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Well, the Order of the Stick is 10 years old today. Rich thanks his readers, but I think he deserves a great deal of kudos for telling a good story and sticking with it.
If you look around the webcomics world today, very few artists are still doing what they started with. They moved on to other projects, webcomics; or just drastically changed the tone of their story or characters. So - endurance in this case has been a good thing for us as fans. Thanks, Rich!
10 YEARS !!!
Come on. I am not that OLD, am I ? :-(
Come to think of it ...
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And...Payback!?
That last panel is one of my new favorite lines!
I guess his CHA is MUCH better than his WIS :-)))
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That wouldn’t take much. ;)
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Well, the Order of the Stick is 10 years old today. Rich thanks his readers, but I think he deserves a great deal of kudos for telling a good story and sticking with it.
Four more years! Four more years!
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Well now. I wasn't expecting that. But that IS one way to get epic animal companions. Did...did Belkar pick up Leadership?
Nah, he just upgraded from his cat companion. He is a ranger, after all.
I love the flashback, with the detail of Haley's dad picking the lock to the T-Rex cage. There's a throwaway plot element I never expected to be mentioned again.
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I'm pretty sure Belkar just used his long-ignored Handle Animal skill.
Ergo Greenhilt's comment, ',...Acting like a Ranger."
:)
Just IMHO,...
Oh yes, and BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! :D
EDIT- Oops, Ninja'd by Fromper, who may also be correct.
Either way,... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Being that his cat is still with him, I think it was just the Handle Animal skill in use.
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Best. Wild. Empathy. Check. EVER
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I guess his CHA is MUCH better than his WIS :-)))And...Payback!?
That last panel is one of my new favorite lines!
Remember the lass from the thieves guild?
Also, apparently in OotS univeres karma does work. Belkar was quite nice (for himself) recently after all.
Don't want to spoil the awesomeness of that display, but the latest trend has been to set someone up big and then have Tarquin (or some other villain) knock them down.
I'm concerned this might be a precursor to Belkar's much discussed, emminent death prophecy. Still, I hope the wave of kick-ass continues for a little longer if that's the case.
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As long as Belkar doesn't take it in the knee, he's fine. Right now, even if he does die, he is pretty much guaranteed to go to an afterlife with hot & cold running Who-
'Ladies of negotiable affection'.
In battle against vastly superior numbers, check
In service to the greater good, check
Riding a freaking DINOSAUR on a RAMPAGE, Big check
The only reason this doesn't qualify as Belkar's crowning moment of awesome is because even factoring in the fact that he's succeeded in giving Roy pause, it still doesn't really beat Belkar's previous 'Sexy Shoeless God of War' moments.
Although it does come close.
Whores stabbing whores who stab whores, wasn't it?
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Dinosaur rides are indeed awesome!
Go OOTS!
Nice! Now I'm hoping that some dinosaurs turn up in one of the paper mini sets that Rich has been making for the OOTS Kickstarter backers.
-Aaron
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"-and really, I don't know why everyone always complains about being overshadowed in combat. I've always found it very relaxing."
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"-and really, I don't know why everyone always complains about being overshadowed in combat. I've always found it very relaxing."That circles back to:
Rub, rub, rub, rub my father's face in my uselessness!
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Heh, I think Rich pushed things to deliberately downplay V's capabilities in this encounter, but I have to say I totally love that Belkar basically saved the party by acting like an actual ranger. That totally rocked. :)
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V's doing exactly what a wizard should do: spending just enough resources to win the fight.
Hehehe... potion dosages.
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BNW, you know, you are exactly right. And frankly that's probably how I'd play it if I were playing the wizard. I am notorious for being highly stingy with my casters' spells, and that's a perfectly reasonable and legitimate explanation for this turn of events.
Plus, it's friggin' awesome.
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Damnit - if someone doesn't go through Chekov's portal, I'm going to be pissed!
Hmmm...maybe Tarquin will...
...send some troops through it to see what happens. Seems like the original portal killed the goblins Xykon sent through, but maybe that was a feature of the gate.
The real question is whether the dino-mount will become a permanent party member, the way the cat and raven have.
I would love that, but I doubt it. The Dino isn't a class feature (yet), so I'm reasonably certain it's here for a limited time basis, regrettably.
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Wow - Tarquin's going all in. I really thought he'd figure out that it was a bad idea.
Now I'm curious what Laurin's favor will be. We know so little about her character that it could be anything.
Provided he and/or she don't die in this little escapade.
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Provided he and/or she don't die in this little escapade.
I do wonder if Tarquin is overplaying his role here, which (by his own Dramatic rules) will get him killed.
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Provided he and/or she don't die in this little escapade.I do wonder if Tarquin is overplaying his role here, which (by his own Dramatic rules) will get him killed.
That's my prediction.
I just want someone (probably Roy or maybe Elan) to inform him "You're nothing but a Side Quest" before he dies.
Wow - Tarquin's going all in. I really thought he'd figure out that it was a bad idea.
Now I'm curious what Laurin's favor will be. We know so little about her character that it could be anything.
I'm betting her favor will have something to do with letting her (or her daughter) go "free" or something similar. She may well want out of all of this.
Provided he and/or she don't die in this little escapade.I do wonder if Tarquin is overplaying his role here, which (by his own Dramatic rules) will get him killed.
I'm more curious wondering what would occur (what she would do about it) if Tarquin died without the ability to fulfill the favor.
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Provided he and/or she don't die in this little escapade.I do wonder if Tarquin is overplaying his role here, which (by his own Dramatic rules) will get him killed.That's my prediction.
I just want someone (probably Roy or maybe Elan) to inform him "You're nothing but a Side Quest" before he dies.
Yes. This. Please.
Make it so.
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I do wonder if Tarquin is overplaying his role here, which (by his own Dramatic rules) will get him killed.That's my prediction.
I just want someone (probably Roy or maybe Elan) to inform him "You're nothing but a Side Quest" before he dies.
It has to be Elan. It won't be Elan that kills him, but it'll definitely be Elan who tells him he's the side quest, not the main villain.
Xykon or Red Cloak killing Tarquin just because he is in their way would be fitting but it does not seem there is much chance for that meeting...
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Or maybe Laurin's favor will be "Die!!" at a critical moment in the battle, forcing Tarquin to realize that he's a second-string villain, taken out by an underling.
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Or maybe Laurin's favor will be "Die!!" at a critical moment in the battle, forcing Tarquin to realize that he's a second-string villain, taken out by an underling.
Quite possible. It's also possible that this is in some sort of revenge for Malak (she seemed quite fond of him or close) by blaming Tarquin's sons for his death (maybe even a "sins of the son passed onto the father sort of thing).
Also, I forgot to mention in making my previous point...
Provided he and/or she don't die in this little escapade.I do wonder if Tarquin is overplaying his role here, which (by his own Dramatic rules) will get him killed.
... I'm pretty sure this is what Tarquin is heading for at this time. He wants it to be Elan, but it's possible that:
1) he's hoping that an epic win on his part (killing Greenhilt) will empower Elan to take the mantle of revenge or leadership (an unlikely event since Greenhilt is a pretty solid warrior and is part of a different narrative; also because Elan is rather forgiving and/or Durkon will likely raise Roy)
2) he's attempting to get Elan in one-on-one battle now (an unlikely event, as Elan will likely try to avoid it)
3) he's planning on killing his own son (unlikely, but possible, instead of staining his legacy) in order to change the narrative so that Greenhilt focuses his eventual wrath on Tarquin (making Tarquin the "final boss" as it were, of Greenhilt's narrative)
I think he's making a major mistake, regardless. Even if he "wins" I'm reasonably sure he just doesn't know the Order well enough to succeed at what he's attempting.
It's also possible that Elan (or Greenhilt) may well leave him alive at the end of all this when he delivers, "the line". Or maybe Tarquin well tell it to himself and commit suicide. Lots of interesting possibilities here.
After my last bungled attempt to predict the next strip or so I realized that attempting to predict what will happen in the strip is actually not an example of predictive logic or narrative cause and effect, it simply is reading Rich Burlew's mind. Or, to put it another way, especially if Rich is determined to keep surprising us, pretty much pure luck.
But I am enjoying the predictions so don't stop. :)
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Or maybe Laurin's favor will be "Die!!" at a critical moment in the battle, forcing Tarquin to realize that he's a second-string villain, taken out by an underling.Quite possible. It's also possible that this is in some sort of revenge for Malak (she seemed quite fond of him or close) by blaming Tarquin's sons for his death (maybe even a "sins of the son passed onto the father sort of thing).
Oooo ... or maybe her favor will be to kill Elan. It could be the Darth Vader redemption moment when he turns on his "companions" ... even though he's more like Palpatine ...
Oooo ... or maybe her favor will be to kill Elan. It could be the Darth Vader redemption moment when he turns on his "companions" ... even though he's more like Palpatine ...Or maybe Laurin's favor will be "Die!!" at a critical moment in the battle, forcing Tarquin to realize that he's a second-string villain, taken out by an underling.Quite possible. It's also possible that this is in some sort of revenge for Malak (she seemed quite fond of him or close) by blaming Tarquin's sons for his death (maybe even a "sins of the son passed onto the father sort of thing).
Niiiiiiiiiiice idea. I wonder if he would be redeemed in that circumstance. Interesting.