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Re: Order of the Stick
« Reply #3960 on: June 22, 2020, 06:50:33 pm »

OotS goblinoids always did seem unusually... human? It's pretty common for goblins to be weird little Gollums, but these ones are just green people with pointy ears and sharp teeth.
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Re: Order of the Stick
« Reply #3961 on: June 23, 2020, 03:11:45 am »

Possibly so we'd more easily sympathise with them?
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« Reply #3962 on: June 23, 2020, 03:57:02 am »

I don't think the Redcloak pro-goblin agenda plot thread came into thought before the goblin design did
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Re: Order of the Stick
« Reply #3963 on: June 23, 2020, 04:12:38 am »

As someone who likes to write stories, it's quite probable that from conception he had a niggling idea that the goblins would become sympathetic agents in some regard, even if the specifics weren't worked out yet.
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« Reply #3964 on: June 23, 2020, 12:17:06 pm »

Early on, much of it was simply that Small goblins would look weak and non-intimidating, making the Order look like jerks even though the stats were appropriate.
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« Reply #3965 on: June 23, 2020, 11:42:21 pm »

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I don't remember goblins being that tall in the OoTS-verse.  They're supposed to be 3-3.5ft tall, and also Small while dwarves are Medium.  But making goblins taller than dwarves appears to be an artistic choice from the very first strips.  They're certainly [NARROW], but so's everyone else in OoTS ;)

I think Dwarves are supposed to be as short as the Small races, but because they're stronger they're considered Medium (for weapon usage, etc). Usually they're described as "stocky" but that can mean anything from just more muscular to actually being wider than tall. I suppose by the same token a Small race can be taller but weaker.
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Re: Order of the Stick
« Reply #3966 on: June 24, 2020, 08:24:25 am »

Uh...

Anyone notice that Durkon doesn't seem to have any footprints?

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« Reply #3967 on: June 24, 2020, 08:44:17 am »

Arrived by windwalk, hasn't stepped since taking corporeal form.

You can actually see footprints... beneath his feet.

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Re: Order of the Stick
« Reply #3968 on: June 24, 2020, 09:38:53 am »

Uh...

Anyone notice that Durkon doesn't seem to have any footprints?
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Re: Order of the Stick
« Reply #3969 on: June 24, 2020, 10:59:01 am »

You can see indentations around his boots where the snow's compacted. He just hasn't moved anywhere since he landed.
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« Reply #3970 on: July 06, 2020, 10:26:49 am »

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« Reply #3971 on: July 06, 2020, 10:41:31 am »

Yes it would seem it should be the opposite. I suppose he's been living with man-men so long he just makes the table him an shaped by and gives himself the feetsy danglies by default. Which is funny because if redgobb shrinks the chair to fit then he ends up macdonaldsing his legs so they're both sitting uncomfortable: durkon dangling off his and cloaky with his knees up under his chin

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« Reply #3972 on: July 06, 2020, 12:40:50 pm »

Also gods really are the worst partners. Here I am trying to communicate all they give you in return is a bunch of vague "signs" and coincidences. So passive aggressive.

Wait til they kill your kids for a bet and then do communicate with you... by saying "shut up, that's why."
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Re: Order of the Stick
« Reply #3973 on: July 06, 2020, 01:06:07 pm »

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« Reply #3974 on: July 06, 2020, 03:09:44 pm »

Well, Contact Other Plane is an arcane spell, so Redcloak cannot cast it. Commune might work, but it's only a one-word response per question, so that's hardly meaningful communication. Plus, most every other 5th-level Cleric spell is more useful.
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