Order of the Stick Trivia XXIV: What do I need a twenty for, anyway?

[enq]

Find me three strips in which a (presumably) male character gets hit in the groin. There should be some form of sound effect or commentary to suggest that yeah, it was really that bad.

[b_jonas]

Hmm. #784 last doesn't count, since Belkar does not in fact hit him in the groin.

[Peelee]

Seems odd to list comics which don't count, since there's going to be a lot of them.

[Metastachydium]

Find me three strips in which a (presumably) male character gets hit in the groin. There should be some form of sound effect or commentary to suggest that yeah, it was really that bad.

Crowds love those; guards don't.

[Tzardok]

Does Haley shooting Roy in the nuts count? If yes, then OQ.

[enq]

Yes. Those three were my intended answers.

[Aa602213x1023]

Taking the OQ:

Find me a single panel with 20 or more pairs of sleeping eyes. Not X'ed out dead eyes; merely sleeping eyes.

[enq]

The unconscious hydra in panel 4. Cleverly worded to not simply say 20 sleeping individuals!

What costs an undefined amount, but less than 5,000 gp?

[ZhonLord]

The unconscious hydra in panel 4. Cleverly worded to not simply say 20 sleeping individuals!

What costs an undefined amount, but less than 5,000 gp?

Teleport Scrolls.

There are many categories of violence to go along with the degrees of violence - legal, illegal, justified, petty, etc. What's one category of violence that Belkar insists on having a share of when it presents itself?

[Metastachydium]

There are many categories of violence to go along with the degrees of violence - legal, illegal, justified, petty, etc. What's one category of violence that Belkar insists on having a share of when it presents itself?

The sweet, leader-approved sort!

[H_H_F_F]

What costs an undefined amount, but less than 5,000 gp?

I looked mostly at destroyed property and the like, I didn't even think to look for standardized magical items; in my mind, that scroll costs 1125 GP. Of course, it could be sold for less or more, but in the "how much those cost" sense, that's the price.

[enq]

I looked mostly at destroyed property and the like, I didn't even think to look for standardized magical items; in my mind, that scroll costs 1125 GP. Of course, it could be sold for less or more, but in the "how much those cost" sense, that's the price.

I think you sometimes cross the line of thinking people playing this trivia also play real D&D (other reason I think that). Nowhere in any strip is the cost of that scroll specified.

Curiosity killed the cat. Find an example of a disease that is particularly dangerous to the curious.

[Metastachydium]

Curiosity killed the cat. Find an example of a disease that is particularly dangerous to the curious.

The Vaporizing Flu. Sadly, it is not known to have actually killed cats.

[enq]

Why sadly? Do planties have a reason to dislike cats? Huh?

[Metastachydium]

Why sadly? Do planties have a reason to dislike cats? Huh?

This planty likes birds. Hating cats is part of that package.

[Peelee]

This planty likes birds. Hating cats is part of that package.

I assume you either mean non-indigenous feral or outdoor housecats, or that you also hate many birdies as well.

[Metastachydium]

I assume you either mean non-indigenous feral or outdoor housecats, or that you also hate many birdies as well.

Well, as a domesticated species spread by humans all around, housecats are not particularly indigenous anywhere as far as I'm concerned, but so far as they are safely segregated from cute little things they can surplus murderize, I could settle for an uneasy truce with them, I suppose.

[Peelee]

Well, as a domesticated species spread by humans all around, housecats are not particularly indigenous anywhere as far as I'm concerned, but so far as they are safely segregated from cute little things they can surplus murderize, I could settle for an uneasy truce with them, I suppose.

Just off the top of my head, Norwegian Forest Cats are indigenous to Norway (likely the forests).

[Metastachydium]

Just off the top of my head, Norwegian Forest Cats are indigenous to Norway (likely the forests).

A cursory search tells me that their earliest ancestors were introduced to Norway by humans in the previous millenium, and they are specifically Norwegian only insofar as they then interbred with other breeds of cats, likewise introduced to Norway by humans, but generally at an even later point. Meh.

Meanwhile, actually native felines like the European wildcat are steadily competed and assimilated into oblivion by [drumroll] housecats.

[enq]

This planty likes birds. Hating cats is part of that package.

Oh yeah? Find me a bird who really likes a cat!

[Metastachydium]

Oh yeah? Find me a bird who really likes a cat!

Look, the bigger ones are usually less of an issue in that way.

[enq]

Look, the bigger ones are usually less of an issue in that way.

OH YEAH? Tell me about someone who probably did get killed by a big cat. And for bonus points, prove to me that this someone wasn't a bird. Oh wait, you can't!

[Metastachydium]

OH YEAH? Tell me about someone who probably did get killed by a big cat. And for bonus points, prove to me that this someone wasn't a bird. Oh wait, you can't!

One can hope, though!

[ZhonLord]

What can magic fingers be a good substitute for?

[Metastachydium]

What can magic fingers be a good substitute for?

I don't want to think too much about this one.

[Coppercloud]

What can magic fingers be a good substitute for?

What, if anything, is between a man's femurs (according to the demon roach).

Find me two visible signs that someone has class levels or is a player character.
(I was ninja'd by the plantie, but I take the OQ if it is indeed available).

[ZhonLord]

What, if anything, is between a man's femurs (according to the demon roach).

Find me two visible signs that someone has class levels or is a player character.
(I was ninja'd by the plantie, but I take the OQ if it is indeed available).

It's Meta. If he doesn't ask a question in his reply, assume the flower left it as OQ.

[Metastachydium]

(I was ninja'd by the plantie, but I take the OQ if it is indeed available).

[Evil laughter.] But seriously, we're talking about me. Of course it's available!

Find me two visible signs that someone has class levels or is a player character.

Equipment and giant bat creatures from the pit of Tartarus.

[enq]

Find a strip where someone doesn't know my name and another one where that same someone does.

[H_H_F_F]

Find a strip where someone doesn't know my name and another one where that same someone does.

Is this enough evidence for not knowing his name? Because if so, there are plenty of data showing that she later does.

I think you sometimes cross the line of thinking people playing this trivia also play real D&D (other reason I think that). Nowhere in any strip is the cost of that scroll specified.

Hmm. Interesting. I guess I've always thought of D&D 3.5 being part of the story, when and if it is explicitly mentioned and shown to be relevant. WBL and standardized prices are explicitly mentioned, so to me, they're part of the story.

Like, I get that assuming knowledge of 3.5 to ask a question is wrong. Clearly, I shouldn't ask you to show me a beast-heart adept (oona). Do we go even further than that? If I ask you to show me Durkon casting a spell with variable effects depending on character level (holy word), would that not be a legitimate question? Even though we clearly see the effect, and it is communicated as such, the lack of explicit mention in the text of HD makes it wrong to ask? Perhaps. I think that was the logic my track question relied on, and maybe that's out of bounds too.

But to me, there's still a difference between "not asking about the 3.5 layer of the story" and "ignoring the 3.5 layer of the story". Pricing of magic items is just part of that layer. Like, I don't know, reach. We know (from the text) the half ogre with the spiked chain from strip 216 has a reach of 15 ft. If someone was to ask "show me a strip with a weapon we know the reach of, and a weapon we don't", 216 wouldn't be a valid answer, even though the text doesn't explicitly tell us roy's sword has a normal medium melee 5 ft reach. Because it would be asking a question about the 3.5 layer of the story, while ignoring its context. It's like the difference between not assuming knowledge of Monty Python for the weapon shop skit (right) and assuming its irrelevance while asking about that layer of the story (wrong?)