Order of the Stick - Book 6 Discussion Thread

Sure, but I imagine that mathematically, he’s bringing their odds of finding the right one way down. But I’m no mathemagician.

New Strip, #1042 "Wait Watchers

Well, that seems to confirm that it’s the Monster painting the extra Xs.

The poor paladins. I wonder if they would have any luck sabotaging parts of the bugbear camp while they wait for the order. But then, paladins aren’t really stealthy

Good man. A nice callback.

aha!

“Well, I didn’t bring them for you.”

Paladin burn!

Not exactly. (Or not entirely.) Remember, he didn’t finish his last game of Go with Monster-san. And I think Monster-san is still playing it. (See Larry Borgia’s link.)

Right. I’d forgotten about that. Rich continues to amaze with plotting and call-backs.

Have the two paladins made a critical error? They think that Xykon & Redcloak don’t know that they’re there. But the Monster persuaded Xykon and Redcloak to teleport precisely because the paladins would be there.

You mean there was doubt? Perhaps there were magical red-paint fairies doing it?

By the way, folks, if you missed the Kickstarter fund drive, you can now purchase the Belkar story for $1.

The doors might have been enchanted to repeat marks.

What would be the fun of that? (Says the guy who was thinking MITD just liked painting Xs, kind of like a three-year-old with a hammer.)

Then I’d expect all the new X’s to look the same rather than be all different.

1043 up

Saw the last panel coming a mile away, but still good.

You know, it’s pretty amazing how much progress Belkor has made. The Belkor of 800 strips ago would have just stabbed her and thrown her off the side.

I don’t get the strip title.

He assumed “Steaks” would be bad for a vampire because of cholesterol.

Ships cook thought Belkar wanted to kill the vamp with high cholesterol steaks.

Cooks sometimes use cholesterol as a weapon.