Oots 660

[Phaezen]

Is Up!

Thems the breaks really...

 

[TroyXavier]

DM Fiat. Things aren't looking good for V or O'Chul right now.

 

[Leatherhead]

Well,

Spoiler

thats anticlimactic

and hopefully more than a minor inconvenience.

 

[Wepwawet]

WTF?!?!
So not expecting that...

 

[SPoD]

Well,

Spoiler

thats anticlimactic

and hopefully more than a minor inconvenience.

It's a pretty good assumption that Xykon has warded his phylactery against scrying, so he'll have to locate it the old-fashioned way: hobgoblins in hip waders. That should keep Team Evil in the city weeks longer while the OOTS gets a head start on the way to Girard's Gate.

And that's good for the Good Guys, since Team Evil won't need to stay in Azure City to torture O-Chul for information after Xykon kills him horribly next strip or so.

 

[Ambrus]

I'm with Leatherhead. After all that buildup... wha?

 

[DaveMage]

It's a pretty good assumption that Xykon has warded his phylactery against scrying, so he'll have to locate it the old-fashioned way: hobgoblins in hip waders. That should keep Team Evil in the city weeks longer while the OOTS gets a head start on the way to Girard's Gate.

I dunno - would you trust your phylactery to hobgoblins? This might be a bigger problem than that....

 

[SPoD]

I'm with Leatherhead. After all that buildup... wha?

I don't know, it seemed fine to me. It's a moderate victory in the middle of the story, pulled off by one PC and an NPC. Frankly, considering how badly this scene started out for V, this is practically a miracle.

It would have been just as anticlimactic for the phylactery to fall into the rift, and for Xykon to look at it and go, "Crap. Now I have to make a new one." Which was basically the only other option.

Or did you actually think the main villain of the entire comic was going to be destroyed right now?

 

[Erekose]

You could argue that this is in keeping with the spirit of simulating D&D - as O-Chul isn't a member of the OotS (i.e. not a player character) he shouldn't be allowed to have such a dramatic effect on the story (i.e. on Xykon).

 

[Piratecat]

I'll withhold judgment until the scene plays out.