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* ImmuneToFire: As is normal for a red dragon; he can even [[ExploitedImmunity directs his breath weapon on his own body]] with no risk of getting hurt.
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* ImmuneToFire: As is normal for a red dragon; he can even [[ExploitedImmunity directs direct his breath weapon on at his own body]] with no risk of getting hurt.
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Don't quite know if what was added is correct or not, but I felt it worth mentioning in the vibe Calder's character is written with.
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* CardCarryingVillain: Unlike Xykon and Tarquin, who bring their own brand of self-aware humor to the role, Calder is ''very'' straightforward and grandiose in who and what he is, as seen in AGodAmI.
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* KnightOfCerebus: [[PlayedWith In a sense.]] While ''The Order of the Stick'' at this point as a story has long gone through [[CerebusSyndrome very nasty villains, dark themes, and dramatic moments]], Calder is the first villain in the story who has ''none'' of the humor that the previous villains have had in any way, behaving much more like a traditional fantasy villain and being powerful enough that the only humor that the heroes can usually get on him is the banter to counter his grandiose, but very legitimate threats, or when counter-attacking him. That being said, while Calder is treated seriously as an enemy, the threat of Xykon and Redcloak getting potentially closer and closer to Kraagor's Gate and potentially releasing [[EldritchAbomination The Snarl]] far eclipses whatever threat he may have towards the world at large, the Vector Legion's control over the Western Continent far outstrips any wider menace his old cult possessed, and of course, there is the unknown threat of the [[TheChessmaster IFCC's wider plans to consider]].
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misuse — Predecessor Villain is not "a villain fought by the precedessors of the heroes"
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* PredecessorVillain: Calder and his cult were one of the many threats the Order of the Scribble faced in their day, before their creation of the Gates and decades before the events of the main story, and he has been trapped in Kraagor's Tomb ever since. Once he is released from his stasis, he immediately turns to getting revenge on Serini and establishing his cult again.
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* ShoutOut: A dragon named "Calder" can only be a reference to the sculpture ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Dragon_(Calder) Flying Dragon]]'' by Alexander Calder. (That, or the fact that he debuted on a calendar.)
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* ShoutOut: A dragon named "Calder" can only could be a reference to the sculpture ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Dragon_(Calder) Flying Dragon]]'' by Alexander Calder. (That, or (This might be a coincidence, as the fact that he debuted on a calendar.name could also come from Latin ''caldus'' and related words, such as ''caldera''.)
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* AGodAmI: He had a penchant of charming people to form cults worshipping him.
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* AGodAmI: He had a penchant of charming people to form cults worshipping him.him, and takes immense offense at the implication that he's just another obstacle in the Order of the Stick's way to stop Xykon rather than being a global threat himself.
-->'''Calder:''' Resources?? You think me a mere obstacle on your way to greater glory, human? I am '''''Calder'''''! For the crime of displeasing me, I have ordered better men than you to immolate themselves, and been obeyed!
-->'''Calder:''' Resources?? You think me a mere obstacle on your way to greater glory, human? I am '''''Calder'''''! For the crime of displeasing me, I have ordered better men than you to immolate themselves, and been obeyed!
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: He kills Zz'dtri by breaking his neck after he realizes that the Order of the Stick will be more helpful towards him in reaching the dwarvern homelands. Since Zz'dtri enjoyed turning people into stone and was willing to kill his own comrade to save his own skin....
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-->'''Durkon's cousin-in-law's fiancé:''' YIELD, VAMPIRE, FOR YOU WILL NOT STAND AGAINST MY BLADE OF PURE--
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-->'''Durkon's cousin-in-law's fiancé:''' YIELD, VAMPIRE, FOR YOU WILL NOT STAND AGAINST MY BLADE OF PURE--[[AC:yield, vampire, for you will not stand against my blade of pure]]--
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* CharmPerson: Charm Elan with one of their eyestalks in order to trap the others. Later charms Mr. Scruffy into attacking Belkar. An attempt on Vaarsuvius is foiled by ''mind blank'', however.
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* CharmPerson: Charm Elan with one of their eyestalks in order to trap the others. Later charms charm Mr. Scruffy into attacking Belkar. An attempt on Vaarsuvius is foiled by ''mind blank'', however.
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** In a later strip, she answers the question of how long she'd been working with Serini (7 years) by sprouting two more fingers on her left hand, to Haley's disgust.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Standard ''D&D'' mimics can only typically take the shape of inanimate objects. Mimi can fully turn into a functional humanoid form, no doubt to ease up her movement and interactions with the Order.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Standard ''D&D'' mimics can only typically take the shape of inanimate objects. Mimi can fully turn into a functional humanoid form, no doubt to ease up her movement and interactions with the Order.
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** In a later strip, she answers the question of how long she'd been working with Serini (7 (seven years) by sprouting two more fingers on her left hand, to Haley's disgust.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Standard ''D&D'' mimics can only typically take the shape of inanimate objects. Mimi can fully turn into a functional humanoid form, no doubt to ease up hermovement movements and interactions with the Order.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Standard ''D&D'' mimics can only typically take the shape of inanimate objects. Mimi can fully turn into a functional humanoid form, no doubt to ease up her
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Her main shtick as a mimic, of course. She's first seen blocking the escape route of the Order by mimicking stone over a cave entrace. She seems to be smarter and more advanced than your typical mimic, even able to take a humanoid form.
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Her main shtick as a mimic, of course. She's first seen blocking the escape route of the Order by mimicking stone over a cave entrace.entrance. She seems to be smarter and more advanced than your typical mimic, even able to take a humanoid form.
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* BreathWeapon: With a red dragon, some incineration is to be expected. Calder uses a flame breath to open the fight against the Order of the Stick, scorching those not skilled with Evasion.
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* BreathWeapon: With a red dragon, some incineration is to be expected. Calder uses a flame breath to open the fight against the Order of the Stick, scorching those not skilled with Evasion. Later, when brought to the floor and swarmed by the party, he breathes fire on himself to shake them off, confident in his own immunity.
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* ImmuneToFire: As is normal for a red dragon; he can even [[ExploitedImmunity directs his breath weapon on his own body]] with no risk of getting hurt.
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* TailSlap: Even pinned down by Bloodfeast, Calder's tail proves long enough to reach Sunny, and strong enough to knock out the beholder by sending them bounce against a wall.
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* RemovedAchillesHeel: By his own words, Calder has managed to rid himself of the vulnerability to cold damage that red dragons like him usually suffer from, possibly through the Suppress Weakness/Overcome Weakness Monstrous Feats from the ''Draconomicon''.
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* ClintSquint: His eyes seem to be fixed in this expression by default, which highlights his utter contempt for Serini and her allies.
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* ClintSquint: His eyes seem to be fixed in this expression by default, which highlights illustrates his utter contempt for Serini and her allies.
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* ClintSquint: His eyes seem to be fixed in this expression by default.
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* ClintSquint: His eyes seem to be fixed in this expression by default.default, which highlights his utter contempt for Serini and her allies.
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* ClintSquint: His eyes seem to be fixed in this expression by default.
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* AssholeVictim: His fate of suffering through an AndIMustScream situation is legitimately awful...but one has to remember that he was and still is, an evil red dragon who once controlled an entire cult of brainwashed people and attempts to kill the Order just because they weren't servile enough.
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* AssholeVictim: His fate of suffering through an AndIMustScream situation is legitimately awful... but one has to remember that he was was, and still is, an evil red dragon who once controlled an entire cult of brainwashed people and attempts to kill the Order just because they weren't aren't servile enough.
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-->'''Calder:''' Serini, these allies of yours are truly pathetic. They are already resorting to throwing small harmless-''[[ShutUpHannibal GLRKT]]!''
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-->'''Calder:''' Serini, these allies of yours are truly pathetic. They are already resorting to throwing small harmless-''[[ShutUpHannibal GLRKT]]!''harmless-- '''''[[ShutUpHannibal GLRKT!]]'''''
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* AssholeVictim: His fate of suffering through an AndIMustScream situation is legitimately awful...but one has to remember that he was and still is, an evil red dragon who once controlled an entire cult of brainwashed people and attempts to kill the Order just because they weren't servile enough.
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: He is very unimpressed when he sees Belkar give Bloodfeast a FastballSpecial into an anti-magic field... at least until he's got ''Allosaurus'' fangs in his neck.
-->'''Calder:''' Serini, these allies of yours are truly pathetic. They are already resorting to throwing small harmless-''[[ShutUpHannibal GLRKT]]!''
-->'''Calder:''' Serini, these allies of yours are truly pathetic. They are already resorting to throwing small harmless-''[[ShutUpHannibal GLRKT]]!''
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-->'''Calder:''' I am going to torture and kill that halfling in spectacularly gruesome fashion, and what happens between us afterwards will be largely up to you.
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->''"I am going to torture and kill that halfling in spectacularly gruesome fashion, and what happens between us afterwards will be largely up to you."''
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The Adaptational Badass Quote does not really apply to Calder, his capabilities are perfectly in line with the Oldest Categories of a Red Dragon, who count as 17th level Sorcerers at the Wyrm stage.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Calder has abilities beyond what typical red dragons are capable of. [[CharmPerson He is highly proficient at mind control,]] [[NoSell no longer has a weakness to cold damage,]] [[YinYangBomb and can cast a cold-based spell.]] How he augmented himself is unknown, but the most likely explanation is that he has taken literal class levels at some point. Given that ''polar ray'' is a 8th level spell that requires at least a level 15 wizard or level 16 sorcerer to cast, [[FromBadToWorse this turns Calder into a significant problem just before the finish line.]]
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* ADogNamedDog: A mimic named Mimi... not very creative, Serini.
