The Order of the Stick

[davericsdamsel]

Tell me about it. :P

poot.

[davericsdamsel]

Err... the WoTC message boards Jenny? If so, long time no seen...

sssssshhhhhhhhh. The boys think I don't do this kind of stuff......

heehee

seriously - that's not this Jenny. apparently as Giant & Daveric state not "our" jenny.

but nice to meet you now xander.

: ) their Jenny

[raiderx]

Hi! Just found the strip and I think it's quite funny. Just wanted to drop a note and give a little positive feedback.

[The Giant]

Thanks, I appreciate it. :)

Out of curiosity, how did you hear about the Order ofthe Stick?

[raiderx]

I actually followed a link put up today on the squidi.net front page. Sean (the author over there) enjoys what you're doing.









(Not to start a war or anythig, but I think your stuff is a lot funnier, IMHO.)

[flatblob]

I came here through Sean's link too. This is one of the best DnD comics I read in along time. Very funny stuff!

[EnderAK]

Make that three... I've only played DnD two or three times, but the comic made me laugh out loud several times nonetheless. Keep up the good work!

[Bogotter]

Wow today's comic was hilarious!

I love when Nale smacks Elan when he wasn't making sense.

I also like the "Go Fish" scene and the serving song.

Very well done.

[Zherog]

I also liked the "Go Fish" game.

The "Baby On Board" sign cracked me up!

and this line: "My father taught me that bards are underpowered"

;D

[Elric]

;D Hellarious as usual! Great job!
I loved the Elan/Nale Origins. Keep 'em coming.

[WampaX]

OOTS #51—Stupid Isn't Always Cute

Stream of Comics-ness. Nice job, Rich. ;D

[Bogotter]

I love the irregular use of the the panels. Very clever.

[The Giant]

Thanks. After the rapid-fire jokes in #50, I thought it would be nice to slow down with a little more subtle joke and a more "meandering" strip. :)

[Xander77]

Pardon me if I seem a bit thick, but...

It would seem that either:

A)Thog is under instructions from Nale to kill the (priestess?) for reasons as yet unrevealed...

or

B)Thog is the sort of fighter that kills every NPC he runs across in a dungeon.

While A make a LOT more sense in the big picture, the way it looks in the comic itself seems a lot more B...

Oh, and to Roy - in Haley's words: Grow a sense motive.

[The Giant]

It's probably more like:

C.) Thog is the sort of fighter who kills all NPCs, which is why Nale can trust that if he splits up the party, the earth nymph will get killed. After all, TELLING Thog to kill a specific person is dicey at best, since he'll probably forget. Nale is likely using Thog's natural tendency to kill things (other than puppies) to suit his purpose.

I think Roy's lack of a Sense Motive score is well-established at this point. ;)

[Xander77]

Hmm...

Could Nale really know that Roy and Thog would split up?

If they didn't, the nymph might have wound up alive... or, even worse, Thog might have killed her in front of Roy...

Seems a bit sketchy, to me... Unless Thog is going to turn on Roy latter on, anyway... But the Giant just stated that Thog can't be trusted to remember whom to turn on(that sounded wrong)....

My head is aching.

[The Giant]

I wouldn't worry about it too much. :P

[strangelands]

Greetings from another awestruck newbie! ;)

I've been following the comic for some time, and utterly adore it. So much, in fact, that I link to it from the main navbar on my website, and you don't pay me money or anything!

And that, my friends, is a true sign of respect.

Eagerly awaiting the next OOTS!

Alastair S Morris

[The Giant]

Hey, welcome to the site.

Thanks for the link; in fact, if you read the "Tracking the Order of the Stick" thread on this forum, you'll see I had found your page as a result of a Google a few weeks ago and posted a link back. :)

[Equlan]

Hello hello from a squidi.net user, your comic is very good, and may I congratulate you on reaching top ten on the main listing on buzzcomix? (Why oh why can't they just spell it normally?)

[The Giant]

You COULD congratulate me, if I had made the Top 10. Unfortunately, you are accidentally looking at only the Fantasy list. I'm still like 42 on the all-genre Top 100. Try going to the top navigation and clicking on "BCX 100"; it should load the full 100 list.

At any rate, welcome and thanks for the support.

[ATG]

Hi, I recently found this comic by a link from Squidi.net, I really like the comic, great work!
To bad it only updats twice a week ;)
(And also, my vote for you on Buzzcomics made you go from place 40 to 39 :) )

[Josh_Kablack]

OotS #51 is disturbingly reminiscant of my day job.

[Equlan]

Well, crap... But soon, soon they will taste the bitter umm taste of defeat by the hands of a stick! *shakes hand*

[davericsdamsel]

My head is aching.

give it a rest and just let the story happen. Rich hasn't failed us yet...

: )

[boschdevil]

Yeah, this comic strip is excellent. I loved #44 on the bottom three slides. Basically pegs the drow elves since 2nd edition onwards ...

[QSDan]

Hello all! I just found the site, found it when I was randomly reading the WOTC boards. Rich, you are a frekin' GENIUS! I spent all night reading the comics (and the messageboards!), and I'm printing them out so I can take them with me. Keep up the great work, I'm off to set the page as my homepage!!

QSDan

[Grey Watcher]

I have a working theory about the Linear Guild, and I want to see if anyone agrees with me. Would they be the powergamers version of the Order of the Stick? I mean, given the specific characters (CG Drow, Abysmally Stupid Half-Orc Fighter, etc.) it's definitely a knock at the fine traditions of powergamers, and, of course, they do reflect the beloved Order of the Stick.

[Vaal]

I was thinking the same thing, but I think each one, in thier own way is sort of a 'DM's nightmare' character. Nale being the uteer powergamer, Thog being a shameless min-maxer, Helga being a pumped up cleric, Zz-drti being the clone character. I'm not sure about the other two, because Belgar and Haley are already DM's nightmares :D

[The Giant]

Interesting theories... ;D