Episode 320: Extrications

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Episode 320
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Extrications
Date Published	Saturday August 16, 2003
Previous Comic	Episode 319: Not Again
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Cast Appearing

• Fighter McWarrior
• Thief
• Red Mage Statscowski
• Heir to the Giant Throne

Setting

• Elf Land Outskirts

Script

Thief, Fighter, and Red Mage are walking away from the wreckage of the deathtrap
Thief	I have to say, Red Mage, that was an amazing escape.
Fighter	And how! I was there and I still don't believe something so ingenious could have been formulated so quickly.
Fighter	And it didn't kill any of us or anything!
Red Mage	Well, I make no claims to genius. I let those who see me in action do that.
Fighter	If that application of a Portable Hole, an Immovable Rod, a Bag of Holding, and an ice spell wasn't genius, then I don't know what is!
Red Mage	You flatter me. It'd be genius if I was able to extricate us without losing those items to the flames.
Fighter	Haven't you become less versatile now that you are without them?
Red Mage	The old Red Mage would have said that.
Red Mage	But then I had an epiphany while we were roasting alive.
Fighter	Elephanty? Is that like a pachyderm?
Red Mage	No, my stupid, stupid friend.
Red Mage	I merely realized that my reluctance to sacrifice spell slots or use items or the express purpose of maintaining my peak level of versatility was a vicious cycle of stagnation.
Thief	One cannot truly be versatile if one cannot adapt.
Fighter	So true.
Red Mage	It's the fortune cookie that changed my life.
Fighter	What should we do about BM?
Red Mage	Hm. Ironically, if we have a Portable Hole, an Immovable Rod, and a Bag of Holding, I could get him out of there in two rounds.
Thief	Now that's a shame.
Fighter	We could lure it away with a ruby.
Red Mage	No, you're thinking of titans. This is a giant. There's a big difference.