# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/81 "2009-09-09T15:49:35Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Near the beginning of the strip she mentions having them and not wearing them because of the awful color. :rolleyes: Really? Are you serious? Because, you know, _no one_ in this thread has mentioned that! [/snarky] Back to the comic – I’m enjoying the turn towards joke-telling as well to start this new chapter. ---
**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 9, 2009, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/82 "2009-09-09T15:54:54Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Unless he decided to get them with the stabby discount . . . it would _ **also** _ be like Belkar to commit a massacre just to pull off a joke. True, true. I’m so old, I remember when you had to be GOOD to be a ranger… (And true Neutral to be a druid!) ---
**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, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/83 "2009-09-09T16:00:18Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > :Back to the comic – I’m enjoying the turn towards joke-telling as well to start this new chapter. He always starts his arcs that way. Check out strips 121 though 141, or 301 through 320. Expect another 15 strips or so until the story picks up. ---
**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, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/84 "2009-09-09T16:10:36Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > True, true. > > I’m so old, I remember when you had to be GOOD to be a ranger… > > (And true Neutral to be a druid!) Hey, I remember when “Halfling” was a charater class. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/85 "2009-09-09T16:20:40Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m so old, I remember when you had to be GOOD to be a ranger… > > (And true Neutral to be a druid!) Old? That was only Second Edition. That’s practically yesterday! ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/86 "2009-09-09T17:20:16Z")
I like how Mr. Scruffy is looking expectantly at the chinchillas. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/87 "2009-09-11T19:34:28Z")
[New comic is up.](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0677.html) V’s shopping again! ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/88 "2009-09-11T19:50:23Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > [New comic is up.](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0677.html) > > V’s shopping again! Right away, the throw-away joke in the first panel is great. ---
**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 11, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/89 "2009-09-11T20:20:09Z")
Oh, V. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/90 "2009-09-11T20:21:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Right away, the throw-away joke in the first panel is great. That’s my favorite part, too. Though there is something to be said for dangling baubles… ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/91 "2009-09-11T21:16:44Z")
Yes, the best part was definitely the shiny, dangling baubles. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/92 "2009-09-12T03:04:24Z")
On first glance, this is classic V, but now there’s a definite darker undertone. Kudos to Rich; this gives V even more depth. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/93 "2009-09-12T17:22:06Z")
And this is why you don’t have a raven for a familiar. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/94 "2009-09-12T17:38:33Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > He always starts his arcs that way. Check out strips 121 though 141, or 301 through 320. Expect another 15 strips or so until the story picks up. I’m glad you mentioned that, because I certainly haven’t read the whole strip, several times through, nor ever noticed that. Indeed not. Wait, V is an _elf_?? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/95 "2009-09-13T07:48:51Z")
[New comic!](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0678.html) I did NOT see that one coming. ---
**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 13, 2009, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/96 "2009-09-13T08:51:23Z")
I’m surprised it took Spouse so long. Oh, and **Knorf** : 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/97 "2009-09-13T09:57:34Z")
What the hey ? If he was some kind of multiclass wizard/lawyer, and only there to serve the injunction, why go through the elaborate taunting ? ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/98 "2009-09-13T10:12:04Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > What the hey ? If he was some kind of multiclass wizard/lawyer, and only there to serve the injunction, why go through the elaborate taunting ? Maybe he is V’s spouse’s lawyer, and wants to use V’s temper as ammo? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/99 "2009-09-13T10:41:51Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > What the hey ? If he was some kind of multiclass wizard/lawyer, and only there to serve the injunction, why go through the elaborate taunting ? Because he’s a process server, of course. You’ve never gotten served before? That’s how it always goes. I suspect that this is going to go uncontested and consequently just make it all worse. Given the choice between running back to deal with a divorce or sticking around to safeguard all of reality then V’s (especially the new V) is going to take the emotional blow for the good of the universe. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/100 "2009-09-13T13:45:31Z")
Oh. Oh, dear. I do like Blackwing’s attempt to put a positive spin on V’s hairtrigger use of aggressive magic (‘So, progress.’). I wonder if V is going to mention this to the rest of the OotS or just let it happen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323.md?page=6)