# 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:** 91
**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:** [March 23, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1801 "2011-03-23T15:08:38Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Heh. They went from having a quarrel to having lots of them. But I doubt that they’ll bolt. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1802 "2011-03-23T15:11:31Z")
Ok, I think Elan is officially going to screw things up. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1803 "2011-03-23T15:14:54Z")
Ok, can we get **Gyrate** and **Hypno-Toad** into the arena next? ---
**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:** [March 23, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1804 "2011-03-23T17:16:47Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > But I doubt that they’ll bolt. However, they may get the shaft. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1805 "2011-03-23T17:21:00Z")
Seriously, you two. I hate to stick it to you, but I believe we all got the point. You’re just going to stirrup trouble if this punning doesn’t strop, so can we please just get back to discussing the fletching comic? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1806 "2011-03-23T17:25:18Z")
> [@shantih](#): > > Seriously, you two. I hate to stick it to you, but I believe we all got the point. You’re just going to stirrup trouble if this punning doesn’t strop, so can we please just get back to discussing the fletching comic? Congratulations on levelling up in Dashing Swordsman! ---
**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:** [March 23, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1807 "2011-03-23T17:38:12Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Congratulations on levelling up in Dashing Swordsman! I bow to his punsmanship, but I think he should nock it off, as he’s being quite vane. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1808 "2011-03-23T17:46:46Z")
But he Naled it with such Elan. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1809 "2011-03-23T19:44:28Z")
Why am I getting the feeling that bits of Ganji and Enor are going to get smuggled out later for resurrection? ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1810 "2011-03-23T19:49:38Z")
Brace yourselves – I’m a she. A (wind)lass, so to speak. 😛 Would V be able to cast Protection from Arrows on the two before they could be hit, or is it too late once the bolts are released? ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1811 "2011-03-23T20:47:16Z")
The range od Protection from Arrows is touch. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1812 "2011-03-23T21:05:39Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > However, they may get the shaft. They’re all a-quiver. Should have taken flight - they won’t string this out for long. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1813 "2011-03-23T21:17:38Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > They’re all a-quiver. Should have taken flight - they won’t string this out for long. Bullseye. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1814 "2011-03-24T00:13:59Z")
> [@markm](#): > > Actually a bit sad. OOTS at it’s best. Take a couple of annoying minor characters and make me feel sad about them dying. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1815 "2011-03-24T00:32:08Z")
> [@shantih](#): > > Would V be able to cast Protection from Arrows on the two before they could be hit, or is it too late once the bolts are released? Why would he? V’s pretty pragmatic and he’s not likely to waste magic on two opponents for sentimental reasons. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1816 "2011-03-24T00:50:20Z")
True – I’m just trying to think up a way that Ganji and Enor could survive. I don’t suppose they have any more chance than Evisceratus did, poor fellow. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1817 "2011-03-24T03:05:23Z")
I don’t feel nearly as bad about Gannji and Enor as I did about Therkla. Although I do feel a little worse for Enor than for Gannji, largely because he couldn’t help where he got pointed. Caring for Enor makes Gannji a _little_ less bad, but he’s no George Milton. Maybe if together or individually either of them had made a choice that encompassed someone not on their “team,” as it were. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2011, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1818 "2011-03-24T05:39:44Z")
Wildass prediction: Enor will protect Gannji from the crossbow bolts, via his bulky size, and will be killed. Which may be an appropriate bookend to Gannji offering his life to protect his friend Enor. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1819 "2011-03-24T05:50:18Z")
> [@shantih](#): > > True – I’m just trying to think up a way that Ganji and Enor could survive. I don’t suppose they have any more chance than Evisceratus did, poor fellow. More like they don’t have any more chance than Samantha or Miko or Kubota or Therkla or Right Eye. Burlew has always been willing to kill off secondary characters. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1820 "2011-03-24T16:44:23Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > More like they don’t have any more chance than Samantha or Miko or Kubota or Therkla or Right Eye. Burlew has always been willing to kill off secondary characters. Samantha’s not dead, last we saw. Or if she is, Burlew didn’t do the deed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323.md?page=90) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323.md?page=92)