The Order of the Stick: September

[Lilly]

I don't know if I'm butting in the comic thread making rotation, or if I'm suspossed to wait until the comic is up but here it is!

Even though it's not up yet #100 is gonna rock some socks. ;D

[Adghar]

Well it was stickied, so I assume you did the right thing. Unless you sticked it yourself.

Lilly, have you been to the Big 1-0-0 thread at all? You have to use reverse reverse reverse reverse reverse psychology. In other words, [shout] I DO BELIEVE COMIC #100 SHOULD SUCK! YEAH! SUCK BAD![/shout] Poor psychology, reversed so many times. In any case, I know my socks are gonna be rocked.

[Wren]

I'm anticipating when they complete the mission, and go back to town for training and bar hopping ;D

"I'm sing sing singing my new song! new new new!"

[penguinscanfly81]

Depending on how early it is posted, im hoping to read it tonight. I start school tomorrow, so its one of the worst times for me to stay up late as tonight i need to get into normal sleeping habits.

[GypsyThorn]

Depending on how early it is posted, im hoping to read it tonight. I start school tomorrow, so its one of the worst times for me to stay up late as tonight i need to get into normal sleeping habits.

Excuse me, PCF81, if your first day of school is tomorrow, you really should get to bed a bit early. OOTS100 will still be there when you return from school. But ONLY after you finish your homework. AND tomorrow's homework too! And clean your room. NO ONE'S GOING ON THAT COMPUTER UNTIL THEIR ROOM IS CLEAN! That doesn't mean shoving everything under the bed either.

On the other hand, if that doesn't work for my 14 year old daughter, it probably isn't going to work for you.

(And by the way, no, they can't.)

[Adghar]

Depending on how early it is posted, im hoping to read it tonight. I start school tomorrow, so its one of the worst times for me to stay up late as tonight i need to get into normal sleeping habits.

Same fix I'm in. Do you happen to go to a middle school? Perhaps... a TACOMA DISTRICT MIDDLE SCHOOL?! No? Oh. Ok. Nevermind.

[Lilly]

LOL!!!! ROFLMAO!!!

There was somthing special, it updated an hour early.

Haley gets an offical super-cool use of feminine wiles award.

[Adghar]

No, the special thing was that it was the kind of funny that makes people like me laugh. What kind of people are people like me? Who knows? Who cares? In any case, I actually L(ed)OL! Nothing gets me to LOL! I ams teh amazed! This is the best birthd- What? Oh yeah. Sound guy, start up that inspirational/happy music again. This is the best 100th comic ever! *Huggles Rich*

[davericsdamsel]

[move]HALEY ROCKS[/move]

[move]100..100...100[/move]

[move] ::)[/move]

[Invariel]

I concur. Haley does rock.

[penguinscanfly81]

This is the benefit of getting up early every day. I can view the comic now. I think Rich did it, because everyone was hyped up about #100, and he wanted to show us not to expect anything. Or maybe it was cause we stole and posted all his ideas. I have to say this wasnt unexpected.

[Nighthawk4]

A wonderful Strip. ;)

It was SO clear that Haley (who is a Rogue after all) was conning the kid, and of course, as a naive teenage boy, he fell for it - hook, line and sinker.

Also, of course, Haley found out a lot of useful information, so we even moved the plot along as well.

The best part is the comment about Strip Number 100. Not only are they aware of all the PnP technical details, but they know what number Strip there are in as well.

Brilliant :D

[Rhuna_Coppermane]

*snrk* Bwahahahahaha! I love it! I think this was more fun than some big special thing for #100 anyway. I'm with Adghar - I rarely actually LOL at things I read, and this one did it.

*applause*

[Aerysil1]

I want Haley in my party.

[Wren]

Stupid goblin obviously failed his sense motive check.

Although I bet Haley's bluff is really high.

(What level are they, anyways?)

[RawBearNYC]

(What level are they, anyways?)

Check the Check out the FAQ

[Nareth]

My only problem with the whole thing is, if Xykon needed someone with "a pure heart", wouldn't Haley be the wrong choice? :)

GREAT comic Rich!!! Congratulations on reaching 100, and here's to hoping this will go on for a long, long time.

[Wren]

Her heart is 24 karats of pure gold, possibly encrusted with some rubies.

Stolen from someone, of course.

[Tarlonniel]

I love the Ivy League admissions demon. Taken straight from life ;)

[RawBearNYC]

My only problem with the whole thing is, if Xykon needed someone with "a pure heart", wouldn't Haley be the wrong choice? :)

That's assuming that demon boy has your insights about Haley. For him, it's probably, "hey, hot human chick, she's gotta be pure of heart, cause I wanna...".

[Grey Watcher]

My only problem with the whole thing is, if Xykon needed someone with "a pure heart", wouldn't Haley be the wrong choice? :)

She was good enough for the Air Sigil.

[RawBearNYC]

Morover, didn't we see haley hit with the Unholy Blight spell way back in one of the early strips? Belkar is the one to worry about.

[Rodrick_the_Red]

Hey, I figured it out!!

SimonMoon5 said:

Okay, the weapon sound effects are "pierce" for a piercing weapon, "slash" for the slashing weapon, "bludgeon" for the bludgeoning weapon... and "bonk" for the goblin's weapon, which must do "bonking" damage.

"bonk" is the sound effect for bludgeoning weapons doing nonleathal damage. :o

I suppose "poke" for the piercing weapons and "slap" for the slashing weapons doing nonleathal damage. ???

Anyway, Strip 100 is great!! "Just a phase." Love it!

[penguinscanfly81]

Stupid goblin obviously failed his sense motive check.

Although I bet Haley's bluff is really high.

Maybe her motive really was to kiss the goblin... until she saw him up close.

[penguinscanfly81]

Hey, I figured it out!!

SimonMoon5 said:


"bonk" is the sound effect for bludgeoning weapons doing nonleathal damage. :o

I suppose "poke" for the piercing weapons and "slap" for the slashing weapons doing nonleathal damage. ???

Anyway, Strip 100 is great!! "Just a phase." Love it!

And 'thunk' is the sound made when one smacks their head against a hollow goblin head.

[Josh_Kablack]

I love the Ivy League admissions demon. Taken straight from life ;)

The patches on his elbows were the perfect touch.

[Penguin_King]

It probably says something about me that I had to stop and think about whether the events of this comic would be game-legal. ^^;

(My conclusion? "Probably". ;) )

[Invariel]

And 'thunk' is the sound made when one smacks their head against a hollow goblin head.

So, does that do thunking damage then?

[DamotheBoyWonder]

So let's recap...

We have slashing damage, piercing damage, bludgeoning damage, bonking damage, poking damage, slapping damage and thunking damage.

Forget THAC0, who said ADnD version 2 was the complicated one?! :o


(yes, I know most of those don't exist really)

So, does that do thunking damage then?

It does plot convenience damage. ;)

[Adghar]

What's next? Zapping damage?