History TheOrderOfTheStick / TropesVToZ

** Because Gnomes have a racial ability to speak with burrowing animals, Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} is [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0539.html an actual fox]].

'''Julia:''' {{Hero complex}}.\\

* VomitingCop: The rookie cop in Cliffport. Understandable, since he just walked in on a serial killers massacre (secretly commited by Thog).

'''Minrah:''' Please stop breathig on me.

** This is Minrah's reaction upon meeting Elan for the first time, because he'd lots of garlic in preparation for fighting vampires.

* YouNeedABreathMint: In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0615.html "It's a Real Life-Saver"]]:
-->'''Haley:''' Hey, Bozzok!! I've got two things you've needed desperately for some time: An arrow to the gut, and a breath freshener!

* VillainHasAPoint:
** In "Concerning Thoughts", Durkon admits that [[spoiler:Redcloak]] was right about [[spoiler:goblins and hobgoblins being treated unequally by the gods.]]

** Crossing over with WhatMeasureIsANonHuman, the Dark One's entire scheme is built on the fact that the gods ''explicitly'' created the entire goblin species to serve as XP fodder for clerics. He and Redcloak are less than happy with this arrangement.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Deliberately invoked in-universe. The Gods created the AlwaysChaoticEvil races to serve as XP-fodder for human (and humanoid) heroes, so it would be possible for their clerics to reach high levels. Unfortunately, they didn't actually ''make'' all those species, such as goblins, orcs, etc., Evil, it's just a cultural rule of thumb. As a result, the humanoid species have been conditioned to slaughter them at any opportunity, and the Evil races have been conditioned to hate humanoids, even when it doesn't make any sense. This has led to some very understandable resentment on their part, at least from the Evil characters who are high enough level to know what's really going on.

* WebcomicsLongRunners: Started on September 29, 2003, and has been running basically non-stop for over twenty years ever since. To put that in perspective, the very first strip has the characters being converted to the 3.5 edition; the story would continue until well after ''Dungeons and Dragons'' reached its ''fifth'' edition.

* WhereItAllBegan: In a shining example of ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'''s Unity of Rings, [[spoiler:TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon is the very same dungeon the party was first introduced in - the Dungeon of Dorukan]].

* WebcomicsLongRunners: Started on September 29, 2003, and has been running basically non-stop ever since. To put that in perspective, the very first strip has the characters being converted to the 3.5 edition; the story would continue until well after ''Dungeons and Dragons'' reached its ''fifth'' edition.

** [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1286.html #1286]] ends with [[spoiler: Serini's Final Dungeon seemingly leading back to Durokan's Dungeon where the Order's adventure began.]]

** Durkon's fear of trees. This is eventually revealed to apply to ''all'' dwarves, and has become part of their very culture due to the trees constant "invasion" of dwarven territory (as trees are among the largest plants, and their roots reach into the dwarf's tunnels), and Thor seemingly smiting them at every opportunity. Even Thor himself explaining that his lightning is simply drawn to the tallest objects around can't dispell this delusion.
** While O-Chul says the line, he isn't actually afraid of sharks despite his captors repeatedly trying to feed him to them for their personal entertainment. Justified as he is a paladin, and therefore his class features render him immune to fear.

** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0855.html And They Got Extra Credit for It, Too]]:

* WouldntHitAGirl: Referenced in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0236.html "Mean Girl"]] while Haley is speculating all-too-wildly about why Roy is currently a girl (it's really just in disguise, albeit with a [[GenderBender Belt of Gender-Changing]]).

** Vaarsuvius' various spells invoking "Bixby/Bugsby's Hand" are references to the "Bigby's Hand" spells.

** Durkon's fear of trees.

* WebcomicLongRunners: Started on September 29, 2003, and has been running basically non-stop ever since. To put that in perspective, the very first strip has the characters being converted to the 3.5 edition; the story would continue until well after ''Dungeons and Dragons'' reached its ''fifth'' edition.

* ZombifyTheLiving: What Redcloak did to Xykon in ''Recap/StartOfDarkness''. The sorcerer was old and sick, true, but he wasn't dead yet when turned into a lich.

** Intentionally. Moments like the slaughter of Redcloak's village and the brutal execution of a hobgoblin prisoner from Azure City by the Elvish liberation forces remind us why Redcloak is on his crusade, and lead us to wonder if he might not have a bit of a point.

* WritingAroundTrademarks: When the Order meets [[spoiler:Sunny the Beholder, nobody actually states Sunny's species outright. Haley refers to them as an "eyeball thing".]]

%% * WouldHurtAChild: Vampire Durkon, [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1126.html oh, so MUCH]].

%% * WretchedHive: Greysky City

* VillainHasAPoint: In "Concerning Thoughts", Durkon admits that [[spoiler:Redcloak]] was right about [[spoiler:goblins and hobgoblins being treated unequally by the gods.]]

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair:
** The Azurites can have many hues of blue (and some shades of green or purple) as hair color.
** As for elves, about any coloration is possible.