# 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:** 366
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/7302 "2013-09-09T16:06:41Z")
I suspect that, once the Order is out of the thick of it for a bit, we’re going to get a couple strips of Durkon demonstrating to the rest of the party that he’s just like he used to be, and that being turned into a vampire hasn’t really fundamentally changed him as a person. Then, once the rest of the Order’s fears have been assuaged, he’ll go outside and eat an orphan. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/7303 "2013-09-09T16:18:17Z")
> **[Battlesystem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlesystem)** > > Battlesystem is a tabletop miniature wargame designed as a supplement for use with the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. The original Battlesystem was printed as a boxed set in 1985 for use with the first edition AD&D rules. For the second edition of AD&D, a new version of Battesystem was printed as a softcover book in 1989. > Battlesystem was first released in 1985, compatible with either Advanced Dungeons & Dragons or the Basic / Expert Dungeons & Dragons (see editions of Dungeons & Dragons)... This was an attempt to make mass combat doable, and IIRC had morale rolls. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/7304 "2013-09-09T17:29:12Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Then things will get scarier and scarier. Like when Durkon vamps Belkar to “save” his life in the next couple of strips, the OOTS is horrified, and Durkon is all “What? What’s the big deal?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/7305 "2013-09-09T17:52:11Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > [Battlesystem - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlesystem) > > This was an attempt to make mass combat doable, and IIRC had morale rolls. I always preferred the War Machine, myself. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/7306 "2013-09-11T13:42:15Z")
I guess the title “Hold On” was _also_ an instruction to the readers. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/7307 "2013-09-11T15:56:43Z")
Well, it’s only been six days. As update delays go for this comic, that’s nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/7308 "2013-09-11T17:06:23Z")
But we’ve had a long run of rapid updates recently. Had to end sooner or later, but I thought it would go on to the end of the book. Maybe the next update will be a multi-page one. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/7309 "2013-09-11T19:28:07Z")
[Speak of the Devil(s)](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0918.html) ---
**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:** [September 11, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/7310 "2013-09-11T19:35:54Z")
Presumably, somewhere in that In Box is Nale. “TTFN”? “Ta Ta For Now” ? ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/7311 "2013-09-11T19:36:59Z")
“Ta-ta for now.” I think I see Nale in there, sort of in the middle vertically, a bit to the right. That would confirm that he’s Lawful Evil, if that’s really him. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/7312 "2013-09-11T19:39:41Z")
No goatee on anyone in the In box. ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/7313 "2013-09-11T19:43:07Z")
Yeah, you’re right, I thought I saw it at regular scale, but zooming in shows that there are no yellow pixels there after all. Drat. Heh heh … “Knock 'em dead, elf.” Sabine is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/7314 "2013-09-11T19:52:15Z")
Oddly enough, I could have sworn I saw Thag in LEE’s In-box… ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/7315 "2013-09-11T19:57:08Z")
Yeah, me too! But then I realized the guy I thought was Thog actually had a goatee. ETA: You know, like [Chief Grukgruk](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0555.html). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/7316 "2013-09-11T20:21:15Z")
Notice that Sabine is sweeping up with a dust pan. Trying to retrieve all of Nale? ---
**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:** [September 11, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/7317 "2013-09-11T20:24:34Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Notice that Sabine is sweeping up with a dust pan. Trying to retrieve all of Nale? Cleaning up the shards of the plasma tv she destroyed, I’d guess. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/7318 "2013-09-11T20:25:08Z")
Cleaning up the TV she broke. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/7319 "2013-09-11T20:26:01Z")
> [@chorpler](#): > > Heh heh … “Knock 'em dead, elf.” Sabine is awesome. Yeah, despite the fact that she’s a soul-sucking demon ho, I kind of like her. I mean, nobody’s perfect, right? ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/7320 "2013-09-11T20:27:51Z")
I wonder how much of the underworld experience V will remember. Roy only had vague recollections of everything beyond the pearly gates. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/7321 "2013-09-11T20:30:10Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > I wonder how much of the underworld experience V will remember. Roy only had vague recollections of everything beyond the pearly gates. Yes, but he was actually dead. I don’t know if being astrally kidnapped would be the same experience. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323.md?page=365) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323.md?page=367)