The Order debates ideas on how to safely take Bloodfeast with them through the rest of the dungeon.
Cast[]
- Order of the Stick
- Order of the Scribble
- Sapphire Guard
- Sunny ◀ ▶
- Mimi ◀ ▶
- Minrah Shaleshoe ◀ ▶
- Mr. Scruffy ◀ ▶
- Bloodfeast the Extreme-inator ◀ ▶
Transcript[]
- Panel 1
Durkon: Wha if'n we left 'im 'ere, but I clos'd up tha door with Wall o' Stone so 'e stay'd safe?
Roy: That won't work. A sealed door in a dungeon is practically an invitation to see what's inside.
Belkar: Yeah, especially with that big ass bridge pointing to it.
Belkar: What if we turn him into a lizard temporarily, then I stash him in my Bag of Holding to carry him?
Vaarsuvius: The spell would still expire within the extradimensional space-
Vaarsuvius: -at which time his rapid expansion would likely[sic] rupture it, expelling him into the Astral Plane.
Minrah: Oh, that's no good, that place is huge!
- Panel 2
Elan: I know! What about the spell you used when we fought the Linear Guild?
Vaarsuvius: Given your late brother's predisposition for meddling in our affairs, I will need you to be more specific.
- Panel 3
Flashback to under the arena. V is seen casting a spell on a scroll.
Elan: The one where you shrunk Haley into Tiny Haley and I carried her with me while I had a wacky chase scene around my dad's palace.
Vaarsuvius: Ah.
- Panel 4
Vaarsuvius: While I did have the foresight to replace the scroll I used in that instance, the spell in question is entitled "Shrink Item."
Vaarsuvius: And lest I be accused of being unclear, I will explicitly point out that it only functioned because Miss Starshine was petrified at the time.
- Panel 5
Elan: Oh, Haley! You never told me you were that scared!
Haley: No, sweetie, V means literally turned to stone. Like in the cutaway panel up there.
Haley: So I guess I counted as an object.
Minrah: *gasp!*
Minrah: Oh no!
- Panel 6
Haley: It wasn't so bad. It did leave a weird chalky taste in my mouth afterward.
Minrah: No, not that. I just had an idea!
Minrah: And it's a bad one!
- Panel 7
Minrah: Vaarsuvius, how long does Shrink Item last?
Vaarsuvius: Days. Weeks, even, at my level of proficiency. But I must reiterate-
Minrah: Oh no, I think it's going to work!
- Panel 8
Vaarsuvius: The duration is irrelevant, Miss Shaleshoe, as the beast is not a valid target. Unlike my dark elf counterpart, I do not have the Flesh to Stone spell.
Minrah: That's OK, because you're forgetting someone who just came back in the room.
- Panel 9
Cut to Sunny, Serini and the paladins entering the room.
Sunny: -and I really appreciate the healing, but it just seems like every time I turn around, they've gotten another special ability.
Lien: I guess, but I want to be clear that "lay on hands" is a specific paladin skill. It's not just powercreep of hands.
- Panel 10
Vaarsuvius: Oh. Oh, yes, I do see your point.
Elan: Wow, Minrah! I would have never thought of Belkar becoming a paladin and take Bloodfeast as his special mount so he can summon and dismiss him like Lien does with her shark!
Haley: I'm pretty sure she meant Sunny, so yes, you actually did think of that plan.
Elan: Oh! That explains why it's terrible!
D&D Context[]
- Shrink Item is a 3rd level spell that shrinks a nonmagical item to 1/16th of its normal size, for one day/level, or until tossed onto a solid surface.
- Flesh to Stone is a 6th level spell which instantly petrifies the target should they fail their saving throw.
- Lay on Hands is a paladin ability which heals a number of hit points dependent on the paladin's charisma and level.
Trivia[]
- Panel 3 is from 790, panel 3.
- Sunny's complaints about hands being overpowered were first stated in comic#1243, Rogue Up, Rogue Down.