll's), or the need to beat SR (since the Wizard likely has a higher caster level).

And, in fact, Dismissal is particularly bad, since not only does it allow SR, but it also has a 'special' save DC that incorporates the caster level.

(Which also means that his/her stated expectation of using them against summoned demons and/or devils was unlikely to work, as they have good Will saves, but more likely to work against elementals, which don't.)

All of which is irrelevant - I enjoyed the strip a great deal, both for the reminder that V is extremely competent (perhaps second only to Durkon), and for the punchline.