OotS 448

[Imp]

No way... even fallen Miko is far too badscary (and, more to the point, an important side character) to bite it in such an offhand fashion. Nale, maybe, but... I'd imagine the cloaked guys were clerics of some sort or another.

 

[painandgreed]

Don't forget that Xykon was also shown casting spells. He didn't need for the insanity to kill everybody just slow their attacking of him so he can easily hit them with spells.

 

[Giltonio_Santos]

I think this is the first strip in the whole series that just seemed really lame.

Same here... I was quite excited about the probable outcomes of this battle, and must say I'm really disappointed with it. Of all things to happen, Xykon cleaning the battleground with a single unstoppable powerful spell seemed the most obvious, but also the least creative.

Cheers

 

[Squire James]

My general impression is that things have been going too well for Xycon lately... he's had a pretty charmed un-life lately. I'm almost thinking of him as a male undead Mary Sue...

 

[frankthedm]

Resurgence is pal1.

Splat material Pal1. Run of the mill NPCs seem to stick to the core rules in rich's world.

 

[frankthedm]

My general impression is that things have been going too well for Xycon lately... he's had a pretty charmed un-life lately. I'm almost thinking of him as a male undead Mary Sue...

Durkon's god Thor is the actual "Mary Sue" author insert. The control weather issue clinched that.

Seems to me most of thos paladins were low level schlubs.

 

[QuaziquestGM]

Ah...the guy in the grey clock was the guy with the bandanna.

 

[Plane Sailing]

Great use of a spell by Xykon, wonderful degree of villany shown by him too. I love the idea that rather than just hovering and smiting them with spells he deliberately wanted to give them false hope and then dash it.

And what could do more for a CE heart than to force an order of paladins to slay one another?

 

[Someone]

My general impression is that things have been going too well for Xycon lately... he's had a pretty charmed un-life lately. I'm almost thinking of him as a male undead Mary Sue...

Me too. I feel this has gone a bit over the top of the reasonable (or fun) uber badasserism. If he can pretty much do everything for himself, why bother with a hobgoblin army? He could have flown through Azure city carrying that ball and make everyone kill each other.

Today's strip would have been the same if substituted with a panel saying "and then Xykon wins".

 

[Nyaricus]

Ah...the guy in the grey clock was the guy with the bandanna.

No, he wasn't. He's on one of the steps of the throne itself in the previous strip.

Anyone else wonder what would happen if some spellcaster dispelled the captain dude with his sword in mid-swing?