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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

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#62501: Mar 20th 2024 at 1:46:53 AM

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The only ones who can get away with acting chummy to Red Dragons are Githyanki thanks to the pact with Tiamat. Even then, it's only younger Red Dragons that put up with being mounts. Older Reds such as presumably Calder won't take shit from a Githyanki.

Disgusted, but not surprised
petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
#62502: Mar 20th 2024 at 1:49:49 AM

[up][up]At this point I don't think this matters. It's became a Running Gag that their name cannot be uttered, so unlikely that it would change.

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ShinyCottonCandy Industrious Incisors from Sinnoh (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#62504: Mar 21st 2024 at 7:23:04 AM

Welp, so much for that.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
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#62505: Mar 21st 2024 at 7:26:39 AM

That was countered more anticlimactically than I expected.

Thankfully the paladins can lay on hands, so Sunny will most likely be coming back soon with the cavalry on their back (head?).

Also, probably not a good thing for Bloodfeast to be a tiny lizard gnawing on a big dragon's claw.

Edited by Resileafs on Mar 21st 2024 at 10:39:03 AM

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#62507: Mar 21st 2024 at 7:39:29 AM

Sunny! ;-;

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petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
#62508: Mar 21st 2024 at 7:43:58 AM

I guess it's time for V to start casting spells again.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#62509: Mar 21st 2024 at 8:25:38 AM

Hmm.

This'll be a problem, but Calder has also just unintentionally brought two other players into the game. So time will tell who it'll be a problem for.

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SilentPartner Since: Oct, 2017
#62510: Mar 21st 2024 at 8:41:32 AM

O-Chul and Lien saving Sunny and coming in to help finish Calder off might be a nice way to finally get Serini to shut up about how much she hates Paladins...

Edited by SilentPartner on Mar 21st 2024 at 8:42:07 AM

alekos23 𐀀𐀩𐀯𐀂𐀰𐀅𐀑𐀄 from Apparently a locked thread of my choice Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#62511: Mar 21st 2024 at 8:44:04 AM

Are beholders meant to be that bouncy? [lol]

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Bense Since: Aug, 2010
#62512: Mar 21st 2024 at 8:48:27 AM

Calder looks like he took some serious damage, but this is probably the end for Bloodfest. Belkar's going to be upset.

HeraldAlberich from Ohio (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#62513: Mar 21st 2024 at 9:07:06 AM

I was going to say that Calder won't make the same mistake the last dragon facing a small lizard did, and just eat Bloodfeast in one bite, but... if Calder just swallows Bloodfeast whole, and then Sunny gets back up there lickety-split... could this happen again?

shigmiya64 Somebody get this freaking duck away from me! from a settlement that needs our help, General Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
Somebody get this freaking duck away from me!
#62514: Mar 21st 2024 at 9:12:55 AM

Thankfully the paladins can lay on hands, so Sunny will most likely be coming back soon with the cavalry on their back (head?).
Well, Lien probably can.

Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#62515: Mar 21st 2024 at 9:17:01 AM

[up][up]No, because anti-magic cones cannot cross barriers.

Yinyang107 from the True North (Decatroper) Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
#62516: Mar 21st 2024 at 10:17:08 AM

Even if the dino himself is no longer a factor, this was still a tactical win for the Order; the mind-controlled Sunny is no longer in play.

Sivartis Captionless One from Lubberland, or the Isle of Lazye Since: Apr, 2009
Captionless One
#62517: Mar 21st 2024 at 10:56:13 AM

Gooooaaaalllll!!!!! Wait, wrong sport.

5-ball, corner pocket?

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Whowho Since: May, 2012
#62519: Mar 21st 2024 at 1:35:07 PM

My mind could vividly hear the sound effect of that bouncing.

Both hilarious and horrifying.

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#62520: Mar 21st 2024 at 2:02:29 PM

Am I th eonly one feeling like this might where Belkar dies? One of the two beings he cares about is about to get crushed by a dragon.

petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
#62521: Mar 21st 2024 at 2:24:45 PM

[up]That's entirely possible, but it's not the first time ever that same prediction has been brought up.

wild mass guessCalder eats the dinosaur, Belkar goes berserk, attacks the dragon, the dragon eats Belkar too. But that won't happen because that would be the too obvious course of events.

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alekos23 𐀀𐀩𐀯𐀂𐀰𐀅𐀑𐀄 from Apparently a locked thread of my choice Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#62522: Mar 21st 2024 at 2:28:29 PM

Eating an angry halfling seems like a bad idea if you like your insides. tongue

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petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
#62523: Mar 21st 2024 at 2:30:02 PM

Bad for the halfling too if you are a great wyrm.

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Bense Since: Aug, 2010
#62524: Mar 21st 2024 at 3:17:49 PM

Nope, no way Belkar's death is going to be caused by a random dragon who only first appeared a few strips ago.

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#62525: Mar 22nd 2024 at 1:22:54 AM

As I said, I think this could be the end of Bloodfeatser specifically to make us see Belkar experience grief and loss, then when Belkar does bite the dust it will have that much bigger an impact.

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