Manic Typist Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick Hm. I seem to recall something about Nale killing the lizard's family.... not positive though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick Hm. I seem to recall something about Nale killing the lizard's family.... not positive though. The closest I got to his family matters was this here: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0764.html He clearly speaks of "more children", so perhaps his former family was killed by Nale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick Found it: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0724.html Second Row, Third Panel. Nale did kill "Three of his Children". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic Typist Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick Which is why Nale's question made me smile and think "You're such an a**hole, Nale.* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualplayer Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick Malack is really starting to grow on me. Nice guy, for a priest of Nergal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick While I believe that Nale is fully capable of doing what his father has claimed, I have to wonder. Given that his father *is* evil, could he have done the deed and framed his own son to eliminate competition/disruption to *his* plans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick While I believe that Nate is fully capable of doing what his father has claimed' date=' I have to wonder. Given that his father *is* evil, could he have done the deed and framed his own son to eliminate competition/disruption to *his* plans?[/quote'] Nale is the type who gloats with his deeds. His remark makes thsi obvious. Also, being evil does not means that Tarquin and Malak can't be friends (a quite common missasumption). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick Nale is the type who gloats with his deeds. His remark makes this obvious. True, he does frequently gloat. That's why his posture and last of embellishment when he asked "How's the family" struck me as him being genuine. Also' date=' being evil does not means that Tarquin and Malak can't be friends (a quite common missasumption).[/quote'] I never said that two evil characters couldn't be friends. But being evil means that betrayal is not off the table like it usually is for good characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick I never said that two evil characters couldn't be friends. But being evil means that betrayal is not off the table like it usually is for good characters. In this chase, I think the Heroes are way worser on the part of keeping secrets from another and hide real their goals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick True, he does frequently gloat. That's why his posture and last of embellishment when he asked "How's the family" struck me as him being genuine. You're right. If he were (in this instance) guilty he would only ask "How's the family?" if he were on top of the situation and confident - not right when another powerful character has entered the scene taking him by surprise. He wouldn't be deliberately inviting attack by Malack. Neither is he stupid enough to have forgotten what he did: "Oh right, I killed your family." There might actually be crimes Nale is innocent of. Also: even if it wasn't Nale that killed Malack's children, it doesn't follow that it was Tarquin. Lucius Alexander I know it wasn't me or the palindromedary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick Also: even if it wasn't Nale that killed Malack's children' date=' it doesn't follow that it was Tarquin.[/quote'] Very true. However, the only source of that information is Tarquin, who is evil. I'm not saying he did it, I was just raising the possibility that he lied to Elan about Nale doing it, and the further possibility that would explalin the lie being that Tarquin did do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Neilson Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick Or Nale was rubbing it in, fully expecting to quickly flee the scene and hoping the remark would slow Malack down rather than speed him up (oops - Taunt resisted!). Though I like the idea that Tarquin set Nale up and is now setting up Elan and his team. Seems consistent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadClot88 Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick Order of the Stick is flat out hilarious going to go and re read them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick Order of the Stick is flat out hilarious going to go and re read them Yay! More converts for Banjo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick New OotS up http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0812.html Love the security measure seems oddly familiar some how Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick Oh it's a CAPTDHA - Completely Automated Public Turing test to keep Demons and Humans Appart. But I see they do not paritcipate in "Stops Shapeshifters, Read Books": http://www.google.com/recaptcha/learnmore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick But the best is the title: "And Yet, the Canned Meat Merchant Still Gets Through" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick Oh it's a CAPTDHA - Completely Automated Public Turing test to keep Demons and Humans Appart. I thought it was CAPTSHA - Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Shapeshifters and Humans Apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick Of all the possible combinations of the letters "E", "L", "A", "N" (24 in total), there are imo only 6 combinations that would make for an actual name (in bold, below). Nale Elan Alen Lane Nael Elna Alne Laen Nlae Ealn Anle Lnae Nlea Eanl Anel Lnea Nela Enal Aenl Lean Neal Enla Aeln Lena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Neilson Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick Pick three more - we have 9 alignments! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick I think it could be time for a female Version, so perhaps Lane or Lena. Perhaps they are alternate universe duplciates and the equivalent of Nale/Elan respectively Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick It's also a fantasy world. Who said the actual names had to reflect reality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick Of all the possible combinations of the letters "E"' date=' "L", "A", "N" (24 in total), there are imo only 6 combinations that would make for an actual name (in bold, below).[/quote'] Far too conservative. Several others would work. Elna is a brand of sewing machine in the Real World. Nela would be a fine female name, in a world where Elan and Nale are acceptable for men. Anel is fine if your accent differentiates between "al" and "el". I've run into at least one person who couldn't tell the difference between "Alan" and "Ellen", though. "Ah-nell" would be fine. Could fall into the snickering nerd trap though. Anle could sound something like "Annie". Enla sounds vaguely Sumerian. Lean is actually fine. Could be pronounced as two syllables - a variant on Leanne - or as one. Sounds vaguely Celtic to me. Alne is marginal. Still, al-nee kind of works. A couple of others work if you are comfortable with dipthongs, or are happy to split vowel pairs into separate syllables - "Lay-en", for instance. It wouldn't be too hard to find 9 that don't suck too badly if you wanted them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick It's also a fantasy world. Who said the actual names had to reflect reality? I can't really understand what your question is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 Re: Order of the Stick I can't really understand what your question is. I think he's saying that in the world of the Order of the Stick, any given combination of those letters, even L'nea, could be a name in some culture or other if the guy drawing the strip decides it is. Lucius Alexander The palndromedary points out that if Lucius is wrong, Greywind was saying something else. and vice versa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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