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Theoretically? Because incorporeal attacks are stopped by Mage Armor, and touch attacks are not. Therefore, aren't incorporeal attacks a type of attack that is similar--but not identical to--touch attacks? EDIT: And since Xykon is almost certainly benefiting from Mage Armor or Bracers of Armor...

They revised a major special ability in an optional monster book? Geez. Well, I guess that explains my confusion, sorry about that. I don't even own MM3. Although, I would say that OOTS doesn't necessarily "know" about that either. If there was ever an OOTS Campaign Setting d20 book with stats...

The 3.5 SRD does not match that text. This is the entire entry on Incorporeality: Incorporeality Spectres, wraiths, and a few other creatures lack physical bodies. Such creatures are insubstantial and can’t be touched by nonmagical matter or energy. Likewise, they cannot manipulate objects or...

The text you quoted does not say that all incorporeal creatures have no STR, it says that some creatures with no STR are incorporeal. Not even close to the same thing. Ghosts don't have "No STR score". That quote would only apply to a monster that didn't have a STR score, which is not a ghost...

Huh? Says who? That's not in the SRD description of Incorporeality, and the Ghost template specifically doesn't change the ability scores. It does say that Incorporeal creatures cannot manipulate objects, but that is not the same thing as "No STR" at all. In fact, a ghost using a ghostly...

Why wouldn't they? If they are ghosts, they'd have the same ability scores as in life, with Charisma +4. (Which, of course, gives them all another +2 to their saving throws.) But more to the point: Can't we just admit that we have NO IDEA what their stats are now, and that if Rich wants them to...

They are almost certainly not ghosts, in the MM sense. Undead in OOTS speak in black sppech balloons, Soon is speaking in blue. They are probably some sort of custom Deathless, which means they can have whatever abilities Rich wants them to have, such as some sort of positive energy touch that...

No, it's not. Unless you can provide me an unambiguous definition of what "offensive" means in the rules, then the only data we have to make that determination is the example given—and what Xykon did was not the same as that example. You could look at that example and detrmine that an attack...

I disagree, I don't think this strip was meant to be funny AT ALL. I think it was supposed to be disturbing and unsettling to us, which it was to many people. The thing is, to XYKON, this was funny, because Xykon is an evil sick bastard. If you came away from the strip feeling mildly disgusted...

How is the word "offensively" defined in the RAW? Oh, wait, it isn't? Then I guess it's a DM judgment call as to what is "offensive" and what isn't.

We don't see all 39 paladins every panel. We don't know if any attacked Xykon between panel 12 and panel 19, and remember that if a creature gets the "attack caster" result but can't get to the caster (such as if there are 38 other paladins in the way), they just move closer to the caster. And...

I don't see how it's hand-wavvy. Symbol of Insanity can be set to be triggered by looking at it, and by alignment. Xykon scribes it in the morning to activate if any Lawful Good creature looks at it. Then he lobs it in the middle of a group. The first person who looks at it activates it, causing...

It does for me. It's better to see him break out this great song when he hasn't been using it all battle than if he had used it 3 strips ago. There is storytelling value in keeping things out of the narrative until you are ready to use them for maximum impact. It's just like one of the running...

I didn't mean Elan was saving a bard song usage, I meant Rich was saving an Elan singing scene. It would have been annoying to have two songs within a few strips of one another, so I think therefore the singing was not shown before so that it would be more entertaining now.

So I guess the people who complained about Elan not singing can see that it was being saved for now...Eh, who am I kidding, I'm sure someone will claim that Rich read their complaints and had Elan sing just for them. ;)

Yeah, I feel like they needed to let it sink in for a little bit before talking about how they can reverse it. Rich is obviously trying to give this death SOME impact, as hard as it is in D&D where you can come back from the dead.

And cast it already once today, after he Dismissed the third Titanium Elemental? Preparing one Feather Fall = good planning, preparing two Feather Falls = highly unlikely.

As a diehard OOTS fan, I was only buying Dragon for the Order of the Stick comics. So I guess WOTC won't be getting my money for their online subscription service, since I find it highly unlikely that Rich would put his comics on a website other than his own. In fact, all of the comics in Dragon...

I think we'll see an end to preparation spellcasting as it stands. I think either a.) the wizard/cleric gets the ability to pick a certain quantity of spells each day, but cast them freely once chosen, or b.) they may just end up being sorcerers, with a fixed list of known spells. If the either...

The (relatively) recent release of 3.5 after 3.0 is definitely the source of the current speculation, even if there was speculation back in the day, too. The reason is, 3.5 supported everyone's best and worst notions about D&D. If you were cynical and jaded, then 3.5 was your worst fear...