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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.

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

dcutter2 Since: Sep, 2013
#60501: Sep 6th 2022 at 7:39:26 AM

Look at MitD still trying his best to sabotage.

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#60502: Sep 6th 2022 at 7:39:57 AM

That is not exactly a spectacular display of wit.

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#60503: Sep 6th 2022 at 7:42:28 AM

He's becoming increasingly blatant about it.

dcutter2 Since: Sep, 2013
#60504: Sep 6th 2022 at 7:43:24 AM

Oh and Blackwing appears at the end there. I assume heralding a perspective change back to the Order.

jjjj2 from Arrakis Since: Jul, 2015
#60505: Sep 6th 2022 at 7:45:11 AM

I wonder if the MitD will succeed or not, or maybe he will succeed but by that point most of the doors will have been looked at.

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#60506: Sep 6th 2022 at 7:47:08 AM

Even if MitD doesn't end up tipping his hand doing this, he's still asking for Xykon's annoyance.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#60507: Sep 6th 2022 at 7:50:20 AM

Indeed. Xykon may decide that keeping the Mitd around to eat Redcloak if the latter betrays him isn't worth the current annoyance.

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Whowho Since: May, 2012
#60508: Sep 6th 2022 at 8:03:37 AM

The order having a spy is going to prove really tactically advantageous, because eventually Xykon is going to get sick of this and abandon the rest of his team, if only for a time, time enough for an ambush.

FirstSnow Since: Nov, 2014
#60509: Sep 7th 2022 at 3:52:02 AM

The ads gag continues to be an absolute riot.

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#60510: Sep 7th 2022 at 5:57:32 AM

This one got me. When the Quinton started talking about Xykon's brain being too old, I thought we were about to see some discussion on the inflexibility of lich minds as a drawback for living so long. But Redcloak was quicker on the uptake. [lol]

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#60512: Sep 19th 2022 at 7:02:08 AM

Get your bets in now! Whose seemingly useless skill will be what saves the day? I'm going in on Belkar's soap-making.

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#60513: Sep 19th 2022 at 7:03:17 AM

Roy ought to know too. He did win a fight thanks to knowledge of architecture.

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#60514: Sep 19th 2022 at 7:03:46 AM

Okay, okay, time to play "Which of these skills is going to save the day later".

I vote experienced beekeeper because Oona used bees earlier.

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#60515: Sep 19th 2022 at 7:04:43 AM

You never know when a good basket might come in handy.

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#60517: Sep 19th 2022 at 7:09:46 AM

The meta joke here is great: they're in a D&D-themed story and they are writing out their own character sheets. I totally empathize with Roy's annoyance that one of these random elements is likely to come back later.

If I had to offer a guess, I'd say that Belkar's soap-making expertise is a reference to Fight Club.

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#60518: Sep 19th 2022 at 7:10:16 AM

What Roy failed to realize is that it won't be one of those skills that saves the day, but rather all of them.

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#60519: Sep 19th 2022 at 7:11:03 AM

I have my doubts about that. Rather, this seems to be an attempt to outwit both the Law of Conservation of Detail and Unspoken Plan Guarantee. Roy wants to make sure that there are no hidden details that can come back to bite them and that every possible asset is known in advance.

Edited by Fighteer on Sep 19th 2022 at 10:11:48 AM

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#60520: Sep 19th 2022 at 7:15:11 AM

I'm reminded of Old Man Henderson and the backstory used to justify the character. Rather than a single sheet it was apparently 320 pages long.

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#60521: Sep 19th 2022 at 7:16:27 AM

@Discar It was established in Lien's story in Good Deeds Gone Unpunished.

Also, I think we should set up a betting pool for which obscure skill will be responsible for saving the universe.

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jjjj2 from Arrakis Since: Jul, 2015
#60523: Sep 19th 2022 at 7:20:49 AM

I vote for Belkar making soap. Don't ask me why, I don't have reason, just a gut feeling. Which could be easily wrong.

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#60524: Sep 19th 2022 at 7:22:34 AM

[up][up][up][up][up] What's particularly funny is that Unspoken Plan Guarantee is still in full effect, as O-Chul went "Let's never speak of every item we have at our disposal ever again".

Cozzer Since: Mar, 2015
#60525: Sep 19th 2022 at 7:26:06 AM

Also, the fact that we don't know which one of the six not-skills will turn out to be useful means we're still in "we don't know the whole story" territory. Also, Elan wasn't on-screen for this talk and I'm sure he could contribute quite a few things...


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