I forgot the entire plot

[Gift Jeraff]

A prize for whoever best summarizes the plot of strips #1-863 within a single sentence. No run-ons.

[Mutant Sheep]

Xykon died and came back to kill the Blue Men Group.

[Koo Rehtorb]

Many characters come up with mostly IC reasons to kill things for XP over an extended period of time.

[ti'esar]

Define "entire".

[TheSummoner]

Six "heroes" go on a quest to prevent an undead sorcerer and his goblin second in command taking control of a god-killing abomination and using it to enslave or destroy the world.

[theinsulabot]

jokes are told.

[Shred-Bot]

What gate?

[SlyJohnny]

Six D&D characters with typically dysfunctional PC group dynamics battle a series of obstacles and their own neuroses in an attempt to stop an affably evil lich sorceror and a well-intentioned extremist goblin cleric from seizing control of a magical gate, which they all believe to contain an ageless god-killing eldritch abomination.

[Winter]

A prize for whoever best summarizes the plot of strips #1-863 within a single sentence. No run-ons.

There are magical rifts in the universe which Team Evil, led by an undead superevilpowerful sorcerer, wants to control for nefarious purposes, Team Good wants to prevent that by killing him.

[Jimorian]

Roy Greenhilt's daddy issues repeatedly inconvenience powerful Lich Lord and his Goblin sidekick.

[RMS Oceanic]

Six people learn what happens when you don't agree on how to clean up a mess and leave it half assed.

[Winter]

The rise of the puppet god saves the world.

[ChowGuy]

Goblin high priest and epic lich on a quest to reshape the world battle party of six adversaries in an escalating series of encounters.

[sims796]

The results of a pissed off DM.

[Winter]

Krraaakakooom!

[SteveDJ]

When you buy snacks (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0301.html) for a movie, be sure to keep the pizza away from your Milk Duds!

[Sith_Happens]

Define "entire".

And "run-on.":smalltongue:

[Knaight]

Conflicts between who one is and what one is among various characters and their acceptance of their place in the world in both of these regards escalate to threaten the world.

[Razanir]

Everyone forgets about Banjo, leading to his inevitable return as the Elder Puppet (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0085.html)

[King of Nowhere]

"a summary won't make it justice. just trust me and read it"

[CarpeGuitarrem]

Everyone onboard Hinjo's junk!

[JennTora]

:elan:Kraakakoom happens, Elan is awesome and hilarious and Roy is jealous of his innocence and whimsical demeanor cause he's a big meaniehead.

Elan, give me back my phone and get back to your webcomic.

[Shale]

Our brave heroes (and Belkar) beat up an evil lich and blow up his dungeon only to discover much later that he's actually trying to use rips in the fabric of reality to...drumroll...TAKE OVER THE WORLD (or blow it up, in a pinch), at which point he comes back with an army, kicks their asses and takes over the one country trying to stop him -- separating the party just long enough for one of them to commit sneaky magical genocide – so now now everybody's trying to get to the next tear, which is located in a war-torn desert kingdom where you can't swing a dead cat without hitting somebody's long-lost relative.

[Dr.Epic]

Six D&D characters with typically dysfunctional PC group dynamics battle a series of obstacles and their own neuroses in an attempt to stop an affably evil lich sorceror and a well-intentioned extremist goblin cleric from seizing control of a magical gate, which they all believe to contain an ageless god-killing eldritch abomination.

The Aristocrats

:smalltongue:
:smallwink:

[ChowGuy]

Define "entire".And "run-on.":smalltongue:
Our brave heroes (and Belkar) beat up an evil lich and blow up his dungeon only to discover much later that he's actually trying to use rips in the fabric of reality to...drumroll...TAKE OVER THE WORLD (or blow it up, in a pinch), at which point he comes back with an army, kicks their asses and takes over the one country trying to stop him -- separating the party just long enough for one of them to commit sneaky magical genocide – so now now everybody's trying to get to the next tear, which is located in a war-torn desert kingdom where you can't swing a dead cat without hitting somebody's long-lost relative.:smalleek:

Yep, that pretty much covers the "run-on" part at least.

[Randomguy]

Roy Greenhilt's daddy issues repeatedly inconvenience powerful Lich Lord and his Goblin sidekick.

Maybe a better one would be:

Where half the characters have daddy issues that all end up being plot important in one way or another.

[Mike Havran]

Six misfits battle their incompetence in a world full of adversaries in order to brighten the day.

[Gildedragon]

A group of apparently archetypal PCs stumble onto a nefarious plan (to take over the worldtm) and is forced to step up to the challenge and grow, despite (or because of) the many adversities in their path.

EDIT: changed generic to archetypal, sounds better and fits better too I think

[Gildedragon]

Everyone forgets about Banjo, leading to his inevitable return as the Elder Puppet (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0085.html)
Of couse, when Elan stated the need for 'forgetting' Banjo he's just made sure people will talk for him forever... if only to avert the dread rising of the eldritch puppet. Comical incompetence or subtle brilliance, so hard to tell with Elan.

[ThePhantasm]

A heroic cat named Scruffy, accompanied by his bumbling and ineffective sidekicks, embarks on a journey to save the world from an evil lich.

[Winter]

A heroic Sorcerer embarks on a journey to bring peace to the world under his rule, but a band of chaotic, ill-informed misfits keeps interfering with that noble goal, repeatedly causing countless deaths and risking the annihilation of the entire universe.

[truemane]

Rich Burlew demonstrates his awesomeness 863 times.

[Dr. Gamera]

A prize for whoever best summarizes the plot of strips #1-863 within a single sentence. No run-ons.

The six bore it as though in deliberate flagellant exaltation of physical misery transmogrified into the spirits' travail of the six young adventurers during that time...

(Sorry, I have too much work to finish this properly; any Faulkner fans out there?)

[Kizor]

D&D 3.5 campaign, heady mix of both intrigue and dungeon-crawling, moderate treasure, 5-6 players at levels 10+.

[Studoku]

There's a party on the illusion of the temple on the gate on the hole in the bottom of the multiverse.

[Chromascope3D]

With the help of a lich, a goblin overthrows a tyrannical regime to bring about peace and prosperity for his people, all whilst being harried by a small group of terrorists out for blood in this feel good comedy of the summer, coming soon to a theater near you!

[Razanir]

A heroic cat named Scruffy, accompanied by his bumbling and ineffective sidekicks, embarks on a journey to save the world from an evil lich.

May I sig this?

[teratorn]

Her name is Miko and she was awesome.

[Bagger Baggins]

This forum so badly needs a "like" button.

A chaotic evil halfling ranger comedy gold sexy shoeless god of war named Belkar "Death's Little Helper" Bitterleaf seeks to get ahead in the world, aided by his faithful animal companion and hindered by his less funny teammates.

[Sniffnoy]

Two groups of snacks -- the old and the new -- vie for control of both the theater and the lobby.

[Incom]

There's a party on the illusion of the temple on the gate on the hole in the bottom of the multiverse.

There's a party on the illusion of the temple on the gate on the hole in the bottom of the multiverse.
There's a party, there's a party,
There's a party on the illusion of the temple on the gate on the hole in the bottom of the multiverse!

There's a cat with the party on the illusion of the temple on the gate on the hole in the bottom of the multiverse...

Ontopic:

A weapons dealer inconveniences some idiot fighter who needs a sword to save the universe.

Also,

Roy Greenhilt's daddy issues repeatedly inconvenience powerful Lich Lord and his Goblin sidekick.
Sigging.

[ti'esar]

D&D 3.5 campaign, heady mix of both intrigue and dungeon-crawling, moderate treasure, 5-6 players at levels 10+.

Easily my favorite so far.

[ThePhantasm]

May I sig this?

Sure, I'm ok with that. :smallwink:

[liq]

Pitch: a human lich, his goblin bitch and an evil witch want to unstitch a gate in which a creature rich in evil was ditched after a cosmic glitch.

[Stumblebee]

Six heavily-armed vigilantes travel the world, leaving murder and destruction in their wake.

[Jay R]

An ever-growing legion of online fans become increasingly hooked on an incredibly funny D&D-based webcomic.


or...


This is the thief who likes to hoard,
That loves the bard with the puppet Lord
That admires the fighter with the green-hilted sword,
That employs the Wizard, whose bird is ignored,
That has the gender unexplored
That intrigues the Halfling, usually bored,
That slew a mountain of the goblin horde,
That follows the cleric,
That serves the lich,
That seeks the gate,
That guards the snarl,
That lives in the prison the gods built.

[Xavon]

"...and that's the story of how I made my first million gold pieces."

[legomaster00156]

O-chul scares off the Snarl with his mere presence.

[Gildedragon]

This is the thief who likes to hoard,
That loves the bard with the puppet Lord
That admires the fighter with the green-hilted sword,
That employs the Wizard, whose bird is ignored,
That has the gender unexplored
That intrigues the Halfling, usually bored,
That slew a mountain of the goblin horde,
That follows the cleric,
That serves the lich,
That seeks the gate,
That guards the snarl,
That lives in the prison the gods built.
That is amazing!

[Bagger Baggins]

This is the thief who likes to hoard,
That loves the bard with the puppet Lord
That admires the fighter with the green-hilted sword,
That employs the Wizard, whose bird is ignored,
That has the gender unexplored
That intrigues the Halfling, usually bored,
That slew a mountain of the goblin horde,
That follows the cleric,
That serves the lich,
That seeks the gate,
That guards the snarl,
That lives in the prison the gods built.

I am in awe. You left out "the dwarf whose tankard of beer is poured" but this is still bloody brilliant.

[Pokonic]

Adventurers who travel to stop a malevolent Lich from taking over the world are hinderd by evil twins, goblin hordes, daddy issues, crazy paladins, vengful mothers, spiritual oaths, and the party bard.

[Comrade]

Lien holds Hinjo's junk, with which Roy is immensely impressed, Niu personally handles Hinjo's package, and Belkar gets in touch with his inner Obi-Wan.

[uncool]

An ever-growing legion of online fans become increasingly hooked on an incredibly funny D&D-based webcomic.


or...


This is the thief who likes to hoard,
That loves the bard with the puppet Lord
That admires the fighter with the green-hilted sword,
That employs the Wizard, whose bird is ignored,
That has the gender unexplored
That intrigues the Halfling, usually bored,
That slew a mountain of the goblin horde,
That follows the cleric,
That serves the lich,
That seeks the gate,
That guards the snarl,
That lives in the prison the gods built.
Chad gadya!

[Sith_Happens]

Chad gadya!

D'aw, I wanted to say it.:smallfrown:

[Raimun]

The heroic halfling is on a quest of Mount Doom to destroy the Ming.

[snikrept]

A goblin antihero seeks to free his people from global servitude by tricking a powerful lich into helping him blackmail the gods.

[Zrak]

riverrun, past Dorukan and Soon's, from swerve to shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Girard's Castle and Environs.

[EatAtEmrakuls]

Go to tv tropes and click on something, scroll down till you get to the webcomics section, read the entry for Order of the Stick, rinse and repeat.

[Bagger Baggins]

A prize for whoever best summarizes the plot of strips #1-863 within a single sentence. No run-ons.

Thanks for starting this, GJ. These are hilarious.

[Razgriez]

A prize for whoever best summarizes the plot of strips #1-863....
What? That's all? This will be easy. I'll just simply borrow those "Lore in 1 minute" videos I've seen as a guide and....


...within a single sentence. No run-ons.
Ah crap...:smallfrown: Well here goes nothing:

A story about adventurers who must save the world from an evil Lich, Goblin, and Twin brother, as well as from their own power abusing Wizard, psychotic Halfling, and of course, Elan.

[titan_monarch]

This is the thief who likes to hoard,
That loves the bard with the puppet Lord
That admires the fighter with the green-hilted sword,
That employs the Wizard, whose bird is ignored,
That has the gender unexplored
That intrigues the Halfling, usually bored,
That slew a mountain of the goblin horde,
That follows the cleric,
That serves the lich,
That seeks the gate,
That guards the snarl,
That lives in the prison the gods built.

I laughed for a good two minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the thread internet. All the main characters AND the plot in one glorious pastiche! (bar Durkon, but you could squeeze him in somewhere as Bagger Baggins said. Maybe "... the fighter with the green-hilted sword/That is friends with the dwarf whose tankard is poured/And employs the Wizard" etc.)

[asphias]

idiots repeatedly fail world-saving quest, severe paladin shortage possibly related.


also, Gift Jeraff, thanks for this brilliant thread!:smallbiggrin:

[Saeyan]

This thread is actually brilliant, because I haven't quite been sure of what's going on in OOTS since Miko. I keep meaning to re-read, but dastardly school and Lego LOTR get in the way...

Also Jay R's post. :applause:

[Mono Vertigo]

Adventurers originally intended to fight for justice, riches, and XP, but instead face primarily the consequences of their own actions and metaphysical intrigues.

[The Dark Fiddler]

A prize for whoever best summarizes the plot of strips #1-863 within a single sentence. No run-ons.

I think that you might be surprised by what lengthy sentences can be created without being considered a run-on, as I was last year when I came across a single, grammatically correct sentence that took up roughly a third of a standard sheet of paper (that's a bit of a rough estimate, but I'm fairly certain that it gets the point across); all it really takes is punctuation, a lot of punctuation (semi-colons, colons, parenthetical statements, and even commas can be used to expand upon a point without making it grammatically correct), some creativity (which is certainly something that is far from being in short supply in these parts), and a particularly verbose manner of speech.

[ghoul-n]

V fails and people hate him for this :(

[CletusMusashi]

A plucky team of adventurers try to save all the scenery in the world from an evil lich that wants to chew it.

[Winter]

V fails and people hate him for this :(

Not for failing.

[ti'esar]

I think there's one too many "i"s and not enough "l"s in there.

[Winter]

I think there's one too many "i"s and not enough "l"s in there.

Hehe. Yes, if Miko left cracks in the ground on her fall, Vaarsuvius' shattered half the house to dust. :smallbiggrin:

[blueblade]

A classic tale of good vs evil, only the good guys are grey sometimes and generally carrying a lot of baggage, and the evil guys are pretty awesome and often have sympathetic backgrounds and objectives. So Yeah.

Sorry, 2 sentences.

[Psyren]

What gate?

We have a winner

[MeanMrsMustard]

Loads and loads of characters, from a group of adventurers to an evil overlord to an evil sorcerer aiming to become an evil overlord to many many more, learn how to get power, how to use power, and how power uses you.

[Feytalist]

This is the thief who likes to hoard,
That loves the bard with the puppet Lord
That admires the fighter with the green-hilted sword,
That employs the Wizard, whose bird is ignored,
That has the gender unexplored
That intrigues the Halfling, usually bored,
That slew a mountain of the goblin horde,
That follows the cleric,
That serves the lich,
That seeks the gate,
That guards the snarl,
That lives in the prison the gods built.

Wow.

This is good and you should feel good.

[Mordae]

(bar Durkon, but you could squeeze him in somewhere as Bagger Baggins said. Maybe "... the fighter with the green-hilted sword/That is friends with the dwarf whose tankard is poured/And employs the Wizard" etc.)

Masked Debt Gourd rhymes here... :smalltongue:

[Jay R]

OK, here's the additional line:

This is the dwarf, whose beer is poured,
That advises the thief who likes to hoard,
That loves the bard with the puppet Lord
That admires the fighter with the green-hilted sword,
That employs the Wizard, whose bird is ignored,
That has the gender unexplored
That intrigues the Halfling, usually bored,
That slew a mountain of the goblin horde,
That follows the cleric,
That serves the lich,
That seeks the gate,
That guards the snarl,
That lives in the prison the gods built.

[Bagger Baggins]

OK, here's the additional line:

This is the dwarf, whose beer is poured,
That advises the thief who likes to hoard,
That loves the bard with the puppet Lord
That admires the fighter with the green-hilted sword,
That employs the Wizard, whose bird is ignored,
That has the gender unexplored
That intrigues the Halfling, usually bored,
That slew a mountain of the goblin horde,
That follows the cleric,
That serves the lich,
That seeks the gate,
That guards the snarl,
That lives in the prison the gods built.

Cut, print, that's a wrap, check the gate, move it along. Still brilliant, Jay R. Congratulations, that's amazing.

[Deepbluediver]

I think that you might be surprised by what lengthy sentences can be created without being considered a run-on, as I was last year when I came across a single, grammatically correct sentence that took up roughly a third of a standard sheet of paper (that's a bit of a rough estimate, but I'm fairly certain that it gets the point across); all it really takes is punctuation, a lot of punctuation (semi-colons, colons, parenthetical statements, and even commas can be used to expand upon a point without making it grammatically correct), some creativity (which is certainly something that is far from being in short supply in these parts), and a particularly verbose manner of speech.

This. This is a run-on sentence.

It's kind of like porn: no one can define it but we all know it when we see it.
Actually, I could probably say that about a lot of things.


OK, here's the additional line:
*snip*
Some one lock this man in a room with the complete works of Tolkien and a month's supply of cocaine; I want a script for a musical stage-play of LotR and I want it STAT!. :smallbiggrin:

[Gnomish Wanderer]

This. This is a run-on sentence.

It's kind of like porn: no one can define it but we all know it when we see it.
Actually, I could probably say that about a lot of things.

Nope. Not a run-on sentence.

an ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction.

Order of the Stick: A funny webcomic that you should totally read

Also I am seconding Jay R for winner of this thread.

[TengYt]

Webcomic, check TVTropes for details.

[Fates]

In the midst of performing an endearing classic about buying snacks in a lobby, three brave heroes are assaulted by poser "new-age" snacks, who, though defeated, manage to bring an end to our beloved friend, the box of Milk Dudes, in the greatest moment of tragedy and self-sacrifice since A Tale of Two Cities.

[Fates]

And Jay R, you definitely win this thread. I'm so proud of you.

[Bagger Baggins]

A prize for whoever best summarizes the plot of strips #1-863 within a single sentence. No run-ons.

Gift Jeraff, we appeal to you to arbitrate this brilliant and highly entertaining thread you started. You didn't specify a length for the contest--when is the deadline? And, if it has passed, what is your verdict? And I'm sure we're all eagerly awaiting knowledge of the prize. :smallsmile:

Merry Christmas, one and all.

[Jay R]

Gift Jeraff, we appeal to you to arbitrate this brilliant and highly entertaining thread you started. You didn't specify a length for the contest--when is the deadline? And, if it has passed, what is your verdict? And I'm sure we're all eagerly awaiting knowledge of the prize. :smallsmile:

Merry Christmas, one and all.

The ideal prize for a bard is applause. In your responses, all the people on this thread have rewarded me fully and properly.

Peace on Earth, good will to all.

[Boogastreehouse]

OK, here's the additional line:

This is the dwarf, whose beer is poured,
That advises the thief who likes to hoard,
That loves the bard with the puppet Lord
That admires the fighter with the green-hilted sword,
That employs the Wizard, whose bird is ignored,
That has the gender unexplored
That intrigues the Halfling, usually bored,
That slew a mountain of the goblin horde,
That follows the cleric,
That serves the lich,
That seeks the gate,
That guards the snarl,
That lives in the prison the gods built.

Yup, that's pretty great!

...

'course, now I keep thinking of a verse to add to the top:

This is the cleric of Loki (god of discord),
And this is the Dwarf with whom she scored,
That advises the thief...

hee hee