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This is the thread for discussion of The Order of the Stick plot, characters, etc. We have a separate thread for discussing game rules and mechanics. Excessive rules discussions here may be thumped as off-topic.

OP edited to make this header - Fighteer

edited 18th Sep '17 1:08:08 PM by Fighteer

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#30451: May 19th 2014 at 12:51:43 PM

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OOTS Thor is NG, with some Chaotic leanings.

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3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#30452: May 19th 2014 at 4:08:00 PM

Isn't that basically "NG with an alcohol fueled flirtation with CG"?

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johnnye Since: Jan, 2001
#30453: May 19th 2014 at 5:10:00 PM

[up]"I'm Neutral Good... except when I'm drunk" sounds like the world's nerdiest bumper sticker.

edited 19th May '14 5:10:12 PM by johnnye

Daremo Misanthrope Supreme from Parts Unknown Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: If it's you, it's okay
#30454: May 19th 2014 at 5:55:24 PM

No, no it's not.

edited 20th May '14 12:27:43 AM by Daremo

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#30455: May 19th 2014 at 6:30:01 PM

[up]Sadly enough, the link is broken for me.

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Hodor Cleric of Banjo from Westeros Since: Dec, 1969
Cleric of Banjo
#30456: May 19th 2014 at 6:38:45 PM

I'm guessing that in the next strip, Belkar will (cite the Book of Jonah?) suggest that as a test, they throw Durkula off the ship and see if the storm then stops.

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#30457: May 19th 2014 at 6:39:04 PM

[up][up]The comma in the URL messes up the parser. It says, "My other ride is a Golden Chocobo."

edited 19th May '14 6:39:11 PM by Fighteer

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Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#30458: May 19th 2014 at 6:51:43 PM

And Durkula will then just say "Well, yeah, Thor is pissed at me but WOE IS ME this is because my alignment has been shifted against my will and even my own god has abandoned me even if I haven't abandoned him. Ps please pity me."

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#30459: May 19th 2014 at 8:01:38 PM

I imagine Durkula will somehow talk his way out of it for now, but it would be an impressive turn of plot if he simply fled the dirigible.

I also hope that Thor is actually angry and targeting him, because conversely while it's totally in character, it would be disappointing if he (Thor) is just drunk again and throwing around lightning for the heck of it.

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Wackd Since: May, 2009
#30460: May 19th 2014 at 8:05:48 PM

It takes sufficient aim to miss a lightning rod, I think, that you can't really manage drunk. It'd be like tossing a paperclip at an electromagnet and landing it in a wastebin in a completely different room.

edited 19th May '14 8:06:05 PM by Wackd

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vifetoile Since: Jan, 2001
#30461: May 19th 2014 at 8:26:42 PM

Also, the lightning hit the port, or left hand side. Almost as if Thor wants to send... a sinister message. Eh? Eh?

If anyone in comic picks up on that, it'll be Elan.

Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#30462: May 19th 2014 at 10:04:58 PM

...I don't get it. What's the significance of the left side here?

TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
No longer a forum herald
#30465: May 20th 2014 at 8:23:44 AM

I really doubt Burlew intended to invoke A Sinister Clue. (Just as well, as I really dislike that trope, due to knowing some of the real life examples of it. PM me for the disturbing details.)

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#30466: May 26th 2014 at 1:27:59 AM

The Giant delivers an update.

Well, I suppose Durkula has a point there. Any Cleric from any alignment should be able to control weather.

That being said, I'm not entirely sure if weather Control would be able to overrule a storm created by an actual storm god.

edited 26th May '14 1:28:08 AM by Kayeka

3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#30467: May 26th 2014 at 2:11:34 AM

[up]Maybe he rolled a Nat 20?

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#30468: May 26th 2014 at 2:38:40 AM

That was a fun anticlimax.

Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#30469: May 26th 2014 at 2:54:26 AM

Someone might ask him why he didn't do it right away, though.

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#30470: May 26th 2014 at 4:45:55 AM

Damn, Roy's smile is sad.

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CorrTerek The Permanently Confused from The Bland Line Since: Jul, 2009
The Permanently Confused
#30471: May 26th 2014 at 4:57:32 AM

Is it actually working, though? I really hope it doesn't.

Though, come to think of it, if a standard cleric spell could fix this, why didn't the other guy use it? Or was he not a cleric?

I mean, I get that he might not have prepared the spell, but that seems like that would be a glaring oversight for the ship's resident cleric.

edited 26th May '14 4:57:59 AM by CorrTerek

tricksterson Never Trust from Behind you with an icepick Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
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#30472: May 26th 2014 at 4:57:33 AM

Did Belkar level up on his Genre Savvy?

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KSonik Since: Jan, 2015
#30473: May 26th 2014 at 4:57:49 AM

I'm not surprised in the end that Durkula has yet to be caught out by Roy. But it should only be a matter of time.

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#30474: May 26th 2014 at 6:41:37 AM

I believe Control Weather is a decently high-level spell.

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#30475: May 26th 2014 at 6:48:39 AM

7 th level.

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