Enforcer84 Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick Dayum. I've been weepy for the last hour. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick I wonder... How baby brother died. Roy seems to partially blame himself for it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick I wonder... How baby brother died. Roy seems to partially blame himself for it... He did say it wasn't his job to watch the grown-up, so I don't think he had anything to do with it, other than probably being there when it happened. My guess is his dad did something stupid that resulted in the kid's death. I'll bet Roy still "answers the call" when his teammates finally try to resurrect him, because he feels a responsibility to them. However, I no longer think it'll be the no-brainer everybody assumed it would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick What was the other one? Lucius Alexander Palindromedary Enterprises Head Trip. This one. It's the backstory of a superhero in a low-powered team, who does her fighting from a wheelchair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick I wonder... How baby brother died. Roy seems to partially blame himself for it... Probably his father was focused elsewhere and baby brother got somewhere he shouldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick A theory I read on the LJ community was that Roy's father was trying out a spell, not thinking of the consequences, and it didn't work the way it was supposed to, which led to the little brother's death. Hence, Roy saying that he told him not to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick Maybe it's just that I'm a cold, emotionless bastard, or maybe it's because I've never lost anyone close to me, but I don't find that strip particularly moving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick I've attended the funerals of two grandmothers and a cousin I didn't really know, except that she'd attended my wedding. The strip didn't make me cry, but about all I could vocalize after reading it was a sort of "M'awwwww," noise. The grief of others often moves me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Goodwin Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick That's the second time this WEEK a webcomic almost made me cry. First time ever it did me. No almost there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick This world needs more Roys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomd1969 Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick This world needs more Roys. Amen. QFT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick First time ever it did me. No almost there. Yeah. Same. And I don't cry at much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomd1969 Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick I was thinking, since Hero now has a licensed game based on PS238, and since the early OotS strips were so heavily d20 based, wouldn't it be ironic if HERO got the OotS RPG license? It would be a natural since it has so many fans here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick I was thinking' date=' since Hero now has a licensed game based on PS238, and since the early OotS strips were so heavily d20 based, wouldn't it be ironic if HERO got the OotS RPG license? It would be a natural since it has so many fans here.[/quote'] Ironic and also inappropriate given that the joke of the strip is the D20 rules. JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Goodwin Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick I was thinking' date=' since Hero now has a licensed game based on PS238, and since the early OotS strips were so heavily d20 based, wouldn't it be ironic if HERO got the OotS RPG license? It would be a natural since it has so many fans here.[/quote'] Ironic and also inappropriate given that the joke of the strip is the D20 rules. JG And what would be even more ironic, or at least funny, would be that there'd be nothing stopping Hero Games from releasing a d20 sourcebook.................................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick And what would be even more ironic, or at least funny, would be that there'd be nothing stopping Hero Games from releasing a d20 sourcebook.................................... Rich Burlew has such a cozy relationship with his publisher at Pazio that I'm sure that if he was at all interested they'd get first crack. They already have one boardgame based on the order's adventures and would probably be working on another one were his health and schedule to permit. But if he does schedule the strip to have a definitive end, he might choose to wait to let Pazio commission the sourcebook for 4e until that happens. Meanwhile, what's stopping us from sending writeups to Susano's site and the like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick And what would be even more ironic, or at least funny, would be that there'd be nothing stopping Hero Games from releasing a d20 sourcebook.................................... We already have a D20 Hero System. It's called Mutants & Masterminds. Otherwise to get into "D&D" mode you'd have to go through the rigamarole of the class/level paradigm and figure out whether the Raven is a 2nd level Occultist/8th level Investigator, or how to design a Homicidal Vigilante prestige class for Harbinger of Justice, etc. JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick Rich Burlew has such a cozy relationship with his publisher at Pazio that I'm sure that if he was at all interested they'd get first crack. They already have one boardgame based on the order's adventures and would probably be working on another one were his health and schedule to permit. But if he does schedule the strip to have a definitive end, he might choose to wait to let Pazio commission the sourcebook for 4e until that happens. Meanwhile, what's stopping us from sending writeups to Susano's site and the like? I think Burlew said words to the effect that he would never quantify the characters' stats because that would limit him too much. It's strongly implied that Roy has 18 Int and Elan has, well, less than 10. And there's nothing that stops us from making writeups to Susano, but then you'd have to go the other way and figure out how these characters work in Hero when we haven't figured out how they work in D&D. JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick I know V has an 18 INT (s/he says so) I've always wondered why the mind flair thought Roy was more of a meal. Combination of Wisdom and Charisma? Or is Roy a fighter with a 19 Intelligence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyrm Ouroboros Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick I'd say 16 Int, with both Wisdom and Charisma in the 14-16 range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rage Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick Hi roy, wanna play blocks? Ow... my heart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rage Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick I'd say 16 Int' date=' with both Wisdom and Charisma in the 14-16 range.[/quote'] That sounds right its fairly obvious that Roy had all the makings of becoming a mage and purposely chose not to use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
input.jack Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick Maybe it's just that I'm a cold' date=' emotionless bastard, or maybe it's because I've never lost anyone close to me, but I don't find that strip particularly moving.[/quote'] I have. It was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick how to design a Homicidal Vigilante prestige class for Harbinger of Justice, etc. I don't know the stats, but we could just call it the Miko. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Re: Order of the Stick I know V has an 18 INT (s/he says so) I've always wondered why the mind flair thought Roy was more of a meal. Combination of Wisdom and Charisma? Or is Roy a fighter with a 19 Intelligence? Bear in mind that the mind flayer is also taking personality into account. While V may have the highest raw intelligence, V is also more or less one dimensional with little/no empathy and a fairly narrow view of the world. Belkar is clearly not wise and is cunning but not smart. Still, the mind flayer fixates on the effect that eating such a brain full of hatred and fury, not the statistical value of the INT/WIS. Roy is not a genius, but he is above average. He's also the most well rounded and sane member of the party. Even if he hasn't got the highest combined INT/WIS (and he might), I can see why a brain eater might be more interested in his noggin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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