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

[Tubercular Ox]

Wallabies are marsupials, haley doesn't trust marsupials.

Heavily medicated,, woke up with the answrer in my head. Can't find the comics, about to pass out, posting anyways. Open question.

[Ron Miel]

Correct, here's the comic.

panel 5-6

[enq]

You'll need to cite a bit of evidence why one is particularly untrustworthy - or not.

I'm saying that it wouldn't be hard to argue that in order to prove that none of them became less trustworthy, we'd have to link every subsequent strip and point out that in none of them has someone made an appearance saying, hi, I'm a guard that Haley bluffed and now I'm selling snake oil and bridges. Proving a negative is always dangerous.

Find me three different individuals performing an acid breath attack.

[Rogan]

Find me three different individuals performing an acid breath attack.

I've got one dragon and his mom.

I've also got a shark , which is breathing acid and attacking, but since the attack isn't an acid breath, it probably doesn't count.

[enq]

I've also got a shark , which is breathing acid and attacking, but since the attack isn't an acid breath, it probably doesn't count.

Indeed it does not! The other two are correct.

[Metastachydium]

I'm saying that it wouldn't be hard to argue that in order to prove that none of them became less trustworthy, we'd have to link every subsequent strip and point out that in none of them has someone made an appearance saying, hi, I'm a guard that Haley bluffed and now I'm selling snake oil and bridges. Proving a negative is always dangerous.

Find me three different individuals performing an acid breath attack.

I've got one dragon and his mom.

I've also got a shark , which is breathing acid and attacking, but since the attack isn't an acid breath, it probably doesn't count.

I considered offering up a vomiting Belkar, but I've been yelled at these last two pages before, so I'll stick with the… Dracolisk, I think?

[enq]

I considered offering up a vomiting Belkar, but I've been yelled at these last two pages before, so I'll stick with the… Dracolisk, I think?

Hahaha. I don't know that I would quite call that an attack, but I would have allowed it for hilarity.

[ZhonLord]

Assuming a meta OQ, since 3 and a half mouth-spewn acids have been found, show me a time when a character on the protag side of the story, outsourced an activity they normally prefer to do themselves.

[enq]

Assuming a meta OQ, since 3 and a half mouth-spewn acids have been found, show me a time when a character on the protag side of the story, outsourced an activity they normally prefer to do themselves.

Belkar and killing? Especially kobolds...

OQ if correct.

[ZhonLord]

Belkar and killing? Especially kobolds...

OQ if correct.

....I think I just set a record for fastest-answered question....

[b_jonas]

outsourced an activity

You would be surprised how common that sort of thing is these days.

[ZhonLord]

You would be surprised how common that sort of thing is these days.

Technically qualifies I suppose, but enq got my intended answer.... In three minutes....

But he gave an OQ, so it's yours if you've got one ready.

[Peelee]

Or i can snag the OQ!

What happened five years in a row?

[enq]

I considered offering up a vomiting Belkar, but I've been yelled at these last two pages before, so I'll stick with the… Dracolisk, I think?

Late realization.

Flowers grow faster if you talk to them, so shouldn't you like getting yelled at?

....I think I just set a record for fastest-answered question....

I think Meta has beaten that record ten times over. I had to do some flipping to find the exact comic.

Usually when I know the answer immediately I let someone else answer. Guess I wasn't feeling usual today.

[enq]

What happened five years in a row?

You going offline at hint o'clock?

[Peelee]

You going offline at hint o'clock?

Less than 25 hours elapsed.

The second year was slightly different.

[Tubercular Ox]

Gonna take a chance that you missed the sixth trophy behind the chair

[Laurentio III]

Gonna take a chance that you missed the sixth trophy behind the chair

Which is weird, as the first one is 1159, then silver 1160, then 1161, and 1162... twice. Last 1163.
Not impossible, it just requires that the 1162 edition had two archery-related contest and Pete won both.

[Peelee]

Gonna take a chance that you missed the sixth trophy behind the chair

Didn't miss it; that trophy was just irrelevant to my question.

Your question or OQ if you want.

Which is weird, as the first one is 1159, then silver 1160, then 1161, and 1162... twice. Last 1163.
Not impossible, it just requires that the 1162 edition had two archery-related contest and Pete won both.

Well dang, there goes my issue with counting the trophies and not hte years.

[Tubercular Ox]

Open question. Only answering exercises my memory in the right direction.

Unless someone wants to tell me what the animal is that hangs out with Mr. Scruffy in Good Deeds Gone Unpunished. I mean, it's not the main strip, and I can't contradict you whatever you say, but it'd be a favor.

[Peelee]

Spoiler: GDGU

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Most likely Carbuncle. Also, this might interest you.

[Metastachydium]

Late realization.

Flowers grow faster if you talk to them, so shouldn't you like getting yelled at?

According to a random AI-powered image-making site, my true full form might look like this:

Spoiler: Happy Little Blue Flower of WHIRLING DEATH FOR HUMANS

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You sure you want me to grow bigger?

I think Meta has beaten that record ten times over. I had to do some flipping to find the exact comic.

Know that I appreciate your thinking so! (Unfortunately, I'm way too HUMBLE to keep track.)

[Ruck]

Didn't miss it; that trophy was just irrelevant to my question.

Oh, that was the answer? It was my first thought, but with one of the trophies being silver, I thought it wouldn't count.

[Peelee]

Oh, that was the answer? It was my first thought, but with one of the trophies being silver, I thought it wouldn't count.

"won a trophy" was my intended answer. Which color/placement was always the intended hint

[Ron Miel]

Spoiler: GDGU

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Most likely Carbuncle. Also, this might interest you.

Spoiler

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What is "Carbuncle?"

[enq]

Find me three mentions of long-distance relationships.

Spoiler: First hint

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The last one is mentioned to a master in front of his disappointing student.

Spoiler: Second hint

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The disappointing student was, in turn, disappointed to learn about this long-distance relationship. But she did so before her master did, it just wasn't expressed using exactly those words.

Spoiler: Third hint

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The third strip was preceded by one where someone made a dramatic entrance but took no damage from it, due to their prestige class.

[Ron Miel]

Find me three mentions of long-distance relationships.

Second-last panel here
https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0530.html

[Ruck]

Last panel here:

https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0486.html

[b_jonas]

Ron Miel: I've no idea, but that's what most people said in the forums when the book was published. Second most common guess was Diamondillo, also no idea what that is.

[Peelee]

Spoiler

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What is "Carbuncle?"

Linked to in the first page of the linked thread.