# Goblins webcomic discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075 "2010-03-03T02:04:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075/261 "2011-10-31T19:19:04Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > So how much XP does the Orc have from fighting the demoness and her brood for all of that time? Well, he never actually beat them or the encounter, so he doesn’t get any from fighting them before. He might have some roleplay XP from all those death scenes, though. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075/262 "2011-11-19T04:12:31Z")
The others may have their character classes, but Dies [just took a level in Badass.](http://www.goblinscomic.com/11182011/) ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075/263 "2011-11-19T07:06:49Z")
I wonder if his name really means he has a hard time dying. Survivesalot doesn’t quite have the same ring to it. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075/264 "2011-11-19T07:25:04Z")
Whether or not this ‘death’ counted as fulfilling Dies’ name, it looks like he sure thinks it does. Dies not being scared is…kind of scary. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075/265 "2011-11-19T11:46:32Z")
I guess Dies doesn’t need his chest plate armor anymore. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075/266 "2011-11-19T12:28:41Z")
_So_ looking forward to the next update! I want to see Dies kick some serious demon minion ass. Plus, now the Blade Beetles have been disturbed – once they focus their efforts after being scattered, what do you want to bet that there will be some serious insect nastiness going on? ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075/267 "2011-11-30T09:07:52Z")
> **[Goblins -](https://www.goblinscomic.com/11292011/)** > > Goblins is the story of a fantasy rpg through the eyes of the low-level monsters. Damn it, I had suspicions about that second soul taking over. Why didn’t I mention it here for my just rewards? ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075/268 "2011-11-30T09:19:49Z")
Straight from the Thunt’s blog post > [@](#): > > I too, want to stand amongst everyone else and say “Get this, guys, I think Dies Horribly is named that because he’s actually horrible at dying!” (Except I don’t say that, because I know it’s not true). So there goes my theory. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075/269 "2011-11-30T23:14:17Z")
That doesn’t sound like something that the soul of a klikky arm would say, though… Where the heck _did_ that soul come from? Unless “Father” is the original gray Klik, whom Fox is currently wielding as a staff? It still seems pretty bizarre, though. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075/270 "2012-01-11T02:41:17Z")
[How does a lady with no legs kick a guy in the gut?](http://www.goblinscomic.com/) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075/271 "2012-01-11T03:08:10Z")
Oh, Kin… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075/272 "2012-01-11T06:50:44Z")
She might also be counting on the assumption that Psimax is eavesdropping, and trying to bluff him into miscalculating. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075/273 "2012-01-11T07:15:37Z")
Or she could be clueless, herself. Wouldn’t a psion have direct access to that information? > [@Wolverine](#): > > [How does a lady with no legs kick a guy in the gut?](http://www.goblinscomic.com/) Ouch. Great line, though. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075/274 "2012-01-11T07:30:26Z")
I think she’s in denial or clueless because she doesn’t know what love is/has a fucked up idea of it considering what she’s been through. I mean, she _just_ begged for MinMax’s life. And was upset when Forgath made fun of him earlier (the teapot bit). Jumping his bones might be the furthest thing from her oversized mind, but she cares for him alright. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075/275 "2012-01-11T11:21:49Z")
She does care for him as a friend. I don’t know that she actually is in love with him, though. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075/276 "2012-04-19T07:38:08Z")
What the hell is happening with Minmax this strip? ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075/277 "2012-04-19T08:39:25Z")
My first thought was that it was an until-now latent effect from the Shield of Wonder, but someone on the Goblins boards suggested that Minmax just leveled up and chose Barbarian. The purple color and horizonal glowing line from his eyes are identical to what Complains shows when he goes into a barbarian rage. In any case, and pretty much as always, I can’t wait for the next update! ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075/278 "2012-04-19T09:02:16Z")
> [@shantih](#): > > My first thought was that it was an until-now latent effect from the Shield of Wonder, but someone on the Goblins boards suggested that Minmax just leveled up and chose Barbarian. The purple color and horizonal glowing line from his eyes are identical to what Complains shows when he goes into a barbarian rage. > > In any case, and pretty much as always, I can’t wait for the next update! the only thing i have against that is there is usually a “Ding” when they level isn’t there? ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075/279 "2012-04-19T12:13:10Z")
> [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](#): > > the only thing i have against that is there is usually a “Ding” when they level isn’t there? There is in The Order of the Stick, but I haven’t noticed it in Goblins. In [this strip](http://www.goblinscomic.com/10222009/), Complains mentions that they’re all fourth level now, but I don’t find any acknowledgement of their leveling up at the time that it happened. I’m not saying it’s impossible for me to have missed it, but I haven’t found anything. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075/280 "2012-04-19T15:59:43Z")
Minmax _could_ have suddenly taken a level in barbarian, but my preferred theory is that it’s a function of his armor. I think it gives you at least some of the abilities of another class, with the current color of the armor determining which class. When the armor is red, he gets barbarian traits. Black might give him rogue abilities. Pink…I don’t know. Bard, maybe? Plaid, of course, will give him a level in Kickasso. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-discussion/531075.md?page=15)