Order of the Stick

Djscman · 2013-09-12T20:26:34.000Z

Great point!

Tin_Wisdom · 2013-09-13T06:48:58.000Z

Wow, great catch.

Joe_O_Malley · 2013-09-13T08:03:02.000Z

Dave Markell:

And he even called him “Xyklon”, which is hilarious. Rich is poking fun at everyone who’s gotten Xykon’s name wrong on his forums over the past decade.

I call him “Xyklon” because it is so close to “Zyklon,” a WWII gas. Seems appropriate for the casual evil of the lich.

Joe_O_Malley · 2013-09-13T08:06:28.000Z

And Greatatlantic, good one!

Greatatlantic · 2013-09-17T13:40:54.000Z

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0919.html

You know what the comic has been missing so far? Johnny Cash references.

Obligatory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIBTg7q9oNc

Miramon · 2013-09-17T14:48:14.000Z

Nerf the overpowered wizards…

Dave_Markell · 2013-09-17T15:16:33.000Z

The “bat poop and burning flesh” reference is great (guano being the material component for fireballs), as is V’s final “Yes, sadly” line.

Dejin · 2013-09-18T02:58:27.000Z

“And hand me a potion if you have any left.” Does that make any sense? If they still had potions wouldn’t they have already given them to Belkar?

Starlight · 2013-09-18T10:55:31.000Z

Belkar is currently at Con 1, huge negative modifier to his max hp. (A -5 stat modifier in fact, so 1/level for his Rogue levels. Max 7 for his Barbarian level…but still)

Dejin · 2013-09-18T11:01:48.000Z

Starlight:

Belkar is currently at Con 1, huge negative modifier to his max hp. (A -5 stat modifier in fact, so 1/level for his Rogue levels. 7 for his Barbarian level…but still)

Interesting. Thanks Starlight. Is that a standard DnD result of getting drained by a vampire? Are they going to have trouble getting his Con back up?

Starlight · 2013-09-18T11:10:31.000Z

Yea, the Vampire drains constitution with it’s bite. What you need is restoration spells. That’s why Ray asked Durkon if he had any memorised (answer, “no”)

(Natural restore is 1/day, 2 with bed rest, Restoration (lvl 4 cleric spell) fixes the stat instantly)

Dan_Theman · 2013-09-18T11:14:53.000Z

Restoration also gets rid of any negative levels via Malack’s energy drain. Belkar is pretty beaten down without it, right now.

Dejin · 2013-09-20T21:29:20.000Z

920 No Running, No Hiding

Dejin · 2013-09-25T21:51:09.000Z

921 Shot Down

Dave_Markell · 2013-09-25T23:11:00.000Z

“Oh yeah. Wizard.” And I loved the clade line as well. Great strip, especially since we get some insight into other members of Team Tarquin.

Shellfishguy · 2013-09-26T05:54:58.000Z

“A bidet Miron. It’s called a bidet.” Great strip!

Starlight · 2013-09-26T07:18:56.000Z

…I just hope Rich isn’t setting himself an impossible bar for awesome thought the rest of the story. Because lately it’s been f***ing awesome.

Joe_O_Malley · 2013-09-26T12:58:54.000Z

It does look like he’s playing his “A” game right now. lots of strips, and really entertaining.

But, we’ve underestimated him before ;-)

Twosixteen · 2013-09-27T08:32:06.000Z

Dave Markell:

“Oh yeah. Wizard.” And I loved the clade line as well. Great strip, especially since we get some insight into other members of Team Tarquin.

I especially loved this bit, nice to see that everyone doesn’t just blindly accept Tarquin’s meglomania as genius.

Tin_Wisdom · 2013-09-29T05:07:58.000Z

From Burlew’s Kickstarter update:

In completely unrelated news, today is the tenth anniversary of The Order of the Stick. I posted the first strip on September 29, 2003 with no goal more lofty than to amuse the 10-20 people who were visiting my message board. It’s been a pretty good run since then. Since I couldn’t have made it as far as I have without the support of everyone reading this, I thought I should take a moment to say thanks. Thanks! Rest assured, it won’t take another ten years to get to the end of the story. Maybe four? Tough to say.