The Order of the Stick Megathread - Page 54

MFD · 11-15-2009, 10:11 PM

Again, I have no problem with everyone assuming that a wizard will be alive after 66/67 years.

Odjn · 11-16-2009, 08:06 AM

I don't think Girard is a pure wizard. If anything he'd probably be a sorcerer/bard hybrid, or possibly ranger, as he dual wields in combat and no mage class is really good at that.

Mirai Gen · 11-16-2009, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Odjn

I don't think Girard is a pure wizard. If anything he'd probably be a sorcerer/bard hybrid, or possibly ranger, as he dual wields in combat and no mage class is really good at that.

I'm pretty sure it's Bard; bards are pretty good at illusions, and most of the Scribble has some kind of parallel in the Stick.

That and Sorcerer/Ranger is a terrible build.

Professor Smarmiarty · 11-16-2009, 12:01 PM

Isn't it more like Ranger/Anything is a terrible build?
I had a pretty good ranger/sorcerer once. He was excellent at nearly dying.

Eltargrim · 11-16-2009, 12:11 PM

Ranger/Scout with the Swift Hunter feat is a thing to be feared, especially once you add in the Splitting enhancement from Champions of Ruin. Twice as much Skirmish damage? Yes please!

Meister · 11-16-2009, 12:31 PM

The one time we saw a psionic character that was identified as such he had face tattoos, and so does Girard. Just to throw that in the mix. Of course we've seen a few more characters with face tattoos; I'd wager it's about equally possible that those were all psionics or that they were just badasses, so this really isn't conclusive evidence for anything at all.

e: This is an even longer shot at this point but if Girard is a Psion or Psionic Warrior and if psi and ordinary magic don't influence each other in OotSworld Durkon is carrying around two wasted spell slots.

e2: I told a lie, I meant the guy in that one cutaway joke about "the little Psion that could." But when Redcloak was interrogating O-Chul they brought in a Goblinoid Psion with no tattoos. So whatever.

Professor Smarmiarty · 11-16-2009, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Eltargrim

Ranger/Scout with the Swift Hunter feat is a thing to be feared, especially once you add in the Splitting enhancement from Champions of Ruin. Twice as much Skirmish damage? Yes please!

With enough supplements you can make any build stupid. I still remember our one session, epic madness, anything goes campaign where my character was an old age "fighter" with 1 level in every base class and as many prestige classes as I could qualify for and he destroyed all the sensibly built characters because I just took ridiculous feats and prestige classes.

As for the tattoos/psionic link, I've seen that somewhere else before. Not sure where but it's not completely out of nowhere.

Mirai Gen · 11-16-2009, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Meister

The one time we saw a psionic character that was identified as such he had face tattoos, and so does Girard. Just to throw that in the mix.

Most of my stuff is in boxes so I don't know where my psionics book is; how many illusions are there, anyway?

That'd be a hell of a wild card though.

MFD · 11-16-2009, 06:29 PM

Hm. Psion is a possibility. And not the scars thing, O-Chul is plenty evidence to the contrary. Plus, the human psion was from a storybook. The Goblinoid was blue, though, which is the color du jour for psionic eyes (see: Belkar).

I would not be surprised if Girard is a Psion, or at least became one when he began guarding the Gate.

Odjn · 11-27-2009, 10:02 AM

Haley's new outfit is p. similar to Sabine's original outfit.

11-15-2009, 10:11 PM	#531
MFD THWIP! Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,626	Again, I have no problem with everyone assuming that a wizard will be alive after 66/67 years. __________________ And The Lord did curse Caine for his sin, for by The Lord blood may only be repaid in sparkly glitter. - DFM 11:30

11-16-2009, 12:11 PM	#535
Eltargrim Fifty-Talents Haversham Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: FABULOUS Posts: 1,904	Ranger/Scout with the Swift Hunter feat is a thing to be feared, especially once you add in the Splitting enhancement from Champions of Ruin. Twice as much Skirmish damage? Yes please! __________________ <Insert witticism here; get credit; ???; profit!>

11-16-2009, 06:29 PM	#539
MFD THWIP! Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,626	Hm. Psion is a possibility. And not the scars thing, O-Chul is plenty evidence to the contrary. Plus, the human psion was from a storybook. The Goblinoid was blue, though, which is the color du jour for psionic eyes (see: Belkar). I would not be surprised if Girard is a Psion, or at least became one when he began guarding the Gate. __________________ And The Lord did curse Caine for his sin, for by The Lord blood may only be repaid in sparkly glitter. - DFM 11:30

11-16-2009, 12:01 PM	#534
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	Isn't it more like Ranger/Anything is a terrible build? I had a pretty good ranger/sorcerer once. He was excellent at nearly dying.

11-16-2009, 12:31 PM	#536
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	The one time we saw a psionic character that was identified as such he had face tattoos, and so does Girard. Just to throw that in the mix. Of course we've seen a few more characters with face tattoos; I'd wager it's about equally possible that those were all psionics or that they were just badasses, so this really isn't conclusive evidence for anything at all. e: This is an even longer shot at this point but if Girard is a Psion or Psionic Warrior and if psi and ordinary magic don't influence each other in OotSworld Durkon is carrying around two wasted spell slots. e2: I told a lie, I meant the guy in that one cutaway joke about "the little Psion that could." But when Redcloak was interrogating O-Chul they brought in a Goblinoid Psion with no tattoos. So whatever.