Order of the Stick #155

[Enkhidu]

My favorite has always been "I ROLLED A 4!"

 

[Lasher Dragon]

Count me in as an OOTS fan. We often refer to it at the gaming table.

I really like the 'I think I failed a spot check' and other meta-gaming-thinking. I also like the artwork.

I even wrote a software utility that downloads / downloaded the OOTS images to my harddisk, so now I have an 'offline' OOTS collection. I run the utility every week to keep my collection up to date

LOL I have that one hanging on my wall at work

 

[Woas]

I always loved the lyrics to Elan's bardic music. A very cynical but funny look at it.


"Bluff, bluff, bluff the evil ogre!"

 

[JimAde]

I always loved the lyrics to Elan's bardic music. A very cynical but funny look at it.


"Bluff, bluff, bluff the evil ogre!"

"Dodge, dodge, dodge the inevitable counterattack!"

 

[Jdvn1]

Not OotS, but funny as well?
http://reallifecomics.com/20050204_1374.png

 

[Testament]

"Now I'm all confused! I wish there was another moral axis to consider"
<pop!> <pop!>
"Turquoise bicycle shoe fins actualise radishes greenly!"
"1000111100111001111001111000111!"
"So much for law and chaos."

That'd have to be my favourite scene, out of admittedly a heck of a lot of candidates.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

So does anyone else's group resemble OOTS? Mine does. Mostly.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I've had the EXACT same experience (and resulting argument) with familiars as in #154.

"Birds fly over ALL DAY LONG. Why would they all decide to randomly shoot that one?"

Great stuff. I like the character-driven strips more, but it's all pretty sharp.

 

[Len]

So does anyone else's group resemble OOTS? Mine does. Mostly.

My DM thinks Rich Burlew is stealing from him. Here are two strips that appeared just after the same thing came up in our game:
http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript?SK=122
http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript?SK=140

 

[GreyRat]

"I haven't named any of my other class features."

'Blackwing' reminded me of a game I was in where a raven got named on the fly (er, so to speak), and ended up called 'Darkwing'- which of course is the name of a Disney cartoon character (Batman/Ducktales cross). So everytime this particular feathered friend got mentioned we would break into the theme song ("Lets- get- dangerous!"). Really tweaked the GM- but hey, maybe he'll be more careful with names next time!

I do like the game-mechanics information the OOTS characters have, and I wonder if Rich will ever introduce the players themselves. I always find it amusing when the GM tries to give the players hard information as their characters would understand it.
GM: "Ok, you practice using the magical sword and, um, you feel like you have a 10% greater chance to hit things."
Player: "Hey guys, I think it's a +2 weapon."
The real game event I'd like to see in OOTS is the Identify-magic-item-by-trial-and-error episode:
J to A: "Maybe it gives you magic resistance. I'll try casting a spell at you, don't resist it. <To GM> I'm casting a spell on him."
GM to A: "Are you resisting?"
A: "YES! And I'm using my Dodge Bonus against her as well!"
That was a fun 5 minutes.