The Order of the Stick Megathread - Page 3

krogothwolf · 06-18-2009, 04:47 PM

All signs point to the Monster. Awake, Eyes Glowing as if casting, Yelling out as spell is unleashed, Roaches glaring at him afterwards. Then 10 minutes later, poof, he's sound asleep.

Aerozord · 06-18-2009, 05:03 PM

whether he did it or not I hope sleeping isn't a result. It just seems lame to have it be a side effect when so far we have never seen anyone casting any spell ever express any physical fatigue.

EVILNess · 06-18-2009, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Aerozord

whether he did it or not I hope sleeping isn't a result. It just seems lame to have it be a side effect when so far we have never seen anyone casting any spell ever express any physical fatigue.

He could have been faking or more likely its because the monster is the living embodiment of ADD.

Aerozord · 06-18-2009, 05:46 PM

thats my guess, faking it or, heck this is a guy that had a tea party during an epic seige, taking a nap after that would seem pretty in character to me

Mirai Gen · 06-18-2009, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Meister

I dunno, if those guys had been able and willing to get V out of there they would have done it sooner, and they wouldn't even have considered the paladin. Unless doing it this way fit into their long-term plan somehow, but personally I don't feel it.

It was really my only assumption if outside intervention was actually the case - I'm all on the ship with the MitD causing the effect.

Really it seemed like the MitD did something akin to "Go back to your friends," because Hinjo and Lien showed up at the exact same time Haley did. Also keep in mind teleport errors when you don't know where you're going.

BitVyper · 06-18-2009, 06:13 PM

I doubt he's faking it. He's probably tired. Not in the using-powers = immediate-need-for-sleep sense, but in the sense that using his powers is strenuous, and now the situation is passed, so being the type of guy he is, he just nods off once all the boring crap is happening. Like how you don't pass out in the last ten metres of a marathon, but once it's over, and the energy level goes down, you suddenly realise just how exhausted you are.

Aerozord · 06-18-2009, 07:19 PM

Now that I think about it, I can think of people that care if V dies, and people that care if O-chul dies. Though the only people that would want to save both of them are also the ones that have no idea what happened.

Completely off topic. Do you think V's master is an epic level mage? I was thinking back when they talked about him jumping in to kill the dragon. In that hypothetical scene he is pwning her while casually reading. So I wonder if this was a gross exageration or if he's a high level mage that could match or even beat Xykon

Jagos · 06-18-2009, 07:46 PM

Maybe not beat Xykon but more than likely after thousands or even hundreds of years of study, he's at or near Dorukan's level in regards to being EPIC.

But he probably won't help his apprentice too much since he did kick him out to get some social skills.

Toast · 06-18-2009, 08:33 PM

Did anyone catch the foreshadowing here in comic 543? I wasn't the first to notice this, but I didn't see it mentioned here, although it might have been in the old thread.

I'm not up on all of the 3.5 monsters, since I quit playing way back in 2nd ed., but most of the suggestions put forward as to what type of creature the monster is seem less and less plausible if the monster can use spell like abilities.

BitVyper · 06-18-2009, 08:48 PM

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I wasn't the first to notice this, but I didn't see it mentioned here, although it might have been in the old thread.

It was. Meister brought it up, as I recall.

06-18-2009, 04:47 PM	#21
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06-18-2009, 05:03 PM	#22
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	whether he did it or not I hope sleeping isn't a result. It just seems lame to have it be a side effect when so far we have never seen anyone casting any spell ever express any physical fatigue. __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."

06-18-2009, 05:46 PM	#24
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	thats my guess, faking it or, heck this is a guy that had a tea party during an epic seige, taking a nap after that would seem pretty in character to me __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."

06-18-2009, 06:13 PM	#26
BitVyper History's Strongest Dilettante Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Arcadia Posts: 6,662	I doubt he's faking it. He's probably tired. Not in the using-powers = immediate-need-for-sleep sense, but in the sense that using his powers is strenuous, and now the situation is passed, so being the type of guy he is, he just nods off once all the boring crap is happening. Like how you don't pass out in the last ten metres of a marathon, but once it's over, and the energy level goes down, you suddenly realise just how exhausted you are. __________________ "There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea is asleep, and the rivers dream. People made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace; we've got work to do!" Awesome art be here.

06-18-2009, 07:19 PM	#27
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	Now that I think about it, I can think of people that care if V dies, and people that care if O-chul dies. Though the only people that would want to save both of them are also the ones that have no idea what happened. Completely off topic. Do you think V's master is an epic level mage? I was thinking back when they talked about him jumping in to kill the dragon. In that hypothetical scene he is pwning her while casually reading. So I wonder if this was a gross exageration or if he's a high level mage that could match or even beat Xykon __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."

06-18-2009, 07:46 PM	#28
Jagos FRONT KICK OF DOOM! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Howdy pardner... Posts: 6,399	Maybe not beat Xykon but more than likely after thousands or even hundreds of years of study, he's at or near Dorukan's level in regards to being EPIC. But he probably won't help his apprentice too much since he did kick him out to get some social skills. __________________ Copyright musings World ramblings Scifi stories

06-18-2009, 08:33 PM	#29
Toast Existential Toast Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 440	Did anyone catch the foreshadowing here in comic 543? I wasn't the first to notice this, but I didn't see it mentioned here, although it might have been in the old thread. I'm not up on all of the 3.5 monsters, since I quit playing way back in 2nd ed., but most of the suggestions put forward as to what type of creature the monster is seem less and less plausible if the monster can use spell like abilities. __________________ “How dare you! How dare you stand there acting like your brand of suffering is worse than anybody else’s. Well, I guess that’s the only way you can justify treating the rest of us like dirt.” ~ Major Margaret Houlihan (Mash) “If we’re going to be damned, let’s be damned for what we really are.” ~ Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation)