Order of the Stick Trivia XXIII: 50% More Entertaining than Speculating About MitD!

[Lord Torath]

I have one word for you: "Go".

Ehhh, maybe? Telling someone to "go" is pretty explicitly telling someone to leave. I'm thinking something much more indirect. More like: "Those villages won't rescue themselves" or something more like that.

[ZhonLord]

Ehhh, maybe? Telling someone to "go" is pretty explicitly telling someone to leave. I'm thinking something much more indirect. More like: "Those villages won't rescue themselves" or something more like that.

He said "go" as telling Elan the name of the game, which the bard took as being told to leave. Ergo, elan was told to go without actually being told to go.

EDIT:I probably shouldn't have linked the next page after that in addition, my apologies for that.

[Peelee]

On the subject of being turned into pub snacks, Vaarsuvius has this to say: Fireball!

Find someone telling someone else to leave without telling them to leave.

I apologize for messing up and not giving the hint and answer on the 24-hour/48 hour marks, respectively. Had a lot going on last week and this week.

Glad Lord Torath got it.

[Lord Torath]

Ehhh, I guess. I was thinking more along the lines of the "Tell me you don't know anything about women without telling me you don't know anything about women" trope. Like people complaining about the light fuzz on Aloy's face when you zoomed in close in Horizon: Zero Dawn. Hinjo wasn't telling Elan to leave, he was telling him the name of the game, and Elan just misunderstood.

I apologize for messing up and not giving the hint and answer on the 24-hour/48 hour marks, respectively. Had a lot going on last week and this week.

Glad Lord Torath got it.

Pure luck. I was following the link from an old quiz question about pub snacks and saw the answer.

Current question:

Show me a teeny tiny expression of divine wrath.

[enq]

Show me a teeny tiny expression of divine wrath.

Possibly also the first thumbs up.

Name a problem that Haley, Hilgya and Serini have all had to deal with. Possibly with an exception for Serini due to discipline.

Spoiler: First hint

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Someone's husband was delighted when they finally overcame the problem!

[Ron Miel]

Possibly also the first thumbs up.

I don't think it's a thumb.

[ZhonLord]

Possibly also the first thumbs up.

Name a problem that Haley, Hilgya and Serini have all had to deal with. Possibly with an exception for Serini due to discipline.

Spoiler: First hint

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Someone's husband was delighted when they finally overcame the problem!

Gah, I knew this one before the hint but didn't have time to track the pages down.

bathroom, bathroom, and bathroom.

Show me a panel of two people saying the same word at the same time, with very different emotional reactions behind the use of that word.

[Metastachydium]

Okay, that bathroom one was good. Nice job, you two.

Show me a panel of two people saying the same word at the same time, with very different emotional reactions behind the use of that word.

Alarm and joy?

[Kish]

But Hilgya wasn't actually in the bathroom, Ivan just had brain damage and thought she'd literally been there for months.

[ZhonLord]

But Hilgya wasn't actually in the bathroom, Ivan just had brain damage and thought she'd literally been there for months.

He was overjoyed when she came back from her "bathroom" troubles. It directly lines up with Enq's hint, even if you could argue against it being an answer to the original question.

Alarm and joy?

That is correct! Your question if you want it Meta, otherwise OQ.

[enq]

Yes, it's the answer I had in mind. Yes, it's accepting Ivan's comical misconception as reality, but I think we do that with Elan all the time.

ZhonLord's question is similar to another one I wanted to ask, so let's keep that theme going.

Find me two people saying the same thing at the same time, but a different two people actually hear that they both say it. There can be one overlapping person, but not two. So A and B say something at the same time, but B and C (or C and D) hear it.

Spoiler: First hint

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I'm B.

Spoiler: Second hint

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We heard only A, but neither of us is A.

Spoiler: Third hint (also updated second)

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I killed C shortly thereafter. It had... consequences.

[JNinja]

I was going to suggest this based on hints 1&2, but 3 definitely confirms.

Find me two different people who complain about small portions (in those terms, not Thog being out of fudge ripple)

[enq]

Find me two different people who complain about small portions (in those terms, not Thog being out of fudge ripple)

Does a small healing spell portion count?

[JNinja]

No, they use the word “portions”

[enq]

Isamu made a small, but delicious portion...

[Kish]

And Roy's life energy is filling.

OQ.

[ZhonLord]

Here's an easy one, while I figure out wording on another:

Find me a series of ineffective monster attacks, displayed across multiple panels in the same page.

[enq]

Here's an easy one, while I figure out wording on another:

Find me a series of ineffective monster attacks, displayed across multiple panels in the same page.

Not so easy. This is the best I can do on short notice, but it doesn't feel like a natural 20. We are looking for monsters making ineffective attacks, yes? Not receiving them.

Oh, or maybe this?

(OQ if correct or correct enough)

[ZhonLord]

Not so easy. This is the best I can do on short notice, but it doesn't feel like a natural 20. We are looking for monsters making ineffective attacks, yes? Not receiving them.

Oh, or maybe this?

(OQ if correct or correct enough)

Mama Dragon qualifies, though it wasn't my intent. I'll see if I can reword it later.

Onward with the OQ!

[b_jonas]

ZhonLord: were you perhaps thinking of #77 whole strip?

[ZhonLord]

ZhonLord: were you perhaps thinking of #77 whole strip?

Yup, THERE'S the one!

[enq]

Claiming OQ: What piece of non-weapon equipment does O-Chul have that Nale needs?

[Lord Torath]

ZhonLord: were you perhaps thinking of #77 whole strip?

Yup, THERE'S the one!

Ah, see, I thought of that one, but decided that the attacks were not ineffectual, just nullified almost immediately. If they were ineffectual, no "Cure Assorted Wounds" spells would have been cast.

Here's the current question:

What piece of non-weapon equipment does O-Chul have that Nale needs?

[ZhonLord]

Claiming OQ: What piece of non-weapon equipment does O-Chul have that Nale needs?

My first guess would be a waterproof cloak, but O-Chul's is WEATHER proof, so I'm not sure it qualifies?

Ah, see, I thought of that one, but decided that the attacks were not ineffectual, just nullified almost immediately. If they were ineffectual, no "Cure Assorted Wounds" spells would have been cast.

I was treating ineffective as "effectively accomplished nothing", apologies for the confusion there. But as I said before, mama Dragon qualified as well so there was an answer regardless of interpretation.

[enq]

My first guess would be a waterproof cloak, but O-Chul's is WEATHER proof, so I'm not sure it qualifies?

It's what I had in mind. I feel a weatherproof cloak ought to be waterproof.

[ZhonLord]

It's what I had in mind. I feel a weatherproof cloak ought to be waterproof.

Fair enough. In that case, find me two words that result in three consecutive beat panels.


Reminder: a beat panel is one without dialogue, designed to approximate the comedic pause leading up to a punchline.

[Lord Torath]

Reminder: a beat panel is one without dialogue, designed to approximate the comedic pause leading up to a punchline.

Just a pair of examples: Panel 8: Beat Panel. Panel 7: NOT a Beat Panel.

Fair enough. In that case, find me two words that result in three consecutive beat panels.

[ZhonLord]

find me two words that result in three consecutive beat panels.


Reminder: a beat panel is one without dialogue, designed to approximate the comedic pause leading up to a punchline.

24 hour hint: Those two words refer to the retention of an important asset.

[Metastachydium]

(Man, for a moment I thought it might be "Razor, go!", but that's only two beats however I may look at it.)

[enq]

24 hour hint: Those two words refer to the retention of an important asset.

If it's followed by three panels of people probably being confused, I'm going to guess this asset is important only to Elan.