What do YOU think the MitD is? [Spoilers]

[Lykan]

Just for the irony, I'm gonna say a shadow.

[the_tick_rules]

i'm presuming you mean the monster in the darkness xykon keeps with him right? how about a short nightwalker lol.

[Doglord]

Probably something really weak (which Xycon thinks is strong) because citd is pretty not scary and poncy and stuff.

[the_tick_rules]

maybe it's something like a retarded pit fiend then lol.

[BardicLasher]

He's a miniature tarraque!

[WoDHells]

I think we'll never know (or, perhaps, in the last strip ever)..

[mikeejimbo]

A white rabbit.

[BardicLasher]

I bet he's larger than the shadowy area he hides in under his umbrella. XD

[Alchemistmerlin]

I think he's Arunninggag, the monster all organized D&D games fear.

[sklar dansig]

has anyone thought about its alignment? it just struck my mind

[fangthane]

I think it's a Grimlock.

This would explain its inability to see the inanimate (gate, for example) along with a few other things. So what if it raises more questions than it answers? :)

[noweezernoworld]

I think he's Arunninggag, the monster all organized D&D games fear.

I wholeheartedly agree.

[the_tick_rules]

I think it's a Grimlock.
:)

i hope not. that would be so anticlimatic as to be ridiculus. let's hope he just has a low spot check.

[Sheine]

My bet is we will never find out what mitd is until we find out V's gender (last strip maybe).
Would be funny if it was a Pixie or something.

[J_Muller]

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What if it's V's mate polymorphed? We get to know what it is, and what gender V is.

[Cult_of_the_Raven]

i think it would be very funny if it was a small harmless fluffy thing. then in the next comic, it's revealed to be an advanced awakened, vampiric, half-feindish, lycanthrope dire bunny.

[Maratanos]

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What if it's V's mate polymorphed? We get to know what it is, and what gender V is.

That would be SOOOOoooo random, it's not even funny.

[Spiky]

It's Tiffany. An 8 year old girl, carrying quantum physics books. Explains the whining, too.

[Finwe]

It's Tiffany. An 8 year old girl, carrying quantum physics books. Explains the whining, too.

They don't really have a ghetto for her to walk around in at night, or aliens that pop up around her.

[Cult_of_the_Raven]

Rofl. watching too much television, eh?

[mikeejimbo]

She wouldn't be as scared of the darkness, I'd imagine.

[Flabbicus]

It's Tiffany. An 8 year old girl, carrying quantum physics books. Explains the whining, too.

Explains the memory problems.

[Miklus]

It's an invisible stalker! When it is finally reveiled...nothing there!!!

[Trobby]

Serious Answer: Probably a peice of the Snarl that escaped from the gate and formed it's own sentience.

Humorous Answer: Rich Berlew, author of the webcomic OOTS! TREMBLE BEFORE YOUR GOD, PUNY STICK FIGURES!

Serious again: Whatever it is though, it probably eats, and it probably eats children.

[TreesOfDeath]

Somthing dark.
A shadow is a very likely choice. Nightstalker or something would be good shots.
It'd be hillarous if it were a Kobold.
And we have to find out before the end, as the next time they fight Xylon he will actually use it, unless something derails him agian

[Everto]

I think it is monstrous creature that according to the MM is mostly evil but MitD is just different than the rest and now he's just a sissy(like the devil in southpark). He was probably the cheapest one Xycon could find.

[Neo]

I think it is monstrous creature that according to the MM is mostly evil but MitD is just different than the rest and now he's just a sissy(like the devil in southpark). He was probably the cheapest one Xycon could find.

You mean a drow like Drizz't? :D

[Miklus]

Serious Answer: Probably a peice of the Snarl that escaped from the gate and formed it's own sentience.

You know, that thought has passed my mind to. It might explain that, for some reason, it can't see the gates. It might also be powerful enough to pose a real threat to the OotS. Nothing in the Monster Manual seems to be a real challenge, the party slays liches, black dragons and whatnot on a regular basis.

Every players worst nightmare: The DM's homebrewed monster design...totally broken! Run away! Run away!

[Wrecan]

Serious Answer: Probably a peice of the Snarl that escaped from the gate and formed it's own sentience.

Agree. Completely.

[Darkhands]

EDIT: WARNING! My simple theory as to the identity of the MitD turned into a prediction of the ENTIRE OotS storyline! Do not read if you do not want the entire comic (possibly) spoiled!

Wow, can't believe no one's posted this yet: (another edit: ok so a few people DID post it, but now there's alot more here regarding the entire comic :) )

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I believe the MitD to be none other than the snarl! A weakened form of the snarl, but the snarl none the less. I believe Xykon was able to extract a part of the snarl when Redcloak burned down Lirian's gate in the forest. Xykon is trying to unseal the other gates so as to bring him to full power.

It's all slickly hinted at in the 'crayon recollection' of comics 273-277.

For one, in Comic 23 the first showing of the MitD's eyes match the snarl's eyes in Comic 273.
We all love the running joke about how the MitD never sees the gates 'Gate? What gate?'. I believe it's more than just a gag... The gates are meant to keep the snarl imprisoned, to hide the rifts from the snarl that it might free itself through. That's why he can't see the gates. The snarl can't perceive its own prison!


In fact, I believe that the entire ending of the comic is secretly revealed in the crayon segment.

Look at comic 276. Note the 6 original adventurers that created the gates. Does the party look familiar? It matches the OOTS! It seems as though the Order of the Stick is following the same path that the original adventurers took. They will ultimately repeat the fates of the old party in order to save the universe.

In 276, Kraagor is killed while sealing one of the rifts. Kraagor is the dwarf of the party, the counterpart to Durkon. Durkon will die heroically while sealing a rift just as his counterpart did in the past, bringing the Oracles prediction of him returning to his homeland posthumously to fruition.

In 277, Dorukan creates his gate using powerful magic. Dorukan is Vaarsuvius' counterpart, Vaarsuvius will do the same.

Girard Draketooth creates his gate using powerful illusions. Girard is Elan's counterpart, and Elan is a master of illusions.

Serini, the halfling of the original party, creates a giant castle filled to the brim with terrible monsters to guard her gate. Exactly something Belkar would do.

Roy/Soon Kim, and Haley/Lirian are a little harder to figure out...

Soon Kim created the Sapphire Guard to protect his gate, a group of Paladins dedicated to its protection. Perhaps Roy will create a group of warriors to do the same? Perhaps he will blend in his family's magic to do so, acquiring paladin-like traits, to make up for, storyline-wise, for the upcoming fall/death of Miko (we all know it's coming)?

Lirian creates her gate using the trees and the forest to protect it. While not exactly matching with Haley's personality, I believe the unrevealed storyline regarding her imprisoned father will make the tie-in for a forest gate make sense for Haley.

So there you have it. The OotS follows the path of the original party and saves the universe. Only I think they won't collapse and break apart in hatred like the old party did. Durkon's death will weigh heavily on everyone, bringing the party to the brink. But instead of collapsing as the old party did, Elan will be able to save the day, and bring about his 'Happy ending' that the oracle predicted for him.

Ok, so a simple question of 'What do you think the MitD is?' became 'My prediction of the entire storyline for the Order of the Stick'. So what! :)

So, thoughts?