# Order of the Stick - Book 6 Discussion Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755 "2014-03-03T16:07:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 123
**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:** [February 17, 2016, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/2441 "2016-02-17T08:31:29Z")
And isn’t it \*blackest \*night? (Apart from the Elseworlds one where Bruce Wayne becomes BAtlantern) ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/2442 "2016-02-17T13:24:07Z")
I have to say, I appreciated the pun in the last panel more than I want to admit. And I think it would be unsurprising to have some means of getting the real Durkon back. Anybody wondering how Belkar is doing against that newly vamped cleric? (And yes, it is [Blackest night](http://greenlantern.wikia.com/wiki/Lantern_Oaths_(Disambiguation))) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/2443 "2016-02-17T13:46:08Z")
> [@yellowjacketcoder](#): > > Anybody wondering how Belkar is doing against that newly vamped cleric? Yes, as well as wondering if V is going to arrive before Roy leaves. Otherwise he’s going to have to wait while V drops off Little Whiskers. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2016, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/2444 "2016-02-18T05:12:39Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Yes, as well as wondering if V is going to arrive before Roy leaves. Otherwise he’s going to have to wait while V drops off Little Whiskers. And Belkar dispatches a… vampire cleric troll? Not really sure what Belkar was facing, but I’d guess he still is. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/2445 "2016-02-18T07:00:46Z")
> [@Galanthus](#): > > Miko! I always liked her 🙂 Miko!! Slowly I turned… Step by step… Inch by inch… ---
**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:** [February 18, 2016, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/2446 "2016-02-18T10:41:58Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Yes, as well as wondering if V is going to arrive before Roy leaves. Otherwise he’s going to have to wait while V drops off Little Whiskers. Be funny if Little Whiskers started chowing down on some of the “YES”-voting priests. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/2447 "2016-02-22T18:35:32Z")
[1025](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1025.html) ---
**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:** [February 22, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/2448 "2016-02-22T18:39:39Z")
Got a touch dusty in here, reading that. [SPOILER]Hell of a sendoff for Wrecan. I vaguely remember the original poster at GITP, but I imagine a lot of the strip jokes are references to things he’d posted about. I hope he’s looking down, reading it, and is happy with the tribute.[/SPOILER] ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/2449 "2016-02-22T18:41:09Z")
:teary-eyed emoticon: ---
**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:** [February 22, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/2450 "2016-02-22T18:42:28Z")
A very touching comic, to anyone who’s been active on the GiantITP boards. Though the gag about “I like counting things” took me a few moments. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/2451 "2016-02-22T18:44:18Z")
Good strip, good sendoff. Looks like someone else is taking a prestige class. I wonder what the resident Dashing Swordsman will think of that? ---
**Author:** ![satogata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@satogata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/satogata)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/2452 "2016-02-22T18:45:49Z")
A great and touching way to work a sweet farewell to Wrecan into the storyline (and establish key points about Greenhilt), almost three years after he passed away. Rich certainly knows how to play the long game. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/2453 "2016-02-22T20:34:22Z")
Yes! Finally a prediction of mine that came true. (post 1972) That puts my record to around 1 and 86. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/2454 "2016-02-22T20:42:04Z")
> [@yellowjacketcoder](#): > > I wonder what the resident Dashing Swordsman will think of that? No idea if Roy’s deal is a prestige class but, if it is, I imagine Elan’s reaction would be joy that he and Roy have that in common. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/2455 "2016-02-22T20:43:32Z")
And probably a demand that they dedicate an entire strip to a joint training montage. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/2456 "2016-02-22T21:04:59Z")
Yeah, that one hit me right in the feels. A touching tribute. Note also that Wrecan’s real name is “Mark Monack”, which I assume is what the strip title (Mark of Distinction) is in reference to. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/2457 "2016-02-22T23:18:33Z")
_Weapons of Legacy_ was an actual 3.5 sourcebook. I never read it, but reviewing the wiki entry, this isn’t a prestige class. Possibly feat-driven, but it sounds to me like a new rule addition, not an expansion of existing rules. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/2458 "2016-02-22T23:19:22Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > No idea if Roy’s deal is a prestige class It’s a whole sourcebook called, funnily enough, ‘Weapons of Legacy’. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/2459 "2016-02-22T23:19:32Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > No idea if Roy’s deal is a prestige class but, if it is, I imagine Elan’s reaction would be joy that he and Roy have that in common. It’s a real D&D thing: [Weapons of Legacy](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_of_Legacy). ---
**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:** [February 22, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/2460 "2016-02-22T23:36:28Z")
There is a prestige class associated with weapons of legacy, but its main distinguishing feature is that it can be used in some optimization shenanigans that we’re never likely to see a main character in this strip engage in. And there are some feats involved, too, but it’s not clear whether you get the benefits by taking the feats, or get the feats for free by doing other things. Mostly, the rituals for powering up a weapon of legacy involve things like permanently sacrificing a few hit points. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755.md?page=122) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755.md?page=124)