The Order of the Stick Megathread - Page 48

Mr.Bookworm · 10-19-2009, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by phil_

But I don't think I've ever seen him smile and joke like that before. Must be some residual heavenly bliss.

Actually, I think it's more of a mundane psychological thing. Roy died, bad. Roy, however, got concrete confirmation of the afterlife and it's righteousness, hooked up with his mom and his little brother, spent some nice Fighter-time with grandad, and came back and got straight back into the fight.

Really, death was just a fairly nice break of R&R for Roy.

Aerozord · 10-19-2009, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr.Bookworm

Actually, I think it's more of a mundane psychological thing. Roy died, bad. Roy, however, got concrete confirmation of the afterlife and it's righteousness, hooked up with his mom and his little brother, spent some nice Fighter-time with grandad, and came back and got straight back into the fight.

Really, death was just a fairly nice break of R&R for Roy.

though Roy doesn't remember most of that

Mirai Gen · 10-19-2009, 10:24 PM

Like I said guys, it's just Roy. He's well aware he's in no danger of falling for 20d8 damage while in a desert and he's got a cleric buddy well within arm's reach. This fight for him was extraneous and fun, same as the giants back when they were teamed up with Miko.

Meister · 10-20-2009, 01:32 AM

In fact this seems like the standard Good Adventurer thing to do and Haley comes off as worrying far too much. Though I suppose that can be expected when you've had your buddy die once already.

Kerensky287 · 10-20-2009, 01:51 AM

I betcha 10 bucks that spear was poisoned.

Meister · 10-20-2009, 02:18 AM

Roy also definitely seems to have been waiting for an opportunity to get into fights again.

In other news and in case you miss it on the front page (I know I did), GiantITP and APE Games have started a dedicated merchandising website for OotS books and other stuff. And Burlew heavily implies we should

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check back often for more news...especially around, say, Monday, October 26. No reason, I'm just saying it might be beneficial. If you like books.

I do. Might be a good opportunity to get some OotS books. Now if I knew what "Scratch and Dent" means - I guess they're slightly damaged, therefore cheaper?

Jagos · 10-20-2009, 04:56 AM

yep, you got it Meister

Mirai Gen · 10-20-2009, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Kerensky287

I betcha 10 bucks that spear was poisoned.

I was going to make this point too, but then I realized, again, dwarven cleric. The most it'll be is a momentary inconvenience.

Kerensky287 · 10-20-2009, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Mirai Gen

I was going to make this point too, but then I realized, again, dwarven cleric. The most it'll be is a momentary inconvenience.

My concern is that the main point of that last page was just to show that Roy is at least somewhat undaunted by the prospect of death - an obvious side-effect of seeing how awesome the afterlife was and then coming back. He did something incredibly dangerous, got stabbed by a spear, but was totally fine, and yet I can't help but think there must have been something significant about the stabbing.

I mean, look at it differently - if, for some reason, Roy was poisoned (maybe with a magical poison or something else difficult to cure) he would doubtlessly try to continue on to Girard's Gate anyway. There would have to be some kind of hint at an antidote that takes some doing to acquire, but Roy just figures oh well, it's fine if I die again, it's more important that we reach the Gate before Xykon does. And yet all the while Roy is getting more and more debilitated by the poison, becoming more of a burden on the party, until the fact that he's poisoned actually inhibits them from doing anything at or around the gate.

Just strikes me as something Burlew would do, is all.

Meister · 10-20-2009, 12:47 PM

He's had Haley do something slightly similar back in Greysky when she said it didn't matter if they died as long as Durkon got the message and could still retrieve their bodies.

I gotta disagree that this was something incredibly dangerous though - not for a D&D character around level 15. In fact, I'd file it somewhere near "morning exercise". Any combat character on that level should be perfectly able to take a few spear hits, fall from a moving creature and still have nothing more than a few scratches. There is a certain amount of recklessness on Roy's part but judging from his line at the end I figure he's just gotten smarter about which situations he can afford to be reckless in.

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Mirai Gen We are Geth. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 14,032	Like I said guys, it's just Roy. He's well aware he's in no danger of falling for 20d8 damage while in a desert and he's got a cleric buddy well within arm's reach. This fight for him was extraneous and fun, same as the giants back when they were teamed up with Miko. __________________

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Jagos FRONT KICK OF DOOM! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Howdy pardner... Posts: 6,399	yep, you got it Meister __________________ Copyright musings World ramblings Scifi stories

10-20-2009, 01:32 AM	#474
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	In fact this seems like the standard Good Adventurer thing to do and Haley comes off as worrying far too much. Though I suppose that can be expected when you've had your buddy die once already.

10-20-2009, 01:51 AM	#475
Kerensky287 Just That Good Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,426	I betcha 10 bucks that spear was poisoned.

10-20-2009, 12:47 PM	#480
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	He's had Haley do something slightly similar back in Greysky when she said it didn't matter if they died as long as Durkon got the message and could still retrieve their bodies. I gotta disagree that this was something incredibly dangerous though - not for a D&D character around level 15. In fact, I'd file it somewhere near "morning exercise". Any combat character on that level should be perfectly able to take a few spear hits, fall from a moving creature and still have nothing more than a few scratches. There is a certain amount of recklessness on Roy's part but judging from his line at the end I figure he's just gotten smarter about which situations he can afford to be reckless in.