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

[Ruck]

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

A big pile of spells AND the strength to crush a windpipe with your bare phalanges.

(luckily for me, I was just reading this one again last night.)

OQ for now-- will try to come up with one.

Find me a "KHHH TANG!" sound effect.

[Ruck]

Fell asleep early and missed the hint window. This one involves someone who's quite big and strong themselves taking on someone much bigger.

[littlebum2002]

Fun fact: there are a LOT of "tang" sound effects in this comic, but only one KHHH_TANG that I could find.

Find me an impossibly-shaped moon.

[Ruck]

Fun fact: there are a LOT of "tang" sound effects in this comic, but only one KHHH_TANG that I could find.

Find me an impossibly-shaped moon.

Would this count? A crescent moon is obviously possible, but this moon is not very round; I don't know what shape it would be if you could see the whole thing.

(OQ if so.)

[Peelee]

IIRC, IRL the type of crescent is dependent on which hemisphere you're in, but as this is both
A.) Not our world, and
2.) Not designed to be an accurate depiction of cosmology,
I would very much hope that this is not going to be the case.

[littlebum2002]

I am looking for a crescent moon, but one that is not possible to exist unless the laws of geometry are different in the stickworld than they are here.

[Peelee]

I am looking for a crescent moon, but one that is not possible to exist unless the laws of geometry are different in the stickworld than they are here.

Ah. So the "not an accurate depiction of cosmology", then. Sad.

https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0484.html

[littlebum2002]

Ah. So the "not an accurate depiction of cosmology", then. Sad.

https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0484.html

The one I was thinking of was this but yes that's it too. Maybe the stickworld is just smaller than its moon? Or maybe it IS the moon and we are looking at the phases of the planet it orbits?

[Peelee]

The one I was thinking of was this but yes that's it too. Maybe the stickworld is just smaller than its moon? Or maybe it IS the moon and we are looking at the phases of the planet it orbits?

Maybe it has more than one moon, and the other has smaller eclipses of the larger? Regardless, your actual intended one is a much better example than I thought and actually is kind of neat.

Even if I do still grumble about expecting celestial mechanics accuracy in a stick figure comic.

ETA: Or just a lunar eclipse but a smaller planet to moon size/distance ratio.

[enq]

Someone didn't receive two buffs because of me! Who?

[littlebum2002]

Someone didn't receive two buffs because of me! Who?

Malack, because it was Haley who accidently tripped the rune that summoned the hellhound which took Belkar away from the party and was therefore responsible for Durkon following him and getting vamped and using up Malack's second Protection from Daylight buff.
/s

[Wintermoot]

Malack, because it was Haley who accidently tripped the rune that summoned the hellhound which took Belkar away from the party and was therefore responsible for Durkon following him and getting vamped and using up Malack's second Protection from Daylight buff.
/s

Most Rube Goldberg Convoluted Answer wins.

[enq]

I would rules lawyer about the three strips rule, but since it all started with the strip I had in mind, I'm going to mark it down as the correct answer with a dash of humor.

Didn't actually realize my question could be RLd into "who didn't receive their second buff" when what I meant is "who received zero instead of two", so well sniped there too. Can I use you for my next Wish spell?

[littlebum2002]

I would rules lawyer about the three strips rule, but since it all started with the strip I had in mind, I'm going to mark it down as the correct answer with a dash of humor.

Didn't actually realize my question could be RLd into "who didn't receive their second buff" when what I meant is "who received zero instead of two", so well sniped there too. Can I use you for my next Wish spell?

What are the odds of that? A million to one I guess.

Anyway, I'll take it! Find a sword with a purple hilt.

[b_jonas]

I would rules lawyer about the three strips rule,

I think that applies only to the answer intended by the original poster, not to answers that we give.

[Metastachydium]

Find a sword with a purple hilt.

Does a purple hilt that presumably has a sword attached it count?

[littlebum2002]

I certainly hope so!

[Metastachydium]

I certainly hope so!

My time has finally come then!
The happy little blue flower shall now invite you to find FIVE little blue flowers (as well as two little white ones) that prominently (I won't tolerate doubts regarding their prominence!) feature in THREE whole strips!

[Peelee]

My time has finally come then!
The happy little blue flower shall now invite you to find FIVE little blue flowers (as well as two little white ones) that prominently (I won't tolerate doubts regarding their prominence!) feature in THREE whole strips!

I doubt their prominence.

[Metastachydium]

I doubt their prominence.

[Glares.] Then there can only ever be conflict between us now!

[enq]

Then there can only ever be conflict between us now!

I understood that reference... but it seems it wasn't meant to be a subtle hint.

[b_jonas]

Five blue flowers and two white ones featured prominently is the bouquet that Nale gives to Haley: #380 last panel, #381 most panels, #382 1st and 9th panel. I'd also hereby like to plug The impossible bottle, an interactive fiction by Linus Åkesson, which prominently features a puzzle where you have to find some blue flowers. You are issued that puzzle right after you get through the tutorial task, but it's one of the last puzzles that you solve. OQ.

[Metastachydium]

I understood that reference...

I expected no less from you!

but it seems it wasn't meant to be a subtle hint.

Well, In my humble personal opinion declarations of WAR are supposed to be unsubtle.

Five blue flowers and two white ones featured prominently is the bouquet that Nale gives to Haley: #380 last panel, #381 most panels, #382 1st and 9th panel.

And here's our winner! Nicely done.

I'd also hereby like to plug The impossible bottle, an interactive fiction by Linus Åkesson, which prominently features a puzzle where you have to find some blue flowers. You are issued that puzzle right after you get through the tutorial task, but it's one of the last puzzles that you solve.

Hm. That doesn't sound half bad!

OQ.

[enq]

Double Your Amount Of Available Vehicles Using This Simple Trick!

What is the trick?

Spoiler: Hint

Show

It's an airborne vehicle.

Spoiler: Second hint

Show

The one told about the trick certainly doesn't happily accept the suggestion.

Spoiler: Third hint

Show

An engineer and a mutineer in one.

[Zarhan]

Double Your Amount Of Available Vehicles Using This Simple Trick!

What is the trick?

I don't get the "doubling" part, but the other hints match, so I guess this is about chopping the Mechane for steaks stakes, in #1043.

OQ if correct.

[enq]

Nope. The doubling part is in a speech bubble by Bandana.

[Lord Torath]

One Simple Trick: Spend half the time patching that you spend complaining.

Who complains about patent infringment?

[yokyok]

Belkar.

Who complains about someone capitalizing on someone else's trademark?

[NoHaxJustPi]

Belkar.

Who complains about someone capitalizing on someone else's trademark?

Makes you wonder how they can hear the extra L.

Find three separate mentions of alchemist's fire.

[Squire Doodad]

Umm, Julio over Azure City, again the Mechane with the Frost Giants, and idk on the third