# Order of the Stick - Book 5 Discussion Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323 "2009-08-31T04:09:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 205
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/4082 "2012-04-06T20:52:31Z")
[New comic](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0848.html). RIP, dominated kobold whose name I can’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/4083 "2012-04-06T20:59:11Z")
So V. is inside, they are going outside, LG is outside… now what? A showdown? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/4084 "2012-04-06T21:00:28Z")
You’d think with all the money from Kickstarter, Rich could afford to get a better dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/4085 "2012-04-06T21:09:17Z")
[New strip’s up.](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0848.html) Durn, too slow! ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/4086 "2012-04-06T22:04:28Z")
Well, if it hasn’t been sufficiently confirmed before, this supports Mr. Scruffy’s status as an official animal companion. He took no damage from the attacks, despite being in the area, so he presumably has Evasion and made his saves. Standard cats don’t get Evasion, but the animal companion template adds it fairly early. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/4087 "2012-04-06T22:54:57Z")
Durkon prepped a mass acid resist spell…just in case? ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/4088 "2012-04-06T22:56:14Z")
Well, gee, poor kobold. Except he was really nasty to Mr. Scruffy in their first encounter, so maybe not so much with the poor kobold. I dunno. Love the cleverness of the tagline! Somehow Roy’s scolding of Elan and Belkar reminds me of [this strip.](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0021.html) ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/4089 "2012-04-07T01:33:17Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > You’d think with all the money from Kickstarter, Rich could afford to get a better dictionary. What am I missing? > [@Enderw24](#): > > Durkon prepped a mass acid resist spell…just in case? I was going to mention this too. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/4090 "2012-04-07T01:42:14Z")
> [@Foggy](#): > > What am I missing? Principle should be principal. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/4091 "2012-04-07T01:42:51Z")
> [@Foggy](#): > > What am I missing? “Principal”, not “principle”. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/4092 "2012-04-07T02:27:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Durkon prepped a mass acid resist spell…just in case? He prepped a mass energy resist spell. Acid is just one of the options for it. And yes, acid is considered an “energy” type in D&D. He could also have cast that spell to protect against fire, or cold, or electricity, or sonic energy. Even if he wasn’t expecting acid specifically, it’s a fair bet that you’re likely to run up against _one_ of those on an adventuring day. And if you don’t, he can just spontaneously convert that slot to a cure spell. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/4093 "2012-04-09T14:09:41Z")
Belkar has no evade? ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/4094 "2012-04-09T16:16:24Z")
Oh my. Poor Yukyuk. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/4095 "2012-04-09T17:52:39Z")
Belkar has evasion (which he himself was surprised to discover), but his Dex (and hence reflex saves) are not as good as Haley’s. Plus, she could have just happened to be luckier than him those two times. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/4096 "2012-04-14T04:46:16Z")
[849](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0849.html) is up. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/4097 "2012-04-14T05:24:01Z")
“Try to look forward to the end of the mission” - that doesn’t bode well for Nale, since there’s probably only one thing Malack would be looking forward to. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/4098 "2012-04-14T05:42:12Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > “Try to look forward to the end of the mission” - that doesn’t bode well for Nale, since there’s probably only one thing Malack would be looking forward to. Well, Malack can look forward to killing Durkon “honorably” or something, whatever that means to him. But yeah, I took it the the way you did. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/4099 "2012-04-14T10:46:54Z")
Me, too. It’s clear that Tarquin is playing a bigger game than Nale realizes. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/4100 "2012-04-14T12:11:53Z")
“Vapid devil-whore” LOL… And is that really Thog? Or a substitute? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/4101 "2012-04-14T12:17:33Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > And is that really Thog? Or a substitute? It’s Tarquin…his armor is enchanted to change appearance. That’s what the whole “glamored armor” thing was about. And the accent thing. And the grammar thing. If it were really Thog, it would have been “THOG SMASH!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323.md?page=204) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323.md?page=206)