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

[Ron Miel]

Maybe so, but I don't want to risk reading unboxed spoilers. Can you explain just this one?

[Peelee]

Maybe so, but I don't want to risk reading unboxed spoilers. Can you explain just this one?

Spoiler

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https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Carbuncle_(3.5e_Creature)

[enq]

Last hint posted.

[Ruck]

Well, here's the last one, then.

OQ

[ZhonLord]

Here's an easier one: Show me MitD laughing at someone's misery/pain.

[Tubercular Ox]

Here's an easier one: Show me MitD laughing at someone's misery/pain.

Here. I feel like it says something about what time zone people are in that this took so long.

Open question.

[Metastachydium]

QUESTION! Name a character we never see who could be a reasonably close relative of Haley's!

[Peelee]

QUESTION! Name a character we never see who could be a reasonably close relative of Haley's!

ANSWER! Offpanelo is a human, meaning there is a non-zero chance of reasonably close relation to Haley. They could be!

I will donate me question back to the plantie for refinement.

[Metastachydium]

ANSWER! Offpanelo is a human, meaning there is a non-zero chance of reasonably close relation to Haley. They could be!

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Yeah, that's on me.

I will donate me question back to the plantie for refinement.

Thanks!

So, QUESTION! Again! Name a character we never see who could be a reasonably close relative of Haley's, based on something Haley says (rather than race or hairstyle)!

[enq]

So, QUESTION! Again! Name a character we never see who could be a reasonably close relative of Haley's, based on something Haley says (rather than race or hairstyle)!

Cousin Sheila?

Didn't I very recently preach about not making us prove negatives, by the way? Bad plant. Go in the shady corner.

If correct: Find me three strips where sorcerer/sorceress is used either as an insult or to suggest low intelligence.

[Metastachydium]

If correct: Find me three strips where sorcerer/sorceress is used either as an insult or to suggest low intelligence.

Just to get this out of the way; now:

Cousin Sheila?

Didn't I very recently preach about not making us prove negatives, by the way? Bad plant. Go in the shady corner.

No-no-no! You are very close, but you'll need to add another strip (not directly involving Haley in any way) to that!

[Peelee]

No-no-no! You are very close, but you'll need to add another strip (not directly involving Haley in any way) to that!

Ok. Not pictured: Cousin Sheila.

[Tubercular Ox]

Any strip that shows Durkon calling his mother's friends' children Cousin shows that Cousin is not always blood-related, but we all know it could be.

Open question.

[Peelee]

Any strip that shows Durkon calling his mother's friends' children Cousin shows that Cousin is not always blood-related, but we all know it could be.

Open question.

Oh hey a real answer! I suppose that works too.

So with the theme of two-strip answers, find me a superhero depicted and then, separately, said superhero's name be used (as a name. So no, "that was super, man!").

[enq]

So with the theme of two-strip answers, find me a superhero depicted and then, separately, said superhero's name be used (as a name. So no, "that was super, man!").

Does it have to be used as a name? As in, if there were a superhero called Owlbear, would it work to link a strip with them and then another where an owlbear is mentioned?

[Peelee]

So with the theme of two-strip answers, find me a superhero depicted and then, separately, said superhero's name be used (as a name. So no, "that was super, man!").

Does it have to be used as a name? As in, if there were a superhero called Owlbear, would it work to link a strip with them and then another where an owlbear is mentioned?

Bolding mine.

ETA: Just to be super clear: no, your listed example would not suffice. Thanks!

[enq]

Okay okay, but the comma made me unsure what rule you were trying to express.

[Peelee]

Okay okay, but the comma made me unsure what rule you were trying to express.

No worries. I edited in clarification right as you posted this, so yeah, i appreciate letting me know i could still be clearer.

[Tubercular Ox]

Does Therkla in her Ninja outfit count as a depiction of Ninja Girl? Cuz there are a lot of strips like that. And Elan calls her Ninja Girl in this one.

[Peelee]

Does Therkla in her Ninja outfit count as a depiction of Ninja Girl? Cuz there are a lot of strips like that. And Elan calls her Ninja Girl in this one.

Don't know of any superhero named Ninja Girl.

Extra clarification: superhero not created by Rich Burlew.

[enq]

For anyone who wants to flank Peelee's question...

Spoiler: ...these are the two strips I can think of that feature non-OotS superheroes

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Firestorm, Green Lantern? and Batman
Cyclops, I'm guessing

[Tubercular Ox]

Xykon calls Redcloak Cyclops

Cyclops was shown here.

Open question.

EDIT: Also, Ninja Girl will always be a Superhero! ... in my personal diary.

[Metastachydium]

Ok. Not pictured: Cousin Sheila.

Any strip that shows Durkon calling his mother's friends' children Cousin shows that Cousin is not always blood-related, but we all know it could be.

(Meanwhile: and this is why I don't ask questions often. Still, good job making the best of it, Ox. The intended answer was Sheila Finkelstein (right age, right continent(, right race (although we only know that last one from Origin))), by the way.)

[enq]

The Azurites needed a lot of boats to evacuate their city. To make a lot of boats, you need a lot of sails. To make a lot of sails, you need a lot of...?

With this in mind, find me someone who could have helped the Azurites build a larger fleet.

[Metastachydium]

The Azurites needed a lot of boats to evacuate their city. To make a lot of boats, you need a lot of sails. To make a lot of sails, you need a lot of...?

With this in mind, find me someone who could have helped the Azurites build a larger fleet.

He would have done better in that capacity, that much is for certain.

[enq]

Find me a bag of gold with two gold coins lying beside it.

Spoiler: First hint

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It's uncertain if this gold is being used to purchase a certain item, but aforementioned certain item certainly has more than one person certain they wish to purchase it.

[Ruck]

The Azurites needed a lot of boats to evacuate their city. To make a lot of boats, you need a lot of sails. To make a lot of sails, you need a lot of...?

With this in mind, find me someone who could have helped the Azurites build a larger fleet.

He would have done better in that capacity, that much is for certain.

Can someone explain this question and answer to me?

[b_jonas]

Ruck: #360 5th mentions a shop that sells (painting) canvas by bulk. Canvas is a woven material that is probably also suitable to make a ship's sails from. This world is themed pre-industrial so they don't have synthetic fabrics yet, so both would use plant-based fabrics like linen.

[Ruck]

Ruck: #360 5th mentions a shop that sells (painting) canvas by bulk.

That's the part I was missing, thank you. (I'm not very good at hunting for specific lines of dialogue that I don't readily remember or are buried in the small text.)

[b_jonas]

(I'm not very good at hunting for specific lines of dialogue that I don't readily remember or are buried in the small text.)

Yeah, I don't like it either. That's why I include a panel number in my comic references most of the time.