OotS 448

[Ant]

My puny man-brain is having trouble comprehending why anyone would think this strip wasn't totally awesome!

C'mon! Insane paladins slaughtering each other with drooling glee! It's poetry!

Thumbs up from me!

 

[frankthedm]

Or heck, just cast weird and kill them all that way.

Paladin's of 3rd level or higher would be immune to that.

Weird
Illusion (Phantasm) [Fear, Mind-Affecting]

 

[Roman]

Great strip!

Xykon's awesomery shown in full view! Xykon is without doubt my favourite OOTS villain.

I also like the way how the comic is gradually preparing the way for Hinjo to join the OOTS party. With the Sapphire Guard killed off he will not have much to lead in the city, which will be particularly true if the city falls.

 

[shilsen]

What the heck are people doing focusing on the Symbol of Insanity?

That's not important! What's important is that it's on a super bouncy ball!

He took out a room full of paladins and clerics with a SUPER ... BOUNCY ... BALL!

OMFG! I love Xykon with all of my body, including my pee-pee!

 

[LoneWolf23]

Well, while I have to respect Xykon's ingenuity and cunning*...

...Slaughtering an entire order of Paladins only makes me hope that when Roy finally does accomplish his sacred oath, he'll make it hurt Xykon. A Lot.


*And Xykon's just lucky they all apparantly got "Do Nothing but Babble Incoherently" or "Attack nearest Creature" as part of their confusion.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

hard to believe Xykon can't cast defensively

Neither can V.

I have a question. How would that fight have gone if the Order of the Stick had somehow been in the throne room? Assuming a still living Roy and the whole Order there, would the battle have gone any differently "by the rules", or would most of the order failed their saving throws and ended with the same result as we saw?

If the whole OOTS were there, I think they would have stood a chance, but they weren't. Xykon could have killed the whole group with a Firestorm spell (okay, it's not actually a wizard spell, but an evil cleric could have done so).

I think he should have used Symbol of Persuasion as well, as that would have been really cool. It makes everyone in the area switch their alignment to match yours, aka pally-killer

 

[hong]

Well, while I have to respect Xykon's ingenuity and cunning*...

...Slaughtering an entire order of Paladins only makes me hope that when Roy finally does accomplish his sacred oath, he'll make it hurt Xykon. A Lot.


*And Xykon's just lucky they all apparantly got "Do Nothing but Babble Incoherently" or "Attack nearest Creature" as part of their confusion.

"Attack nearest creature" is a killer result. A confused creature who gets attacked automatically attacks back on its turn. This basically means that after a few rounds, all the people who failed their save will be hacking into each other.

 

[Presto2112]

Gad dang!

If we assume that the only spells that Xykon has cast since this battle began are the ones that have either been seen cast, described, or shown he effects of, he's STILL got a friggin arsenal left! I have counted:

1 Burning Hands
1 Lightning Bolt
2 Greater Invisibilities
1 Overland Flight
4 Fingers of Death
1 Symbol of Insanity
2 Meteor Swarms (1 fizzled)

Assuming he has at least a 20 Charisma, he'd still have at maximum:
0 Level - 6 spells
1st - 6
2nd - 7
3rd - 6
4th - 5
5th - 6
6th - 6
7th - 2
8th - 5
9th - 4

Azure City is SO screwed.

 

[Dark Dragon]

Nice idea with that bouncing ball of insanity...have to consider it IMC

Nevertheless, I hoped that the guard would put up a better resistance. One Antimagic Field in conjunction with a grappling monk would totally screw a lich, no matter his levels.

But we'll see...

 

[DaveMage]

Actually, the paralyzing touch at the end is the one that seemed lame to me.

Scarface should make that save - he should have at least a +15 on his Fort save. And even so, that's a heck of a gamble for Xykon to take.

Of course, it's entirely probable that destroying the gate is not as easy as it seems.