Order of the Stick Comment thread 611 and counting.

Charon · Post by **Charon** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:22 pm

"Don't worry about it, escape had not really crossed my mind."

O-Chul has officially gained status on the "Badass of Badasses" list.

The Minx · Post by **The Minx** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:30 pm

See, now would be an ideal time to cast Xykon's Moderately Escapable Forcecage. I suspect that he'll be too overconfident to use it until too late, or will simply not think of it.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 6:35 am

This is gonna fucking sting

O-Chul jumps to the top of the badass list... And hacks out a higher niche on the list just so he can step into it and drags V along with him. Damn me but I am impressed with him and V working together.

Post by **Dark Silver** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:02 am

you know, for a suppossedly Mid-level Paladin, O'chul is the shit...

and for not having any usable Spells left..V just made the best possible move.

Seriously, V may have went a bit far, considering his ego, but I think the time under the Soul Splice may have enlightened him....especially when he got his ass handed to him by Xykon....

I'm betting the spell V cast started with a Ex, and ends with -plosive Rune.

But that'd be a suckers bet for anyone to take.

General Havoc · Post by **General Havoc** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:18 pm

O-chul is officially "the man" after this little escapade.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:01 pm

When I saw the note V left, I burst out into an evil cackle that scared the cat and had Nit asking what I was looking at. When I asked him if he'd read OOtS today, I could hear the grin in his voice. "oh, yes. That."

Post by **Dark Silver** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:14 am

660

Xykon is now officially pissed.

Sad that birdie didn't throw the pretty bauble into the Rift....but by narrative we knew it wasn't going to happen anyway.

I'm sorry V and O'Chul....looks like your both going to become Prisoner First Class....

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:34 am

I foresee upcoming hilarity though, if Xykon is destroyed and forced to regenerate in the sewer.

The Minx · Post by **The Minx** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 4:27 pm

Going by Start of Darkness, it could have been that the phylactery was about to be destroyed, since that would not have destroyed Xykon - the soul is in his skeletal body, not in the phylactery. Except then he would have been more vulnerable:

"There are no more Horcru... err, phylacteries" <zappo!>

He's probably cast enough abjurations on that thing so that it is practically impossible to locate again by divination.

The Minx · Post by **The Minx** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:00 pm

661

OK, that was not expected. Which is hardly surprising given that we don't know what the monster is...

Any ideas on that now?

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:20 pm

What the bloody hell...

No, I don't know anything that could do that. Except for short-range spells (and the only two I know about swap the places of two different targets, so if it were one of those, something else would have showed up in their places), teleportation spells and effects invariably take the caster with them. The only thing I know of that could do that is wish, and if the MitD has that as a spell-like ability, it narrows down the list considerably...

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:30 pm

Well... That means it's even more likely he's an outsider of some sort isn't it? Unless it wasn't the MitD but some outside force at work...

The Minx · Post by **The Minx** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:54 pm

Though I don't post there anymore, I do browse the Giant's forums sometimes. Someone suggested a Pit Fiend, since it has a once-a-year Wish ability, and the Monster's wising doesn't always work.

Although I doubt it. But we have:

He's probably supposed to be evil.
He has a huge damage reduction (and just magic weapons aren't enough to bypass it).
He's immensely strong.
He can cause earthquakes by stamping his feet.
From SoD: he causes people to become queasy by looking at him - although the goblin family was seemingly not affected.
He's not terribly bright, but that might be naivete due to youth.
He's medium sized, though see previous point, and the Giant changes sizes of creatures from what they're supposed to be - see goblins.
Now it seems he has some kind of Wish ability, though it doesn't always work.

Did I miss anything?

Iron Magus · Post by **Iron Magus** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:09 am

The Minx wrote:Did I miss anything?

He learns "very quickly".
He lived in a rainforest.
His dad was very big and ate a lot more than the MitD.
He can't see the gates (), which may have something to do with the existence of the remaining gates.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:58 am

Iron Magus wrote:
The Minx wrote:Did I miss anything?

He learns "very quickly".

He lived in a rainforest.

His dad was very big and ate a lot more than the MitD.

He can't see the gates (), which may have something to do with the existence of the remaining gates.

What you're transparently suggesting is impossible; the Snarl is a being of pure chaos that is driven to destroy and utterly unmakes whatever it touches. A child of it is inconceivable. Literally.

Also, it's highly unlikely that Xykon and Redcloak would have recognized it for what it was when they first saw it, since the appearance of the Snarl isn't known to, well, anyone except the gods. Redcloak might know due to the influence of the Crimson Mantle, but Xykon wouldn't.

Besides, he can see the gates when pointed out to him; he just doesn't comprehend what they are.

Iron Magus · Post by **Iron Magus** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 1:07 pm

662 is up.

My, is Xykon pissed. I wonder what he would have done had the phylactery actually been destroyed.

Rogue 9 wrote:What you're transparently suggesting is impossible; the Snarl is a being of pure chaos that is driven to destroy and utterly unmakes whatever it touches. A child of it is inconceivable. Literally.

I didn't intend to suggest that the MitD was the child of the Snarl; only that the reasons it couldn't notice the gates might be similar (e.g. it might have been a similar kind of eldritch abomination that would be affected by the gates). In any case, someone on the GitP stated that in War and XPs, Rich Burlew said that the MitD was a creature that he hadn't invented, so it can't be anything to do with the Snarl.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 4:46 pm

Oh my... Xykon is taking control again. Looks like he got the kick in the pants that would get him moving again.

Poor Redcloak, he's not getting his eye back. But that's a nice threat:

Xykon wrote:If I ever see you with more eyes than assholes, I'll shove one in the other and give your cloak to that hobgoblin

Now that's a threat

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 5:49 pm

It's MitD!

The Minx · Post by **The Minx** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:33 pm

663

And so the team is back together again.

And Elan remains Elan, of course.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:12 pm

Someone mentioned that O'Chul fibbed about destroying the Gate.

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:15 pm

LadyTevar wrote:Someone mentioned that O'Chul fibbed about destroying the Gate.

No, he didn't. He mislead with the truth.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:17 pm

And the "I don't wish to speak further' will be honored.

The Minx · Post by **The Minx** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:29 am

664 is (finally) up.

Something tells me that Eugene's decision to spare Roy (or is he sparing V) the report will bite the good guys in their collective butts later.

But, we're one step closer to the end of the arc. :)

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 2:41 am

I don't know, maybe he'll take Xy's words to heart and learn.

Or maybe Roy is gonna have to slap an elf.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:49 am

The danger is greater than that. The fiends each get Vaarsuvius' soul for an amount of time equal to the time she held the splice... and get that control at a time of their choosing. The deal did not specify after her death.

They will almost certainly use Vaarsuvius to make a bid to control the Gates.

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