Roy falls to his death.
Cast
- Roy Greenhilt ◀ ▶
- Bag of Tricks Rat ◀ ▶
- Bag of Tricks Beaver ◀ ▶
- Bag of Tricks Cat ◀
- Bag of Tricks Badger ◀ ▶
Transcript
- Panel 1
Roy falls, in a semi-conscious state.
Roy continues to fall.
Roy realizes what's happening.
Roy: GAH!!!
Roy: HOLY CRAP!
Roy: Wait, Roy—concentrate. You're an adventurer, you can weasel your way out of this.
Roy: OK, so, if V or Durkon had any spells that could help AND were paying attention, they would have already cast them by now.
Roy: You're way out of range for a Feather Fall anyway.
Roy throws a badger, a beaver, a mouse, and a cat from his Bag of Tricks. "pop! pop! pop! pop!"
Roy: C'mon... if this thing can accidentally summon a rhino, there's got to be a giant eagle in there, right?
Roy peeks into the empty bag.
Roy: *sigh*
Roy: Out of critters.
Roy: I don't think I'd be so annoyed if I felt like I slowed him down, but I don't.
Roy: Hey Dad, FYI, you might want to mention Meteor Swarms to Julia!
Roy: Do I have any potions that would help?
Roy: Delay Poison? Shillelagh oil? Why do I even have these??
Roy: I mean, if I had any healing potions left, I could drink one and hope for minimal falling damage, but I drank the last one after I took those arrows for Elan.
Roy: You know, part of me wants to be mad at him for this somehow, but really, at this point, why bother?
Roy: I hope him and Haley get out of this mess alive and go live happily ever—
Roy: WAIT!!
Roy pulls out Celia's talisman.
Roy: Celia's talisman!
Roy: All I have to do is break it to summon her, and she can fly, fly, fly me away! Ha ha!
Roy strains to break the talisman.
Roy: Hnnnnnnnn!
Roy: Huh. That's harder to break than I would have expected.
Roy: Maybe if I—
Roy hits the ground with a "SPLAT!" and suffers enough fall damage to kill him instantly.
- Panel 2
The Greenhilt Sword and the talisman hit the ground next to his corpse. "thunk!"
D&D Context
- Even accounting for the questionable color of Roy's Bag of Tricks, there is no option for a giant eagle.
- Potions of Delay Poison have the same effect as the 2nd level spell, delaying the onset of any poisons.
- Shillelagh Oil has the same effect as the 1st level spell, turning any club into a magical weapon.
- Falling damage is 1d6 of damage per 10 feet fallen, to a maximum of 20d6 (average = 70 damage).
Trivia
- The Bag of Tricks accidentally summoned a rhino in "Don't Question the Color of the Bag".
- This comic is one long panel until Roy hits the ground.
- This is the only other appearace of the Bag of Tricks Cat.
- Roy's two potions may owe to earlier comics, where they would have been quite handy: Delay Poison would have saved him from the Strength poison he took in #38, or the Constitution poison Elan endured in #234. Oil of Shillelagh would have been handy during the events of No Cure for the Paladin Blues, where Roy's primary weapon was a nonmagical greatclub (and also in #234, he considered the idea of using a broom handle as a weapon, which the oil would have turned into an effective one).
- Celia gave Roy the amulet which can summon her in "Bing Crosby's Got Nothing On Us". The reason Roy was unable to open Celia's talisman is mentioned in "The Summons", where Celia reveals that it requires magic energy to break it, and it is a little weak to electricity.
- Following his death in this comic, Roy won't be restored to life until "In the Flesh", 225 strips from now.
- The name is a reference to Groundhog Day, where a character named Ned Ryerson says "the first step is a doozy!" after the main character accidentally falls into a puddle