# 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:** 307
**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, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6123 "2019-09-09T18:27:23Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Well, yes. _Trollslayer_ was the first book in that series. OK, so it wasn’t specifically about that book, but that book started the whole thing. _Warhammer Fantasy Battles_ is a popular table-top wargame that started in the early '80s (hence the prominent mohawks) and spun off into dozens of different games, books, comics, etc. over the years. The punked-out dwarf berserker aesthetic has been a part of the game since pretty much the very beginning. _Trollslayer_ is the first novel in the Grotek and Felix series of adventures set in the Warhammer fantasy setting, but isn’t the source for the “dwarf slayer” concept, or even the first novel that used the Warhammer fantasy setting. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6124 "2019-09-09T19:31:35Z")
> [@ebb](#): > > Perhaps the priest could cast their own _Create Food and Drink_ and get something suited for their diet? Technically, the description says the spell provides _Food and water to sustain three humans or one horse/level for 24 hours_. Vampires are neither humans nor horses. Granted, elves, orcs and dwarves aren’t human either but they eat the same sort of thing which you can’t say about vampires. I wouldn’t assume that you can use it to summon up a bucket o’ blood. Granted, it also says “simple fare of your choice” but I guess it would be up to the DM how far you can stretch the definition of food. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6125 "2019-09-09T19:50:51Z")
Nice touch that the shower curtain is being held up by the two blind clerics. Apparently, the northern Gods have a sense of propriety. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6126 "2019-09-09T20:44:16Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Well, yes. _Trollslayer_ was the first book in that series. OK, so it wasn’t specifically about that book, but that book started the whole thing. The first Dwarf Slayer minis were released in the mid-80s, first appearing as just “beserkers” in '84, and morphing into Slayers over the next 3 years, being firmly entrenched as such by '87. They predate the Gotrek and Felix book series by more than a decade. ---
**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 10, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6127 "2019-09-10T00:48:00Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Nice touch that the shower curtain is being held up by the two blind clerics. Apparently, the northern Gods have a sense of propriety. Actually only one, the high priestess of Hodor on the right, is blind. The one on the left and the pointy hat girl above are just blindfolded; we saw them earlier with their sight. ---
**Author:** ![ebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@ebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ebb)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6128 "2019-09-10T01:31:59Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Technically, the description says the spell provides _Food and water to sustain three humans or one horse/level for 24 hours_. > > Vampires are neither humans nor horses. Granted, elves, orcs and dwarves aren’t human either but they eat the same sort of thing which you can’t say about vampires. I wouldn’t assume that you can use it to summon up a bucket o’ blood. Granted, it also says “simple fare of your choice” but I guess it would be up to the DM how far you can stretch the definition of food. I predict that you’re going to shut down my infinite wealth xorn priest right out of the Gate, aren’t you? ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6129 "2019-09-10T02:53:54Z")
> [@ebb](#): > > I predict that you’re going to shut down my infinite wealth xorn priest right out of the Gate, aren’t you? Well, my Aurumvorax priest seems to be doing okay. Not as well as my Disenchanter priest though 😛 ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6130 "2019-09-10T13:38:17Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Nice touch that the shower curtain is being held up by the two blind clerics. Apparently, the northern Gods have a sense of propriety. I once played a female dwarven character and at an inn a human PC kept trying to peek at her (long story). She finally told him, “You won’t like what you see; I’m too… blocky for your taste.” ---
**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, 2019, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6131 "2019-09-11T06:34:03Z")
Just curious, what race is skull-on-his-head-eats-children dude supposed to be? He seems to be several skin shades (or is that his costume?) and I think he has a tail (or is that also his costume?). ---
**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, 2019, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6132 "2019-09-11T08:12:49Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Just curious, what race is skull-on-his-head-eats-children dude supposed to be? He seems to be several skin shades (or is that his costume?) and I think he has a tail (or is that also his costume?). Bugbear, maybe? He looks goblinoid. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6133 "2019-09-11T14:23:59Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Just curious, what race is skull-on-his-head-eats-children dude supposed to be? He seems to be several skin shades (or is that his costume?) and I think he has a tail (or is that also his costume?). I think it’s his tail; at least, [in a close-up](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0999.html) it’s the same color as his skin and not the rest of his costume. I don’t think any goblinoids have tails and his ears look different [from Oona’s](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1038.html). ---
**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, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6134 "2019-09-11T14:33:17Z")
Ah, I forgot we’ve already met bugbears. Some kind of lycanthrope, maybe? ---
**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 16, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6135 "2019-09-16T14:55:13Z")
New strip : **[1180 +1](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1180.html)** ---
**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:** [September 16, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6136 "2019-09-16T15:58:07Z")
Yay - another team member! I was pondering the other day, now that we’re wrapping up the biggest part of Durkon’s arc, who’s next in the firing line. The fact that we’re adding a new member at the same time that Belkar’s demise is virtually overdue suggests that we will be -1 very shortly (or very shortly in comic time - in real time it’ll probably be 2022). ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6137 "2019-09-16T16:13:43Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Ah, I forgot we’ve already met bugbears. > > Some kind of lycanthrope, maybe? Catfolk - different subspecies from Jacinda, though. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6138 "2019-09-16T17:58:30Z")
**…and NO regurgitation!** ---
**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 17, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6139 "2019-09-17T01:03:48Z")
Neat. Guess Minrah is taking the slot that Burlew intended Bandanna to fill. I imagine she’ll have titanic plot armor, as a, what 6/5 Cleric/Fighter or something like that, adventuring in a party with characters having a bunch of levels in the mid to high teens? I suspect Minrah is going to be very important at convincing RedCloak or the Dark One to play ball. Or RedCloak’s niece. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6140 "2019-09-17T01:29:32Z")
This book is definitely winding down quickly. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6141 "2019-09-17T14:38:37Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > Neat. Guess Minrah is taking the slot that Burlew intended Bandanna to fill. Uh, Bandana was busy with another project? Burlew and her agent couldn’t come to terms? Characters pretty much do what their writers tell them to. ---
**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 17, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6142 "2019-09-17T14:44:49Z")
Which one was Bandanna? Maybe Burlew figured she wasn’t interesting enough and decided to go with Minrah instead. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755.md?page=306) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755.md?page=308)