[Webcomic] The Order of the Stick thread

[Piotyr]

Just to have a link:

#772: Haley's Commitment

If anything, this shows once and for all that Haley's more committed to the Order than her father.

 

[Green_Lantern]

Just to have a link:

#772: Haley's Commitment

If anything, this shows once and for all that Haley's more committed to the Order than her father.

She is more committed with the world salvation than her father.

 

[North_Ranger]

Personally I was a little sad to see that Ian Starshine had gone from a Crazy Prepared dad to a complete paranoid whack-job. But I guess that happens when you only know him via flashbacks.

I'm certain we'll have more of this; it would be more than a little anti-climactic if Ian was just left there, sitting in jail. And last I checked, Rich don't do no anti-climactic

 

[Hylian]

#773: Never Mind, She'd Need a Better Bow to Use It

 

[MindDetective]

#774: Telling Lies

That last panel is a bit of a mind-bender.

 

[AshburnerX]

#774: Telling Lies

That last panel is a bit of a mind-bender.

Basically, the potion only increases her ability to Bluff, but you can't Bluff something that is true. For that you need Persuade or Diplomacy, which she likely has few ranks in. That's why she couldn't get her dad to believe her in the cell when she was telling the truth but he instantly believed her when she lied about being OK with what he'd done.

 

[MindDetective]

But she is bluffing about the potion, it looks like.

 

[AshburnerX]

But she is bluffing about the potion, it looks like.

She could be holding back something else, like it works on technical truths or something. Who knows?

 

[MindDetective]

She could be holding back something else, like it works on technical truths or something. Who knows?

Yup!

 

[figmentPez]

I think that everything she says while using the potion gets the orange speech bubbles, not just the lies.

 

[MindDetective]

So she drank a new potion off-camera between panels? That doesn't seem like his writing style.

 

[Piotyr]

Yeah, Burlew confirms it in the forums that not everything in the orange bubbles is a lie.

 

[MindDetective]

Well, that's the conclusion you can draw from that last speech bubble anyway.

 

[Dieb]

So she drank a new potion off-camera between panels? That doesn't seem like his writing style.

It's been a few panels, so no wonder you forgot, but here: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0768.html It's an enchantment, that doesn't work in the AM field, but continues to work as soon as she steps outside it, assuming she doesn't spend so much time in the AM field that it wears off manually, as she said.

 

[MindDetective]

Aha, the AM field thing is what got me.

 

[Dei]

#775 Welcome to the Arena

Part of me wonders if this was tacked on just to make fun of the halftime show or if it was planned all along and just incredible timing.

 

[Green_Lantern]

#775 Welcome to the Arena

Part of me wonders if this was tacked on just to make fun of the halftime show or if it was planned all along and just incredible timing.

Likely the former, I don't think that most writters plan this level of detail early on.

 

[Dave]

#776 A Sombering Oration

 

[Piotyr]

#777: Under the Arena

 

[Dei]

In fact you should probably shove it someplace safe. And dark.

lol

 

[Jiarn]

Reading through his forums, it's surprising how many people feel he hasn't written much of the story ahead of time and is mostly "winging" it week/month to week/month. I can't fathom how they come to those conclusions.

 

[Chibibar]

Reading through his forums, it's surprising how many people feel he hasn't written much of the story ahead of time and is mostly "winging" it week/month to week/month. I can't fathom how they come to those conclusions.

general public are idiots?

 

[Piotyr]

#778: Nitpick Your Battles

 

[Jiarn]

Nom Nom Nom!

 

[@Li3n]

Reading through his forums, it's surprising how many people feel he hasn't written much of the story ahead of time and is mostly "winging" it week/month to week/month. I can't fathom how they come to those conclusions.

If he is he's even more of a genius...

 

[Allen who is Quiet]

779 They Follow His Lead

 

[North_Ranger]

Hee hee hee, the lead is in Good hands.

Also, any guesses on how the fight between Belkar and the Obvious Hero Guy is gonna pan out? I'm guessing Rich is not going to just stop parodying gladiator movie clichés, so I think this guy might actually beat Belkar. How the hell that will be done, I have no idea.

 

[North_Ranger]

The Duel Everyone's Been Waiting For

Huh... Didn't see that coming.

But I still lol'd

 

[Jiarn]

Loved it. Want more!

 

[Chibibar]

The Duel Everyone's Been Waiting For

Huh... Didn't see that coming.

But I still lol'd

Heh. I love it. That was cool!

 

[Hylian]

That was awesome

 

[Allen who is Quiet]

Cats vs. Commoners? In my Order of the Stick?

 

[Baerdog]

It's more likely than you think.

 

[Piotyr]

Surprise! New book!

 

[North_Ranger]

Surprise! New book!

WANT!