New Order of the Stick Strip Up

[Thomas Seitz]

Poor O-Chul and Lien...

[John Woodford]

1298: Alley Oop

We've been waiting for that particular Chekhov's <spoiler> to go off for how long now?

[TriOmegaZero]

You really do gotta live in the moment.

[The Raven Black]

John Woodford wrote:

1298: Alley Oop

We've been waiting for that particular Chekhov's <spoiler> to go off for how long now?

October 22, 2013

Fromper wrote:

Well, I did say something unexpected would happen.

[Thomas Seitz]

Okay I'm impressed with the payoff.

Still think the Devil Dragon MIGHT be able to win if our guys don't get Sunny back on track.

[Dragonchess Player]

"Serini, these new allies of yours are truly pathetic. They are already resorting to throwing small harmless- GLRKT!"

Lol

[Fromper]

I'm disappointed that the final joke wasn't a callback to Roy throwing small, harmless animals early in his career.

[Andostre]

Andostre wrote:

Fromper wrote:

Time for Bloodfeast to wander into Sunny's line of sight to set up some lizard-on-lizard action?

Man, after all this time, the payoff for Bloodfeast better be good.

I'm satisfied!

[Andostre]

The Raven Black wrote:

John Woodford wrote:

1298: Alley Oop

We've been waiting for that particular Chekhov's <spoiler> to go off for how long now?

October 22, 2013

Holy crap, that doesn't feel like over ten years ago!

[The Raven Black]

Andostre wrote:

The Raven Black wrote:

John Woodford wrote:

1298: Alley Oop

We've been waiting for that particular Chekhov's <spoiler> to go off for how long now?

October 22, 2013

Holy crap, that doesn't feel like over ten years ago!

Yes. I had the exact same thought.

Time flies. Let's use it well.

[The Raven Black]

Thomas Seitz wrote:

Okay I'm impressed with the payoff.

Still think the Devil Dragon MIGHT be able to win if our guys don't get Sunny back on track.

Alley seems to be in a very good place to do something about it.

Is there a way to reflect Sunny's gaze on themselves ?

[thejeff]

Thomas Seitz wrote:

Okay I'm impressed with the payoff.

Still think the Devil Dragon MIGHT be able to win if our guys don't get Sunny back on track.

Yeah, wouldn't expect Bloodfeast to do much more than give the team a chance to regroup.

[Fromper]

The real question: Will Serini be surprised by Bloodfeast, since she slept through that part of their planning meeting?

[John Woodford]

1299: Red vs. Red

The hits just keep on coming.

[Andostre]

I like V in the bottom left corner genuinely terrified at how close things just got for them. (And kind of still are.)

[Dragonchess Player]

"You yelled at my mom!"

Uh, oh. Sunny is getting mad...

[Thomas Seitz]

I just enjoy the chaos of this fight, especially now that the dragon no longer has the upper hand.

[John Woodford]

1300: Short-Term Goal

Oops.

[Dragonchess Player]

Well, it does provide a means for O-Chul and Lien to get to the fight, once they heal Sunny...

"Short-term" goal, after all. After the "score" through the doorway.

[Thomas Seitz]

Well at least now we have a way for the paladins to join in.

[Andostre]

Uh oh. I'm worried about Bloodfeast the Extreme-inator, which isn't a sentence I ever thought I'd type.

[The Raven Black]

Gnaw
Gnaw
Gnaw

[John Woodford]

Andostre wrote:

Uh oh. I'm worried about Bloodfeast the Extreme-inator, which isn't a sentence I ever thought I'd type.

We'll see if V prepared Dispel Magic today.

[John Woodford]

1301: Bite Size

How many of us saw this coming?

[The Raven Black]

John Woodford wrote:

1301: Bite Size

How many of us saw this coming?

I did not. Well done.

I wonder how Belkar will react to V not doing this much much earlier in the story.

[Phillip Gastone]

I was expecting the dragon to explode.

[TriOmegaZero]

Maybe his jaw unhinges.

If it didn't before, maybe it does now!

[Andostre]

I wasn't ready for that, either. And yeah, my first thought was, "The party hasn't already been in a situation where a friendly dinosaur would have been helpful?"

I mean... maybe. I'd have to go back and review the comics, but I'd be surprised.

Anyway, in most of the recent comics, Calder's right horn is broken. In the previous two comics, it's his left horn. I usually don't notice details like that, so I'm sharing it now!

[A highly regarded expert]

Looks like the right horn to me.

[Thomas Seitz]

I mean it's great we get to see Bloodripper not be killed. We'll see if the dragon can survive not having a working jaw for a bit...

[John Woodford]

TriOmegaZero wrote:

Maybe his jaw unhinges.

If it didn't before, maybe it does now!

*Something* is probably going to be unhinged next strip....

[John Woodford]

1302: Not a Competition

Poor V. And after Belkar defended him during their heel turn, way back when.

[The Raven Black]

John Woodford wrote:

1302: Not a Competition

Poor V. And after Belkar defended him during their heel turn, way back when.

Familicide will always be my favourite.

And the deep end of the alignment pool of course.

[Dragonchess Player]

Well, V's time as a "villain" did sharpen their sarcasm...