The Order of the Stick

[Tae_Kwon_Dan]

Okay, winking at the 4th wall and saying "Evasion" has now become my all time favorite moment in the strip.

Priceless.

[Daveric]

This strip reminded me a lot about our group. ;D

Very nice! :)

[Medesha]

Elan is rapidly becoming my favourite character. And the "Evasion" moment is classic.

[Nim]

"He's not useless, he's . . . use-impaired." or maybe "Bluff Bluff Bluff Bluff the Stupid Ogre!"
If you do make the plushies, put that on Elan's tag.
"Technically, I do not sleep."
That one goes on V-man's.
"Bwa ha ha! I have deep-seated emotional problems! Die! Die!" or "Well, I just figured we'd wander around, kill some sentient creatures because they had green skin and fangs and we don't, and then take their stuff." would be good for Belkar.
"Grr. Roy smash puny kobolds (I have an MBA, you know)." for Roy.
"The Boots of Speed were totally powerful, but they were, like, lime green." or "My daddy was a first edition thief. It runs in the family." for Haley.
"A lich is binding ghouls? Turn Undead!" for Durkon.

Did I miss anyone? Got better ideas?

[Nappy]

I agree with Daveric!!!! ;D We do have quite a bard!!!

[WampaX]

Three spells in a row? I don't buy it . . . must suspend . . . belief for the humor's sake . . .

So, been watching Urotsukidôji: Legend of the Overfiend, I see . . . ;) <shudders from repressed memories>

[The Giant]

I can honestly say I have no idea what that is.

[Tae_Kwon_Dan]

Be glad. ;)

"I love the smell of bat guano in the morning. Smells like victory." ;D

[Bogotter]

Very funny strip Rich. That Evan guy needs some serious therapy!

[WampaX]

Giant,
Traditional hyper-violoent, animated, japanese hentai.
It was actually the first, I think . . . vintage 1987.

[The Giant]

Never saw it...my only muse was Kubrick.

[Daveric]

I never saw the movie either, but being an anime fan, I know the flick in which he speaks. ;)

Anywho...Nice strip Rich. Hmm, that didn't quite come out right...oh well. :P

I meant to ask, what level are these guys,(not that it really matters), or what range of levels are they?

[The Giant]

I'll never tell!!!

OK, really, I won't ever choose a specific level. I don't want to be tied down from using a certain joke just because it requires a 9th level spell and they aren't high enough, or having them run away from a foe that is CR 2, or what have you.

[RawBearNYC]

I'll never tell!!!

OK, really, I won't ever choose a specific level. I don't want to be tied down from using a certain joke just because it requires a 9th level spell and they aren't high enough, or having them run away from a foe that is CR 2, or what have you.

Good!!!

It took me a bit to stop wondering those questions, but I enjoy the fact that a single goblin is as threatening as whatever that thing is.

[Daveric]

Fair enough. :)

[WampaX]

Giant,
The Apocalypse Now references did not escape mine eye . . . I was refering to the violent, tentacle porn.

Urotsukidôji is on par with Meet the Feebles for disturbing images and content . . . at least in my book.

[The Giant]

Ahh, see, I wasn't intending it to be porn. I was just trying to think of the most painful-sounding spell name I could come up with, and I used Evard's Black Tentacles as the starting point.

Although your use of the plural "references" makes me happy, because it means at least one person caught the second one. ;)

[Nappy]

Wow, another great one Rich! Didn't realize Vaarsuvius was that powerful... ;) Now I want to play a spellcaster!!!!!!

[Nim]

V-man was always my favorite, now you see why!

(And I know that while everyone else including the chimaera noticed the porn-sounding spell name, V did not. Cause he is probably an asexual life form or somethin'. ;))

[Bogotter]

Cause he is probably an asexual life form or somethin'. ;))

Ahem.......SHE!!!!

[Josh_Kablack]

Could we have a quick-jump link added to the "Cast of characters page"..?

And I consider the first Urotsukidôji required viewing, just like Apocolypse Now. Come to think of it, there are some major common themes between them, after you can get past the gross-out shock value.

[RawBearNYC]

Could we have a quick-jump link added to the "Cast of characters page"..?

I'll have to think about it, but probably not.

[The Giant]

There's already a link at the bottom of every single comic to the Cast of Characters, and honestly, it's not something one needs to read more than once. I wouldn't worry about it.

[RawBearNYC]

Actually, Rich, I made the same mistake you did as well. He was asking for the drop down tht appears on all comic pages to appear on the Cast of Characters page. Not a faster way to get to CoC.

[WampaX]

Oddly enough, Josh, I have watched the former and not the latter. Yet, I can pick out quotes, scenes, and pick up on parodies of it at the drop of a hat.

I will give Urotsukidôji credit in the desensatizing department. Not much else can compete after viewing certain scenes. It also really does have a good backbone of a story . . . its just that the rest of the images that are attached to that backbone combine to form something else.

[Josh_Kablack]

Actually, Rich, I made the same mistake you did as well. He was asking for the drop down tht appears on all comic pages to appear on the Cast of Characters page. Not a faster way to get to CoC.

Yeah, that's what I meant. A single link to go from Cast of Characters to Strip 1 through X.

I don't really care about going from strip X to Cast of Characters any faster (heck, isn't that already there?)

[The Giant]

Ah. I'll leave this wholly in RawBear's hands as to whether he can/wants to do that, then. I do know that the CoC page is not part of the automatic-numbering script, so it may be more work for him than it is worth. But, if he's feeling energetic, it might happen. ;)

[RawBearNYC]

The CoC page is a static page, while the comic page is a script. A quick cost benefit analysis is that there's not enough return involved in making the static page less static. I don't see lots of people heading over to CoC, and it's only one link harder to click the comics link on the side, or the Most Recent Strip link at the top.

[WampaX]

Reguardless . . . dun dun DUN!
;D

[Daveric]

Hilarious. Who da halfling had me rolling. ;D

And Elan at the end...

Classic. Another great strip! ;D