Order of the Stick Trivia XXII: Find Me An Original Question

[enq]

Spoiler: Hint

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This command, even shouted twice, doesn't actually end up getting carried out. And not even for a lack of authority.

[littlebum2002]

Ugh I thought it was the Aquatic Trolls attacking the ship twice in a row but that panel was silent.

[b_jonas]

I'm stumped. #51, #52 and #53 all have “Welcome, righteous warrior. You have defeated” but it's only in #52 where the strip ends with that. #642 ends in “Greater Teleport” and #643 first page ends in “Epic Teleport”, but that's not the same phrase either. Nor is “just my dream” in #890 the same as “TRIPLE FANTASY!!” in #891.

Ok, wait a moment, #894 ends with “Sorry, your gate is in another pyramid” written on the wall, and #895 first page ends with part of the same wall caption. Would you count that?

[enq]

And here I thought this question had been asked plenty of times in the past and b_jonas would let us know the count instead of sweating to find the answer :P

Spoiler: Another hint

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Dumping charisma is bad for your Bluff checks.

[Lord Torath]

I was going to say Belkar and Niu, but then I realized you were asking for consecutive strips...

[Joerg]

Throw in the first group!

What is the PCLU?

[Mike Havran]

What is the PCLU?

Puppet Civil Liberties Union.

Find some visibly unlaced footwear.

[Metastachydium]

Find some visibly unlaced footwear.

What for? You about to go on an adventure?

[Peelee]

What for? You about to go on an adventure?

Answered by the plantie! Ah, planties. Delightful things. Find me a bottle wrapped in a plantie.

[enq]

Last page, last panel? Unsure because that probably has a fancier name than "bottle".

[Peelee]

Last page, last panel? Unsure because that probably has a fancier name than "bottle".

That's it indeed.

[Ron Miel]

probably has a fancier name than "bottle".

Such as carafe.

[enq]

I was thinking it could be that, or maybe decanter.

Find me a red quill, a pink quill and an orange quill.

[Ruck]

I was thinking decanter since by all evidence it's being used for wine, but decanters and carafes are extremely similar in design and function.

Also, I can't quite tell which of the three this one is, but it must be one of your answers.

[Ron Miel]

I was thinking decanter since by all evidence it's being used for wine,

carafes are frequently used for wine. Restaurants often sell wine by the glass, bottle or carafe.

but decanters and carafes are extremely similar in design and function.

Decanters have a stopper. Carafes don't.

[Ruck]

carafes are frequently used for wine. Restaurants often sell wine by the glass, bottle or carafe.



Decanters have a stopper. Carafes don't.

Hence "extremely similar."

And if you're pouring the wine out of a bottle into one of these at home, you'd be doing it for the purpose of decanting the wine, so I think it's a fair use of decanter.

[enq]

Also, I can't quite tell which of the three this one is, but it must be one of your answers.

Yeah, that one I considered to be the "red" answer.

Decanters have a stopper. Carafes don't.

thog unstoppable, like carafe!
That would be unstopperable, you idiot.
thog that, too.

[b_jonas]

Interesting. We've had these colored quill questions in various colors, but I think “orange” is new. That made me think it must be a newer strip, but I haven't found it yet.

[Metastachydium]

Answered by the plantie! Ah, planties. Delightful things. Find me a bottle wrapped in a plantie.

[Happy little plant noises!]

Find me a red quill, a pink quill and an orange quill.

Pink is realtively easy; orange is indeed trickier, but I'd argue that what we see here qualifies (I zoomed in and its colour is definitely a lighter hue than V's robe and one which seems identical with that of Elan's sash).

Edited to add a fun fact: red seems to be the single most common colour for quills and other writing tools in the comic.

[enq]

Critical success. You found exactly the three quills I had in mind.

[enq]

Planties again. How many druids can hide with a plantie?

[Mike Havran]

Planties again. How many druids can hide with a plantie?

Tough to say, but Redcloak had experience with a dozen

While we are at counting, find a house with exactly ten visible windows.

[Metastachydium]

Planties again.

[MORE happy little plant noises!]

While we are at counting, find a house with exactly ten visible windows.

Human-sized rooms at normal-sized prices!

[enq]

Now a sadder plantie question. Find me someone practicing combat against a plantie, supervised.

[Peelee]

Now a sadder plantie question. Find me someone practicing combat against a plantie, supervised.

Scalped it, too. OQ

[enq]

NOQ. Elan, being Elan, is probably sincerely fighting that cactus and not just practicing on it. Either way, there's no one supervising him.

[b_jonas]

enq: I know that one! I noticed it recently when I was looking carefully at the images in the “Take 'em all!” splash panel for a previous question. The image at the very bottom right of the splash panel shows young Durkon fight a plant, with Kandro behind him. OQ.

[Peelee]

NOQ. Elan, being Elan, is probably sincerely fighting that cactus and not just practicing on it. Either way, there's no one supervising him.

Ah, I misread it as "unsupervised".

enq: I know that one! I noticed it recently when I was looking carefully at the images in the “Take 'em all!” splash panel for a previous question. The image at the very bottom right of the splash panel shows young Durkon fight a plant, with Kandro behind him. OQ.

This is probably it, but I doubt that Durkon wouldn't also be fighting it sincerely, given his thoughts on planties. Anyway, moar planties!

Find me a flower in several different colors. Let's say, at least four. I expect this one to be solved quite quickly.

[b_jonas]

Peelee: 501 5th panel, in Freya's hair. OQ.

[NoHaxJustPi]

What's more powerful than a big pile of spells?