The Order of the Stick

[crazy_bout_fantasy]

Hi im new here and i think order of the stick is amazing and very funny i was just wondering if you could tell me if its the person who owns the site that
makes it. thx

[The Giant]

Hey, CBMF! Welcome to the site. I'm Rich, and I am indeed the owner of the site and the creator of its content, including the Order of the Stick. Glad you are enjoying it. ;D

[crazy_bout_fantasy]

hi was just wodering what you used to create your charecters. :P

[RawBearNYC]

hi was just wodering what you used to create your charecters. :P

I'm guessing it's a truly warped and twisted imagination.

[davericsdamsel]

Episodes like today's OotS (#35) is such that I cannot pass it along to my players or we'd lose about five of them as fans of the comic. :(

May I ask why?

I also think that by now your "players" might be logging in on their own? And they can probably decided for themselves what they like or not with out you "censoring" for them.

respectfully,
Jenny

[The Giant]

hi was just wodering what you used to create your charecters. :P

I use Adobe Illustrator 10, which is a vector-based drawing program for my Mac. I don't recommend it for beginners, though; despite the fact that the end cartoon is fairly simple-looking, the program itself is very complex. That's years of experience at work to make those drawings that bad. ;)

[crazy_bout_fantasy]

ok thx :P
p.s do you know how many oots strips there will be or

[Ashlock]

May I ask why?

Sure thing. But lest I be misunderstood, I really like OotS. It's refreshing. It's such a selective little comic but really damned funny. So you see, I want to share it with my friends. And they do enjoy it.

I also think that by now your "players" might be logging in on their own?

No, it's okay. You can call them players. ::)

But no, they're not logging in here. As I've told Rich, they wouldn't be frequent visitors, but even the possibility of their presence would prevent me from freely posting on the message boards, which I really want to be able to do.

And they can probably decided for themselves what they like or not with out you "censoring" for them.

It's just that I would like them to keep on liking the series. This particular episode, as I see it (I stress that), doesn't so much make fun of stereotypes as it does purvey them. That's just how I see it. Male and female stereotypes. I like Haley...but she's such a ditz here. Why must the only female be this way—as usual? (No, Bogotter, V is not female—sorry!)

And I know that several of the women in my gaming group would just give a heavy, frustrated sigh at seeing this one. Just one more place they have to see this trend, it's tiresome. Don't get me wrong. I think Rich has good intentions, and I'm not digging deep on this one. My friends like the comic. I'll keep sending it to them, but I'd rather not lose them on it. That's all. :)

Let's not get into big discussion on this one. It's not worth it. All is well.

[Bogotter]

V is female.

[The Giant]

Let's not get into big discussion on this one. It's not worth it. All is well.

Too late. If you are going to call me a purveyor of stereotypes, we are going ot have a discussion of it.

But on another thread...

[RawBearNYC]

V is female.

Male

[Ashlock]

If you are going to call me a purveyor of stereotypes, we are going ot have a discussion of it.

I'm not calling you that at all. Have a second look:

This particular episode, as I see it (I stress that), doesn't so much make fun of stereotypes as it does purvey them.

I'm sorry. I just put my opinion—and short it was—into the appropriate thread and moved on. I'm not interested in a big discussion on this, and I really don't like where it would go anyway, you know? I'm at peace. Let's stay that way, eh? :)

[Daveric]

I say we have a vote as to V's gender. Then, after all the votes are tallied, Rich can do a strip (with the oots characters doing the voting) and reveal it to all of us once and for all. :)

Or not. :P

[Daveric]

Oh, and Male. ;D

[Bogotter]

Nope no vote. I seem to be the only one who believes she is female. Let me have my belief. Let me enjoy it. If V was revealed as a male I'd be dissappointed....that is until Elan gave V the girdle of femininity/masculinity and then I'd be happy again.

[davericsdamsel]

what? V is not female?

huh.


I mean feminine V is rarely, but .....

[Jade]

Sorry, guys. Check OoTS #9, panel 1.

"V-man"

You know how it is with elves...

[RawBearNYC]

I say we have a vote as to V's gender. Then, after all the votes are tallied, Rich can do a strip (with the oots characters doing the voting) and reveal it to all of us once and for all. :)

Or not. :P

It's Pat!!!

[The Giant]

Sorry, guys. Check OoTS #9, panel 1.

"V-man"

You know how it is with elves...

That only proves Roy BELIEVES Vaarsuvius to be male. ;) After all, V is in a trance durign that panel and is unable to comment.

"It's time for androgyny...It's V!" ;D

[Bogotter]

Yeah Jade if you check posts from way back when that strip was first introduce we discussed V's gender then and that's when the Giant informed us that the gender could go either way and he wasn't telling.

Which is good for me because I always thought V was a she and now I don't have to have my image of her ruined.

[WampaX]

OOTS #36—Building a Better PC Trap

That's not a trap. THIS is a trap.
Can't believe you didn't add a "drain wand" panel to the trap. ;)


Carp . . . I just ruined my Omen Post.

[Ashlock]

And wow, you've really got me wondering what happens next episode....

[RawBearNYC]

yeah, Poor Roy, I see at LEAST 3 Reflex saves and 3 Fortitude Saves in his immediate future.

[The Giant]

Don't forget the Swarm attack...fire ants can strip the flesh off your bones! ;D

[Quantum_Alchemist]

Why am I having flashbacks to Grimtooth's Traps?

[Maj]

Oh, does this reminds me of the trap my character came across in my first campaign ever.

My rogue, having failed to successfully disarm a magical trap a few minutes earlier, found yet another trap. Nervous because she'd taken a bit of damage from the first one, the party started to plan some other way of getting past the trap. In a fit of frustration, one of the other players said, "My character has a lot of HP, I'll just take the damage and we can move on."

So his Con-based psion strode boldly up to the trap and set it off... Only to be hit by Greater Glyph of Warding with Harm attached.

The experience has remained a valuable teaching tool in my gaming group. It serves to remind the players that sometimes, hit points aren't important, that it pays to be careful, and that - if he really, really wants to, the DM can completely annhiliate you.

:)

[The Giant]

Heh. The strip was directly inspired by Alestan, the halfling rogue in the current campaign. He searched a big important-looking door for traps, I told him he didn't find any. He reported that to the rest of the party—then went into another room to hide while they opened it. ;)

[Daveric]

Heh. The strip was directly inspired by Alestan, the halfling rogue in the current campaign. He searched a big important-looking door for traps, I told him he didn't find any. He reported that to the rest of the party—then went into another room to hide while they opened it. ;)

Gosh, I thought that seemed eearily familiar. ;)

What? There were no traps :P

[Daveric]

Heh. Good job on #37. Funny. ;D

Poor Roy. Hee hee 8)

[Bogotter]

Very funny comic today. I enjoyed it!