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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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TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#60776: Jan 28th 2023 at 7:46:44 AM

The last time Roy and Eugene talked directly was...

Here, I think. Eugene tried to make what amounts to a social call, and Roy made clear that he was unwelcome to do that.

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HeraldAlberich from Ohio (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#60777: Jan 28th 2023 at 9:13:49 AM

I had wondered, as someone who has only followed the strip recently, what are the odds that Roy actually knows this is an imposter but is trying to not give that fact away to said imposter (Or, for that matter, to us the audience)?

Roy is both smart enough, and has enough lingering blind spots (especially where his family is concerned), that it’s a toss-up in my mind. As someone said, the punchline could be his way of cluing us in that he twigged on the discrepancy without letting Eugene know.

Edit: [up] If Eugene was still scrying on Roy after he popped out from that visit, Roy yelling about sending him to visit Julia instead might have given him the idea to impersonate her.

Edited by HeraldAlberich on Jan 28th 2023 at 1:13:38 PM

TheWanderer Student of Story from Somewhere in New England (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
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#60778: Jan 28th 2023 at 1:11:13 PM

What would be a major facepalm moment is if Roy realizes that "Julia" is an impostor, and winds up ignoring or deliberately doing the opposite of a key piece of advice from "her" at just the wrong time because he comes to the conclusion that she must be a malicious impostor.

Edited by TheWanderer on Jan 29th 2023 at 5:52:13 AM

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#60779: Feb 6th 2023 at 5:43:31 PM

So my birthday is soon and I want a copy of Good Deeds Gone Unpunished for it. Is it available anywhere because it doesn't seem to be?

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fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
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#60780: Feb 6th 2023 at 5:47:14 PM

[up]Quick Google search brought up a PDF version and one in a library.

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RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#60781: Feb 6th 2023 at 6:54:02 PM

I own the PDF version but want a physical copy like the other two Order of the Stick prequel books.

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RaichuKFM Nine thousand nine hundred eighty-two reasons. from Where she's at Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Wishing you were here
Nine thousand nine hundred eighty-two reasons.
#60782: Feb 6th 2023 at 8:02:21 PM

It's out of print, so you would have to find a resold copy somewhere or other, there's no way to get the physical copy from the source anymore.

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johnnye Since: Jan, 2001
#60783: Feb 12th 2023 at 5:48:42 AM

I'm trying to decide if Eugene appearing this way would require him to "hijack the hijack" as someone put it, or if it would just require appearing to Roy the same way he did before, except in the illusory appearance of Julia.

There would be something narratively economical about him using Julia's spell to trick Roy, but I can't really see it being necessary. Seems more likely she just accidentally gave him the idea.

God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#60784: Feb 12th 2023 at 8:18:47 PM

Is Eugene allowed to learn and grow because he isn't allowed into Heaven proper?

Edited by God_of_Awesome on Feb 12th 2023 at 8:18:56 AM

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#60785: Feb 12th 2023 at 8:21:02 PM

I'm not sure if it is character development but rather that he's showing more of his character.

Note that even though (assuming "Julia" is Eugene) Eugene is expressing regret and apologizing, he's doing it while pretending to be someone else. As I've said before, this is still in character with what we've seen of him so far.

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#60786: Feb 13th 2023 at 5:20:48 PM

I think it's been established that you can't gain experience, not that you can literally learn nothing new.

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#60787: Feb 13th 2023 at 6:41:54 PM

The Giant has stated that although you can learn new things, you cannot learn it in a way that will let you apply that knowledge to anything. In terms of Roy's spellsplinter maneuver, if he hadn't put a feat into it upon being resurrected immediately after learning how to do it from his grandfather, he would have completely forgotten about how it worked in short order.

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#60789: Feb 21st 2023 at 6:20:59 AM

New comic!

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HeraldAlberich from Ohio (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#60790: Feb 21st 2023 at 6:37:37 AM

As a reminder (because I had to look it up), Xykon is currently bound to end every one of his sentences with a word containing an odd number of letters, in exchange for the Quinton’s help.

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#60791: Feb 21st 2023 at 7:53:37 AM

Then he just botched it with "I don't need spells!" "spells" is 6 letters. Interestingly, "magic" would have worked.

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#60792: Feb 21st 2023 at 8:20:00 AM

Rich may need to change that exclamation point to a semicolon, or something.

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Edited by TheHeroHartmut on Feb 22nd 2023 at 9:03:31 AM

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#60793: Feb 21st 2023 at 8:22:37 AM

Granted, the Quinton probably wouldn't mind that much. The spirit of the condition was to make Xykon actually consider his words before saying anything for once. Xykon's still at least making an effort to do so despite his one screw-up.

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Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#60794: Feb 21st 2023 at 8:57:04 AM

I like Oona giving Redcloak a hug.

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#60795: Feb 21st 2023 at 9:13:10 AM

Once again hoping Redcloak doesn't kill her.

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Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#60796: Feb 21st 2023 at 10:18:26 AM

Notice how Redcloak hastily says that he "totally" used the quinton so as to preserve the bugbear's resources.

Edited by Kaiseror on Feb 21st 2023 at 12:18:35 PM

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#60797: Feb 21st 2023 at 6:19:04 PM

I forgot Xykon is still locked to think about what he's saying.

Also, now that they've picked up the pace, who knows what will happen.

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Whowho Since: May, 2012
#60798: Feb 22nd 2023 at 12:49:08 AM

I'm thinking Xykon will eventually break this intentionally with a single "no". For the drama.

johnnye Since: Jan, 2001
#60799: Feb 24th 2023 at 4:57:16 PM

I like that this strip is setting up a whole extra level of tension between Xykon and the Quinton. Being able to kill monsters for actual XP is a rare pleasure he hasn't had for ages and this killjoy is even taking that away from him.

...which also raises the question of whether, if he could keep it on-side long enough for it to exhaust its spells, he could backstab the Quinton itself for XP?

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#60800: Feb 24th 2023 at 5:02:18 PM

The Quinton only has a CR of 14, so while I'm sure Xykon could absolutely waste them, I don't think he'd gain any XP from doing so.

I have no doubt that he'll try to do that in retribution for this humiliation at the end of their deal, however. I'm sure the Quinton is also aware of this inevitability.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Feb 24th 2023 at 5:02:30 AM

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