OotS #505

[Dross]

He's still there. Even "Competent Elan" was only competent some of the time (and mostly during combat or similar dramatic moments). This strip is entirely in-line with both New Elan and Classic Elan.

Elan seems competent only when he can come up with a good one-liner.

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0438.html

 

[orsal]

Except for the lead plate.

A thin sheet of lead blocks Detect <Alignment> spells, not Scrying.

 

[orsal]

At this point, I think going with the simplest answer is best:

Er... how long have you been reading this strip?

 

[Hussar]

Ah, classic Elan! One wonders where Haley et al are at. Perhaps V should have been scrying Belkar, or Roy's body (which as an object, would have a lower save ...).

Can't scry on objects. /nitpick

 

[morbiczer]

I think it will have significance that they are always only mentioning Haley and Roy and never Belkar. Couldn't it be that Haley and Belkar have split, and they already now about the halfling?

And another thing to consider: Belkar would be pretty useless in Azure City, since his Mark of Justice would still make it impossible for him to fight against goblins.

 

[Relique du Madde]

I think it will have significance that they are always only mentioning Haley and Roy and never Belkar. Couldn't it be that Haley and Belkar have split, and they already now about the halfling?

And another thing to consider: Belkar would be pretty useless in Azure City, since his Mark of Justice would still make it impossible for him to fight against goblins.

Or maybe they just think that Haley is less likely to get rid of Roy's corpse than Belkar, so they are safely assuming that she's carrying his body.

 

[Gez]

Or maybe they just think that Haley is less likely to get rid of Roy's corpse than Belkar, so they are safely assuming that she's carrying his body.

Though, thanks to the mark of justice (bluff or not, Belkar believes it), Belkar is actually less likely to get rid of it than Haley (who just wanted to stuff it in one of her bags of holding, but Belkar insisted for it to be transported by hand).

 

[amethal]

Remember, "Speaking more than few sentences is generally beyond the limit of a free action."

-Hyp.

Our DM allows us six whole words a round.

Waiting while people carefully craft those six word sentences slows down the game a lot more than actually playing by the RAW would.

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

Can't scry on objects. /nitpick

Hrm, would it work on the maggots in Roy's body?

Brad

 

[Merkuri]

Hrm, would it work on the maggots in Roy's body?

Yes, but the image that scrying produces would likely drive a mage insane.