Roy tries to get Belkar to track Trigak to find Xykon's lair.
Cast
Transcript
- Panel 1
Roy: Hey Belkar, I've been discussing strategy with Haley, and we have a job for you.
Belkar: Really? OK.
- Panel 2
Roy: That chimera said Xykon had sent him up through the dungeon to kill us.
Belkar: Sure did.
- Panel 3
Roy: BUT! If the chimera was sent by Xykon, then it must have come from Xykon's secret throne room.
- Panel 4
Roy: Which means we can track it back to that throne room. Get it?
- Panel 5
Beat. Belkar doesn't get it.
- Panel 6
Roy: We can track it. Back to the throne room.
- Panel 7
Beat. Belkar still doesn't get it. Roy is upset.
- Panel 8
Roy: You're a ranger.
Belkar: Yeah, and?
- Panel 9
Roy: Listen carefully: We want to track the chimera.
Belkar: Right.
Roy: You're a ranger.
Belkar: Right.
- Panel 10
Roy (angrily): That's it.
Belkar: I don't get it.
- Panel 11
Roy: *Sigh*
- Panel 12
Roy: The chimera made fun of how short you are.
Belkar: Oh, that is IT! I'm gonna track down that loser's family and slit their friggin' throats!
- Panel 13
Roy addresses the reader, breaking the 4th wall.
Roy: I work with the tools I've been given. Sue me.
D&D Context
- Rangers like Belkar Bitterleaf gain the feat Track for free and Survival as a class skill, which make them the best class for tracking opponents.
Trivia
- Belkar expresses his issues about his height for the first time.